Tool Kit

[Mo Murphy]

Hi all,
As I progress through my course, I'd like to assemble a tool kit for when I can find work with a grown up
What tools would you suggest for a basic kit to use in the real world that won't have me having to borrow off of other chaps ?
TIA
Mo
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[ProffesorPlumb]

Mo, we sell tools at our place and we provide a list of things to studenrs you should have in your toolbox.

More then happy to send you one?

 

[Mo Murphy]

Thanks Proffesor, pm sent

Mo

 

[Mo Murphy]

Has anyone else got any suggestions as to what is good to have ?
{tumbleweed rolls past in the wind}

Mo

 

[MJH]

All you really need is:

i) A cup of coffee;
ii) A right hand for scratching your arse; and
iii) A left hand for recieving money.

All jokes aside most domestic plumbing can be done with a basin wrench, adjustable spanner, water pump pliers and a few hundred yards of PTFE tape. Get them!

 

[Mushybees]

What lives in my tray:
Bahco 8073 adjustable as well as 9031 and it's little brother 9029.
8" Stilson
Stanley knife
Pipe slice 15mm and 22mm
Rad bleed key
Rad hex key
Screwdrivers
Drill bits
Footprints (big and small)
Fittings, nuts and olives
PTFE
O-rings and rubber and fibre washers of various sizes
15mm guide for benders



In the box :
Basin wrench
Junior hacksaw
Cold chisel
Lump hammer
Claw hammer
Allen keys
Folding rule
Tape measure
Tap box spanner for backnuts. Smaller ones for monobock taps etc
Pump pliers
14" stilson
Small level
2x pushfit ends 15mm
2x pushfit ends 22mm
Boa strap wrench (never use it but as soon as I take it out i'll need it, guaranteed!)
Lead-free solder
Fernox water hawk
Solvent cement
Flux
Wire cleaning brushes 15mm and 22mm
Large screw drivers
Immersion box spanner
22mm guide for benders
Pipe cutters
Bending springs (for two parrallel bends which need differing radii to look tidy)

I think that's it for my tool box. There's other stuff like long level, blowlamp, drills etc but that's all I think think of in terms of hand tools.

 

[Mo Murphy]

Thanks Gents !

Mo

 

[ProffesorPlumb]

Take a look at [DLMURL="http://www.ukplumbersforums.co.uk/redirector.php?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.totaltoolbox.co.uk"]TotalToolBox.co.uk[/DLMURL]

This is what we show our students as to what they should have in their toolkits as wet plumbers/tilers/plasterers

The products are still being added, but if nothing else, use it as a guide as to what you should be having in your toolkit. All the items have been tried and tested on site, and they are not just a mass random selection of tools that most web sites put on, leaving you with a headache trying to work out what you will need

 

[mutley racers]

hi there, i am also looking to buy my first plumbers kit. Can you also send me some advice please. Would be much appreciated. Thanks

 

[billybongo]

Is the totaltoolbox website offline as i cant access it ??

 

[REDSAW]

a claw-hammer for scratching ur rse
and a kettle..

in fact as you see in total toolbox you dont need much at-all.

 

[Bernie2]

Please keep your tools clean and shiny.

Its nice to know who the new to the game people are when you walk on site. Use a mix of new and used tools you don't stand out so much.

Also make the tools look like they are just out of the box. The "scallies" can get a better price for them then, if they nick them and sell them on.

Don't borrow off your mates. There is nothing worse, than using a hacksaw that will not cut the way you have got accustomed to holding your own. Using tools requires balance and you get accustomed to your own and they wear the way you use them probably.

 

[traineedrip]

DO... wrap some pretty tape around the handles.. helps with the "no mate, im sure thats my bahco" situations...

failing that spray them all pink

 

[dontknowitall]

I'm quite new to plumbing as well and to disguise it I keep trying to drive my van into trees to make it look well used but end up bouncing back off the verges back into the road.

Incidentally, a couple of years ago my builder and I (working together) picked up the wrong hammer (they're the same size, weight, handle etc.) A moment or two later there was a simultaneous, "Is that my hammer?" Didn't surprise him, but I hadn't appreciated how different people use and hold tools differently until then.