Daily Tip for Home Builder – Tool Box Suggestions

Today we will discuss some ideas for your toll box. Don’t buy top of the line tools; step down a level or two. You can void sales tax on tools by buying on the Internet, but expect transportation costs unless you can find free shipping. How about a locked shipping container on site for materials and tools. Buy this book! “Do It Yourself Housebuilding” by George Nash is a must-have reference to keep onsite. Remember to add a hacksaw and blades; and, a special scoring tool for cutting cement board (Red Devil). Does your back ache? Buy an extension screw gun for driving screws into decking while standing up straight; it also grasps the screw. Use red chalk lines on concrete blue on wood (carry two chalk lines in tool kit). Never use masonry nails; use drive-pins or lag bolts with metal expansion sleeve. Consider three separate tool boxes: carpentry electrical and plumbing. Use your router to cut openings for sinks and rough openings in sheathing and drywall. There is a special pneumatic hammer for attaching joist hangers and other straps/hangars. The nail protrudes from the hammer to allow it be centered in a hole in the hangar before firing. Note that there is a special hole saw for electric drill; regular drill bit makes starter hole for center and then you insert point of tool and bit cuts the circumference of hole. Its adjustable for various diameters. Consider heavy duty 1/2” right angle drill for running electric and plumbing through studs/joists (auger bit and hole saw).