Plumbing Wrenches

Plumbing Tools Overview

• Wrenches are hand-operated tools designed for tightening or loosening bolts and turning objects.
• Wrenches are known as "Spanners" in English.

Wrenches

• Pipe Wrench: A hand tool featuring one movable jaw and one fixed jaw, used for rotating pipes in one direction
• Stillson Wrench: A variation of the pipe wrench with a swiveling serrated jaw and a knurled control knob; Daniel Stillson invented the tool
• End Pipe Wrench: Provides fast and easy grip in constricted spaces and close to walls where pipes change direction, for example, a 90-degree angle.
• Rap Wrench: A type of pipe wrench with a deeper, broader hook jaw housing and a smooth, flat surface for occasional use as a hammer.
• Compound Leverage Wrench: A type of pipe wrench designed to multiply the applied turning force, making it suitable for freeing locked couplings and joints.
• Offset Pipe Wrench: A unique pipe wrench that has a jaw opening parallel to the handle and a narrower hook jaw for tight spaces.
• Adjustable Spud Wrench: Features un-serrated jaws and is used for turning low strength fittings like copper and brass valves, drain trap fittings, sinks, and lavatories.
• Adjustable/Crescent Wrench: Wrenches with one fixed jaw and one adjustable jaw, set to size using a knurled knob.
• Locking Pliers/Mole Grips/Vise-Grips: Pliers that can be locked into position using an over-center action.
• Monkey Wrench: Resembles a pipe wrench but has smooth jaws for holding or turning hardware, such as nuts and drain fittings.
• The Monkey Wrench was created by Charles Moncky.
• Jaw Dropper Wrench: For tightening taps without isolating the water supply.
• Strap Wrench: Used for polished pipes, especially plastic or synthetic pipes, to avoid scratches and has a nylon strap that provides a tight grip.
• UST Wrench: Specifically crafted for removing and installing steel rise piping on underground storage tanks, features an adjustable chain vise, and is operable in confined spaces.
• Torque Wrench: Used in no-hub soil pipe installation to ensure tight, leak-free joints, clicking at 60 pound torque.
• Internal Wrench: Used to install or remove 1-2 inch nipples, serrated slotted disks expand via eccentric action for a tight grip.
• Hex Wrench: It has a hexagonal jaw for secure grip on hexagonal nuts, square nuts, unions, and valve packing nuts and is ideal for securing drain nuts on sinks and tubs.
• Allen Wrench: Designed for screws with a hexagonally shaped recess in their head.
• Valve Seat Wrench: Used to remove faucet valve seats.
• Closet Wrench: Designed for fastening closet seats to closet bowls.
• Basin/Sink Wrench: Features a swiveling jaw to reach inaccessible places, mainly loosening and tightening faucet nuts.
• Packing Nut Socket Wrenches: Found in sets for tub, tub, and shower valves, with hexagonal ends and a hollow core.
• Basket Strainer Wrench: Used to tighten the nut securing the basket to the sink.
• Chain Wrench/Chain Tong: Features a sprocket chain slipped around a pipe and attached to the handle, with types including light, heavy-duty, single-ended, reversible, and double-ended.
• Reversible Chain Tongs: Allows the operator to turn the pipe in either direction without removing the tong or unhooking the chain.
• Pipe Cutter/Tube Cutter: Hand tool with sharp wheels on one end and a screw on the other, used to progressively cut pipes; includes small diameter, quick opening, large tube, ratchet, 4-wheel, wide-roll, hinged, and soil pipe cutters.

Additional Plumbing Tools

• Hacksaw: Cuts plastic and metal pipes, using a blade with 16 teeth per inch.
• Flaring Tool: Creates watertight joints in flexible copper tubing by slipping the tube end into a yoke and tightening a compressor screw.
• Pipe Die/Pipe Threader: Adjustable tools for cutting external threads on pipe ends, used in plumbing, including three-way, ratchet type iron, drophead, and jamproof receding dies.
• Pipe Tap: Typically made from carbon steel, it creates threading systems inside hollow pipes for rethreading metal piping and compatible with aluminum, brass, copper, or steel.
• Pipe Reamer: Tapered bit for enlarging openings or removing burrs inside pipes after cutting.
• Tube Bender: Bends flexible copper tubing without distortion.
• Tube Expander: Hand-operated for expanding copper, aluminum, and soft steel tubing.
• Pipe Vise: Holds pipe or tubing during cutting or threading using V-shaped serrated jaws or chains.
• Bench Yoke Vice: Strong, dependable iron base and yoke, hardened alloy steel jaws, with a convenient pipe rest and bender.
• Bench Chain Vise: Rugged cast iron base, crank handle, hardened alloy steel jaws, and neoprene-coated toothless jaws to prevent scratching of pipe.
• Stand Chain Vise: Made of sturdy cast iron, with steel jaws, pipe rest, pipe bender, and tool tray.
• Portable Chain and Yoke Vise: Light, strong vise that fits any post, equipped with a tray for oil can and handy pipe bender.
• Pipe Welding Vise: Durable material resists strain and heat; swivel nuts and pins give smooth assembly.
• Drain Cleaners: Clear clogs and maintain efficient piping systems; types include hand spinners and flat sewer taps.

Drain Cleaners and Attachments

• Drop Head Auger: Cleans back-mounted fixtures by guiding the cable down the pipe.
• Straight Auger: Explores and breaks up blockages to determine the needed tool.
• Funnel Auger: Used as a second tool to clear remnants left by the straight auger.
• Hook Auger: Handles heavy and dense root stoppages by hooking and breaking them up.
• Retrieving Auger: For finding broken or lost cables.
• Four Blade Saw Tooth Cutter: Follows up after augers to open floor drains.
• Spade Cutter: Removes blockages from hardened, glazed material.
• Grease Cutter: Opens lines heavily greased with detergents.
• Spiral Saw Tooth Cutter: Clears stoppages from roots, rags, and sticks.
• Saw Tooth Cutter: Clears lines blocked with roots and features a design to be removed from damaged pipes without locking.
• Chain Knocker: Cleans scale in pipes and boiler tubes requiring rigorous action.
• Drain Rods: Used to unblock drains and sewers.
• Plunger/Force Cup/Plumber's Helper: Tool with a rubber suction cup.
• Accordion Plunger: Suits toilet clogs with its smaller cup.
• Air-Operated Plunger: Contains an air-operated plunger works by forming a suction seal and then forcing pressurized air into the blocked pipe.
• Chamber Pot (Arinola): Bowl with a handle, in the bedroom for nighttime use as a toilet.
• Melting Pot and Ladle: Metal pot and scoop for melting/pouring molten lead to caulk joints.
• Blow Torch/Blow Lamp: Generates an intense flame for heating soldering irons, melting lead, and burning off paint.

Torches and Testing Tools

• Propane Torch: Primarily used for soldering fittings to tubing; nozzles can be attached to get flames various shapes, sizes and different heat intensities. Solder copper water pipes.
• Testing Tools: Test plumbing systems for leaks and other defects, as per standard procedures.
• Mechanical Test Plug: Tests plumbing.

Hammers

• The claw hammer's design is for working with wood
• Ball peen hammer is for metalwork.
• Sledge Hammer: Used for the heavier job
• Half Hatchet Hammer: This a rugged tools
• Ball peen Hammer: kind of peening hammer that has 2 ends
• Engineer's Hammer: It is a tool also known as a baby sledge hammer,
• Long handle Sledge Hammer
• Power Hammers

Screwdrivers and Pliers

• Screwdriver: Tool with a handle and shank shape.

Hammers continued

• Hand-drilling hammers - Are used to drill steel into rock or to drive wedge
• Half Hatchet Hammer: Used in trimming and shaping poles
• Ball peen Hammer: It is used in striking and shaping material
• Engineer's hammer: It is used in metal fabrications
• Lineman's Side cutting Pliers
• Diagonal Cutting Pliers
• Universal Side Cutting Pliers
• Heavy Duty Side Cutting Pliers
• End Cutting Pliers
• Slim Nose Pliers

Additional Tools

• Crimping: It is joining two pieces of metal
• Machine Tools: A electrical tools used for plumbing
• Power Threading Equipment
• Power Pipe Cutter
• Varl-orbit Jigsaw
• Slip Joint Utility Pliers
• Smooth Jawed Pliers
• Right Angle Drill
• Portable Electric Drill
• Portable Roll Groover
• Cordless Drill
• Core Drilling Machine

Chisels, Irons, and Clamps

• Cut-off Chisel: Has a cutting edge for cutting metal
• Yarning Iron - A tool like chisel
• Caulking Iron: Used upon pouring
• Pick-out iron - Diamond shape
• Spring Yarning Iron
• Curved offset Iron
• Long curved offset Iron
• C-Clamp: Tool use typically
• Hold a wood
• F-Clamp: Woodworking to hold
• Plastic Pipe Shear: Use for precise cutting of
• cold Chisel: Use a cut metal.
• Flat file :Used for smooth wood
• Toiler Auger, It use for for clean drains
• Drill Press: It use for to cut the hole smaller
• hammer drill: It also known as a rotary hammer.
• Air Impact:Use for designed to deliver high torque output