Petrol mowers offer more power and are better suited to larger gardens or rough, uneven ground where you need freedom of movement without a cable. Electric mowers, whether corded or battery-powered, are quieter, lighter, and lower maintenance. For most standard UK gardens, a corded or battery electric mower is perfectly adequate. Petrol is worth considering when the lawn is large or access to a power socket is limited.
Garden Tools and Power Equipment for Every Outdoor Job
MacBlair stocks a broad range of garden equipment to cover everything from weekly lawn maintenance to heavier outdoor work. The range spans power tools and hand tools, with categories including petrol and electric lawn mowers, grass strimmers, hedge trimmers, chainsaws, leaf blowers, and pressure washers. Whether a garden is modest or sprawls across a sizeable plot, there is something here to get the job done without overcomplicating the choice.
Beyond power machinery, the range covers the everyday essentials that tend to get overlooked until they are needed. Hand gardening tools sit alongside wheelbarrows, hose sprayers and fittings, and clothes lines. It is a practical mix that suits both tradespeople maintaining site tidiness and homeowners working through a list of weekend jobs.
Garden equipment often pairs naturally with other landscaping products. Anyone laying a new patio or driveway will find paving slabs, block paving, and edgings available across the site, while those tackling overgrown boundaries may also need to look at fence panels and posts. Keeping timber structures in good condition afterwards is straightforward with the wood care and treatment range that covers decking stain, fence paint, and preservatives.
The full product list within garden equipment includes:
- Lawn mowers and grass strimmers
- Chainsaws and hedge trimmers
- Leaf blowers and pressure washers
- Wheelbarrows and hand gardening tools
- Hose sprayers, fittings, and clothes lines
Garden Tools FAQ's
A grass strimmer is used to cut grass and weeds in areas a lawn mower cannot reach, such as along fence lines, around trees, on banks, and in tight corners. They are also useful for clearing overgrown patches before mowing. Strimmers are available in corded electric, battery, and petrol versions. Battery models are increasingly popular for everyday garden maintenance due to their convenience and lack of trailing cables.
For private, domestic use on your own land, no licence is required to use a chainsaw in the UK. However, if you are using a chainsaw in a professional or commercial capacity, you are legally required to hold a recognised competency certificate, such as a City and Guilds or NPTC qualification. Regardless of the setting, always wear appropriate PPE including a helmet, visor, gloves, chainsaw trousers, and steel-capped boots when operating a chainsaw.
The key things to consider are the pressure rating (measured in bar or PSI), the flow rate, and what you intend to clean. For general garden use such as patios, decking, and garden furniture, a pressure washer in the 100 to 150 bar range is typically sufficient. For tougher jobs like stripping moss from block paving or cleaning large areas of concrete, a higher-pressure model will save time. Check whether the unit is electric or petrol, and consider hose length if you are working around a large property.
A leaf blower is the quickest way to gather leaves from lawns, paths, and driveways into a pile for collection. Many models double as a vacuum and mulcher, which reduces the volume of leaves significantly, making them easier to bag or add to a compost heap. For smaller areas, a garden rake is still a reliable option. If leaves are left on a lawn over winter, they can block light and moisture, causing the grass beneath to die off, so clearing them regularly during autumn is worth the effort.