THE COMPLETE DIY GUIDE TO
EASY HOME REPAIRS
Quick Fixes For All Part Of Your Home
JOSH L. CARDIN
Copyright 2020 Josh L. Cardin
All rights reserved.
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CHAPTER 1
List Of Tools For Simple Repairs
This is a complete rundown of tools that you need.
Hammers
Philips and flat screwdrivers
Pliers
Saws
Locking pliers
Measuring tapes
Wrenches (Spanners)
Socket set
Pipe wrench and water pump pliers
Ladders
Voltage testers
Torches
Paintbrushes
Drill bits
Metal detector and live wire detector
Cordless drill
SDS drill
Utility knife with disposable blades
Tippex marker
Picking Tools for simple home repairs
These tools are adequate for doing essential maintenance work around the home like fixing screws on cupboard door doors, hanging pictures, fixing loose nuts, wiring mains plugs, fixing power sockets, cutting and fixing areas of timber, and simple plumbing work.
It's additionally a smart thought to have basic materials and fixings, for example, nails, wood screws, wall plugs, assorted nuts, bolts, washers and machine screws, insulating tape, adhesive glue, epoxy resin, and cables ties, and so forth.
1. Hammer.
A claw hammer is utilized for hammering nails, pulling them out, and breaking of objects. A standard hammerhead weighs 1 lb., nonetheless, you can purchase lighter hammers for use with littler gage nails, for example, a tack hammer.
2. Philips and Flat Screwdrivers
A screwdriver is used to loosen and tighten the screw. There are different sizes of Phillips and flat head screwdrivers, big and little. You can purchase screwdrivers independently or as a set. A Sets of screwdrivers now and again include a borer or awl for making openings before driving screws or penetrating. This appears as though a screwdriver yet has a sharp tip that is driven into wood or plastic and went to make an opening.
3. Pliers
Standard pliers for holding, pulling, bowing, turning, and so forth. They can likewise be utilized to fix little nuts.
A long (snipe) nose pliers are better for venturing into places that standard jaw pliers can't get to. It's likewise utilized for twisting closures of wires, holding parts, and is a standard apparatus for electrical/electronic work.
4. Saws
A standard craftsman's hand saw for cutting wood (lumber). You can utilize it for crosscutting lengths of timber or for slicing through sheets of compressed wood or MDF
5. Locking-Pliers
Locking pliers (likewise known by the brand name Vice Grip" or "Mole wrench") can be utilized for holding nuts, bolts, bars, or anything to keep it from turning. It can likewise be utilized as a universally useful clasp for holding two sections together.
6. Measuring Tapes
A 6 m (20 foot) measuring tape is ideal for universally useful use. Tape set apart with inch and centimeter graduations. A 3 meter (10 foot) tape is quite minimal and fits in a pocket. A 6 or 7-meter tape can be utilized for longer measurement.
7. Wrenches (Spanners)
Wrenches, known as spanners in the UK, are utilized for fixing nuts, bolts, taps, plumbing fittings, wall fixings, and whatever else that requires a nut to be fixed.
You can utilize an adjustable wrench with jaws that can be acclimated to suit the size of a nut or bolt head. They are helpful anyway for managing enormous nuts/bolts when a fixed size wrench would be costly.
8. Socket Set
With a wrench, you have to continually remove and replace the jaws of the wrench onto a nut/bolt head. A socket wrench is often used in conjunction with a standard wrench, the wrench for holding a nut and the socket wrench for releasing/tightening the bolt (or the other way around).
9. Pipe Wrench ("Stilson") and Water Pump Pliers
In case you will do any home pipes, these are helpful apparatuses to have for removing or dismantling taps, radiator valves, unscrewing and fixing pipes and plumbing fittings, and enormous nuts (which would ordinarily require a huge wrench). The jaws and handles of a water pump pliers aren't in line, so it's simpler to access and turn nuts on for example a radiator valve without the handles being blocked by the wall.
10. Ladders
A step ladder is for all intents and purposes basic for inside and outside upkeep. You'll definitely need to clean windows, paint, and clean spider webs or clean low-level gutters. A step ladder is more secure than remaining on a seat or stool because you have a top bar to hold onto to prevent losing your balance.
11. Voltage Testers
A Digital Millimeter (DMM) can be utilized to measure voltage, current, test progression of wires and wires, and check batteries. They can be utilized for recognizing whether a cable or other electrical parts are "live". The neon bulb in the analyzer lights when the mains voltage is identified. It's basic to utilize one of these to twofold check power is unquestionably off subsequent to turning the force off utilizing the MCB at the electrical board
13. Torches
Powerful LED lights are presently accessible that produce significantly more light than customary sorts that utilized a glowing bulb. LEDs additionally last for all intents and purposes perpetually and don't break in the event that you drop the light.
A headlight is very valuable, I utilize one for a wide range of upkeep around the house when I need my two hands loose. A headlight keeps your hands loose so you can utilize your apparatuses all the more viably in severely lit areas.
14. Paint Brushes
At some stage, you may choose to attempt your aptitudes at painting. The 4 most helpful sizes are 1/2 inch, 1 inch, 1/2 inch, and 2 inches. For painting walls, a bigger brush around 5 to 6 inches wide is required.
You can likewise utilize a roller for painting interior walls and outside level render.
15. Drill bits
You're going to require these for making holes
Wood bits for timber. There are a few decisions: Flat pieces, lip and prod bits, drill pieces, and gap saws for enormous openings
16. Metal Detector and Live Wire Detector
This tool is for discovering metal in walls and live wires before penetrating
17. Cordless Drill
A cordless drill is a basic force tool in the event that you have to drive a ton of screws. A combi drill is utilized for drilling and driving screws. Most 18 volt drills can be utilized for penetrating gaps in concrete on the off chance that you have to embed wall plugs for connecting stuff to walls, yet a modest corded SDS drill is quicker and all the more effective for drilling large openings.
18. SDS Drill
You can purchase a corded or cordless one. A corded drill is much less expensive, yet clearly has the burden of a trailing power cord.
SDS drills have pneumatic percussion activity so they can quickly penetrate openings in stonework for wall plugs in the event that you have to fix cupboard to walls. You can likewise effectively penetrate bigger openings in solid when running pipes tubing or cables.
