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• Classifications of Plumbing Materials and Tools

  1. Gripping Tools
  2. Cutting Tools
  3. Repair Tools
• This tool has movable, toothed jaws used to tighten and loosen pipe fitting.

  Pipe Wrench
• This tool has smooth jaws made to fit small nuts, bolts, and square and hexagonal fittings

  Adjustable Wrench
• when this pressure has been reached, its handle spins freely, which means the tightening is done

  T-handle Torque Wrench
• useful for delicate work, such as removing seals and springs during faucet repair

  Needle-nose pliers
• also known as "rib-joint pliers" these adjustable grippers open wide enough to move drain traps

  Slip-joint pliers
• used for cutting plastic pipes and tubing up to 1" diameter

  PVC (polyvinyl chloride) scissors
• designed to cut copper tubing

  Tubing cutters
• coarse-toothed handsaw cuts the PVC and ABS pipes that are too big for the PVC scissors

  PVC saw
• cuts through old galvanized pipes, rusted bolts, and has an interchangeable blade

  Hacksaw
• two kinds of slip-joint pliers

  1. curved jaw
  2. straight jaw
• "plumber's helpers" dislodge clogs by using alternating pressure and sunction.

  Plunger
• works like a snake but has a crank handle and a bent housing to reach into the toilet's trap

  Toilet Auger
• has a slotted key on one end and a long T-handle to help the plumber reach down to crank a valve on or off

  Meter Key
• removes deep blockages in the pipes, also called as "plumber's snake"

  Drain-and-trap Auger
• a simple, bent rod can remove a faucet's worn or damaged valve seats

  Faucet valve seat wrench
• a wide, adjustable, and toothless wrench fits on large nuts on toilets and sinks

  Spud Wrench
• used to reach a valve seat from the front without tearing out wall materials

  Shower socket
• grinds and smoothens faulty, irreplaceable valve seats in the faucet

  Valve seat dresser
• used for accessing nuts in hard-to-reach places, its pivoting jaws and extension handle help to reach places

  Basin wrench
• devices that control the flow of water through the pipes

  supply valves
• the best choice for a main supply shut off

  ball valve
• often used as a main supply shut off, better suited to shut down branch supply

  Gate valve
• branch supply lines are equipped with these

  Globe valve
• 2 types of fixture shut off valve

  1 ) Angled shutoff valve

  2 ) Straight shut off valve
• used when a supply pipe comes from the wall

  angled shutoff valve
• used for pipes that come from the floor

  Straight shutoff valve