Maintaining a house can be intimidating, but so can paying contractors to fix every little thing. And there’s nothing worse than calling a professional in a panic only to find out the problem was a simple, easy fix that you’ve now paid hundreds of dollars for someone else to do.
But a lot of home maintenance and repair projects are actually really easy—if you have the necessary tools. That starts with a basic toolbox, of course, but in addition to fundamental tools like a hammer, screwdrivers, and a basic power drill, there are plenty of gadgets and gizmos that make all the painful aspects of home maintenance just a little easier. Over the years, I’ve collected a lot of these little tools and whenever there’s a problem in need of fixing in my house, they subtract just a little bit of effort. Here are some of my favorites.
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Endoscope camera
Using an app on your phone or tablet, you can easily peek behind things. Instead of ripping out the entire wall to see wiring, plumbing, or exactly what kind of critter has made a home in there, you can drill a small hole and poke the flexible camera in and see everything in perfect clarity. This has saved me more unnecessary work (and sleepless nights) than I can count.
Construction jack
A few years ago, I decided to do a quickie refresh in my mother’s kitchen, throwing up some new cabinets and counter tops—and thus I learned the hard way that hanging wall cabinets by yourself is no fun. I also learned the value of a construction jack. These beauties not only hold up cabinets, they can hold doors in place while you pop the hinge pins in and out, or hold drywall panels up until you can get a few screws into them, or lift heavy things a few inches off the floor so you can clean, make repairs, or slide something under them. Any job that involves lifting something and holding it in place is instantly easier.
Extendable duster
Cleaning is a big part of home maintenance. A clean house is a more efficient (not to mention more pleasant) house, but cleaning your house can be a real drag, especially when it comes to stuff like window blinds, ceiling fan blades, or other spots that are a) out of easy reach and/or b) difficult to effectively scrub with traditional cleaning tools.
Ladder accidents are common—more than 20,000 nonfatal injuries every year involve ladders. If you’ve ever positioned a ladder...creatively...when working on your house, stop doing that. This ladder leveling tool makes using a ladder on stairs and uneven surfaces a whole lot safer and easier, and it can stow tools and supplies, too. It can also be used to push the ladder away from a vertical wall so you don’t find yourself so close to the wall that you can’t work effectively.
Profile tool
I have no idea why it took me so long to buy a simple, cheap headlamp (this is the one I picked up), but it was one of the best purchases of my home-owning life. As a man who has spent his whole life with a small flashlight clenched between his teeth while wriggling in crawl spaces, suddenly being able to just, you know, see what I’m doing without juggling an extra tool has made everything much easier.
Basin wrench
And then I discovered the basin wrench. Suddenly, removing a bolt in a tight space was a breeze. If you want to be able to swap out faucets at will in your house, having this cheap tool on hand will change your life.
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