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25 Tools Every Homeowner Needs… Total Cost?!

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Next, the presenter outlines essential hand tools. These include a Milwaukee 25-foot tape measure (with a cheaper Harbor Freight alternative), a pliers set (various types shown), a hammer, adjustable wrenches (Pittsburgh brand shown, but advises better quality), wire strippers, an M10 stud finder, a multi-bit screwdriver, a sink basin wrench, a plumber's brush, a hex key set, a Quinn 5-in-1 painter's tool, a Milwaukee Speed Square (with a Harbor Freight alternative), small and large copper tubing cutters, a Milwaukee level (with a Harbor Freight alternative), and electrical testing tools such as a Klein multimeter, outlet tester, voltage tester, and circuit breaker finder. He specifically advises investing in quality for electrical tools and forgoing cheap adjustable wrenches that can strip bolts. He also presents a PVC cutter and a miter box (with saw).

Goal: Identify crucial hand tools for common household repairs and projects.

Tools and materials

  • Adjustable Wrenches — Tightening and loosening nuts and bolts of various sizes
  • Copper Tubing Cutter — Cutting large diameter copper pipes
  • Hammer Milwaukee — Driving nails and general demolition
  • Hex Key Set Unspecified — Tightening and loosening hex socket screws
  • Klein Circuit Breaker Finder Klein Tools — Identifying which circuit breaker controls a specific outlet or fixture
  • Klein Multimeter Klein Tools — Measuring electrical properties like voltage, current, and resistance
  • Klein Outlet Tester Klein Tools — Checking if electrical outlets are wired correctly
  • Klein Voltage Tester Klein Tools — Detecting the presence of electrical voltage
  • Milwaukee Level Milwaukee — Ensuring surfaces are perfectly horizontal or vertical
  • Milwaukee Speed Square Milwaukee — Marking and measuring angles, especially for carpentry

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All right, I decided to bring you guys in a little closer here. So, let's start out with your tape measure. Right, this tape measure right here is about $20. Now, you can get tape measures from Harbor Freight for $5. So, I'm going to say your average for a tape measure is about 10 bucks, right? Your player sets. Here's a set of pliers. All these pliers you can get for roughly 20 bucks. You can go crazy on players. Again, just go with go with the decent decent brand of players and get yourself some good players. Let's move on to a hammer. Same thing here, guys. Like you can go to you can go from $7 for a Harbor Freight hammer or you can go up to $50 for a Milwaukee hammer, but a hammer is definitely recommended that you guys have adjustable wrenches. These are cheap ones from Harbor Freight. These are just Pittsburgh. I think I paid $10 for four of them. They absolutely suck. Go out get yourself a decent set of adjustable PL. You do not want these things to round your bolts. And you can see there that they have rounded a few bolts in their days. I'm about to just trash them and pick up something nice. All right, let's move on to wire strippers. Same deal, guys. You guys can get these for five bucks or you can get them for 50 bucks. These ones right here are right around $20. Moving on to stud finder. Again, I'm going to say this for all the tools because there's just such a wide range between brands and whoever that that you could go crazy with prices or you can get cheap. I think this one's like five bucks, right? Easy day. But you could also get down to $50 if you want lasers and stuff. Right now, this one is where you could get ridiculous screwdrivers. This is $2 and it does just about everything that you need it to. Fits in your bucket very well. Or you can get a set of screwdrivers for right around $30. Sink basin wrench. I think seven bucks. 10 bucks for a sink basin wrench. These I would just keep it like Harbor Freight. You got to get crazy with these. The amount of times that you use these is not very much, but when you do use them, you're thankful that you have them. So sink basin wrench. Just get one from Harbor Freight cleaner. Again, this is one of those deals where you don't have to have one of these, but I definitely added it to the bucket. It makes life easier. Sandpaper works just fine. But for $3, go ahead and pick one of those up as well. Hex key set. Hex key set. Now, it was funny cuz I was talking to a buddy of mine and he said he…

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