ADVERTORIAL METAL STUD GENIE
FROM FRUSTRATION
W ith more than 30 years in the dry lining and ceiling trade, Paul McGarragle has spent a lot of time on building sites – and thinking about how to make them work better. “I still remember being 22,” he says, “crawling on my hands and knees, struggling to hold everything in place while trying to fix a stud or ceiling section. I kept thinking, there has to be a better way.” That thought stuck with him. Decades later, that mindset – equal parts frustration and
Paul McGarragle’s Metal Stud Genie and MF Genie 400 are two tools designed by a builder for builders – making their lives simpler and their work more efficient
the product of real-life site experience, designed to make daily jobs more efficient for sole tradespeople and small- team builders. The MF Genie 400, for instance, is a hands-free support tool for installing MF-5 ceiling systems. Instead of having to balance the MF-5 section on your shoulder or head while marking and fixing, the Genie clips onto your trim or primary channel, holding everything in place at 400mm - 600mm. This frees up both hands, speeds up the fixing process, and reduces the usual
ambition – has led to the creation of two practical tools that aim to help small builders across the UK transform the way they install metal stud partitions and MF ceilings. The Metal Stud Genie and the MF Genie 400 are two simple but clever tools designed to save builders time, reduce physical strain, and – perhaps more importantly – let one person do the job of two. McGarragle’s not a product developer by trade. He’s a dryliner, a ceiling installer, and a builder. That’s what makes his tools different; they’re
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