Wrenches that Make Plumbing Easier | Ask This Old House
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- Опубликовано: 5 июн 2018
- Ask This Old House plumbing and heating expert Richard Trethewey demonstrates the uses of less common wrenches.
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Steps:
1. A traditional basin wrench is used to disconnect faucets underneath a sink, since they’re easier to turn in tight spaces. They also make ones with lights in them for visibility.
2. A multi-purpose basin wrench can function the same way as a traditional basin wrench, but they’re better to use for plastic wingnuts that are being used in newer faucets.
3. For water hose connections, there’s usually only three open end wrench sizes needed.
4. A multi-purpose open end wrench combines those three sizes into one, plumber-friendly wrench.
Resources:
Richard demonstrated a variety of wrenches that are all designed to work with the connections around faucets and toilets. For jobs in the basement or other more complicated plumbing jobs, other tools will be required.
The basin wrenches Richard demonstrated, both the standard version and the one with the light, are available at most home centers.
The interchangeable plastic tab/brass connection basin wrench Richard talked about is the EZ Change Faucet Tool, and the other wrench Richard showed is the 2-in-1 One Stop Plumber’s Wrench. Both of these are manufactured by Ridgid (www.ridgid.com/).
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One of the main uses for the Rigid One Stop Wrench is Angle Stop Installation. That's why I bought it and it works great for that purpose; It might have been nice if it got a mention for its main use.
Man tools has come along way, I'm a Mechanic here in Michigan for a LONG TIME lol but I have seen tool design change like you would not believe.Great video guys I am enjoying all of these Ask This Old House videos and past ones too so keep those videos coming.PEACE
One of the most helpful channels!
I’m an apprentice plumber and I have both of these ridgid wrenches shown. They work great! Just make sure you don’t over tighten with the faucet installation tool or you can easily snap the teeth off of it.
Also make sure you use a secondary backup wrench when you are tightening on the supply line to the valves to ensure a tight seal.
What do you use for a 1.5 inch nut with very little clearance?
@@diegudr Try a Crowfoot wrench.
HEY! You forgot to show that the other end with the small metal insert ALSO pops out and can be turned in 4 directions for numerous size nuts including the small supply line nuts! It took me a long time to find this out! BOTH ends have removable inserts!
always excellent tips and advice
your channel makes great videos. You just got a new subscriber
You sound like an honest, upright plumber. Keep up the good work. Tough on the old back. Ouch!
FYI, the rigid sink installer tool will also work on the supply lines will also work on the basket strainer read the promotional stuff you don't need those other two branches for the most part it also has capability of turning on and off your supply lines under the sink.
Very helpful
The right tools and a little know how makes all the difference.👍🏽✌🏾
Beautiful
Thx for helpful video. But suggest more closeups of tool mated with nut
Not to mention the 1/4-inch hex wrench to un-jam a garbage disposal. If you don’t feel like kneeling on a tiled floor and sticking half your body into the wild, unexplored zone under the kitchen sink, look for the tool that you insert from above that lets you un jam the unit by pushing the innards of the unit around instead. It’s a shallow, upside down U-shaped thing attached to a metal bar, designed to lie parallel to the bat in order to fit through the drain and unfold to the right configuration when in place. Problem is the tool has a t-handle that’s too narrow to give you any leverage.
Solutions
#1: use two vise-grips - one on each end of the miniature handle - or
#2: modify the tool by attaching something longer, about 16 inches, parallel to the 4” handle. (Think like Robinson Crusoe and “lash it securely.” If it was so easy to lash one thing securely to another thing no one would ever die.)Then you can turn it with your hands.
And don’t put cherry pits down the drain. You get away with it 9 times out of 10, but that 10th time is all the information you need to guide you in the future.
Great video! Can you please link to where I can buy those tools and maybe more detail, sizes you have shown. Thanks.
You think those are odd wrenches, I was going through my dad's old tools now that he has passed away and found an old Andree wrench (yet another variation on the basin wrench theme.) :D
Informative video, thanks guys! Is there a video out there for installing ceiling medallions?
Yes, but it's basically "just glue it up there with construction adhesive."
What is the red thing? Y'all didn't say the name of the tool.
Nice. 'Building a better mouse trap.' Having the right tools makes a world of difference..
Great Tool = Great Job
Lol time to buy handheld wrench screwdriver style that’s what I use for those toilet and sink lines way better! The basin wrenches are a must also
Nice
Where can I get the water supply wrench? Who makes them? Thank you...
nice video, however, I don't think it can take the nut off of the kitchen fixtures that are held to the basin with 1 large nut; like a Kohler Simplice.
The plastic rigid multinut Remover can break if the plastic nuts are super tight. If that happens just remember your best friend may be an oscillating tool with a carbide tip to cut the thread. Last resort though and safety is very important.
I used the old style wrench and fought it for over 3 hours to take off the plastic nuts. The wrench didn't work and I had to put a small crow bar and sledge hammer to it. The mineral deposit build up had to be broken before the plastic wing nut came off.
Vinegar
Basin wrenches are a pain in the butt, They hardly ever work. Now baby channel locks are the most important tool I have in my whole van. Use them for everything, especially in places where a basin wrench is supposed to work best. Baby locks are the greatest
What about the 1 1/2 nut on a faucet with very little clearance?
Amazon carries a wreow 8 in 1 faucet install tool. That is the big handle tool in the video.
home depot has them too, possibly lowes as well. I have almost bought one but still haven't needed it really, baby channel locks always come through for me.
What's the difference between faucet wrench or basin ?
Every plumber needs an 18" and 24" inch pipe wrench (maybe two 18"s) 2 channel locks a basin wrench and a torque wrench.
Ridgid Pro FTW!
That wrench is too small for some faucets that have 1-1/2" retaining nuts!!! What do you guys use??!!!
Whats the exact make
model of the tools being shown??
Rigid
Plastic wing nuts "helpful" for consumers? Um, no, just plain NO. It's CHEAP, not helpful. You STILL had to use a special tool.
videodistro I was just about to say the same thing. They are used because it's less expensive to manufacture and bigger profits for the company, because I guarantee they didn't pass any savings on to the customer.
I always tighten them by hand and get them pretty tight. I don't dare put a tool on them of any kind because they will break very easily. It is the cheap way out. Not installer friendly imo.
notch out a piece of PVC pipe and use it to tighten under sink nuts.
movieguy73 that’d be good for a one-off job, but I can’t imagine pvc wouldn’t stretch out after one sink install
good tip
Did anyone else see that weird livestream of the fountain?
Well the new plastic tabs isn't good news for me. I literally just bought a new faucet and borrowed a basin wrench. Well I hope the basin wrench still works I'm not driving to the store again lol
Inspector Steve basin wrenches will sometimes brake off those plastic wings
Joe T ok that's not bad then. I hate how all these companies are going to plastic nuts or even bolts on some things. They just break so easy you need to be careful like you said. Thank you,
Plastic nuts for securing water lines (that are operated by 200 lb gorillas)? Sounds great, let’s deploy these new units to retail immediately!
I know the easiest to use wrench there is........and it's owned by the plumber I call to take care of or install any plumbing....it's the secret to sanity :)
😊😊😊 for don’t for Delta bathroom faucet small Nut
aint you guys got round to monobloc taps yet
Yes, they're an option...
This tool greatly facilitates the work of the hydraulic installer
Why hasn't anything been done to redesign the fitting so it isn't necessary to buy special tools to install plumbing. Unless you're a plumber you won't get much use from special plumbing wrenches.
There has been plenty of changes to make things easier... That was part of the point of showing just three tools can now cover most needs...
But none of that changes you still need to be sure you have a water tight seal and as long as the plumbing is in a tight and confining space then you are going to need a specialty tool in order to reach it and be able to apply enough force to be sure it is sealed tight enough..
They didn't touch on the fact that the majority of faucets come with integrated supply lines. Meaning you mount the faucet, then hook up the 3/8ths connection to the shut off valve and turn the water on.
That was actually done with the modern faucet shown, these tools just make it easier. The segment was on specialty tools.
Also in a remodel situation you can install the sink and faucet to the counter out in the open, then install the counter to the cabinet and hookup the supply lines to the shutoff valves.
Zoom more often
At 1:00 - "...never well-lit underneath a toilet."
Well shit.
No its not about consumer friendly its about the brass ring actually rusting over the years on to the sink this making harder to remove.This tool is not that expensive 40 bucks its also good for spanking your teens with it jk.
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Kevin’s always trying to act like he knows what he’s talking about
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Is this a Rigid advertisement?
These videos are addicting to watch but they are some of the cringiest things ever 😂😂
Shut up Kevin, I am listening to Richard
why why why
did you not name the wrench made for special connections for faucets, the first one, the red one? how can you be so unhelpful?
Balding dude looks like he's wearing a wig