Basic Repair Materials for Emergency Preparedness

[Defense Minister]

Assuming power tools aren't available, what is your list of repair materials for emergency preparedness? In addition to my accessorized Leatherman tool, I keep the following:

• Duct tape (duh…)
• Small gauge steel wire
• Super glue
• 5-minute epoxy
• Shoe Goo
• Needle(s) and thread(s)
• Cable ties

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[Joe13]

Old school saw and hand drill.

2x4's
Plywood
Nails
Screws
Hammer
Screwdrivers
Lag bolts
Socket set

 

[Joe13]

Flex seal (spray/putty/brush on)
Clear underwater curable rubber sealant
Gorilla tape is much thicker then duct tape
Upholstery thread and needle kit
Blood clot



Also I keep 14 batteries for my power tools charged so it would be awhile before I needed hand tools.

 

[Certaindeaf]

Assuming power tools aren't available, what is your list of repair materials for emergency preparedness? In addition to my accessorized Leatherman tool, I keep the following:

• Duct tape (duh…)
• Small gauge steel wire
• Super glue
• 5-minute epoxy
• Shoe Goo
• Needle(s) and thread(s)
• Cable ties

I'd add some smallish fasteners, nuts, bolts, screws a few nails and some plumber's tape.. not often used but a godsend occasionally.

 

[Knobgoblin]

Hose clamps
Ratchet straps and bungees
Solid wedges and shims
Silicone caulk or other sealants

 

[CamoDeafie]

What, people don't have a stocked mini-hardware/building supply store in their shop buildings!? (as an apartment dweller,it sucks.)

Realistically;

Drywall patch kits
Paint
Hardware
Tapes
Plumbing supplies
Window frame/hardware repair kits
Mesh Screen repair kits

Furniture repair kits if needed

 

[Belial]

Lets add rope and tarps.

 

[Knobgoblin]

Lets add rope and tarps.

Uh , ok Ted.


JK

 

[lucusloc]

I have a pretty well stocked shop, so my idea of "emergency preparedness repair" is basically keeping that shop running even in adverse conditions. To that end I have a generator. Once that is running I can just use all the tools and supplies as normal. About the only thing I do not keep on hand are bespoke parts; spare windows, spare engine parts, stuff for truly massive repairs. I have all kind of other supplies mentioned already, plywood and dimensional lumber, basic car maintenance parts like hose clamps and spare fasteners, tarps and ropes and straps, bits of metal stock. I can definitely patch up most small problems without having to leave the property, especially if I did not care about doing it "right" and just getting it done. A broken window, for example, would just get patched with plywood. Busted hose on the car would get a "good enough" bodge job replacement. Even most of the gunsmithing parts and tools are on-hand. I can probably get an AR pattern rifle running with only what I have here with little effort.

At some point "preparedness" is not something you have to plan for anymore, it is just something that happens from being self-sufficient in the first place.

 

[Knobgoblin]

I have a pretty well stocked shop, so my idea of "emergency preparedness repair" is basically keeping that shop running even in adverse conditions. To that end I have a generator. Once that is running I can just use all the tools and supplies as normal. About the only thing I do not keep on hand are bespoke parts; spare windows, spare engine parts, stuff for truly massive repairs. I have all kind of other supplies mentioned already, plywood and dimensional lumber, basic car maintenance parts like hose clamps and spare fasteners, tarps and ropes and straps, bits of metal stock. I can definitely patch up most small problems without having to leave the property, especially if I did not care about doing it "right" and just getting it done. A broken window, for example, would just get patched with plywood. Busted hose on the car would get a "good enough" bodge job replacement. Even most of the gunsmithing parts and tools are on-hand. I can probably get an AR pattern rifle running with only what I have here with little effort.

At some point "preparedness" is not something you have to plan for anymore, it is just something that happens from being self-sufficient in the first place.

I found the book you wrote.

 

[lucusloc]

I found the book you wrote.

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Haha, The wife would disagree. She thinks I have more in common with the packrat.

 

[Knobgoblin]

Haha, The wife would disagree. She thinks I have more in common with the packrat.

It's a thing.

Mine says similar things. I just reply , " shoes".

 

[lucusloc]

It's a thing.

Mine says similar things. I just reply , " shoes".

Yep, shoes, holiday decorations, I can't even keep track of which towels I am allowed to use and which ones are verboten. We have come to an understanding, but that truce sometimes has to be reinforced with "strategic observations" from time to time.

 

[Knobgoblin]

Yep, shoes, holiday decorations, I can't even keep track of which towels I am allowed to use and which ones are verboten. We have come to an understanding, but that truce sometimes has to be reinforced with "strategic observations" from time to time.

Lol

Show towels and decorative soap are thankfully absent in our life. Currently

 

[lucusloc]

Lol

Show towels and decorative soap are thankfully absent in our life. Currently

We should introduce our wives.

 

[bradsteen]

Transparent plastic sheets (lexan, acrylic, etc) for replacing broken windows
Plywood
2x4s
Tarps or siding underlayment
Plumbing components (pipes, joints, etc)
Caulk
Zip ties
Manual staple gun with different sizes of staples

 

[Ura-Ki]

Couple Big Bags of Lye, Couple Shovels, and a deep hole in the back 40, nuff said!

 

[oremike]

I've got 2 5' tall tool boxes full of hand tools and the knowledge to use them. One of the most recent is a Speedy- Stitch. Over the years different jobs have required different skills and accompanying tools. And then I inherited my Grand-fathers where I got such things as water pump packing. Heck I looked out the back window and saw that my wife propped up a section of sagging fence and then added a re-enforcing board across the top. She knew where the handsaw, cordless drill and coffee can of wood screws were.

 

[monkeybutler]

We should introduce our wives.

 

[solv3nt]

Lol

Show towels and decorative soap are thankfully absent in our life. Currently

We should introduce our wives.

Why? So your wife can make him as miserable as yours makes you?