A Commercial Drywaller's Bigger Bucket

by Elizabeth McPherson | September 27, 2013

Last month Jim Kollaer shared a link to a blog on the website Life of an Architect by Bob Borson in which all the things that a drywall contractor carries in his bucket were laid out and identified. The Borson article is part of an interesting series which shows the things people in various occupations carry with them in order to do the work they do. Jim’s blog post here on Construction Citizen generated a comment from Terry Holcombe, a drywall superintendent at Marek Brothers Systems in Houston. Terry wrote:

“This looks like a good starter bucket for a residential Drywaller! There is another kind of Drywaller out there as well: it is a commercial Drywaller that does all buildings not just residential. He would have most everything this guy has but a few more items like corded and cordless hanging screw guns and a cordless impact screw gun instead of a cordless drill. Framing squares like speed squares and a 2’ square, circle cutter, regular hammer, 4' level, plumb bob, plumb pointer, laser chalk line, C-clamps (large and small), gloves, Kevlar sleeves, hard hat, safety glasses, ear plugs, steel toed boots, and knee pads just to name a few! P.S. don't forget about the BIGGER bucket to put it all in.”

I thought it might be fun to invite Terry to show me what some of those items look like, and he agreed to gather some of his “tools of the trade” and to help me label those as well. Click on the image to see an enlarged version of the photograph. Enjoy!