tool

Water meter digging tool, and needing access to turn the water off with the wrench. Sometimes the meter is covered up pretty well with dirt, and scratching the dirt out by hand can be tough. Here I took some 2" ABS from the truck and cut an angle on the end to turn it into a digging tool. It...

Underneath the shower handle I've found this interesting design where there's a cover or shroud encapsulating the cartridge. The threading on it is interesting: the threading isn't required for the handle and there are two flat areas near the end. I'm guessing there's a special tool I should use...

Sometimes a lav faucet has very hard to remove finger tight nuts on them. They've been on there so long that the strength in your fingers may not be enough to thread them off the shafts. Here is a little tool you can make using some 1.5" ABS pipe and a saw. Four notches to fit over the tabs...