Thanks a million for this and all your videos. I really enjoy DIY especially plumbing stuff (weird hobby for a 33 year old female ha! If I was able to I'd train to be a plumber im stuck working for the NHS though) I've learnt so much from your TH-cam channel. I started off changing tap washers when the tap was dripping... Removed rads safely to decorate and replaced the old fixings. This year I've changed my bath, basin and kitchen taps to mixers (and invested in some copper pipe cutters because I wanted to swap to Flexi hoses with the bath) I've replaced my toilet inlet and flush...helped my neighbours out with little jobs, and the biggest job was probably changing my pedestal and basin (I learnt a lot through trial and error there, I didn't realise how tricky the whole thing would be like the waste, height of pedestal etc😅..) Now I'm wrapping up my latest project - fixing a friend's garden tap which had three holes in the copper pipe.. I've installed a new tap with double check valve inside and a drain off valve.. cut out the damaged copper pipe (5m up a ladder it's a flat) and deburred and measured and joined the new pipe.. I'd never have had the confidence to do these jobs without you. It started as a money saving exercise as a single working Mum but it's turned into my hobby! there's nothing as satisfying as fixing those jobs that a lot of people wouldn't feel confident to. One of my favourite tips you've passed on was to use that copper pipe seal stuff that smells strangely nice... In a tin! Anyway a heartfelt thank you for taking the time to share your expertise 😊 for a novice DIYer it is priceless having someone teaching me over TH-cam with the experience you've got👍 My next plan is to learn to weld pipes if that's the right word...Thanks again for your knowledge!😁
Thank you so much for your kind comments and would love to use your comments in my community posts or perhaps a new video if you dont mind. Not many people take the time to do what you have done to let me know I have helped you along your way. Makes it all worthwhile thank you.
You are definitely the man. Thank you so much for posting your video... after getting quite a few ridiculous quotes even down to cut and replacing the pipe I watch your video and with the cost of the pipe wrench £8.99 and washers £0.25 was able to sort the problem myself at a fraction of the cost. Thank you
Thanks for this. Dad helped me change kitchen taps as no garden hose connector fit the old ones. The cold tap changed fine, no leaks. The hot tap kept leaking under the sink. We did use PTFE tape, but it still kept leaking. Dad didn't realise the swivel nut had a washer. So off to B&Q to get some washers and to be safe some plumber's mait (which he prefers to PTFE)
Legendary stuff - plumbing is a bit of a panic to those who aren't in the know, particular when there is a leak. This video was perfect... off I go to get a basin spanner!
Thanks for your help boss. Been changing taps today. One of those 5 minute jobs that ended up taking me 3 hours lol. Then I had the leak from where you have just pointed out. So tomorrow I shall get the washer and also one of those basin spanners. Never struggled as much trying to loosen /tighten anything in such an awkward place and I'm no lightweight and not that nimble 😂. Massive help. Thank you very much 👍
Hi Al. Thanks so much for this video and really clear explanation. Bought a basin spanner for less than £5, and a new washer, and this turned out to be a really easy job - saved having to find a plumber, and I felt so pleased that I could just do this myself after watching your advice. 😀
I have so many pipes (and darkness) behind my kitchen sink that it is impossible to change the hot tap, but that long spanner seems a good idea. I will give that a go. Thanks!
Thank you. I just replaced my old basin taps (faucets) in the bathroom that were connected to flexi-pipes, and no matter what I did I couldn't resolve the steady weep. I even tried over-tightening and adding PFTE tape - a big mistake). I eventually sorted this out by simply replacing the rubber washer in the flex-pipe (the end that connects to the tap /faucet) and then just hand tightening as much as I could and then gave it a quarter turn with the wrench. Suffice to say all is good.
THANK YOU SO MUCH! I don't have the right tool but at least I know what to look for. I have a leak under kitchen sink and our association can only send a plumber on Monday and it is Thursday. We really need our sink as a family of 4 with no dishwasher. Is B&Q better or Homebase? Our space under sink is so terribly tight and awkward though.
Can you do a video on how best to tighten the back nut, please. It's nearly impossible to get a tool in there to tighten it up. If you do it by hand, its not tight enough....Thanks
Another great video Al, I have a small basin in my cloakroom and the leak is coming from exactly where you said. I've got a basin wrench similar to yours and i can get it up to the nut but there is no space for me to turn the wrench. The wrench fits the sink in my bathroom but not the smaller sink in the cloakroom. Any ideas?
Hello, just bought a new set of taps and installed them myself in the bathroom sink. I've got a slow leak, I'm assuming it's this exact problem as I didn't replace the washer. Is there a technical name for this type of washer so I can make my search for it easier. Thanks!
The nut that goes into the bottle of the tap is leaking, ive tried PTFE tape, i did not know there is a washer there, what size washer do i need? preferably something that screwfix or bnq sell please
@@dereton33 Went to BnQ, purchased 1/2 inch fibre washers, noticed that inside there was not even a washer on my pipework, installed the washer and boom, not a single drop of water, thanks for ur help, i really appreciate it! :)
We have a Pop-up basin waste that is operated using a lever and rod mechanism. Water leaks from the hot water tap under the basin when 1) I clean this basin, or 2) when the rod mechanism is used to engage the plug. After a while it rectifies itself and stops leaking. Very confused, any ideas whats going on?
@@dereton33 thank you, just to make you aware ... when I'm not cleaning so therefore no water around the tap, but i pull the rod to close the plug, the leak starts again, and then stops itself until left for a while. Do you still think its the sealing washer?
Any idea what the source of a leak (a very small one) might be when it comes from above the black plastic nut that holds a bath tap on? I have a washer there, between the nut and the bath. I assumed the leak was going to be the washer below as you explained but it is coming from higher up, right where the washer meets the bath... There is no water sitting around the taps above. I'm going to take it all apart to find the cause of the problem.
Just wondering if you could help me. I live in a Terrance house and I can hear a leak somewhere I can hear it in kitchen behind boiler. There's no visible water in my house but when I turn bathroom tap on its leaking through next doors kitchen wall. I was on a shared pipe but when this started over 1 year ago I was advised to put my own stop tap in which I have done and even when I switch it of I can still hear the water. I'm at my Witt's end united utilities have been out numerous times and not really helped I just keep getting passed from pillow to post they say it's plumbers responsibility plumber says it united utilities if I had any idear I rip my own wall down and fix it myself.
Hi Carol, the leak must be before the stopcock you fitted so your new stopcock will not turn it off. As the leak occurs when you open the bath tap the leak could be behind the bath, so well worth taking off the panel and having a look.
Thanks for this. Dad helped me change kitchen taps as no garden hose connector fit the old ones. The cold tap changed fine, no leaks. The hot tap kept leaking under the sink. We did use PTFE tape, but it still kept leaking. Dad didn't realise the swivel nut had a washer. So off to B&Q to get some washers and to be safe some plumber's mait (which he prefers to PTFE)
This man is a star. Always breaks jobs down simply and always clear, sometimes hilarious too. See his clip on changing a rad pipe live!!
A slightly wet one ha ha.
I can’t help but appreciate when professionals share their years of experience with diy guys like myself . Thank u sir !
No problem.
Thanks a million for this and all your videos. I really enjoy DIY especially plumbing stuff (weird hobby for a 33 year old female ha! If I was able to I'd train to be a plumber im stuck working for the NHS though)
I've learnt so much from your TH-cam channel. I started off changing tap washers when the tap was dripping... Removed rads safely to decorate and replaced the old fixings.
This year I've changed my bath, basin and kitchen taps to mixers (and invested in some copper pipe cutters because I wanted to swap to Flexi hoses with the bath)
I've replaced my toilet inlet and flush...helped my neighbours out with little jobs, and the biggest job was probably changing my pedestal and basin (I learnt a lot through trial and error there, I didn't realise how tricky the whole thing would be like the waste, height of pedestal etc😅..)
Now I'm wrapping up my latest project - fixing a friend's garden tap which had three holes in the copper pipe.. I've installed a new tap with double check valve inside and a drain off valve.. cut out the damaged copper pipe (5m up a ladder it's a flat) and deburred and measured and joined the new pipe..
I'd never have had the confidence to do these jobs without you. It started as a money saving exercise as a single working Mum but it's turned into my hobby! there's nothing as satisfying as fixing those jobs that a lot of people wouldn't feel confident to. One of my favourite tips you've passed on was to use that copper pipe seal stuff that smells strangely nice... In a tin!
Anyway a heartfelt thank you for taking the time to share your expertise 😊 for a novice DIYer it is priceless having someone teaching me over TH-cam with the experience you've got👍
My next plan is to learn to weld pipes if that's the right word...Thanks again for your knowledge!😁
Thank you so much for your kind comments and would love to use your comments in my community posts or perhaps a new video if you dont mind. Not many people take the time to do what you have done to let me know I have helped you along your way.
Makes it all worthwhile thank you.
With all the politics it's a wonder you can do your job.
You are definitely the man. Thank you so much for posting your video... after getting quite a few ridiculous quotes even down to cut and replacing the pipe I watch your video and with the cost of the pipe wrench £8.99 and washers £0.25 was able to sort the problem myself at a fraction of the cost. Thank you
No problem
@Shoaib Shah the washer is called swivel washer.
Thanks for this. Dad helped me change kitchen taps as no garden hose connector fit the old ones. The cold tap changed fine, no leaks. The hot tap kept leaking under the sink. We did use PTFE tape, but it still kept leaking. Dad didn't realise the swivel nut had a washer. So off to B&Q to get some washers and to be safe some plumber's mait (which he prefers to PTFE)
You also saved me a fortune in plumber call out on a Sunday.
Excellent!
Legendary stuff - plumbing is a bit of a panic to those who aren't in the know, particular when there is a leak. This video was perfect... off I go to get a basin spanner!
Good to know I am helping you out.
@@dereton33 Leak fixed - thanks again!
Thanks for your help boss.
Been changing taps today. One of those 5 minute jobs that ended up taking me 3 hours lol. Then I had the leak from where you have just pointed out. So tomorrow I shall get the washer and also one of those basin spanners. Never struggled as much trying to loosen /tighten anything in such an awkward place and I'm no lightweight and not that nimble 😂.
Massive help. Thank you very much 👍
Glad I could help
I know the feeling. I will wait until I feel a little better as have concussion at the moment.
Hi Al. Thanks so much for this video and really clear explanation. Bought a basin spanner for less than £5, and a new washer, and this turned out to be a really easy job - saved having to find a plumber, and I felt so pleased that I could just do this myself after watching your advice. 😀
Pleased you were able to sort it Amanda.
I have so many pipes (and darkness) behind my kitchen sink that it is impossible to change the hot tap, but that long spanner seems a good idea. I will give that a go. Thanks!
Works most times.
Thank you. I just replaced my old basin taps (faucets) in the bathroom that were connected to flexi-pipes, and no matter what I did I couldn't resolve the steady weep. I even tried over-tightening and adding PFTE tape - a big mistake). I eventually sorted this out by simply replacing the rubber washer in the flex-pipe (the end that connects to the tap /faucet) and then just hand tightening as much as I could and then gave it a quarter turn with the wrench. Suffice to say all is good.
Great stuff
I didn't even finish the video.
You just seem nice and appreciate the drawing.LOL! LIKE!!
Thanks.
I'm nice too.
Excellent video, great explanations. Gave me a lot of insight into the issues.
Thank You, Great Video..!! Love your reaction when you drop the faucet😎. Laughter Heals.
😁
This video was exactly what I was looking for. I was about to call a plumber!
Simon Attfield
I ran into the same problem today!
😫
Fantastic video, thanks so much! Very clear and easy to understand
No problem.
Great video... not too long, to the point, detailed but not complicated... I can now do this job with no problem. Thanks so much!
Love your video. Very informational. Thank you for sharing.
Glad it was helpful!
Thank you! Sink is fixed and it was so easy!
No problem.
Another woman?
Thank you so much. You're a very good teacher!
Thank you! 😃
Great video, very helpful and informative.
Your a life saver, you have helped so much, Thank you very much.
+Melanie Porter . No problem.
Thank you, it's all I needed a new washer and problem solved. Cheers
Excellent!
Great vid, can you shiw us how to connect a flexi to the tap please.
Will do.
Great video, I got a leak under bath tub tap. Tried plumbing tape but still a leak will try lift tap and check the washer
Yes try that
you just saved me a call out, thank you!
THANK YOU SO MUCH! I don't have the right tool but at least I know what to look for. I have a leak under kitchen sink and our association can only send a plumber on Monday and it is Thursday. We really need our sink as a family of 4 with no dishwasher. Is B&Q better or Homebase? Our space under sink is so terribly tight and awkward though.
B and Q.
Thanks for this video!
My pleasure!
Great concise video. Had a split fibre washer and thanks to this was easy to fix.
No problem John.
what size is the standard washer I need please John ? ta
excellent self-help video
Thank you and cool t-shirt
Ha ha yes, thanks.
Brilliant...new washer it is then!
15 mm.
Thanks great video. 👍👍
No problem 👍
Very good video.
Thanks.
Should you wrap the threads in Teflon?
No
Thankyouuuuu for the advice absolutely brilliant
No problem
Brilliant, always wondered what that weird spanner my old man had in his toolkit. I'll have to drive over there and get it now
Dads know best.
Can you do a video on how best to tighten the back nut, please. It's nearly impossible to get a tool in there to tighten it up. If you do it by hand, its not tight enough....Thanks
Ok next job I get on renewing taps.
cheers, thanks a lot. I have learnt a lot from your channel
Life saver thanks 👍🏻
No problem.
Saved me a call to the plumber, thanks!
No problem James.
Great video, thanks. What is the replacement washer called?
A tap swivel washer.
Another great video Al, I have a small basin in my cloakroom and the leak is coming from exactly where you said. I've got a basin wrench similar to yours and i can get it up to the nut but there is no space for me to turn the wrench. The wrench fits the sink in my bathroom but not the smaller sink in the cloakroom. Any ideas?
You may have to get a claws foot spanner.
@@dereton33 thanks for your help Al
Very useful thanks mate
No problem Hayden.
Many thanks for making it!
Simon Attfield No problem. Al.
dereton33
Most useful!
Thanks
Thanks, I have the exact same issue and removed an old washer that looked like a bit of string. What size of washer is it?
15 mm.
@@dereton33 I tried 19mm (3/4") and it was to small. This for bath taps is there a size bigger?
Helped me fix mine, didn't need a special tool tho :)
Okay cool, I'm not the only one that thought... "special tool?" Why wont a wrench work?
When you went to the parts store what did you ask for? I need a washer but did you take the old piece with you and just ask them for it
Basin wrench is what you're looking for.
I don't think I could change the kitchen hot tap without one of those.@@fightermma
Hello, just bought a new set of taps and installed them myself in the bathroom sink. I've got a slow leak, I'm assuming it's this exact problem as I didn't replace the washer. Is there a technical name for this type of washer so I can make my search for it easier. Thanks!
No afraid not.
Thanks for the video's they really helped.
No problem.
The nut that goes into the bottle of the tap is leaking, ive tried PTFE tape, i did not know there is a washer there, what size washer do i need? preferably something that screwfix or bnq sell please
15 mm fibre washer for straight swivel connectors.
@@dereton33 Thanks so much man, i really appreciate the fast response and help.
@@dereton33 Went to BnQ, purchased 1/2 inch fibre washers, noticed that inside there was not even a washer on my pipework, installed the washer and boom, not a single drop of water, thanks for ur help, i really appreciate it! :)
I could not take the pipe nut off. It was too difficult. It just wouldn't come off. Help!
What size washer is it?
Any idea how I can get off my old bathroom basin tap, it’s stuck fast, I have tried a basin spanner, cheers
Hold the nut underneath with the basin spanner and turn the tap in the basin, to break the seal.
@@dereton33 thank you, I will give a go
I need to change my washer on my kitchen tap. What size washer would I need? I bought some, but they are too small.
Standard 15 mm.
We have a Pop-up basin waste that is operated using a lever and rod mechanism. Water leaks from the hot water tap under the basin when 1) I clean this basin, or 2) when the rod mechanism is used to engage the plug. After a while it rectifies itself and stops leaking. Very confused, any ideas whats going on?
The sealing washer is broken between the tap and the basin.
@@dereton33 thank you, just to make you aware ... when I'm not cleaning so therefore no water around the tap, but i pull the rod to close the plug, the leak starts again, and then stops itself until left for a while. Do you still think its the sealing washer?
I’ve got similar issue minor intermittent drip under sink I’m guessing the seals gone under tap maybe
Yes .
What size is the usual swivel connector nut please (or the washer I need to buy ?) thanks
15 mm
Hahaha gold how many bongs for brekky mate? 😜
Ha ha.
So good
No problem.
I only have one tap and one handle for water cold warm or hot it all comes out from one tap ? I’ve never seen this before.
It is old tech ha ha.
Woke up this morning and both upstairs and down are leaking underneath but only the hot tap
That`s normal.
What size washer do i need for bath tap?
three quarter inch.
*Saved us many a times*
No problem.
Thank you sir!
Good help
No problem.
Any idea what the source of a leak (a very small one) might be when it comes from above the black plastic nut that holds a bath tap on? I have a washer there, between the nut and the bath. I assumed the leak was going to be the washer below as you explained but it is coming from higher up, right where the washer meets the bath... There is no water sitting around the taps above. I'm going to take it all apart to find the cause of the problem.
Can be a pinhole flaw in the brass.
ok thanks, I'll give it close look. It is quite an old tap that has been moved and reinstalled so maybe that has stressed it.
what is name of the rubber washers? and where can you get them?
Tap sealing washers, or you can use plumbers mait to bed them in.
Please
Just wondering if you could help me. I live in a Terrance house and I can hear a leak somewhere I can hear it in kitchen behind boiler. There's no visible water in my house but when I turn bathroom tap on its leaking through next doors kitchen wall. I was on a shared pipe but when this started over 1 year ago I was advised to put my own stop tap in which I have done and even when I switch it of I can still hear the water. I'm at my Witt's end united utilities have been out numerous times and not really helped I just keep getting passed from pillow to post they say it's plumbers responsibility plumber says it united utilities if I had any idear I rip my own wall down and fix it myself.
Hi Carol, the leak must be before the stopcock you fitted so your new stopcock will not turn it off. As the leak occurs when you open the bath tap the leak could be behind the bath, so well worth taking off the panel and having a look.
What's the tool that you're using? great video brother, for the nut section
It is a basin spanner.
Do you need to turn the water off for this repair???
Yes .
how do I install a separate tap and faucet to new bath
+marshall carr Use flexis they make life much easier
mine leaks only when the water is on, and it pours. Faucet is lose. I'm guessing it's the basin nut
It may also be the rubber washer that seals the flexi to the tap.
my sink isnt tight enough but i dont got that tool! god dam, anyone got advice i can get a tool up there to tighten it??
No.
Basin wrench/spanner from Toolstation/Screwfix about £3.
mine leaks when the tap is running, behind the bath, under the tap. what could that be?
The packing gland of the tap is leaking .
my sink is leaking from on top of the lock nut, new faucet and parts, why?
the swivel nut is leaking, the one that bolts the faucet to the sink
It will need a new fibre washer seal.
My leak is happening where the sink touches the fitting.
Need a straight swivel washer.
thanks for the video. Tried to fix it myself but i ended up breaking the swivel nut hah. I'm not cut out for manual labor.
Yeh it`s not for everyone.
heh, yup. Plumber is coming today to fix my handy work haha.
Excellent mine is leaking washers it is then tomoz 😸
Yes.
When will we finally move away from midevil plumbing?
why would they when that is how plumbers make their money?
Dunno we were ever in midevil age...medieval is something else....
He's got a point. In this day and age plumbers are only using copper and metal fittings because it enables them to make more money from the customer.
😮 I changed my taps and now thereafter leaks 😅
Never mind.
how do you fix a boiler leak
Elliut Baker I will need to know whether your leak is from a fitting going into the boiler or the boiler itself. Al.
Great explanation though had accent but it’s understandable
Thanks Lizzy.
how do I fix my project sources fauest that's,linking
are u british?
Yes.
You not how to fix the leaks for a bathroom tops connector pipes lol
Same as on these basin taps.
Thanks for this. Dad helped me change kitchen taps as no garden hose connector fit the old ones. The cold tap changed fine, no leaks. The hot tap kept leaking under the sink. We did use PTFE tape, but it still kept leaking. Dad didn't realise the swivel nut had a washer. So off to B&Q to get some washers and to be safe some plumber's mait (which he prefers to PTFE)
Great job!
Thank you so much!
Glad it helped!
Great video. Thanks
Very welcome
Thanks! Very informative
No problem XA
What size washer is needed please?
15 mm