Top 10 Tools For Getting Into Apartment Maintenance

Welcome back to the apartment maintenance channel. Today's video, we're going to be going over the top 10 tools for apartment maintenance. Now these are not going to be in any particular order. They're just going to be listed one through 10 and there's going to be a few more than 10, but some of them I'm going to classify in the same category. So tool number one, going to need a screwdriver, whether it's flathead Phillips, you're going to need both. So I recommend the Klein 11 in one. Not only do you get your flathead and Phillips on both ends. It also has built in nut drivers, a quarter inch, five 16th and three eighths. And on the other end, you get your square bits. Here's another nut driver. Pull this out. And then you got your Torx or known as star. You get two sizes with that. A lot of your appliances will have your Torx bits or Torx head screws and electrical. You're going to come across the square. And then of course your Phillips and flathead. So that's our first tool. Second tool will be channel lock pliers, different sizes. I got three different sizes here, small, medium, large, but channel lock pliers, going to need those. Third tool, straight pliers. So I'm going to classify them in the plier category. Same with these needle nose pliers. Okay. Our next tool, we're going to need adjustable wrenches. We've got three different sizes here, a 10 inch, eight inch, and a six inch. So I have them all together as one. Next tool, set of Allen keys to be any brand, but going to need these out in the field. You're going to come across certain set screws, anything you're going to need those. Next tool is a flashlight. You're going to be in dark places and you're going to need a light. Next tool is a putty knife. You're going to need a putty knife. Certain appliances, whether you're opening cabinets on a washing machine, patching a little hole in the wall, putty knife always comes in handy. You're going to need one of those as well. Next is a good meter. You're going to need a good clamp meter. One specifically that tests capacitors because you're going to be testing a lot of AC capacitors. So you want to make sure you have one that does capacitors, which is also MFD right there. It is. So you're going to need a good clamp meter. Our next tool, I'm putting both these together is an outlet tester and a non-contact voltage detector. These two here, definitely going to use these a lot, whether you're testing outlets, GFCIs and this thing here, you don't want to trust this with your life, but it's good to have as a backup and just verify and make sure the power is off, but always want to use your meter when checking voltage. Next tool, you need a set of wire strippers, wire crimpers, right here, this Klein tools. This one here has a built-in crimper at the bottom, and then you've got your wire stripper, wire cutter, and then you've got a little plier type end here where you can grab a hold of something. So that's a good tool to have. And in that same category, here's the actual wire crimper tool only just because the crimper down here, going over the wire and try to crimp it. It's a lot easier to have it at the end. You'll get better leverage and you can get into tighter spots to crimp on a terminal or whatever. So that's why I have that one. And a pair of side cutters or dikes. These are good to have as well. And a little level and be hanging up towel bars, possibly TVs, just a little torpedo level. And this one's magnetic. Going to need one of those. Okay. Our next tool is a tape measure. This is just a 16 footer. Not really going to need a 25 foot tape measure doing apartment maintenance. This is more than enough. So definitely going to need a tape measure. And last but not least, you're going to need a drill, whether it's an impact or a drill, you're going to need one of those. Use one of these quite frequently. So that's my list of your top 10 tools for apartment maintenance. Now, obviously there's a little more than 10 tools here. Then really you can classify your electrical tools here as one, whether you got wire stripper, crimper, a pair of dikes. So we got what? 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13. So top 10 plus three. This is my list for the top 10 tools getting into apartment maintenance. So if you think there's anything I missed, definitely leave it below in the comments and thanks for watching. And we'll see you on the next one.