How to Choose the Right Tool Box for You

Series Summary

No home is complete without a tool box. Having an organized place to keep all of your tools together ensures that when minor household repairs are necessary you will be prepared to fix the problems quickly and thoroughly. You don't need a garage full of various specialty tools to perform basic maintenance on your home, just a collection of common practical tools to get the job done right. Whether you need to tighten the pipes under the kitchen sink, fix a leaky toilet, pry open a stuck window, or just hang a few pictures on your walls, there are a few essential tools that should be in every tool kit.

In this series of free instructional video clips you'll learn how to build the perfect tool kit for your home improvement needs. Expert Carolyn Saylors offers tips on choosing the right type of box to store your tools in, and shows you step-by step what tools are absolutely necessary to keep in your home. She explains the various types of screwdrivers, including torque and all-in-one models, the most commonly used types of pliers, wrenches and ratchet kits, drill bits, small saws, levels and hammers. She also offers advice on choosing nails and screws, flashlights, tape measures and gloves, and how to keep all of these items organized so that you can find them quickly when in a bind. And if you need to fill your tool box on a budget, she offers tips on filling it with all of the essentials for under $25. Do you have the right tools in your kit? Watch these free videos and find out!

Video Transcript

"Hello my name is Carolyn and I'm speaking on behalf of Expert Village I have been in the hardware business for over 17 years now so I have learned quiet a few things so when I use to be a homemaker well then I had to fix a lot of things. But now I really learned how to fix them and the tools that you really need. So now I'm going to show you some of them today and we are going to help you prepare a tool box that will be what you need or if you live in a small apartment or if you live in a house that you want a bigger tool box. So we are going to talk about some of the tools today. This is the tool box this is some of them that we have, we have if you just want a real small one just like if you are in apartment of something you could use just a small little toolbox, just a little handy size to put under sink or where ever you choose. The bigger one is plastic and it has a lot of it has a little drawer a little tray in here and then you put your bigger tools inside and you small ones here. Then it has up here in the top it has little places for nails and screws and anchors and different things. Now we have a nice metal one it has also the tray and it hold some of the longer type tools and this one sells for 15.99. We have different sizes, different colors and if you want just like a little handy box to use and you could just put it under there and you have all your things and just lay it, stand it up in here, just lay in there and you could just grab it and go and it is just 2.29."