How to move a stop tap buried in a wall
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 9 ก.พ. 2025
- Day in the life of a plumber
In this video I re-locate a mains stop tap to a more sensible location
As always, thanks for all the support, it is greatly appreciated
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Thank you for the video Tom as always
Thanks for the support as always Keith 👍
Great work my great friend Tom hope your keeping well brother
Thanks for the support as always mate, it is greatly appreciated 👍
Great video, thanks for the upload, learn something new every time.
Thanks for watching mate
Hi Tom, another nice bit of copper pipe and soldering there, always good to settle my ocd on a Monday night.
A nice job there and it made for a great film thank you, as you say Tom, nobody said it would be easy.
Have a great rest of the week and as always take care, 🍻👍👍👍
Thanks for the support as always Chris, it's my new saying that, nobody said is was going to be easy 😀
Very good job done there Tom 👍👍👍👍👍
Thanks for the support as always mate, it is greatly appreciated 👍
Nice one Tom again real world plumbing love it..and I'm the same with my self when people told me plumbing is simple..yeah right..try and wedge your self in the tightest spot with no room and say it again😅
Thanks for the support as always mate, I've been in a few tight squeezes of the years, I do love the job though, even though it comes with lots of problems and stress
You managed to make a really nice job of that - in spite of the very awkward location!
A pity that stopcocks still seem fitted commonly, with lever valves being superior, as you point out.
I still use an old reel of lead based multi core solder when I do occasional electronic repair (hobby) but that’s because it flows better and is less prone to dry joints - apparently lead solder is still approved for military and healthcare electronics, where reliability is critical. Wouldn’t want in in potable water, of course!
Thanks for another great video.
Thanks for the support as always Keith, you are right about lead solder flowing better, I know a few guys who use it on heating as it is cheaper, I personally don't carry it for the risk of accidentally using the wrong one
Makes me laugh up here in Glasgow no lead solder to be used as well but thousands of lead mains 😂😂
Same round here, you can get a grant in some circumstances on the lead replacement scheme, thanks for watching as always 👍
Great video as always Tom 👍😎
Thanks for the support as always PB
Looked fine when you got it sorted Tom, looked mighty tight in the cupboard, joys of plumbing 🪠👍🚽 take care 👍
Thanks for the support as always Peter, corner cupboards are always a bit of a squeeze, this was was worse as there wasn't really a service gap behind
👍👍 Another quick one.
Short and sweet this one Colin, I've got some good stuff filmed, it's just finding time to edit everything, thanks for watching as always 👍
nice work tom ...i follow you from algeria . am plumber i like copper pipes
Thanks for watching, I love copper as well.
You made it look easy Tom ❤
Thanks for the support as always Dan, this one went OK to be fair, the one you had the other week on your video was more difficult as you had no movement
Great content Tom love the videos keep it up.
Thanks for the support as always mate 👍
Nice one Tom 👍🏻
Thanks for watching as always Shaun
As a retired plumber I do enjoy these videos.
The old fashioned traditional stop tap was also (with a loose jumper) an excellent backflow prevention device, however, I'm not sure when they became a non requirement in the water regulations and lever valves became accepted to use as stop taps?
There's nothing in the modern water regulations nowadays that says you can't use them though.
Thanks for the support mate, for a guess the old water by laws might have specified stop taps rather than lever valves, the water regs came into force in 1999. I tend to use levers as they are more convenient for customers to switch off, some people say they can send a shockwave back down the pipe but it's not really that different to modern 1/4 turn taps. I do get inspections from my water authority and they are fine with having lever valves fitted over stop taps
With manufacturers specified double check-valves, single check-valves I guess the regulations people must have thought that the old design of stop tap was no longer needed in the world of modern plumbing.
I do agree lever valves are much easier.
Done well there Tom, working in a corner cupboard.😂
It was a tight fit for me, thanks for watching as always James
Nice quick one for you Tom. I find a lot of buried pipes without protection around here. Makes me wonder how it lasted so long.
Thanks for the support as always mate, I come across a fair few un protected and un sleeved pipes, I can never understand why people don't just protect them
@@PlumbLikeTom Why do the pipes need wrapping in protection?
@@robertwevans84 It stops them from corroding, thanks for watching 👍
I appreiciate these videos, it shows the hardships and realities of the trades, not just plumbing. How come the pipe gets wrapped in tape?
Thanks for the support mate, I just wrap the pipe to help protect where it's in the wall, it just stops the pipe from coming into contact with any cement or brick which could potentially cause a problem
Good job , have you run out of proper pipe sleeve, Celafelt Felt Pipe Insulation , Davant Felt Pipe Insulation Wrap Roll , Hair Felt Tubular Pipe Sleeve Lagging . You name it 😂 I present to you , I might miss few . Nice job tho , I seen it worse thumbs up 👍
Fair point mate, that might have been better, the most important thing though is that the pipe doesn't touch the brick, thanks for watching as always 👍
What where them benders I seen with the guides attached to them ?
The ones I use are early hilmor, I haven't been able to find another set anywhere even having searched the Internet, monument do make benders like these, I believe they call them 2 piece benders, according to monument they were the only company to ever produce this type of bender but hilmor must have made a few
Lever valves are the future.
I love them, thanks for watching as always mate 👍
No bother to you Tom,
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Thanks for the support as always Tony, it's nice when jobs go right for a change 👍
Why do they make drain offs in 2 pieces?
i think its because there are rubbers inside it and if you solder the drain off it damages/melts the rubbers making it leak or when someone goes to open it in the future it wont work. Hope that answers your question.
That sounds right, I know one manufacture did re-design the drain off with a nylon style washer inside to eliminate them getting stuck, I never tried them but a few plumbers I know had problems with those leaking, I'm sure there must be a better solution as they can be a pain
Surprised they have never found a solution, it is right up there with a blocked cold feed for me
@@PlumbLikeTom Yea there has got to be, great video by way nice job, I like the different videos you put up especially commercial because I don't do much of that not sure if I would want to after watching some of your videos seems like it can be a right pain at times.
@@deano6017 Commercial is 10 times better than domestic work. No disrespect to Tom , but who really wants to be messing about with old crap like that. I would much rather be running in some nice long runs of 42 or 54mm copper.
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Thanks for the support as always Wayne, hope you had a good day mate 👍
@@PlumbLikeTom Starting all the Ridley bits on this threaded iron job Bud, hope your day was a belter too 👍👍