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47-2152.02 — Plumbers

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Tools

Adjustable widemouth pliers
  • Water pump pliers
Adjustable wrenches
  • Adjustable slip lock nut wrenches
Air compressors
Augers
Backhoes
Bandsaw wheel
  • Bandsaws
Bench vises
  • Bench chain vises
  • Bench yoke vises
  • Tristand chain vises
Blow torches
  • Acetylene torches
  • Butane torches
  • Propane torches
Bolt cutters
Box end wrenches
  • Ratcheting box wrenches
Calipers
Caulking guns
Deburring equipment
  • Deburring tools
Desktop computers
Detection apparatus for non metallic objects
  • Inductive clamps
  • Line locators
  • Transmitters
Dewatering pumps
  • Utility pumps
Diagonal cut pliers
  • Diagonal cutting pliers
Digital camcorders or video cameras
  • Video diagnostic tools
Drain or pipe cleaning equipment
  • Drain cleaning cables
  • Hand spinners
  • Heavy duty drain cleaning machines
  • Power sink machine drain cleaners
  • Power spinners
  • Pressurized water pigs
  • Sectional drain cleaning machines
  • Sewer tapes
  • Toilet augers
Drain or toilet plunger
  • Plungers
Dump trucks
Explosimeters
Files
  • Seat dressers
  • Thread repair files
Fluid regulators
  • Pipe freezing kits
  • Water stoppers
Forklifts
Gas detectors
  • Gas leak detection devices
Gas generators
  • Generators
Gas welding or brazing or cutting apparatus
  • Brazing equipment
Gauges or inspection fixtures
  • Telescopic inspection mirrors
Hammer drills
  • Rotary hammers
Hammers
  • Ball peen hammers
  • Claw hammers
Heat guns
Hex keys
  • Allen wrenches
  • Hex wrenches
Hole saws
  • Hole cutting tools
Hose cutter
  • Gasket cutters
Impact hammers
Laser measuring systems
  • Laser alignment tools
Laser printers
Lathes
Leak testing equipment
  • Trutest smoke detectors
Levels
  • Torpedo levels
Light trucks or sport utility vehicles
  • Light pickup trucks
Liquid leak detectors
  • Ultrasonic leak detectors
Locking pliers
  • Channel lock pliers
  • Vise grip pliers
Metal detectors
  • Magnetic locators
  • Rebar locators
Moisture meters
Notebook computers
Nut drivers
  • Universal nut wrenches
Offset socket wrenches
  • Hollow core socket wrenches
Oil gun
  • Oilers
Open end wrenches
  • Crescent wrenches
Personal computers
Personal digital assistant PDAs or organizers
  • Personal digital assistants PDA
Pipe bending tools
  • Tube bending springs
Pipe extractors
Pipe or tube cutters
  • Copper cutting machines
  • Mini tubing cutters
  • Pipe cutters
  • Polyvinyl chloride PVC cutters
  • Polyvinyl chloride PVC saws
  • Power pipe cutters
  • Ratcheting polyvinyl chloride PVC cutters
  • Soil pipe cutters
  • Tubing cutters
  • Wide roll pipe cutters
Pipe vises
  • Pipe welding vises
  • Tripod vises
Pipe wrenches
  • End pipe wrenches
  • Offset pipe wrenches
  • Straight pipe wrenches
Plumb bobs
Power drills
  • Direct tap machines
  • Right-angle drills
  • Tapping tools
Power saws
  • Reciprocating saws
Pressure indicators
  • Air pressure gauges
  • Comprehensive water gauges
  • Heavy duty water pressure gauges
  • Maximum reading water pressure gauges
  • Water pressure gauges
Pressure or steam cleaners
  • Rodders
  • Root ranger jetter nozzles
  • Water jetters
Pry bars
  • Crowbars
Pullers
  • Compression sleeve pullers
  • Faucet handle pullers
  • Faucet stem and cartridge pullers
  • Tub drain removers
Ratchets
  • Manual ratchet threader sets
Reamers
  • Inner/outer reamers
  • Spiral ratchet pipe reamers
  • Straight-fluted pipe reamers
Saws
  • Hacksaws
  • Mini hacksaws
Screwdrivers
  • Flat blade screwdrivers
  • Phillips head screwdrivers
Sewage pumps
Shears
Slip or groove joint pliers
  • Slip joint pliers
Soldering irons or guns
  • Soldering equipment
Specialty wrenches
  • Basin wrenches
  • Basket strainer wrenches
  • Bibb seat tools
  • Chain wrenches
  • Cleanout plug wrenches
  • Compound leverage wrenches
  • Internal wrenches
  • One stop wrenches
  • Pedestal sink wrenches
  • Plastic nut basin wrenches
  • Pop-up plug wrenches
  • Rapwrenches
  • Seat wrenches
  • Shower valve socket wrenches
  • Six-step faucet seat wrenches
  • Spud wrenches
  • Stillson wrenches
  • Strainer wrenches
  • Telescoping basin wrenches
  • Water heater element removal wrenches
Stamping or forming dies
  • Threading machine die heads
Staple guns
Strap wrenches
  • Rubber strap wrenches
Sump pumps
Swaging tools
Tablet computers
Tape measures
  • Measuring tapes
Taps or dies
  • Pipe taps
Thermographs
  • Non-contact infrared thermometers
Threading dies
  • Plastic pipe/conduit die heads
Threading machines
  • Power pipe threading machines
  • Receding threaders
  • Three-way pipe threaders
Tinners snips
  • Tin snips
Tongs
  • Chain tongs
Torque wrenches
  • No hub torque wrenches
Torx keys
  • Four-in-one keys
  • Shut-off keys
  • Water meter keys
Trenching machines
  • Trenchers
Tube end finishers
  • Flaring tools
  • Roll groovers
  • Tube crimping tools
Two way radios
Utility knives
Vacuum gauges
Vibration testers
  • Vibration analyzers
Welders
  • Arc welders
Welding masks
  • Welding hoods
Wire or cable cutters
  • Cable saws

Technology

Accounting software
  • Bookkeeping software
  • Intuit QuickBooks software
  • Intuit Quicken software
  • Job costing software
  • KRS Enterprises Service First!
Analytical or scientific software
  • Elite Software DPIPE
  • Elite Software FIRE
  • Elite Software HSYM
  • Elite Software Spipe
  • Heat loss calculation software
  • Klear Estimator
  • Quote Software QuoteExpress
Computer aided design CAD software
  • Autodesk Building Systems
  • Drawing and drafting software
  • Elite Software Plumbing CAD
  • Elite Software Sprinkler CAD
  • Horizon Engineering Sigma Plumbing Calculator
Data base user interface and query software
  • Database software
  • Insight Direct ServiceCEO
  • PricePoint software
  • Wintac Pro Software
Electronic mail software
  • Email software
Facilities management software
  • Maintenance management software
Project management software
  • Estimating software
  • FastEST FastPipe
  • FastEST software
  • Vision InfoSoft Plumbing Bid Manager
Spreadsheet software
  • Microsoft Excel
Word processing software
  • Atlas Construction Business Forms
  • Contractor City Contractor Forms Pack
  • Microsoft Word
  • Wilhelm Publishing Threshold

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