pipe bender storage

jase158 · Nov 11, 2012

I hate thins rattling round my van and am looking for ideas on any way of storing large items, the main one is the benders, how do you store them? In my old van I used 22mm pipe clips but havent got space for this in new van.
Any photos or ideas for large items greatly appreciated including

Hammers
Trowels
benders
hose
levels
club hammer
silicone gun and silicone tubs
anything else

Also what do you do with those small talls that you need once in a blue moon but are very handy to get you out of the doody.

including
hep pipe release tools
tap reseating tool
cant think of any more at mo, but I guess you get the idea

SimonG · Nov 11, 2012

At the minute, buckets.

jase158 · Nov 11, 2012

yeah same here, hate the things though

Billy Bob Bob · Nov 11, 2012

in my van i have a modified joist tierod bent round in a hook,dont know if you can see it in this pic alternatively you could bag it
FAITHFULL PLUMBERS - ELECTRICIANS PIPE BENDER CARRY BAG | eBay

jase158 · Nov 11, 2012

is it the same with the hose?

AmritPedersen · Nov 11, 2012

Ooh, nice! Can you come & do my van. I've so much junk in the back that its got its own tidal system.

migoplumber · Nov 11, 2012

i have my "all the time tools" a small bag, carries adjustables, screwdrivers, and electrical gear. basically everything i need to service / fault find a boiler.
i then have 2 tool boxes screwed to floor in van so they dont shift. 1 with stuff i should of taken in my 1st bag if it got complicated. then the other with install stuff i hardly ever use.
my pipe benders are the hilmor stand alones, that have the electrical equivalent dies and formers (all stored in 2nd box) they have 22mm foam insulation on the legs wrapped in gaffer tape and then just strapped to my home made racking (which stores all my stock stuffs.
i then have the van vault for rechargeables and stuff ( incidentally the milwauke 18v vacum cleaner is a nice bit of kit )
it works for me.
and my initial toolbag only weighs 5kg.
i love when my apprentice comes along with his all in tool bag including 24's and blowlamp to service a boiler. i make him bring it too job. it must weigh 40 kg. lol

Billy Bob Bob · Nov 11, 2012

jase158 said:
is it the same with the hose?

no thats a board stop that come free with the roof bars its basically one of those L shaped joist hangers with holes drilled in it i will post a better pic up tomorrow

Billy Bob Bob · Nov 11, 2012

been out in the cold to take a pic

jase158 · Nov 11, 2012

brilliant, thanks.
so basically a bracket that is bent.

will order a few of them from toolstation and bend them a lil for the hose and benders, thanks for baring the cold to show me

Billy Bob Bob · Nov 11, 2012

yep just a bent bit of steel does the job perfectly

migoplumber · Nov 11, 2012

he is a brave, kind, warm hearted man. he does not feel or fear the cold !
tell him the angle aint right and ask for another picture.

Billy Bob Bob · Nov 11, 2012

migoplumber said:
he is a brave, kind, warm hearted man. he does not feel or fear the cold !
tell him the angle aint right and ask for another picture.

you would say that Shaun LOL

barronbathrooms · Nov 11, 2012

I store my benders in some 1 1/4 plastic clipped to my ply lined walls. Until tomorrow picking up a new van supplied by the company I'm sub-contacting to. Gonna have to rack it out & start again hope it's lined!!

mikegas · Nov 11, 2012

I use something similar to this for my hoses New Rehau Wall Mounted Hose Pipe Holder Storage Bracket | eBay

TBServices · Nov 11, 2012

If my van was tidy I'd go out and take a pic. But it's not, so it'll have to wait.

villa_tom · Nov 11, 2012

My pipe benders are stored on the side of the van vertically by a few 22mm talon pipeclips.

Guest123 · Nov 11, 2012

I hang mine on a hook that you screw in to the plywood via a long cable tie on the bender.

Keefy · Nov 11, 2012

system3 said:
I hang mine on a hook that you screw in to the plywood via a long cable tie on the bender.

I use a cable tie round the bender handles to stop it 'flapping' around when carrying it.

Ra_Khan · Nov 30, 2012

NPK said:
I use a cable tie round the bender handles to stop it 'flapping' around when carrying it.

I have to ask, is there such a thing as a set of 15/22 benders with detachable or telescopic handles.
(Newbie/student on Lvl 2 Plumbing, hence the dumb question).

plum ber · Nov 30, 2012

Ra_Khan said:
I have to ask, is there such a thing as a set of 15/22 benders with detachable or telescopic handles.
(Newbie/student on Lvl 2 Plumbing, hence the dumb question).

Not that i know of, besides if they did make them I think they would be rubbish due to the force needed to be exerted when bending 22mm.....

phew big words for a Friday............I think I need a lie down now!!!:speechless:

on31ll · Nov 30, 2012

Ra_Khan said:
I have to ask, is there such a thing as a set of 15/22 benders with detachable or telescopic handles.
(Newbie/student on Lvl 2 Plumbing, hence the dumb question).

why ? imagine loosing a part !

Barry98 · Nov 30, 2012

fasten two pieces of 32mm plastic onto something then theyll slip inside

Ra_Khan · Nov 30, 2012

on31ll said:
why ? imagine loosing a part !

Oh yeah, very good point there. As to why ... well I just like the idea of compacting things down to the minimum possible for travel on the bus/tube in london; I've not even upgraded my phone since they went big again.

plum ber · Nov 30, 2012

Ra_Khan said:
Oh yeah, very good point there. As to why ... well I just like the idea of compacting things down to the minimum possible for travel on the bus/tube in london; I've not even upgraded my phone since they went big again.

Go get a job with Pimlico then you'll get a van....IMO plumbers need a van far too much gear needed to "carry" begger that on the TUBE aswell!!!

Imagine that one.....yes mr insurance man I need insurance that covers me incase I hit a banker with my pipe benders on the tube..........

buckley plumb · Nov 30, 2012

gas man said:
in my van i have a modified joist tierod bent round in a hook,dont know if you can see it in this pic alternatively you could bag it
FAITHFULL PLUMBERS - ELECTRICIANS PIPE BENDER CARRY BAG | eBay

thats one tidy van mate. mines like that when i clean it untill i squash all the kit back in

AlexGas · Nov 30, 2012

COLUMBUS, Ohio-Parker Hannifin Corp.'s Tube Fittings Division has developed a new line of tube benders with adjustable handles that make it easy to bend copper, aluminum, steel and stainless steel medium-to-light wall tubing up to 180°.

Features of Tube Benders with Adjustable Handles:
o Forms accurate bends up to 180°
o Ergonomical handle design
o Bends copper, aluminum, steel and stainless steel tube
o Available in 1/4", 3/8" and 1/2" sizes
o Vice mountable
o Uses same bend radii as 2829S benders

I'd say, my record benders will last longer.

Dannypipe · Nov 30, 2012

I carry my benders by stuffing them in over the wheel arches, and then throwing loads of dust sheets and other junk on top (for protection of course).

Blumper · Nov 30, 2012

Bent brackets do for everything from the benders to my multimaster in its bag........tools are the easy part, its when you've stripped out an old open vented system and have to cram in all that lovely but filthy scrap and a cylinder that no matter how long you've had it propped up on its side to drain it,....it STILL manages to spew out green gunky crap all over your best tools cos you've left it till the last thing to go in the van, its dark outside, your tired so it just gets fecked in on top of erything else and sods law dictates it leaks on your best bit of kit....every time..

Dannypipe · Nov 30, 2012

Strap it to the roof rack!! I've done it in the past, but that's cos I drive a vauxhall Combo and don't have the choice if the old man's not around with his Navara.

AWheating · Nov 30, 2012

one tip is to get a rubber o ring from a 110mm socket and tie a knot in the middle of it, you then have a figure 8 that slips over the end of your benders arms and stops it swinging open etc..... better for storage and carrying.

patent pending 🙂