Been using these for 15 yrs. I also get different colors for buckets. Blue from Lowes for plumbing(blue=water), Red/Orange from HD for electrical(red=danger) Green from Menards for carpentry, (Green=wood). This way I can see them from a distance. I have several blue ones too some without the pouch for extra/oversize plumbing stuff.
You can't just leave us hanging with the power tools idea and not tell us. I'm renovating a lake cabin and 4 cabinets this summer, will be getting some professional help as it is just too much but your channel is awesome. I was just shopping around for how to carry all my power tools. Great idea for the hand tools. Thanks for everything!
Jeff i used to watch this old house during its early days when Bob Vila actually taught you something. I came across your videos and can't stop watching them! Your like Bob Vila on steroids! You don't talk down to your viewers. You come across to me like your just one of us. The tips and tricks you show us are useful and time saving! You keep making these videos, ill keep watching them!!!👍👍
I just began a project to widen our fridge alcove and got the notion to throw everything I needed into a plain old bucket to haul upstairs BEFORE seeing this. It’s nice to have some confirmation that I might know what I’m doing from time-to-time. Thanks, Jeff!
Hi Jeff! Let me start off by saying what an amazing channel you have. I’ve been binge watching. I just bought my first house. Can you plz make a video of tools every new home owner should have. For reference I’m a 36 yr old male. Always lived in a apartment before and I’m city kid. Now I have to manage a yard and home repairs.
I have been doing this for years. Some of my friends and people I meet on a job think I am crazy. But grabbing a plumbing bucket or an electric pail is way easier than trying to sort your tools before you hit the road. I probably have fifteen categories. Drywall is unto itself. Hole saws. Drill box. Wire wheels. Angle grinder. Saws all. Jig saw. Etc. Two of everything is an understatement more like four.
Great video. I had already used buckets but I never thought about using the bucket bag. I am getting myself three this week. Should be good enough for my plumbing, electrical, and drywall buckets.
Jeff, I love your simple no none sense approach to renovation projects. I am learning and growing a lot from your videos. The bucket organization is so simple, easy and budget friendly. It beats spending hundreds of dollars on Milwaukee Packout boxes and similar storage devices. I even got an additional bucket with a seat on top for when I need to take a quick break. I would like to see how you handle your power tools as well. Keep bringing great content.
I’ve spent hundreds of dollars in Milwaukee pack out which is handy and helps in organizing. But your simple cheap solution makes me think I may have overspent and over complicated my system making me move slower than yours. Love it!
Love the tip. I have 1 bucket... and that's not enough. Because the tool I need is either in the basement, the garage, the car, or the bucket. So I'm still running up and down the stairs. I now realize I need for sure a plumbing bucket and probably some others. You are THE DIY Guru.
Hey Jeff, This is just the video I needed to see. My shop organization has gone crazy, and this may be just what I needed! I live by this tool mindset: one is none & two is one!!
👏👏Nice gift for Fathers Day🤔 Mannnn !!! I need four for myself. One to carry my kitchen utensils when I do party’s and one for my cleaning supplies for the church🙏🏻 one for all the kids toys and treats on travel and one for all my mechanic 🧰 tools Awesome 😎 thank you
I’ve been renovating our bathroom. Aka wainscoting, trim, vanity, flooring, and paint. For my birthday I asked for a bucket organizer! It’s the best!!!!!!
I just bought three $20 tool bags for electrical, plumbing, and carpentry tools. I chose bags over buckets because I often bring tools to family's houses via my truck's back seat if weather is wet or via the trunk of my wife's car, and buckets are bulkier and tippier. It feels so much better to be organized--i used WalMart bags and cardboard boxes before.
So I have one of those for my carpenter tools and it works great but never even thought about using one for my plumbing tools and electrical tools and automotive tools, but I will now. Thank you for your time and knowledge.
I am renovating a 150 year old church. I dug out the basement so I could have 12’ ceilings. I am building a home/ recording studio/ photo/video studio. Rooms are isolated on their own pads and ceiling will be hanging on springs to reduce sound transmission. Controlling sound makes this build very interesting. I appreciate your channel.
I was thinking this afternoon that I needed to figure out a way to organize things. You are always putting out videos that match my needs and projects! Keep it up. Last year was new deck, this year we are doing full kitchen remodel (even though you tried to talk us out of it this year ) 😀. Infilling floor tile where existing cabinets sat, light plumbing, some drywall, tiled backsplash, and those LED puck lights you did a video about ! Love your channel
Went to replace some old outlets and light switches yesterday and couldn't find a single pair of needlenose pliers or my wire strippers because my tools are all over the place. I decided that rnough was enough, and instead of doing what I had planned to do, I instead spent my day finding all my tools from the bins and boxes that they had been kept. Then, I decided to put together 'kits' for different types of work i.e. electrical, carpentry, and I figured that I'd look to others to see how they go about organizing their tools. Stumbled onto this video which was EXACTLY what I needed. Pails are a genius idea.
Great solution for my tools. Haven't tried the bucket organizers. I am using grocery bins marked, plumbing, electrical, Car and saws. Consider a Fathers day gift idea show. simple things kids or wife can get you.
Only the second video of yours that I watched and I've already learned so many things things I've been trying to figure out on my own for YEARS. Going to put the blower attachment with my carpentry stuff right now...
In addition to the bucket organizers for tools, I have about a dozen clear totes on a couple of shelves in my shop where I store consumables and parts and other stuff that I don't need in the actual buckets. One for electrical, one for sanding, one for woodwork, one for concrete and tile, etc
I'm a bit fancy on the Packout system - what I REALLY like are the 15" organizer totes they offer. I'm a plumber, so I have one for general hand tools, and I have one for my soldering kit. It fits an MC tank, paste, spark lighters, pliers, flame pad, and an old peanut butter container where I keep odd 1/2" fittings. Same idea, saves a TON of time, makes organizing simple. The only difference is that I don't have as much space - so I have to pay up for the engineering! Honestly though, it's an amazing system, I love it, and going from one small job to the next (sometimes I'll go to five sites in a day), it REALLY simplifies the process of meeting the customers' needs
I also use pencilpouches for tiny stuff. Bits, marker, blade, awl, few screws... tiny stuff. And specific pouch for electrics - small tester, cablestrippers, cutters, wagos, heatshrink, isolated screwdrivers, tape, etc.
I did the same kind of thing with tool boxes I collected over 5 decades ranging from steel to plastic construction. Plumbing, welding, electrical (2), precision measuring, electronic detection, painting and a couple of others. I have one bucket with the pocket gizmos and a couple of empties. I pick and choose for the job and load them up.
Sparky here. I've got a Milwaukee packout kit. Could've used a different modular rolling tool cart but definitely needed for all my tools. Love the philosophy though. I'll try organizing my tools into slab, parkade, rough in, finishing, quick access and low frequency access
The projects I’m working on are an attic walk in closet, bathroom refinishing ( tile floors,vinyl shower wall board, stair refinishing, and many others. A lot of replacing/dealing with water spots on drywall ceiling
Nice video. I have been using an EVA box to store my small tools, such as markers, awls, screwdrivers, small hammers, etc. It is more suitable for carrying with you or putting in the car. If it is stored in a bucket, it feels like it can hold more.
I made a similar switch years ago when I got tired of spending more time finding tools than working on the project. Except I use plastic tool boxes, and they are all clearly marked. One for plumbing that has those tools. I have a torch box that has the brushes, flux, solder, ect for sweating pipe fittings. One for electrical. One for all my air fittings, tips, and those cheap coil hoses that come in handy on occasion. Then I just have multiple empty buckets in the workshop that I throw the bigger tools in when I need to tackle a job. Like my 18" pipe wrenches, my 2' level, pry bars, etc. Then I throw in whatever selection of fasteners I might need and take that bucket, and the associated tool box to wherever I may need to work. When I am done, throw everything back in the bucket and put it back where it goes when I get to the workshop. I also have duplicates of a lot of things spread across the various toolboxes. Razor knives, tape measures, side cutters, screw drivers, adjustable wrenches, etc. The minimal cost of having duplicates pays for itself in the time I save looking for things or when I need to work in multiple locations simultaniously. Like right now, I am rewiring my 2nd floor by going through the attic. So I need tools in the attic, and on the 2nd floor. Having multiple tools is so much easier than climbing up and down those attic stairs. Throw in the fact that I keep needing to pull home runs down to the basement, and I need tools on three different levels of my house at that same time. I know, a tool pouch would cut down on some of that, but it isn't really practical to wear fitting through the tiny hatch to the attic, or when squeezing in to access the outside wall in the attic.
I’ve tried tools boxes but it’s not clear and I never know what’s in them until I go through few of them. This is a good system since u can see all the stuff right in front of u and there’s no lid. The only down side I see is it’s not stackable and it’s have to have it’s down location and I can’t stack other stuff on top of it
Sounds like you don’t use a tool belt? I don’t usually buy I’ve been told that will help with having to run back and forth to get the tool you left in the other room. I think I will try these buckets and also get a better fitting tool belt that I will actually use more often. There are a still defiantly some tools that you need duplicates of. Who really has only one screwdriver?
@@billsedutto8824 I use a belt when doing things up on a ladder, or on a roof, but they just get in the way when crawling around inside an attic, or even getting through the tiny attic hatch that I have in my house. Also not practical in a crawl space either.
I have come to a realisation this morning: I got more entertainement value here than on Netflix. And that's on top of the great information provided. It is also on top of taking DIYers seriously, especially with your recent initiatives. On a personnal note, this channel helped me a ton in the last years. We purchased an old house an remodeled it all. The whole thing: gutted it, replaced the fundations & mechanicals, relocated the stairs, removed a raccoon family in the attic, etc, etc. As a bonus, I am certainly not alone to appreciate your humor and your realistic, honest delivery. I am Happy to throw in few canadian bucks now, for what they're worth anyway. As they say, better late than never. Big thanks! Keep it up! From the Great republic of Quebekistan.
I started using the pail years ago. The reason was when in a crawl space when you got to the far end you need a tool, screw that you did not have. So out you crawl again and again. With the bucket it had all your tools, screws or what ever you needed. Was good to carry your waste material back out also. I now use it on every job not just the crawl spaces.
I started using buckets a while ago and then I got organizers to go inside and it really changed how effective I was I did not have to waste time looking for things I did just like you said in the video and had a bucket for each trade
I’m halfway through a siding job on my garage and it’s always a pain when you need the tools, but you forgot where you put them. Thx for the great tips, I’m definitely doing that now.
I have that same bucket nearby with an assortment of tools that I used on a consistent basis. Hammers, wrenches, utility knives, electrical tools, screwdrivers etc, etc.The rest are kept in the garage. I’m a homeowner who’s house is 70+ years old and is always fixing things here and there. Very useful way of organizing.
I’m not gonna hire someone to patch a hole on drywall, change a faucet, change a door, or replace my water heater when I can do that work and save that money. I’m sure the same can be said for any homeowner who has the skills to the the work themselves. I’m not bragging about it, I’m not the “knows it all kinda person” but with some elbow grease and some RU-vid help.......one can be surprised about what you accomplish.
I spend more time cleaning and organizing my shop than I do actually getting things done! I had to go out and buy beefier tools and equipment when I started using hardwood for everything, so I now I have more tools than I do room to put it all. An 'Entire Shop Organization' video would be nice, I haven't found one yet that really fits what I need. Cheers from Orlando!!
Great idea spent an hour looking for a specific screwdriver today that I couldn't find usually they're all together but for some reason this one but for a walk
Awesome video! I'm decluttering my tools and realized I've got 5 of everything because I've ended up having to buy something that I knew I had, but couldn't find! Watched your video, ran out and bought 3 buckets & 3 organizers. So simple- wish I would have seen it 50 tools ago!
THIS WORKS! I used two old sets of office drawer units; Every drawer has a specific set of tools. I stacked them and put a 'lazy susan' bearing plate on top. This holds 4 small parts cabinets in a square; So I can spin things around and always find the small parts, screws, nuts, bolts, connectors electronic parts etc. I need. The 'other stuff' I store in folding shopping crates 'one topic' in a crate. When preparing for a project I know where to find things. If need be, I make a 'projectbag'. I'll have all I need at hand. Only the small parts cabinets cost me some money. Total cost: less than $100.
Love the bucket organizers. I do the same thing; a bucket for every trade. I like to renovate houses too, but I like to stick to interior work. Bathrooms, kitchens, laundry rooms, etc. Keep up the good work. As always, love the videos!
Very old school approach as these newer modular storage systems weren’t around . I’ve used buckets for tools because it was free buckets from materials that we used and till this day I organize my tools by buckets too :) but I do have a few crates as well for more home storage workshop type stuff
It takes me 30 minutes to hang a picture frame on the wall cause I can never find anything, I'm definitely doing this. Love your videos, Jeff. Keep up the amazing work
I had power professionally installed this spring to my detached garage/shop and will be organizing tools soon! Appreciate all the ideas and other videos for projects!! Sheetrock project planned for this fall!
I've done this very same system except with rubber totes. One bin for each trade (drywall,electrical, plumbing and general carpentry tools) And 99 percent of the time you'll need to grab two bins to go do a job and when you're done it's easy to stack in the garage. I'm replacing my roof and rebuilding the side entrance deck. And if I have time I'll install a new window and board/batten siding.
Awesome video Jeff… I have a few of those bucket organizers and they work great. Lots of pockets like you mentioned to store all kinds of tools. I do have one for electrical, but now I have to get one for plumbing… Currently my plumbing tools are in one of those cloth type tote bags but some of the tools are buried and I have to move stuff around to see what’s below. The bucket ideal is perfect because I’ll be able to see most if not all of my tools at a glance. Re my current project: I’m converting my old kitchen into a bedroom since I built a 25’x 28’ great room with a kitchen / living room with a two-car garage below and I’m almost done with that… My next project is redoing or replacing a wooden front porch. When I constructed it, I used womanized construction wood? Now it’s getting old and time to redo it. I want to use structural grade plastic 2x10’s and 2x8 for the framing and the same for the flooring. My question is - is recycled construction grade plastic a good option to use since I don’t want to have to redo this porch again or is there a stronger grade rot resistant wood like hickory, I should be using…? Thanks for any thoughts and reply… PS Just absolutely love your videos… You certainly have a huge amount of experience and I appreciate the heck out of the videos. Save me a ton of work with those great tips+… THANK YOU….!!! Ray
I was thinking about this recently since I'm my own handyman for my rentals. I was planning on the bucket organizing since many times I also just need the pail for something too.
i love that you use a cheap kuny pouch and not some $400 cadillac!!! i have old school lockers and filing cabinets in my sheds so everything has a place even though i'm not always that great at breaking down my gear at the end of a job
