How many times have you turned up, ah yeah it's dripping there, get the tools, get it "fixed" and then you feel it running down the back of the pipe from above! Really screws up what's usually a Friday. Proper real world plumbing as Mark says. Great content as always
Love how you are showing how you missed things, teaches everyone that a) the unexpected things are normally the things that go wrong, b) your human and c) you're honest 👍
Great video Mark, one of the best tools I bought in the last few years was an inspection camera for all those tricky behind kitchen cupboards and underfloor boards making sure there is no pipework or electrical cabling to ruin one's day!
It's me, I'm the "parrot on the shoulder" customer, because I like to learn how things work. 😊 And tbh, I'm often a bit lonely so talk to tradies, postmen, and even offer the amazon man a cuppa or a bottle of water to take in the van. 😂
Another cracking video Mark. Enjoyed trying to guess where the drill bit would come out inside the cupboard. With all the pipework. Love a biit of trepidation. Nice one.
Thanks for all the great videos Mark, gradually catching up. On the outside tap, why do you use a compression tee into the existing supply rather than solder?
Another cracking video chap, I need to show the missus that even the best don't always get it right first time & I'm definitely a parrot if someone comes around my place to work ha ha
pretty sure I've said before, I'm late to the game but videos like this helps me out so much. I don't need to see a 10k shower install, i like that you show the bread and butter jobs, it's what I survive on and it's so nice seeing a more experienced perspective on jobs and problem solving, awesome work pal 👍
Hi Mark, love the videos. Not a criticism, but why don't plumbers use an open ended/combination spanner on the fittings, rather than the adjustable spanner/pipe grips. In my limited experience I find them easier to use and more managable in tight spaces etc. Cheers.
Hi Mark, Another great jobbing about bread and butter film, I love these films and I always learn a lot from them. Well done with the outside tap drilling measurements, I will now also remember to check the trv pin etc. Hope you are keeping well, have a great Easter long weekend, take care, regards, Chris. 👍👍👍
Well done getting the hole right in the cupboards Mark. I would have taken the washing machine tap off and put the compression tee there, then put the tap back. Looked awkward fitting the tee where you have put it. Been a plumber for 56 years and enjoy watching your videos. I can see the stress in your face. I know the feeling. 👍
Thanks mate, was easy enough where I fitted it to be honest, and saved putting in more Pipework into a fairly small unit. Glad you enjoy that videos and content Steve, people like yourself who has been in the game for years will of seen everything I get upto and can relate. Thanks buddy
Interesting one that! This is a genuine question not a moan, what is the point of an outside tap with DCV built in when they are under building regs not allowed? Thanks in advance if you can answer.
@@jeromeroddy4931 my best guess would be for plant rooms, cleaning cupboards, garages etc where you need a more utilitarian supply but still within the confines of the building.
I’m taking credit for the new subscribers as I gave you a shout on my channel the other day 😉 Great work as always bud!! If waste pipe solvent welding was an Olympic Sport!! 😁
Top man Mark.. Love seeing how fellow plumbing/ heating professionals face and overcome all the day to day real time issues we face in this lovely trade we chose.. Thanks for taking the time to film and upload 👍🏾
Happy Easter Mark! 🥚 Quick question: what happened to the TMV you were trying to find under that tiled floor? Have I missed the video where you managed to find and repair/replaceed it?
Great content as per bud👍🏻 You have this innate ability to make me feel anxious whilst watching your vids, that fixed point waste job and outside tap had me sweating a bit! 😂
I fitted new tap revivors as tap was trickling when turned on,ball o fix leaked at slot,had to replace isolator, tap still trickling,turned out to be blocked aerator in tap spout 😢😢😂😂. As you say always check the obvious.......if you remember.lol
On the brittle kitchen waste, I think I know the answer but why the 45s into the boss instead of 2 90s straight in, to help with drainage and blockages?
Can you explain why you didnt use the hole where the old boss was on that outside pipe? I didn't see logic in creating a new hole, and bunging the old one, I must not understand something. Thanks.
Mark can’t believe you didn’t check pressure operating pin gland ? ….I’ve never forgotten to check the obvious first and I’ve always told lies 😂. It happens and no one will beat you up more than you do yourself when making these screw ups … as you say real world plumbing … great content buddy
@@MJTiffPlumbing it's made more painful when the fella who claims nobody can do what he can spots it and you know he's gonna tell every man and his dog about it.
I see you use brass olives. Is there a reason why plumbers don't use copper olives - which are obviously essential when joining brass fittings onto PEX and Speedfit?
Hi Mark, You mentioned that you were going to use loctite 55, I presume you meant remove the rad tail and use it on there, also do you use the loctite if you are fitting tails to a new rad and is it better than PTFE tape. cheers, eddie.
@@MJTiffPlumbing Ah, i missed that comment. Just going back to missing things and making errors, in most other trades their mistakes will not usually result in damage and drama quite like water coming through the ceiling! We need a trip switch like the Sparkies! Not very practical I know. I'll see you on "Dragons Den" in the not too distant future!
What are you using for cutting waste pipe now Mark? Did you get another Bix cutter or go for something else? Good bread and butter jobs. Outside tap for my house is on the list. Kitchens on the front gardens on the back. Only way I can do it is to tee off the bath feed and go out and drop it down the wall. My plan is to use a 12v solenoid isolator under the bath and wire it to a switch outside so I can isolate and drain it without running through the house.
They do but they don’t conform to building regs, also being plastic DCV internally… come the wintertime they freeze, go brittle and break…. So you need a new tap. Just fit a DCV internally as regs and away you go👍🏼
😅 been there and done that with the trv myself mate. With it being a newish valve you just assume the pins not leaking. Theres just some cheap rubbish in this game now
That’s good then as you can’t measure from the extractor internally and the white valve wasn’t an issue with the customer, so nothing to talk about….👍🏼 Glad you like the content….👍🏼👍🏼
That outside tap ,you could have taken a measurement off the extractor fan Grill on the wall. And maybe put a lever valve in the cupboard to make it easier for the punter to isolate.
I could of measured off that, however I measured off the wall. I could of put a switched isolator on to make it easier than a lever valve You could do the same job so many different ways buddy…👍🏼👍🏼
@@nedloh17 I know buddy…. Just saying there is so many different ways of doing jobs. You do what works for you with what you have and how you see it while there👍🏼
@@MJTiffPlumbing Thanks Mark i am keeping well but my mother passed away last month its been hectic. Busy tomorrow fencing as sheep are escaping back plumbing on tuesday hope you have a good week
The customer had chrome radiator thermostat valve and you replaced it with white one! Shouldn't you replaced it with chrome one to match with new radiator!
The customer wanted a valve that wasn’t leaking, I had a white head valve one in the van and he said that was fine, not a problem at all. If he wanted a chrome one I would of driven to plumbase and got one… But thanks for watching
1. It wasn't a new rad was it, it was a leaking valve that needed changing. Just because it was a designer rad doesn't mean it's within 12 months old. 2. Why add extra cost and effort to a job for both yourself and the customer if you don't need too? If the customer is happy with a standard valve, why go to the hassle of getting another chrome one? 🤷♂️
Nice mate,with the TRV most plumbers on here they act like there shit doesn't stink and they never drop a bollock,there more concerned about using brasso 🥱
Been at it 38yrs,it good to know someone is dropping the same bollocks, great honesty showing the mistakes,we all make them. As you say real world !
Thanks mate…. Yep we are all human and miss some things tht we know we should check straight away 🤣🙈🙈
How many times have you turned up, ah yeah it's dripping there, get the tools, get it "fixed" and then you feel it running down the back of the pipe from above! Really screws up what's usually a Friday. Proper real world plumbing as Mark says. Great content as always
Love how you are showing how you missed things, teaches everyone that a) the unexpected things are normally the things that go wrong, b) your human and c) you're honest 👍
Thanks mate, just keeping it real 👍🏼👍🏼
Top marks for the honesty, you could've easily not shown that. Does wonders for your credibility.
Thanks mate…… this channel is all about the real world side. I show when it goes right AND wrong as it happens to us all
I was on the edge of my seat when you drilled for the outside tap! Brave boy. 6" out could have been badly 🙈 but worked out beautifully. Phew!
Hahaha thanks
Great too see warts and all. Keep smashing the vids out. Hats off to ya.👍👍
Thanks Fred 🙌🏼🙌🏼
Great video Mark, one of the best tools I bought in the last few years was an inspection camera for all those tricky behind kitchen cupboards and underfloor boards making sure there is no pipework or electrical cabling to ruin one's day!
great measuring for the tap fitting
Thanks buddy🙏🏼
It's me, I'm the "parrot on the shoulder" customer, because I like to learn how things work. 😊 And tbh, I'm often a bit lonely so talk to tradies, postmen, and even offer the amazon man a cuppa or a bottle of water to take in the van. 😂
Hahahaa….. as long as your not in the way👍🏼
Another cracking video Mark. Enjoyed trying to guess where the drill bit would come out inside the cupboard. With all the pipework. Love a biit of trepidation. Nice one.
Thanks Pat….. yer I was slightly out but worked out well😉🙌🏼
@@MJTiffPlumbing annoys me when there are plug sockets in under sink cupboards
I can't understand why no one has invented something, for the drilling from outside to inside measurement.It would make some clever person a fortune.
Thanks for all the great videos Mark, gradually catching up. On the outside tap, why do you use a compression tee into the existing supply rather than solder?
Thanks mate….. for memory I would of thought for ease maybe, possibly a bit of water was in the pipework
Great video appreciate the honesty and real life plumbing.
Thanks Gary…. Glad you enjoy the content
Another cracking video chap, I need to show the missus that even the best don't always get it right first time & I'm definitely a parrot if someone comes around my place to work ha ha
Any chance of you showing us how you apply tape and paste?
Really enjoying your videos, thanks for taking the time 👍🏻
Thanks buddy…. Will try and film it👍🏼👍🏼
pretty sure I've said before, I'm late to the game but videos like this helps me out so much. I don't need to see a 10k shower install, i like that you show the bread and butter jobs, it's what I survive on and it's so nice seeing a more experienced perspective on jobs and problem solving, awesome work pal 👍
Thanks as always Steve, yer these jobs are the bread and butter of us Jobbing plumbers. Day to day real world plumbing 🙌🏼🙌🏼👍🏼👍🏼
You can check the void sometimes by removing the subunit plinth and sliding your phone in to video it from below . Great video as always .
Good idea that
Hi Mark, love the videos. Not a criticism, but why don't plumbers use an open ended/combination spanner on the fittings, rather than the adjustable spanner/pipe grips. In my limited experience I find them easier to use and more managable in tight spaces etc. Cheers.
Yep I have one of those but was in my other bag… they are very handy
Good to see u back to your normal self brother. Enjoyed the vid.
Thanks buddy 👍🏼👍🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼
Hi Mark,
Another great jobbing about bread and butter film, I love these films and I always learn a lot from them.
Well done with the outside tap drilling measurements, I will now also remember to check the trv pin etc.
Hope you are keeping well, have a great Easter long weekend, take care, regards, Chris. 👍👍👍
Thanks Chris…. I know you enjoy the jobbing content..👍🏼👍🏼
Have a good weekend buddy
Well done getting the hole right in the cupboards Mark. I would have taken the washing machine tap off and put the compression tee there, then put the tap back. Looked awkward fitting the tee where you have put it. Been a plumber for 56 years and enjoy watching your videos. I can see the stress in your face. I know the feeling. 👍
Thanks mate, was easy enough where I fitted it to be honest, and saved putting in more Pipework into a fairly small unit.
Glad you enjoy that videos and content Steve, people like yourself who has been in the game for years will of seen everything I get upto and can relate.
Thanks buddy
@@MJTiffPlumbing I see your point Mark. Keep up the good work 👍
Nice work Mark, those TRV,s catch us all at some point, just had one do exactly the same in my living room, keep the jobs coming 👍🚽
I was more pissed off with myself for doing all that and not checking🤣🙈🙈🙈
Thanks for the content you produce its much appreciated really enjoy what you do. Happy Easter Mark
Thanks buddy
Can't beat a smelly trap under the sink lol. Great job on the outside tap.
Thanks mate
Outside tap with built in check valve. Saves more ball ache under a tight cupboard. 🤝 it’s amazing how day to day jobs are an interesting watch!
Water regs state the dcv should be within the thermal envelope of the building. Can't use them built in ones if the taps outside unfortunately.
@@tirvplumbing water regs… 🥴😂
Interesting one that! This is a genuine question not a moan, what is the point of an outside tap with DCV built in when they are under building regs not allowed? Thanks in advance if you can answer.
@@jeromeroddy4931 my best guess would be for plant rooms, cleaning cupboards, garages etc where you need a more utilitarian supply but still within the confines of the building.
I’m taking credit for the new subscribers as I gave you a shout on my channel the other day 😉
Great work as always bud!!
If waste pipe solvent welding was an Olympic Sport!! 😁
Hahahaha love it mate….. 🤣🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼
Don't you just love it when you miss measure and it works out even better. Ha.
Look like a boss infront of customer as well 🔥. Good vid mate.
Exactly that mate….🤣🤣🤣🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼
Interesting, just curious why you use solvent weld rather than pushfit as per the other side of the soil stack?
Alway used solvent…. Holds pipes a lot firmer
Top man Mark..
Love seeing how fellow plumbing/ heating professionals face and overcome all the day to day real time issues we face in this lovely trade we chose..
Thanks for taking the time to film and upload 👍🏾
Thanks Carl 👍🏼👍🏼
Happy Easter Mark! 🥚
Quick question: what happened to the TMV you were trying to find under that tiled floor? Have I missed the video where you managed to find and repair/replaceed it?
Funny you should ask that….. I should be getting back to that job very soon….. will be very interesting
@@MJTiffPlumbing maybe you can go up from underneath? Look forward to finding out more. All the best
Nice video great content Mark have a good Easter roll on Wednesday's video
Thanks Jason 👍🏼👍🏼 and you
good luck,I run for a running club,great stress outlet.🏃🏃
Thanks mate…. I ache a bit today mate
Awesome stuff as usual Mark. Isn't it just bum nipping when drilling outside taps. Some great content mate
Thanks mate, yep you never quite know what’s in the walls especially new builds
Great content as per bud👍🏻 You have this innate ability to make me feel anxious whilst watching your vids, that fixed point waste job and outside tap had me sweating a bit! 😂
Hahahaa…. Sorry mate🤣😉👍🏼👍🏼
Another great video mark, keep them coming
Thanks mate
I fitted new tap revivors as tap was trickling when turned on,ball o fix leaked at slot,had to replace isolator, tap still trickling,turned out to be blocked aerator in tap spout 😢😢😂😂. As you say always check the obvious.......if you remember.lol
🤣🤣🙈🙈🙈……… Been there done that aswell
Just found your channel enjoying the vids
Thanks mate, get subscribed to not miss out on some real world plumbing 👍🏼👍🏼
Great video as always, thanks mate
Thanks pal
Great honest vid well done.👍👍👍😎😎😎
Thanks Richard 👍🏼👍🏼
Surprised you don't use more frost free hose bibs. I think you mentioned in another video they are just not a thing. Whatever the case they should be.
Never really been a thing
On the brittle kitchen waste, I think I know the answer but why the 45s into the boss instead of 2 90s straight in, to help with drainage and blockages?
To keep the 90 and the pipe close to the wall so it looks neater and a better flow downhill
Another top video Mark. I never put paste on olives. What paste do you use? Do you paste every olive?
I’ve always pasted compression joints, I use Jet Blue👍🏼
Nice one Mark
Thanks Robert 👍🏼👍🏼
Can you explain why you didnt use the hole where the old boss was on that outside pipe? I didn't see logic in creating a new hole, and bunging the old one, I must not understand something. Thanks.
From memory there was an issue with it and the seal
Mark can’t believe you didn’t check pressure operating pin gland ? ….I’ve never forgotten to check the obvious first and I’ve always told lies 😂. It happens and no one will beat you up more than you do yourself when making these screw ups … as you say real world plumbing … great content buddy
Sometimes it’s the obvious we just forget
Wow, drilling 'blind' through the wall. . . Thankfully you didn't ramp the tension up with ominous background music.
Wicked video as usual Brv…school boy error we all been there
Thanks mate… yep sometimes it’s right infront of you
Another great vid, thanks for sharing. Should you always fit a dcv when doing an outside tap?
Thanks mate, yep always fit a DCV 👍🏼👍🏼
@@MJTiffPlumbing thanks 😉
Just spat me brew up at 15mins haha , life's a constant series of humbling
experiences , know that feeling , why didn't I check the obvious
Hahaa…… We’ve all done it, missed the obvious
@@MJTiffPlumbing it's made more painful when the fella who claims nobody can do what he can spots it and you know he's gonna tell every man and his dog about it.
soon as you said that pipe stinks Mark I could smell it straight away... funny that!
🤣🤣
Educational & entertaining 😆
Thankyou mate, Appriciate that
Nice videos and Happy Easter 🐣 Mark. I did the same on 10mm olives for 8 rads last week. 😂 Junior hacksaw 👏
Old school trick😉🙌🏼👍🏼👍🏼
Only use I've ever found for a junior hacksaw, good for nothing else
I see you use brass olives. Is there a reason why plumbers don't use copper olives - which are obviously essential when joining brass fittings onto PEX and Speedfit?
No reason mate, just what’s in the olive draw at the time and what comes with the fitting
I've learnt to use my grips to remove the olive 7out 10 times you can move it and whip it off
Yep, but the 3/10 times you can’t…. And have to remove it another way.
@@MJTiffPlumbing
I know right sods law and then it's a pain 🤣
Hi Mark,
You mentioned that you were going to use loctite 55, I presume you meant remove the rad tail and use it on there,
also do you use the loctite if you are fitting tails to a new rad and is it better than PTFE tape. cheers, eddie.
That’s right mate, yer I’ve switched to Loctite 55 for these jobs now👍🏼👍🏼
Do you have an olive extractor? Brilliant piece of kit. I sliced my finger once hacksawing a brass olive off!
As said in the video mate, I lost it on a job a while back…. Got to get a new one👍🏼👍🏼
@@MJTiffPlumbing Ah, i missed that comment.
Just going back to missing things and making errors, in most other trades their mistakes will not usually result in damage and drama quite like water coming through the ceiling!
We need a trip switch like the Sparkies! Not very practical I know.
I'll see you on "Dragons Den" in the not too distant future!
whats the reason for the check valve on the outside tap??
To stop back siphonage
Hi what are the best radiator brands you'd recommend?
Myson Radiators are always a good one to go for👍🏼
Mark why did you replace the valve with a plane white type and not a nice chrome type that was originally fitted?
I had one in the van, the customer was ok with having a white TRV head as it didn’t look out of place and wasn’t leaking. 👍🏼
Great video 👍
Thanks Scott
What are you using for cutting waste pipe now Mark? Did you get another Bix cutter or go for something else?
Good bread and butter jobs.
Outside tap for my house is on the list. Kitchens on the front gardens on the back. Only way I can do it is to tee off the bath feed and go out and drop it down the wall. My plan is to use a 12v solenoid isolator under the bath and wire it to a switch outside so I can isolate and drain it without running through the house.
Thanks mate, back to using the monument plastic cutters, the Bix is now acting as a spare
@@MJTiffPlumbing 👍 I'm tempted by the rothenberger twin cut 42 that does the small stuff non ratchet and the bigger stuff on a ratchet.
@@tirvplumbing
Heard good things about them
Im sure most outside taps now incorporate a double check valve inside the tap itself
They do but they don’t conform to building regs, also being plastic DCV internally… come the wintertime they freeze, go brittle and break…. So you need a new tap.
Just fit a DCV internally as regs and away you go👍🏼
Rrrr feel your pain on when you had to drain down again 😭😭😭😂
🙈🙈….. I was like “ohhhh bloody hell”….
Schoolboy error mate, but we all do it from time to time
Nice one mark top video
Cheers Peter
“Right lets get on with the video” then an ad comes up 😭🤣
Brilliant 🤣🤣…… I have nowt to do with where TH-cam insert the ads, they have an algorithm for that😉
@@MJTiffPlumbing as normal youtube always finds a way to annoy you 🤣
If I could have a never ending list of these sort of jobs I’d be a happy man 😂
Wouldn’t we all mate
Azul fellak do you speak kabylan ? Thanks
Good video .. every days a school day ..cant beat the wet vac.. newly subbed .. 👍
Welcome aboard….. hope you like the channel
@@MJTiffPlumbing cheers I'll be watching a couple of vids this evening 👍
@@wittywoo9559 enjoy 👍🏼👍🏼
gone from push fit to push shit. Another great video. Thanks
Thanks mate
A sharpie marker bungs rad tails nicely
Hahahaa…. Like that as an emergency hack
@@MJTiffPlumbing that’s how the idea came about 😂
Good call sharpie
haha watched first 30 sec brilliant:P hope your ok. tell the builders painters etc the same! it's not just food bits.
😅 been there and done that with the trv myself mate. With it being a newish valve you just assume the pins not leaking. Theres just some cheap rubbish in this game now
Glad I’m not the only one 🤣🤣
Tbh though I wouldn’t check the pin if it looked like it was coming from the nut, i’d have 100% been in that same position. 😅🤦🏻♂️
🤣🤦🏻♂️🤦🏻♂️
Hi mark, I’m not going to talk about white rad valve or measuring from extractor fan.
Just want to say great content.👍
That’s good then as you can’t measure from the extractor internally and the white valve wasn’t an issue with the customer, so nothing to talk about….👍🏼
Glad you like the content….👍🏼👍🏼
Keep up with the details video s'😁
Thanks Jeff
Why do you cut a new boss and not just replace the old?
Did I not say in the video…. Can’t remember
No, I've seen you replace a few over a few videos and always wondered why?
When looking for leaks allways go above the leak as water can run down the pipe 👍
Yes mate, I know that….. as said this was just one of those jobs.
hi m8 steady away jobs a lot more fun than stuck on site lol
Very true Mick 👍🏼👍🏼
Don’t you ever sleeve the hole in the wall before pushing the copper pipe through?
Yep….. 👍🏼
Ok
Was that a Monday morning?
It should of been🤣🤣
What's that green plug called
“Plumb thumbs” 👍🏼👍🏼
That outside tap ,you could have taken a measurement off the extractor fan Grill on the wall. And maybe put a lever valve in the cupboard to make it easier for the punter to isolate.
I could of measured off that, however I measured off the wall.
I could of put a switched isolator on to make it easier than a lever valve
You could do the same job so many different ways buddy…👍🏼👍🏼
Not having a go. Just batting ideas 😜
@@nedloh17 I know buddy…. Just saying there is so many different ways of doing jobs.
You do what works for you with what you have and how you see it while there👍🏼
Mark you could of took reference from the extractor fan vent, 👀 i think 🤔
Not if you don’t know exactly where it comes inside as it would of been behind the cowelling of the extractor hood😉😉
@@MJTiffPlumbing true could just be there for decor 💁🤣
Another honest video Mark Happy Easter
Thanks Glyn, hope your well mate and having a good long weekend👍🏼👍🏼
@@MJTiffPlumbing Thanks Mark i am keeping well but my mother passed away last month its been hectic. Busy tomorrow fencing as sheep are escaping back plumbing on tuesday hope you have a good week
if you remove the valve always put a new one .
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The customer had chrome radiator thermostat valve and you replaced it with white one! Shouldn't you replaced it with chrome one to match with new radiator!
The customer wanted a valve that wasn’t leaking, I had a white head valve one in the van and he said that was fine, not a problem at all.
If he wanted a chrome one I would of driven to plumbase and got one…
But thanks for watching
1. It wasn't a new rad was it, it was a leaking valve that needed changing. Just because it was a designer rad doesn't mean it's within 12 months old.
2. Why add extra cost and effort to a job for both yourself and the customer if you don't need too? If the customer is happy with a standard valve, why go to the hassle of getting another chrome one? 🤷♂️
Thanks James 👏🏼👏🏼…..
Why not go into the existing boss rather than put a new one in?
Change valves directly when they leak. Working twice and charge once is not OK.
If you had watched the video and listened you would of seen that I didn’t see it was the valve body itself leaking till the end.
Recommend not to record while driving zero tolerance
Your leaving yourself open to a fine and points 👍
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Never assume it makes an ass of u and me lol
Indeed mate
Glad your back to your old self again. Still forgetful. 😁
Hahahaha thanks mate
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Evening mate🙌🏼🙌🏼
@@MJTiffPlumbing evening Bud 🤘😎🤘
Squeaky bum time
Yep
Nice mate,with the TRV most plumbers on here they act like there shit doesn't stink and they never drop a bollock,there more concerned about using brasso 🥱
Thanks mate, I’m showing it day in day out how it really is in the trade, warts and all..
Glad you like the content mate