Carpenters
Workwear and PPE for carpentry and joinery: respiratory protection for wood dust, eye protection to EN 166, and rigger and grip gloves for timber and sheet material.
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Carpenters — common questions
Straight answers about what we stock, how it is sold and which standard applies.
What protection do I need against wood dust?
Wood dust is a recognised carcinogen and hardwood dust is treated more seriously than softwood. Extraction at the tool comes first; respiratory protection is what covers you when extraction cannot. A reusable half mask with a P3 particulate filter is the practical answer for regular cutting and sanding, and it needs face fit testing to work at all.
Rigger gloves or grip gloves?
Riggers for handling rough sawn timber, sheet material and anything with splinters, because leather takes abrasion that a coated knit will not. Grip gloves for the fine work where you still need to feel a fixing. Most carpenters keep both in the van rather than compromising on one.
Do I need eye protection for hand tools?
Chisels and nail guns both throw material, and a fragment in the eye does not care how experienced you are. Safety glasses certified to EN 166 with an F rating cover low energy impact, which suits most joinery. Step up to B rated for anything powered, and goggles where the risk comes from dust rather than a single fragment.
Are safety trainers enough on a joinery site?
On a fit-out or a workshop floor, usually. On a construction site the site rules decide, and most specify a boot with a toecap to EN ISO 20345. Dropped timber is heavier than people expect.
