r/Tools • u/207Fixit • 1d ago
Maintenance Man
Does 90% of my work at an 80 room capacity hotel. Coming from a retirement community that served 130 residents, and work consisted of work orders and renovations. Now I do mostly preventative maintenance.
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u/Ichthius 1d ago
A hot glue stick and a lighter is worth its weight in gold. Some stainless tie wire too.
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u/207Fixit 1d ago
Noted, thank you
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u/Ichthius 1d ago
Another good one is baking soda and super glue. It’s a great filler, forms acrylic.
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u/Large_Tool 22h ago
Where's your bong?
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u/BoSknight 18h ago
Lmao why this?
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u/Large_Tool 12h ago
Maintenance
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u/BoSknight 12h ago
I barely hear weed jokes at my work, only a couple good ones over the years. No only really references it at all
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u/Large_Tool 12h ago
The last maintenance job I had was so bad. Management was a joke. The tenants ran the show. So the maintenance team would just hide and get drunk or stoned .
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u/BoSknight 12h ago
Crazy, I've never worked residential. I guess if you're just painting all day it could be harmless, but in both the big places I've worked there was occasional jokes about it. I'd seen a full 4 loko in some ones truck
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u/Large_Tool 11h ago
It was a multi billion dollar office building. So, the tenants that spent the most had management doing what they said. And the same tenants would give us tequila. Really miss that job.
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u/No-Amphibian-248 1d ago
Where’s your hammer 🔨?
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u/207Fixit 1d ago
In the shop. If I need to close up a paint can, I use the buttplate of the Purdy multi tool. Even works when hanging a picture.
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u/nocapslaphomie 21h ago
I use my socket wrench as a hammer. It saves weight in my bag and it's very rare I need anything more than it.
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u/UnrulyTrousers Whatever works 1d ago
Shocked you don’t have an adjustable wrench or pliers wrench
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u/207Fixit 1d ago
The adjustable wrench is the bane of my existence. I have tried Knipex in the past. If you use your Channellocks correctly, they will do it all.
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u/Tongue-Punch 1d ago
Try some smooth jaw channels for things that you don’t want marred like supply line hex nuts.
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u/207Fixit 1d ago
Fair enough. Again, use them correctly, and you should leave a minimum footprint
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u/pate_moore 1d ago
Yeah, but if you use the correct tool you leave no footprint. That's my only critique. Other than that it looks like you pulled half of my bag out LOL
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u/Bone_Dice_in_Aspic 1d ago
Ah, circuit tester, circuit tester, pinchy circuit tester, squeezey circuit tester, skinny pinchy circuit tester, unnecessarily sharp circuit tester, extra squeezey live wire grabber, and liggadigga wire spinner.
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u/ganon2234 20h ago
Throw away the commercial electric non contact voltage testing pen and buy a Fluke brand. If you are poking around potentially energized circuits without a meter, at least use a reputable tool instead of the cheapest one in existence. It's your life on the line, and you're worth it!
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u/207Fixit 11h ago edited 11h ago
A fair point. I have had the Fluke pen and hated it. Not to mention they keep having recalls. The most I will ever be working on is 120. Basic electrical only for this guy. The pen is just confirming what I already know.
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u/wiserTyou 1d ago
I love how the tool bags cost more than the tools. I want a veta pro badly but just can't bring myself to do it. I'm off to buy my 8th $60 bag I won't like.
Edit. Where did you get the AA battery holder? That's cool.
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u/207Fixit 1d ago
Story on the bag: HVAC guy gave me a heavily used one when I was just starting out. I ended up gifting it to my brother in law who is working to become an electrician. I missed it so much, I ended up buying the exact same bag a year later. They are pricey, but they are overbuilt like iron.
The battery holder can be found searching Storacell on Amazon. I use them for throwing in my backpack if I do any camping. Very convenient 👌
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u/Banmeagaindumbadmin 1d ago
Nice bag! Love my Veto
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u/207Fixit 1d ago
I've been happy with it. Everything I need, nothing that I don't. Backpacks are too bulky, open face bags lose tools.
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u/Shoddy_Office_1872 1d ago
Basically the perfect EDC for someone who wears more than one hat. Maybe throw in an M12 oscillating tool or a sawzall, depending on what kind of stuff you lean towards.
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u/207Fixit 1d ago
The oscillating tool was a must at my last maintenance job doing renovations. Now, working at a hotel, I really neaver run into the need for it. I'm new to the Milwakee tools. Was team yellow when I started.
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u/nocapslaphomie 21h ago
You can carry a few sockets with a 1/4 attachment and it will be lighter than that Klein nut driver. That thing is super heavy. Your multi has 2 of the sizes on it. You can also get needle nose wire strippers and save a space.
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u/207Fixit 11h ago
Good point. That pass through nut driver is so nice for toilet bolts and faucet hardware. Space is key, and weight isn't a huge concern for me.
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u/hooray4tools 1d ago
Nice kit! Thanks for sharing!
I’m trying to figure out the silver “fork” thing - bottom right-ish. Whazzat?
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u/Gazza1158 1d ago
What is the Blue a nd red Screwdriver under the Kleins?
Nice set up. The only thing missing is a small or folding saw
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u/207Fixit 1d ago
That's my Lenox multi bit screwdriver. It is easily my most used tool along with the Channellocks. Good retention, and really sturdy tips. I also have a lenox hand saw kicking around in the shop.
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u/Nairblol 1d ago
Where’s your container of nuts, bolts and screws that will never fit anything you need them too
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u/207Fixit 1d ago
On the work cart of course...and then when you know one of them will work, you can't find em'
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u/Flat-Parfait-4703 1d ago
It looks very similar to my work bag. I work Maintenance at school district. The work is virtually the same.
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u/Ender06 19h ago
You can take that tub drain wrench, cut it in half, and use a 1" socket + breaker bar (or ratchet) on the cut end to give you extra leverage when removing tub drains.
(The one I made has a the tub wrench on the end of a 12" extension + ratchet 1/2" drive)
I had to replace several in one go, and making one of those saved me so much time when compared to trying to turn the wrench using some channel locks or a screwdriver stuck in to the hole with my body half way in the tub...
Just take care when installing the tub drains not to overtorque the drain as with the new setup.
I also carry the same Lennox screwdriver (great screwdriver IMHO, I had it when I was a electrician and kept it even though most of my kit is milwuakee, the lennox one fits in pockets better). Oh, carrying a set of small channellocks. (Like the 6" ones) + a penlight on my persons.
Also work pants that have kneepads is always good (CAT, or DeWalt, or Carhart) makes some good work pants with lots of extra pockets and pockets for kneepads.
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u/oldsilver007 18h ago
Basin wrench industrial style that extends and I use an adjustable wrench in combination with channels. I know you said somewhere you hate adjustables but sometimes the Milwaukee I have works better.
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u/artsmartiens 13h ago
Maintenance woman, but I have the same bag, impact driver, and sockets. But in the manufacturing sector.
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u/207Fixit 11h ago
Very cool. Yeah, I am new to the driver, but it is a gamechanger foe size, weight, and battery shape.
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u/im_no_doctor_lol 8h ago
You need a good pair of linesman
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u/207Fixit 8h ago
For what?
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u/im_no_doctor_lol 8h ago
To twist wires. Strippers are for stripping, diagonal cutters are for cutting and linesman are for twisting wires 🤙🏻
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u/fartonmycheerios 1d ago
Not a single one of those tools look like its been used
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u/worst_mathematician 3h ago
That is not even true, it's easy to see wear on most of them even. What is it with people fetishizing dirty/rusty/unmaintained tools?
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u/BlackLung223 1d ago
You need to phone home