8 Best Tools Every Plumber Needs in Their Toolbox | DIY Plumber Tools

Jim shares the 8 tools he used the most over his 48 years of plumbing. These tools are a plumber's essential tools. See links below to purchase from Amazon.

Keep your toolbox simple with these essential plumbing tools every home plumber needs. Plus, ditch the plunger for a closet auger. Links are below to Jim's favorite brands on Amazon. Purchasing using these links helps Jim take his grandkids out for ice cream.

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[ironmano]

thanks for the handy tips on tools you should have i will go out and buy the pipe wrenches the only thing i am missing. keep the water flowing Grumpy Plumber

[dwddwd]

you also want a set of Torx star bits to go along with your Allen wrenches

[stephenzies]

I Enjoy All Your Videos And Your Humor 🤣

[mikev.]

Absolutely! I happen to have more tools than some plumbers, but you can never have too many tools Right? 😁

[stephenzies]

Thanks. I Have All The Tools You Showed Plus I Am An Auto Mechanic For 48 Years So I Have Thousands of Tools. I Hope You All Had A Good Holiday.

[MrTBoneMalone]

I'm with Jim on the Klein tools. They make good stuff!

[keithshort]

It is also a good idea to have an emergency plumbing kit as well. Say it's late evening, all the stores are closed, and you have a leak on the side of your copper pipe. If you had a slitted rubber hose and some hose clamps with flathead screws, you can slip the slitted rubber hose on top of the leak and tighten the hose clamps to make a temporary patch to stop the leak. Then, at a later time, you can have that pipe leak taken care of. Having an emergency kit of common plumbing parts can be a life saver in a home plumbing emergency. Maybe you can do a video showing folks what kind an emergency kit with plumbing parts that folks should have.

[eddiealvarez]

Gr8 List ! You better stick around a lot longer, we need your Knowledge 👊

[tomdale]

Douglass Pliers P-813 P (10 inch) bought thru Jones Stephens, for me the, "Quintessential" Plumber's pliers not so much for screwing pipe together but when the situation calls for sq jaws that easily tighten or loosen slip joint nuts(those are plastic now on most pvc p-traps) still have them and use them since I started in the trade in 1976, another tool that I carry with me but I hardly use is a 6' folding wooden rule made by Lufkins

[truthbknown]

Got all of those tools, but need to put them all in one place.

[MrWhat-efxr]

Dear Grumpy. I own those tools and with those particular tools, you don't have to do the "Thousand Tool March" back to the truck. Merry Christmas and have a Happy New Year ! Cheers !

[jfnuyen]

Jim, I'm not sure if you have it all right this time so I best double check with the guy that fertilizes my lawn. He does know about lawn grubs too. 😉 Anyway, hi from mid-Michigan where the temperature is currently 30 degrees F. I bet you don't miss that cold.

[kingnole]

New subscriber here. Like the channel. Here's an idea for a video. *What tools NOT to use as a plumber. For example, would you recommend or discourage the use of those supercharged plungers that use CO2 cartridges to blow out clogs?

[shnuggumz]

Thanks to Jim for another useful video. New condo owner doing lots of DIY in this 1990's dwelling. We've got a small, rounded bowl toil - didn't know a toilet could be this small, but my kindergartner likes it. This toilet gets clogged A LOT with solid waste!!! Sadly, a plunger doesn't always cut it. My question for Jim is this... how do you plumbers handle keep these types of tools after a dirty task? Throw it in a plastic bag or something? Then, how do you clean/sanitize after each use? Augers, plungers, whatever you have to snake into a mess...Maybe you skip that second part? Very curious about the after use part of the jobs.

[herb]

As an "old guy" & DIY Good starter on the tool set. I got my first pipe wrench back in 1976. Basin wrench after replacing a faucet with a crescent wrench and hating every minute about 30 years ago. They work so much better! I've only used them a couple of times, but worth every dime. The others; a lot. I use Klein & Milwaukee tools; us old guys have gained a little wisdom along the way.

[ACoustaDC]

Great video as always guys! I hope you have a great New year!

[JamesBrown-dbpk]

im just retired 40 yrs of master plumber im gumpy 2 at 65 now its sm cash jobs nice 2 seee us old farts be done

[retired]

I apoligize for this question but you may be the best one to ask because of your decades of experience. For the past 5 years, my basement gets 20-30 waterbugs( 3 times the size of the usual roach). I have finally sealed all the molding, cracks in cement walls, and sealed where all the pipining enters the house. I still got a couple of bugs this month. The only source of entry could be the shower drain. The holes in the drain cover are large enough for a waterbug to pass through. Could water bugs live in the sewer line ? I thought it was a closed system. The U trap filled with water at the end of the sewer line (before it enters the city sewer) sealing the line closed and bugs wouldn't be able to live in the pipe or enter it?

[Wrileyv]

don’t use a pipe wrench doing service nearly as much as people would assume. channel locks pretty much do the trick until you get into pipe sizes above 3/4’ or 1’ for sure

[Mixwell]

After essentially switching 90% of my hot and cold water valves over time one tool that is a game changer is a 1/2" ferule/olive puller for your copper compression fit shut off valves.

A pair of valve seat wrenches have also come in handy for me at times as well... Both are affordable and when you nees the right tool for the job you'll be glad you had em. I already own all of the 8 tools mentioned minus the 3ft auger but i do have a couple 25ft drum snakes.