plumbing tools [1]

The purpose of plumbing is to install, maintain and repair a dwelling’s pipes and sanitary fixtures.

Teflon tape

Flexible waterproof ribbon for covering threaded pipe joints to prevent leakage.

soldering torch

Portable tool operating on gas, for fastening parts using a finishing metal with a low melting point, such as lead.

disposable fuel cylinder

Small interchangeable tank, filled with gas (usually propane or butane) supplying the burner.

pencil point tip

Detachable end in which the gas is burned, and whose shape produces a slender flame with a fine tip.

tube cutter

Hand tool fitted with a cutting wheel for making straight even cuts to metal or plastic pipes.

hacksaw

Frame handsaw for sawing metal of varying thicknesses.

tube flaring tool

Hand tool composed of a clamp and a conical instrument that is inserted into a pipe to widen the end.

pipe threader

Round part with teeth, mounted on a diestock, for creating a thread on the outside of a pipe by hand.