All professional tradesmen need to carry all the tools that will need to carry out the various tasks for their trade. This is certainly the case for plumbers and it means that once they attend a job, they can finish it without keep leaving to find the correct tools. So here are a few of the many tools that plumbers will carry in their boxes. Kilburn Plumbers carry all the correct tools. Compression Sleeve Pullers
are a very handy tools that can remove the brass sleeves and nuts from compression angl stops. There are different types, however the priciple of operation is the same. These tools are carried by plumbers and prefer a heavy duty type to cope with the bigger jobs. Pliers are very useful, with combination types great for jobs like the removal of split pins out of cisterns, and long nose pliers will grip a sink or wash basin outlet grid. Slip-joint pliers have adjustable jaws and are useful for a wide range of gripping jobs. The Pipe Wrench grips pipework, circular fittings or hexagonal nuts that have been rounded off at the edges. Two wrenches are needed for some jobs. Some pipe wrenches such as footprint wrenches are still operated by squeezing the handles together, but the stillson type has an adjuster nut for altering the jaw size. The ideal Sizes are 250-360 mm, with jaw openings up to 25-38 mm. for a system retaining nut you may need a wrench or adjustable spanner that will open to about 60 mm. A Kilburn Plumber uses many types of tools. The Radiator Key is an essential tool for bleeding air from the central heating system. The Pipe Cutter can be more accurate and quicker than a hacksaw at cutting pipework. It may have an adjustable slide for cutting tubes of different diameters, and a fixed cutting wheel. Some have a tapered reamer on the front for removing the burr from the inside of the pipe. A small circular cutter known as a pipe slice is useful for cutting pipes in situ.
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