Day in the life of a plumber | Leaks and hot attics
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 26 พ.ค. 2024
- Day in the life of a plumber
In todays video I go back to the water leak job from last episode and finally get that job all sorted. I then connect my flow and return heating pipes up in the roof for a new radiator I first fixed.
As always, thanks for watching, all the support is greatly appreciated
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My heart is in my throat when you’re soldiering around that insulation. 😂
You do have to be careful, thanks for watching as always Daniel
Posting the difficult stuff is what makes your channel the best. Keep up the good work 😀👍
Thanks for the support mate, it is greatly appreciated 👍
Tom keep waiting for “ that’s going nowhere “ after you tighten something 😂😂 your the only plumber who doesn’t say it 😂😂😊
I should start saying that, thanks for watching as always mate 👍
All your regular viewers know you would not leave anything unsafe and you work with the highest integrity.
Thanks for the support as always Dave, I always do try my best, I'm a long way from perfect but would like to think I'm safe
Tom don't beat your self up over it mate i watched most if not all your videos and you one of the best gas engineers/plumber out there and its typical its happens .. head up you've let it off your cheast now .. please post the other video
Thanks for the support as always Jake
Tom you're a fashion icon,for the first time in my life I am now wearing a flat cap ,great video mate
Love it, thanks for the support as always, it is greatly appreciated 👍
TOM IT WAS A FANTASTIC VIDEO.
I wouldn't let it get to you mate. Easier said than done I know but at the end of the day you was right in the end one of the best plumbers/gas engineers I have seen on any social media. I'm an apprentice even I could tell that 22 was enough. Probably never even touched a pipe slice in his life 🤣
22mm was on the limit to be honest but should have just been Ok, I think he was out for me for some reason, thanks for watching mate, it is greatly appreciated 👍
@@PlumbLikeTom Fair enough that it was on the limit. From the look on the video it didn't seem that long of a run what size boiler was it mate. Just curious. I have seen boilers with longer runs in smaller pipe before that's what made me think that it would have been well within the limit to be honest.
Tom you are one of the best tradesman on the go buddy. This guy is prob a theory man who has never worked on the tools. Don't let him bother you mate, you've probably forgotten more than this guys will ever know. Keep up the outstanding workmanship. Great videos by the way👍👍👍
Good to talk Tom, you know your stuff and turn out quality work, so keep at it, always interesting, don’t worry about the Gas safe issue, at least he admitted he was wrong, you will have forgotten more than some of them know. 👍🚽
Thanks for the support as always Peter
Great content as always Tom. I feel your frustration with that inspector and its not fair.👍👍
Thanks for the support as always Pb 👍
You can’t always remember how things go together as you work with so many different fittings. lol. I know the feeling. Those plastic fittings won’t leak, usually good seal and you’ve tightened it plenty.
That’s what make you stand out from the other plumbers on you tube you post the good and the bad Tom and you say it as it is . I really enjoyed the video keep them coming mate . Don’t worry about the gas safe inspection, you knew you was right all along it’s not worth dwelling on, just keep doing the good work you always do.
Thanks for the support as always mate, it is greatly appreciated
Hi Tom, that inspector sounds like a right pain in the backside, I have very little patience with people like that these days, maybe I’m just getting too old.
The job is looking good and coming along nicely now, I look forward to the next film, have a better week mate and take care. 👍👍👍
Thanks for the support as always Chris, he certainly tested my patience, I don't like backing down when I know I'm right
Good one Tom I’d post it and ask him to put it in writing that the boiler was at fault , because people relie on you to know that stuff , and he would obviously been right to work with you too see what was wrong instead of jumping in feet first ,
Nice work as always Tom looking forward to seeing the next one 👍👍👍👍👍👍🍺
Thanks for the support as always Tom, the thing with the inspectors is they are never wrong, even when they are. I guess he didn't like me very much, he did ring the office to apologise but wouldn't talk to me
As usual Tom , a very enjoyable video to watch . It’s good how you mix it up with you install and bathroom work
As for the inspector, I fail to see how he can look at your work and talk to you , then he considers a suspension .he must be one of the few low calibre inspectors around. Our local guy is sound as a pound
I would try and put it behind you because nothing good will come out of it in the long run .
Thanks for the support as always mate, it is greatly appreciated 👍
Heat mat tom 🤣🤣
Don't mind the talking. It shows the details. Good video and good work. Overthinking things can sometimes eat away at you. As long as you left it safe which you did. Don't beat yourself up too much. 👍👍👍
Thanks for the support as always mate 👍
Don't let it get to you Tom. You know you were right and we know you were right. I know what you mean about talking it through though, better than brooding about it. See you next time.
Thanks for the support as always Hugh 👍
Good video and good workmanship as always Tom
Thanks for the support as always Gary 👍
Well done again Tom top notch inspectors who would have them 🤣🤣🤔👏😎
Thanks for the support as always Neil
So is this the last of the soldering 😂? Crimper looks like a fun tool but I do like soldering....shows your craftmanship. Good job. Dont let the inspector get you down. We all havebto learn...and this was a learning opportunity for the inspector. Hopefully they'll be easier on the next person.
I do still love soldering, it's nice to have the option of both as press does make the job easier sometimes, thanks for watching as always mate
you did a very good job well done👏❤❤
Thanks for the support mate, it is greatly appreciated
Tom you painted your orange bucket/ tool bag! 🤣
Agree with one of the other comments. You always post some of the toughest jobs on here, be it domestic or commercial.
Really interesting.
Thanks for the support as always Simon, I do have a blue bucket as well, the theory was it was going to be one for water and one for gas work, but I soon realised I'm not that organised
Tom, another very interesting video, thank you.
Thanks for the support as mate 👍
I hope you told customer that he'd called admitting he was wrong.
I did but it still doesn't look good, cadent offered to do a report for the customer to say it was the regulator, thanks for watching
A brilliant video Tom - personally I really enjoy your conversational style.
I must admit to feeling itchy while watching you amongst all that insulation, but that may be because I’d just been in an attic myself!
I understand your annoyance at the gas safe person - it would have been extremely annoying as well as embarrassing in front of a customer; he should really write to the customer and explain that you were correct!
Thanks for the support as always Steve, it would have been nice of him to apologise to the customer, it would have made me feel better
Good content Tom. Shame you didnt hear back with an official appology on the gas safe. Keep it up!
Thanks for the support as always Richard
Great content as always Tom. Glad I'm now out of it Gas safe are a nightmare
Thanks for the support as always Keith, it's the first issue I've had with them
I had fast forward you soldering around that big pile of insulation, I just couldn't watch that bit. I was hoping you were going to press. fit.
I probably should have pressed it, thanks for watching as always mate 👍
Tom the irony is someone who works on behalf of a ‘regulator’ did not realise the impact of a duff regulator. See what I did there.😉
I did, thanks for watching as always Norman 👍
Feel for you mate i had an inspector make me look like a mug infront of a cliant for having the flue clips spaced 0.2mts over what the manufacturer instructions said it was bloody stupid as it was in the loft where no one goes but he wasent having any of it.
Thanks for the support as always Mark, sometimes I feel like they are just out to find faults, the truth is if you look hard enough you will find a fault with just about every gas job in the country
merch opportunity tom's flat caps! bet thats few quids worth water pipe fittings!
I could do Pete, thanks for watching as always mate 👍
Sounds like the gas safe guy needs to go back to college, don’t let it get to you Tom, you’re one of the industry good guys
Thanks for the support as always Danny, I think he had it in for me
You are doing your best Tom and posting it , you wouldn't post videos if you were doing a sh1te job , your jobs would be ripped to pieces by keyboard warriors. My mate ( sparks) had a similar experience with his inspection, was accused of not doing the testing. He said enough was enough and packed it in . He's now retrained and is teaching at a college. Keep plodding along Tom.
Thanks for the support as always mate, it does make you feel like packing in, the job is hard enough without being ripped to pieces, we keep plodding on though
does it matter what way round the full bore levers are mate ?
Not really, if it was a vertical pipework I always make it so the lever falls to off, isolation valves have arrows for the direction of flow but levers tend not to have, thanks for watching as always Dave
Me neither buddy. Me neither
Sorry you had a bad inspector Tom. Seems to be a lot of people in this game who have an ego and have to prove they're right all the time. Usually they aint right and end up making themselves look a fool in the long run.
You're one of the most knowledgeable plumbers on social media don't let it get you down.
What sizes were the 2 fittings you used on the underground pipe?
Thanks for the support as always Tom, I can't remember exactly the fittings I used, I think the old pipe was 47mm in the ground and the transition coupler I used went from 47 to 51, I then went back to 50 and then down to 25, it was a bit of a strange one
Where’s Jacob when you need him. He could have done the soldering for you. 😂😂. Like you say any experienced gas engineer could see it wasn’t the pipe distance at fault. The only thing different from when you installed it was a new meter and regulator had been fitted so had to be that or water in the service.
Thanks for the support as always Colin, Jacobs soldering is way better than mine. I did try to explain to the inspector it was a regulator fault but he wouldn't have it
Sorry you been through the mill mate feel for you. Do you worry about leaks when you leave a job? Sorry to plant seeds like that in your head but when I did electrics I guess I was too paranoid
Thanks for the support as always Rich, I don't worry as much as I used to, I've had a few over the years as I'm sure most plumbers have, you just have to fix them and make it right for the customer
Great video to highlight that not all inspectors are nice, Tom I am right in saying that you are out of pocket for that repipe then ?
Seems poor show for the inspector not to contact your customer. Your high standard of work shows when the customer asks you back to carry out more work.
Thanks for the support as always Andy, I was out of pocket for the gas pipe, I did think about putting the old pipe back in but opted against it
Hi Tom. Why didn’t the solder take very easily in the loft? I’m a newbie so not being cheeky
There must have been a bit of water left in the pipe, you have to put a bit more heat on to make the solder run, thanks for watching mate 👍
@@PlumbLikeTom thanks for making them
do you always need auto air vents at the top part of a system i.e loft?
It's good practise, you can fit manual ones though, thanks for watching 👍
Well done that man, what a difficult job made to look easy.
The 'GasSafe' inspector sounds a real pr*ck...........and doesn't have the b*lls to apologise to you............I would complain about him !!
Thanks for the support as always mate, honestly I don't want to get anyone in trouble, we all make mistakes
Fair point Tom, you are a good man. I was watching a video were you used plugs in the header tank to retain the water, what are these called and where did you buy them? Many thanks, Dave
I use the regin ones, search for rad valve change over kit on google and they should come up, they are pricey but do save a lot of time on some jobs
Don’t worry mate some people are jobs worth
They are indeed, thanks for watching as always Glyn
No mask all that fibre glass
There's always 1 know it all, jobsworth in Gas Safe. Others are cool and would help you find the issue. Not belittle you in front of a customer. They are not so fast when you RIDDOR a system are they? My bum cheeks were clenched when you were soldering in the loft though.
Thanks for the support as always mate, most of them are alright, it's the first issue I've ever had, hopefully the last as well 👍
That inspector should have contacted your customer. Sick n tired of text book inspectors with either no experience or so full of their own self importance they won’t listen to rational thoughts/explanation.
Thanks for the support as always mate, I haven't heard anything else from them, he did ring my office the next day to apologise and said he wouldn't sunbmit the paperwork, I was expecting some sort of email or feedback form
Tom. Post the video. He was quick enough to pull you. We are all human and make mistakes. He’s an inspector so obviously needs more training and you should be able to advise them of his mistakes. If the governor was faulty when installed the engineer should have picked it up but they don’t acknowledge chimney sweep on worcesters. They only run a hot tap. POST THE VIDEO. you have nothing to hide. If anything it may help people pal.
Thanks for the support mate, I didn't want to get anyone in trouble, he picked me up for gas rating over 1minuite, I explained to him tb162 but he didn't seem to think it had changed, I don't think he liked me very much after that
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Thanks for the support as always Wayne 👍
People with a bit of power eh,dont you just love them NOT
Thanks for the support as always Tom, I was not happy with them to be honest, normally you get given a feedback form but I wasn't sent anything this time
Get a mask on buddy , I used to be without a mask but 30 years in suffering now
Fair point mate, thanks for the support
@@PlumbLikeTom don't want to see Good young men suffer buddy
We all push the boundaries when we are young
If that inspector can pick faults with your work what’s he like with others, your work is always exemplary and safe. Typical you should have had a written apology but no, they so far up their own @rse. Still hoped you enjoyed your holiday weekend mate, chin up.
Thanks for the support as always Charles, I was expecting some kind of paperwork to be sent through, it's been a few weeks now so I guess it's not coming
I bet you love that furry stuff Tom🙈🙈🙈it’s bloody awful stuff same as if you’ve been grinding fiberglass itches for days 🥲🥲🥲
It's particularly nice on a hot day, thanks for watching as always Neil
Don't post the vid. Leave it in the past, you have already moved on.
Fair point Wayne, thanks for the support as always