Brilliant content, with the breakdown, commentary and little tips. Beautiful finish on the job, boxwork, clean shower kit fitting and the real chrome pipes(not covers) on the rad. 👌👌👌👌
Great video as usual and love the finished result - particularly the floor tiles. After fitting loads of showers / enclosures / panels in to rock hard porcelain tiles I’ve found it handy to keep a few tea light candles in my tool box - you can dip your drill bit in to cool down and prolong it’s life and once it goes hard again there’s no chance of it spilling and making a mess 👍
Tip for toilet brackets. Fit them to the toilet with double sided on the bottom of them. Put toilet in place and then remove the screws. Lift it up and brackets are left stuck in the right place for drilling 👌🏻 I’m a jack of all trades but fitted 100’s of bathrooms
Or just put your pan where you need it, and silicone it in place. Just have to tell the customer not to use it for 12 hours. I think I've only ever screwed about 2 down in my life. Never had a problem with that, and personally think it gives a more substantial fixing than those poxy brackets.
@@chester6343 Try it before you laugh at me! Easier than drilling into porcelain tiles and potentially piercing badly run central heating pipes too. Winner every time, believe me.
Loved it just started plumbing doing my level 2 and been taken on by a firm...not bad for a retrade at 36 tough gig been at college with 17 18 19 year old lads but hey ho
That board isn’t waterproof, you should be either tanking the wet area or using jackoboard or the equivalent. Also not a fan of using compression in walls chap especially on that towel rad just sewage the chrome and solder a street 90 in it mate
Hi. I used to be a bathroom fitter myself so i appreciate all the hard work and unseen hassles involved in these types of refurbishments, like fixing other peoples bodges lol. My question is regarding the floor joist span in that room. They seemed very far apart from each other, but that's what the builder/architect/planning dept etc all decided on. I've had issues in the past with shower tray-to-wall silicone seals failing due to subtle floor movement over time. So whenever i had to open up a glued & screwed chipboard flooring for anything I would refit it with extra bracing afterwards. Just something to watch out for in the future....
Yes you have to watch flex on floors especially new builds. Pays to brace up then over ply. Then add your floor system such as decouples. Seen loads of cracked or loose tiles due to movement.
Proper tidy job that. Recently we have been using elements boarding alongside the tape and tanking membrane. Its good kit but at the same time isn't cheap.
Nice job, really satisfying on the last couple of days on the job when all the mess is out of the way and you can stay nice and clean installing the suite etc.
Great work, love the no nonsense approach, no Instagram pipe polishing going on, just real life work 👍🏻 any chance of some tips / vid of your preferred method of taking chipboard up ?
I've enjoyed the tips. Currently in the middle of my 1st en suite. I'm still undecided how to bed my elements slim line shower tray down, whether I go with the manufacturers instruction of sand and cement or tile grout or strong silicon which I've seen used in other shower tray install videos. My flooring is new ply secured onto new chipboard so it's new flat and level. What would you recomend to use? Keep the videos coming.
Spot on mate👍🏼 Loved your dickhead award comment, 😂 it’s uncomprehendable how much hard work it is do bathrooms on your own, the plumbing, boarding and electrics just for some envious individuals to nit pick in there comments. We know it ain’t easy, we’re all just tying to make a living and share our experiences, not to be criticised. Keep it up Mark👍🏼
Thanks mate, people cant seem to understand that some people do stuff one way, and others do it another way......and get the same result. And 100% of the time the "Dickheads" dont have a plumbing channel of there own. They have sat and watched the video...... Then thought about a dickhead comment....... Then got on there phone/computer and typed out the dickhead comment..... Then sent that dickhead comment..... Then say waiting for a reply......... Then they will get the hump as youve come back with some banter, then they will engage "Keyboard warrior mode"........ Idiots....... But the best bit is they are earning me money doing it........hahahahahahhahaa Cheers Dickheads....lol
@@norm4260 But that's what is wrong with the world......... people shouldn't get trolled for doing something slightly different to someone else, people always think there way is right. I get a lot of messages from people who have started to do channels but the "Abuse" online have made them stop.....such a shame. Good job I'm not sensitive to it..... just calling them out...lol
Yer I thought it was in the video.... for some reason they had put it on legs and the waste came out the floor. I just cut the floor out and altered it to get it low level.. Lazy builders
@@MJTiffPlumbing i know you hate shower screens but it looks like you enjoy bathrooms. Anyway you do a top job. Hope your looking after yourself. Looking forward to next video already lol
Neat job very smart bathroom showed great skills , would of been good to see how you secured shower tray and waste pipe maybe a shot on this on your next one thanks great video
Top tip with the rain shower head measuring. Been court out with that in the past. Had to cut a screw driver down 😬🤦🏻♂️. Good looking job that mate. 👍🏼
No it wouldn’t Chris..... have another look.... Putting a 90 first would not leave you enough room for a branch to be able to get reconnected to the vent and connect the toilet. Close...... but no cigar....😉
Quick tip use a swaging tool on the chrome and solder a m&f elbow into it, won't need to put a compression fitting in the wall and risk undoing it when doing up the rad valves.
Thanks for watching..... and thanks for a tip. Ive always used compression fittings on chrome for nearly 30 years, and if you know how to do compression fittings up correctly you wont risk undoing it when tightening it up.....
Great video Mark just wondering what you use to stick shower tray down with bonding or tile adhesive and do you use classiseal around the tray prior to your first silicone cheers.
Did the tiler use off cuts for the soil stack boxing in. The tiling in the shower wasn't set out properly. I love watching your plumbing but the tiler let you down on that job. I can spend half a day just setting out for tile. Great plumbing job.
Hello mate, quick question. Did you just put silicone between the shower tray and chipboard flooring to secure it? Or did you ply it then adhesive? Cheers
Hey Jack I personally just spread a good base of silicone on the floor and tray, then put “blobs” in each corner and bed it like that. I’ve always done it that way for nearly 30 years and never had an issue. Some people use tile adhesive/silicone/CT1 and some even still use sand and cement. That way works great for me, I’ve done it in 800x800 trays right up to 1600x800 slate trays. Hope that helps mate
Great video and great install thanks for taking the time to make the video personally I think a “proper plumber” knows in that situation when ur dropping the tray and tightening from above a flexi is less likely to leak than hard piping it. Hard pipe can leave the trap sitting at a slight angle under the floor so when u tighten it from above it doesn’t seal correctly to the tray and it can also cause u to cross thread the top piece. Flexi is the way to do it and why they make them. if they didn’t work they wouldn’t make them in first place Someone’s taken the time to film and edit a video and someone comes out with that proper plumber rubbish 🤯 blows my mind
Thanks Mate.... appreciate the comment buddy. Unfortunately there will always be “the worlds best plumber” sat infront of a keyboard to give there superior knowledge🙄🙄.... you get used to it.
Thanks mate, all depends on what’s used, what’s needed to be done, if walls are coming out etc etc etc..... anything from £6k to whatever you can afford and want. I’ve fitted £30k bathrooms before
I use generic tile bits off eBay, I’ve spent a fortune on the named ones and they are all rubbish and don’t last that long..... so for the price of 1 bit you can get 20 off eBay for the same money and will last a lot longer👍🏼👍🏼
Nice little tip for chrome pipe.. if you don't want to use compression behind the walls and you're using copper, swage one side of the chrome and solder a street elbow in it. Works a treat. 👍😁 Still, nothing wrong with compression though.
Great film and impressive bathroom refurbishment, It was great to see the vac out, that settled my ocd. Can I ask, when you remove a radiator for decorating etc. Turning off the trv and lock shield, can you still use the central heating system with that rad removed, with a combi boiler? I look forward to the next film, hope your week goes well, take care, regards, Chris.
Nice tidy job mate. I quite enjoy doing en suites and the customers love em. I tend to go with a classi seal on the trays just for that extra piece of mind but it is a pricey product really.
Really like your videos Mark. Maybe a silly question but is there a difference between the grey plastic pipe you use, and white plastic pipe? Just wondered why grey was your preference?
Nice work mate, always nice to see your thoughts and tips from start to finish. Is there ever a time you would want to tank walls, or are you always happy with moisture board and quality tiling and grouting ? Can't knock the double seal on shower tray method. Full proof. Keep them coming
Love the result and pre silicone great tip that , how about access for when shower waste goes wrong or leaks ? Will it be a case of 1 tile up and replace as it’s on a flexi ? Would be interested to get your thoughts.
Thanks mate.... As with all fitted bathrooms and ensuites thats something you do your best make sure doesnt happen, however if it does thats how you go about sorting it.
M J Tiff Plumbing I guess this ain’t a rental but as a landlord I now always try think ahead , one tile and a hole out of floor would be best result but a whole floor up would be a nightmare and such a shame.
Hi Mark, look at 10.11 on your video. You cut the plastic pipe twice, then put it into the plastic fitting without an insert! I'm not trying to take the P, I just noticed it, which is why I made the comment about the inserts.
You can see that I reach round and fit the insert, also if you take a good look you can see it on the end of the pipe before it goes into the elbow….. I always fit inserts mate Great to see you are watching the videos with great interest though buddy…👍🏼👍🏼 glad your enjoying them
Hello, could you please explain the difference between the grey and copper pipes for the shower? Is it just easier or is there a reason you switch into grey. Thanks.
Gorgeous job mate but wouldn't of put compression elbows on the towel rail in the wall, personally would of cleaned off the chrome ends for inside the wall and soldered copper elbows and pipe on to transition into the plastic further down. Just seen too many compression joints give up in the wall on chrome pipework over the years. Other than that quality workmanship as always, loving the channel.
Each to there own, you do what your confident with.... I’ve only ever used compression on chrome for the nearly 30years I’ve been plumbing...... never had an issue.
@@MJTiffPlumbing We all have different experience with fittings and products, I've just found in the past when people have used compression fittings inside a wall on chrome pipe if you've ever needed to undo the fittings on the towel rail afterwards that'll be the time when the fitting in the wall gives up and causes an issue. It's fine if you know and you've put it in but pity the poor sod after you. Hence always be soldered copper for me. Also a grinder? Of all the materials and products on the market that's the one that's dead last.
Great refurb mate👍 notice you using the erbauer multi tool great bit of kit but does your battery rub on the bottom of the unit leaving black plastic marks almost like it’s melting. Cheers
I’ve never used push fit fittings on chrome as they are known to come off, hence me never doing it, I always use compression fittings and paste. Yep the sink was bonded to the unit, and also silicone sealed to the wall 👍🏼👍🏼
On a small private house for myself, is it better to run all water hot and cold pipes in copper or is that not the case.? Is plastic just as good long term?
Yes i get all the trades in so the customer just has 1 invoice at the end....i havea great team that i work with. Cost wise it depoends on so many things, can range from £5/6k upto £12k plus...
Thanks Matt... After spending a fortune over the years on tile bits from merchants and screwfix etc i now buy the cheap ones off ebay....honestly You get 20 if the spade bits and 20 of the harder ones for the cost of 2 "Brand bits" and they last a while ........ take a look mate
If i had a pound for every time someone askes that......lol, i would be a rich man I do it the same way i have done for nearly 30 years and never had an issue, but each to there own.
I see you dont use inserts on the push fit plastic. Is that ok? What make is that? I use Hep2O and always use the inserts. I was told that my Public Liability wouldn't cover me if I had a leak and they found I hadn't used them.
Enjoyed that as usual your content is true to life. Just wondering why the waste for the shower was where it is, I.e as you walk in the shower and not the shower head end. And also putting the mastic on the finishing plate for the shower makes a fu***r to get off in future I've always found. Share your thoughts
Thanks mate As mentioned in the video there was a double trimmer main joist in the other corner that would of needed to be cut out.... could not be done as it was structural. And if you don’t seal around the plate it could allow water in, as per installation manual for that plate to seal with silicone.... Easy enough to remove if need be with a scraper or wire..👍🏼👍🏼
@@MJTiffPlumbing In which case how did you get the waste under the floor without drilling through the structural joist? Video didn't show this part I don't think. Not coming from a 'dick comment' angle here 🤣 I just can't see how the waste was ran? assuming that's why it was so raised before?
How did the tiler tile the floor tiles?? Did he tile straight on the chip board or did he use some sort of tile backer?? Just asking as I gave similar situation.
@@MJTiffPlumbing Aye, it looks like it could be. I was just about to send you a pm but since you’ve replied so fast I’ll ask here. I’m a time served plumber but the company I work for does housing association work so it’s only basic stuff we fit. I’d like to start for myself sometime so I’m looking for more info on things like concealed showers, wall hung pans, basins etc, basically nice stuff a private customer would want. Any chance you could do some instructional videos on installing stuff like that? I watch a few of the plumbing channels but yours seems the most like real life to me. Great channel mate 👏🏻
Thanks mate..... A few people have asked for the same so I will try and do some of them soon, as it the moment it’s just mainly work as I go instead of specific “how go’s”..... but I’m more than happy to do some when I get chance. Thanks for the feedback mate 👍🏼👍🏼
Can I ask a question here in Europe the plasterboard Board jointed at the joint ,because logically speaking ,the plasterboard is already flat , perfectly flat.no need to cover a surface perfectly flat ,it's a scam to sell plasterboard skim when you only need the joint filled?
I've been in plumbing for 35 years fitting bespoke bathrooms in London the thing that PI**ES me off the most is plumbers putting silicon on the back of shower plates... its not needed! I know alot of bathroom reps and ALL say the same (not needed)Think of maintenance! ..anyway Good vlog .
Don’t let something like that piss you off mate.... it’s just a shower plate.. I would rather seal around it than risk water seeping in.... but each to there own, the manufactures literature asked for it to be sealed as most do I have found, as for the Reps saying it.... they ain’t fitting it🤣🤣 Some do it one way, some do it another... just do what works for you 👍🏼👍🏼
Nearly all shower instructions say put a small bead of silicone near edge of cover plate, alot say dont do bottom so if shower cartridge leaks it will come out of bottom of cover plate. Needs a 3mm bead near outside of plate so if done like that I knife blade is plenty long and good enough. To cut through. So if shower is under shower head u dont seal it??
Thanks mate as always...... an indeed the dickhead comments have all ready started. I went to look at his perfect plumbing TH-cam Channel but he’s that good he doesn’t show anyone 🤣🤣
I was wondering if you could do a video or explain on how to isolate different parts of a bathroom when it comes to renovating it? Like i have a towel rail and instead of draining the whole system down is there a way to just isolate that part, and the same with the shower? most things like the toilet or taps will have an isolation valve on so you can turn it off to change taps etc, but i dont think most showers will have this? Just curious as im going to be undertaking these tasks in the next month and would be cool to know if there is a way to change without draining a whole combi boiler system. Also a bonus question, i see you use a lot of plastic pipe, even behind tiles, ive been told that its not a good idea because its more prone to leaking. is this true? I think it's better if your a novice or DIYer because you dont have to solder.
Your best off turning the water off completely to do the shower work to be honest, just as easy as isolation valves . As for plastic pipe people have there own view..... I’ve been fitting it for years and never had an issue, if it’s cut right, inserts used it’s not a problem.
They built it up as the waste came out the floor.... they didn’t need to but I guess it was just easier for the builders at the time. Was bloody high!!!
@@MJTiffPlumbing but it would of done? Exactly what you've done but put the t against the wall and the elbow on the ground? But I will tske another look incase I missed anything 🤣
@@ryanallen3704 Have another look buddy..... it can only be done the way I've done it....that's why i did it, lol If an elbow comes direct out the floor then onto a tee......how are you then getting onto the end of the tee??....Your not as its against the wall. Thanks for the feedback and constructive comments though, that's just what people should be doing with TH-cam channels.....not the idiots who comment utter rubbish. Thanks Ryan and thanks for watching
@@MJTiffPlumbing i meant elbow as it comes out the run the soil pipe along the floor (slight fall obviously 😜)elbow up in the corner with a street swooping bend tee straight on the the street bend? Lol. Yeah I agree people always have something to say. I'm a spark watching a plumber trying to tell him what to do now 🤣 hahaha. Narh I just thought might be able too. Fair play. I watch all your videos though. Nice to see how other trades work.
@@ryanallen3704 Cheers mate...... Thanks for watching and its nice to see people genuinely watching them and looking, thinking hang on what about this......great feedback. You should get a channel mate.......
No BS, no bigging himself up. Really good content thanks
Thanks buddy 👍🏼👍🏼
Brilliant content, with the breakdown, commentary and little tips. Beautiful finish on the job, boxwork, clean shower kit fitting and the real chrome pipes(not covers) on the rad. 👌👌👌👌
Thanks Mavis, really appreciate that mate.... Thankyou
Amazing job, great video. Thanks for posting
Thanks mate..
Great video as usual and love the finished result - particularly the floor tiles.
After fitting loads of showers / enclosures / panels in to rock hard porcelain tiles I’ve found it handy to keep a few tea light candles in my tool box - you can dip your drill bit in to cool down and prolong it’s life and once it goes hard again there’s no chance of it spilling and making a mess 👍
Thanks mate.......
Tip for toilet brackets. Fit them to the toilet with double sided on the bottom of them. Put toilet in place and then remove the screws. Lift it up and brackets are left stuck in the right place for drilling 👌🏻 I’m a jack of all trades but fitted 100’s of bathrooms
nice tip for someone if they fancy trying it....
Or just put your pan where you need it, and silicone it in place.
Just have to tell the customer not to use it for 12 hours.
I think I've only ever screwed about 2 down in my life.
Never had a problem with that, and personally think it gives a more substantial fixing than those poxy brackets.
@@sarge9733 what haha
@@chester6343 Try it before you laugh at me!
Easier than drilling into porcelain tiles and potentially piercing badly run central heating pipes too.
Winner every time, believe me.
@@sarge9733 what do you do about the holes in the toilet where the screws are meant to be?
Bet the customer was happy nice job mark
Yep, they were VERY pleased with the end result
Great work buddy
Really nice job. Much better layout than before. Putting the wc and basin next to each other always makes a small bathroom more spacious.
Thanks Martin, yep it’s now a usable space and practical 👍🏼👍🏼
Loved it just started plumbing doing my level 2 and been taken on by a firm...not bad for a retrade at 36 tough gig been at college with 17 18 19 year old lads but hey ho
Great job mate! Good to see waterproof board going in behind the shower.
Thanks mate
That board isn’t waterproof, you should be either tanking the wet area or using jackoboard or the equivalent. Also not a fan of using compression in walls chap especially on that towel rad just sewage the chrome and solder a street 90 in it mate
Love doing bathrooms, great to see the finished result, and everyone is happy 👍
Thanks mate...
Hi. I used to be a bathroom fitter myself so i appreciate all the hard work and unseen hassles involved in these types of refurbishments, like fixing other peoples bodges lol. My question is regarding the floor joist span in that room. They seemed very far apart from each other, but that's what the builder/architect/planning dept etc all decided on. I've had issues in the past with shower tray-to-wall silicone seals failing due to subtle floor movement over time. So whenever i had to open up a glued & screwed chipboard flooring for anything I would refit it with extra bracing afterwards. Just something to watch out for in the future....
Thanks mate
Yes you have to watch flex on floors especially new builds. Pays to brace up then over ply. Then add your floor system such as decouples. Seen loads of cracked or loose tiles due to movement.
Lovely job Mark. Nice to see the complete process of your work. 👍🏻
Thanks Simon..... Full Bathroom goes live tomorrow... it’s a cracker👌🏼👌🏼
Great video mark
Thanks mate
Proper tidy job that. Recently we have been using elements boarding alongside the tape and tanking membrane. Its good kit but at the same time isn't cheap.
Thanks mate..
Nice job, really satisfying on the last couple of days on the job when all the mess is out of the way and you can stay nice and clean installing the suite etc.
So true..... love seeing it all come together
Great video, did the Tiler use ply on the floor before tiling or use a flexi adhesive?
Cement board on the floor then tile..
Done a brill job on this mate! I can’t wait to be doing bathrooms like this
Thanks mate, appreciate the comments 👍🏼👍🏼
Great neat and tidy job 👍👍
Thanks John 👍🏼👍🏼
Great work, love the no nonsense approach, no Instagram pipe polishing going on, just real life work 👍🏻 any chance of some tips / vid of your preferred method of taking chipboard up ?
Thanks mate.... just real world plumbing👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼
Taking up chipboard..... Circular saw and Jammy bars mate, the only way
the new plumberparts!
Thanks buddy
Proper nice job and finish bet the clients were over the moon keep it up
thanks mate, yer they looked it
I've enjoyed the tips. Currently in the middle of my 1st en suite. I'm still undecided how to bed my elements slim line shower tray down, whether I go with the manufacturers instruction of sand and cement or tile grout or strong silicon which I've seen used in other shower tray install videos. My flooring is new ply secured onto new chipboard so it's new flat and level. What would you recomend to use? Keep the videos coming.
Who’s is the pink Henry sat nicely in the corner lol. Brave man walking on site with that 😂🤣😭👷
Hahahaa..... Hetty gets so much love on the sites/jobs etc...... it’s a running joke but she sucks so well...👌🏼👌🏼
Great job , thanks for the time you take to make these videos they are really good . Look forward to the next one
Glad you like them!
Spot on mate👍🏼
Loved your dickhead award comment, 😂 it’s uncomprehendable how much hard work it is do bathrooms on your own, the plumbing, boarding and electrics just for some envious individuals to nit pick in there comments. We know it ain’t easy, we’re all just tying to make a living and share our experiences, not to be criticised. Keep it up Mark👍🏼
Thanks mate, people cant seem to understand that some people do stuff one way, and others do it another way......and get the same result.
And 100% of the time the "Dickheads" dont have a plumbing channel of there own.
They have sat and watched the video......
Then thought about a dickhead comment.......
Then got on there phone/computer and typed out the dickhead comment.....
Then sent that dickhead comment.....
Then say waiting for a reply.........
Then they will get the hump as youve come back with some banter, then they will engage "Keyboard warrior mode"........
Idiots.......
But the best bit is they are earning me money doing it........hahahahahahhahaa
Cheers Dickheads....lol
Don't run a TH-cam channel if you're so sensitive would be my advice!
@@norm4260 But that's what is wrong with the world......... people shouldn't get trolled for doing something slightly different to someone else, people always think there way is right.
I get a lot of messages from people who have started to do channels but the "Abuse" online have made them stop.....such a shame.
Good job I'm not sensitive to it..... just calling them out...lol
Quality workmanship well done
Thanks mate...👍🏼👍🏼
Thanks for the awesome videos. Really appreciate the content.
Thankyou mate.... and thanks for watching 👍🏼👍🏼
@@MJTiffPlumbing lovely video but I'd be reusing the good tiles
Excellent transformation..
thanks mate, customer loved it
amazing job and love it!
Thanks mate...
That’s a lovely bathroom. Love the floor tiles.
Thanks mate, looks great doesn’t it..👍🏼👍🏼
@@MJTiffPlumbing lovely job. Did you figure out why previous installer raised old shower tray? Was it just lazy?
Yer I thought it was in the video.... for some reason they had put it on legs and the waste came out the floor.
I just cut the floor out and altered it to get it low level..
Lazy builders
@@MJTiffPlumbing i know you hate shower screens but it looks like you enjoy bathrooms. Anyway you do a top job. Hope your looking after yourself. Looking forward to next video already lol
Neat job very smart bathroom showed great skills , would of been good to see how you secured shower tray and waste pipe maybe a shot on this on your next one thanks great video
Thanks mate, will do on the next one👍🏼
Top tip with the rain shower head measuring. Been court out with that in the past. Had to cut a screw driver down 😬🤦🏻♂️. Good looking job that mate. 👍🏼
Thanks buddy...... always measure bathroom fittings 🤣😉
quality install why was the shower tray so high and did you bed the new tray on thanks
Thanks mate……
I’m sure I explain in the video why the old tray was so high👍🏼👍🏼
There’s nothing wrong with a bit of boxing in next to the bog it’s somewhere to put the bog roll,beer and tv remote👍 top job though mate👌
Yep, I just wanted it a nice flush floor to ceiling one until I found that peaky branch..... looked spot on though to be fair
90 bend first then the tee would have taken up less space
No it wouldn’t Chris..... have another look....
Putting a 90 first would not leave you enough room for a branch to be able to get reconnected to the vent and connect the toilet.
Close...... but no cigar....😉
Quick tip use a swaging tool on the chrome and solder a m&f elbow into it, won't need to put a compression fitting in the wall and risk undoing it when doing up the rad valves.
Thanks for watching..... and thanks for a tip.
Ive always used compression fittings on chrome for nearly 30 years, and if you know how to do compression fittings up correctly you wont risk undoing it when tightening it up.....
Quality job, plumber myself 👌
Thanks Kevin 👍🏼👍🏼
Great video Mark just wondering what you use to stick shower tray down with bonding or tile adhesive and do you use classiseal around the tray prior to your first silicone cheers.
Hey Robert, I use either CT1 or silicone, and never used Classiseal tbh, always used silicone and never had an issue 👍🏼👍🏼
Brilliant Thankyou for taking the time to reply Mark.
Love the way you keep vids real 👍
Thanks mate...... 👍🏼👍🏼
Great job.
Thanks mate
Did the tiler use off cuts for the soil stack boxing in. The tiling in the shower wasn't set out properly. I love watching your plumbing but the tiler let you down on that job. I can spend half a day just setting out for tile. Great plumbing job.
He didn’t let me down at all, the customer loved the job and was very pleased.
Thanks for watching 👍🏼👍🏼
Hello mate, quick question. Did you just put silicone between the shower tray and chipboard flooring to secure it? Or did you ply it then adhesive? Cheers
Hey Jack
I personally just spread a good base of silicone on the floor and tray, then put “blobs” in each corner and bed it like that.
I’ve always done it that way for nearly 30 years and never had an issue.
Some people use tile adhesive/silicone/CT1 and some even still use sand and cement.
That way works great for me, I’ve done it in 800x800 trays right up to 1600x800 slate trays.
Hope that helps mate
Great video and great install thanks for taking the time to make the video
personally I think a “proper plumber” knows in that situation when ur dropping the tray and tightening from above a flexi is less likely to leak than hard piping it.
Hard pipe can leave the trap sitting at a slight angle under the floor so when u tighten it from above it doesn’t seal correctly to the tray and it can also cause u to cross thread the top piece.
Flexi is the way to do it and why they make them.
if they didn’t work they wouldn’t make them in first place
Someone’s taken the time to film and edit a video and someone comes out with that proper plumber rubbish 🤯 blows my mind
Thanks Mate.... appreciate the comment buddy.
Unfortunately there will always be “the worlds best plumber” sat infront of a keyboard to give there superior knowledge🙄🙄.... you get used to it.
Great video keep them coming!
Thanks buddy
Really great videos, keep it up. How much would a typical new bathroom/en suite cost, ball park figure. I'm guessing £12-15,000.
Thanks mate, all depends on what’s used, what’s needed to be done, if walls are coming out etc etc etc..... anything from £6k to whatever you can afford and want. I’ve fitted £30k bathrooms before
Great job Mark as always 👌what 6mm drill bits do you use for porcelain also what pipe and fittings are they polyplumb cheers m8 keep them coming ✌️
I use generic tile bits off eBay, I’ve spent a fortune on the named ones and they are all rubbish and don’t last that long..... so for the price of 1 bit you can get 20 off eBay for the same money and will last a lot longer👍🏼👍🏼
Nice little tip for chrome pipe.. if you don't want to use compression behind the walls and you're using copper, swage one side of the chrome and solder a street elbow in it. Works a treat. 👍😁
Still, nothing wrong with compression though.
Yep that is an option, howeve I’ve always gone for the compression fitting onto chrome. You do what your comfortable with 👍🏼👍🏼
@@MJTiffPlumbing yeah, exactly. Only discovered it last year.
Great film and impressive bathroom refurbishment, It was great to see the vac out, that settled my ocd.
Can I ask, when you remove a radiator for decorating etc. Turning off the trv and lock shield, can you still use the central heating system with that rad removed, with a combi boiler?
I look forward to the next film, hope your week goes well, take care, regards, Chris.
Thanks Chris
Yes the heating system can still be in use, unless its a single pipe system but they are very few and fair between nowadays
@@MJTiffPlumbing thank you for the info and your reply, it’s much appreciated. Take care, regards, chris.
Nice tidy job mate. I quite enjoy doing en suites and the customers love em. I tend to go with a classi seal on the trays just for that extra piece of mind but it is a pricey product really.
Yep each to there own on the seal, I’ve always done it this way as it’s basically the same thing.... plus sealed again when tiled.
Great job Mark. Can I ask what did you use to bed the tray down please.
Thanks mate..... I use silicone to bed trays down, always have done👍🏼
Some people use silicone/CT1/tile adhesive etc etc......
Really like your videos Mark. Maybe a silly question but is there a difference between the grey plastic pipe you use, and white plastic pipe? Just wondered why grey was your preference?
Thanks mate….
Polypipe is what I use, the grey one and the white is Speedfit, just different makes👍🏼👍🏼
@@MJTiffPlumbing thanks mate
@@gregp1707 👍🏼👍🏼
Nice work mate, always nice to see your thoughts and tips from start to finish.
Is there ever a time you would want to tank walls, or are you always happy with moisture board and quality tiling and grouting ? Can't knock the double seal on shower tray method. Full proof. Keep them coming
I’m happy the way I’ve always done it mate... never had an issue.👍🏼👍🏼
@@MJTiffPlumbing cheers mate, really good to know. There is something about 30 years experience you can't knock!
Try out the Bosch multi construction bits for drilling tiles mate no need to wet the bit either
I’ve tried so many over the years...... Ebay and bulk buy is the way forward for me😉👌🏼
Good shout Screwfix code 8672P 5 Piece set
Love the result and pre silicone great tip that , how about access for when shower waste goes wrong or leaks ? Will it be a case of 1 tile up and replace as it’s on a flexi ? Would be interested to get your thoughts.
Thanks mate....
As with all fitted bathrooms and ensuites thats something you do your best make sure doesnt happen, however if it does thats how you go about sorting it.
M J Tiff Plumbing I guess this ain’t a rental but as a landlord I now always try think ahead , one tile and a hole out of floor would be best result but a whole floor up would be a nightmare and such a shame.
Looks quality that mate. Great video as always 👍🏻
Thanks Jon 👌🏼👌🏼👍🏼👍🏼
Looking good! What fixings do you use to hang the screen and radiator on?
Thanks mate, brown plugs and screw mate... and silicone on the screen aswell..👍🏼👍🏼
@@MJTiffPlumbing cheers for your reply. Wasn't sure about normal plugs, didnt want to crack the tiles. 👍👍
Just make sure you drill the right size hole and you will be fine mate
Brilliant job
Thank you Mate
awesome,
how much would it cost (roughly )to have this installed ??
Thanks mate, completely depends on what you want doing, why needs to be done and what suite etc is wanted.
Hi Mark, look at 10.11 on your video. You cut the plastic pipe twice, then put it into the plastic fitting without an insert!
I'm not trying to take the P, I just noticed it, which is why I made the comment about the inserts.
You can see that I reach round and fit the insert, also if you take a good look you can see it on the end of the pipe before it goes into the elbow….. I always fit inserts mate
Great to see you are watching the videos with great interest though buddy…👍🏼👍🏼 glad your enjoying them
top work mark as always.
Thankyou pal 👌🏼
Great job. I will have a bathroom for change and I need Your details to get U involved in Mate.
Only if you are in Warwickshire buddy😉
Quality job mate👍
Thanks mate....👍🏼👍🏼
Hello, could you please explain the difference between the grey and copper pipes for the shower? Is it just easier or is there a reason you switch into grey. Thanks.
Just for ease👍🏼
Gorgeous job mate but wouldn't of put compression elbows on the towel rail in the wall, personally would of cleaned off the chrome ends for inside the wall and soldered copper elbows and pipe on to transition into the plastic further down. Just seen too many compression joints give up in the wall on chrome pipework over the years. Other than that quality workmanship as always, loving the channel.
Each to there own, you do what your confident with.... I’ve only ever used compression on chrome for the nearly 30years I’ve been plumbing...... never had an issue.
Again, only use compression with chrome! As Mark says if fitted correctly it will last a lifetime.
A grinder then solder....... no thanks, proper plumbers don’t do that😉
Thanks Mark... 👍🏼👍🏼
@@MJTiffPlumbing We all have different experience with fittings and products, I've just found in the past when people have used compression fittings inside a wall on chrome pipe if you've ever needed to undo the fittings on the towel rail afterwards that'll be the time when the fitting in the wall gives up and causes an issue. It's fine if you know and you've put it in but pity the poor sod after you. Hence always be soldered copper for me.
Also a grinder? Of all the materials and products on the market that's the one that's dead last.
Great refurb mate👍 notice you using the erbauer multi tool great bit of kit but does your battery rub on the bottom of the unit leaving black plastic marks almost like it’s melting. Cheers
Yer it’s a cracking multi tool.... not noticed an issue with the battery
Hi Mark. Have you had push fit fittings pop of chrome tails. And did you bond the sink to cabinet to secure it. Thanks for posting the content
I’ve never used push fit fittings on chrome as they are known to come off, hence me never doing it, I always use compression fittings and paste.
Yep the sink was bonded to the unit, and also silicone sealed to the wall 👍🏼👍🏼
Top notch,love you videos.
thanks mate
Thank you for the video, can i ask which of this 2 appliances is more difficult to install a shower tray with the shower screen or a bathtub? thanks
Thanks mate, i guess a tray and screen is more fiddly/time consuming
@@MJTiffPlumbing Thank you
On a small private house for myself, is it better to run all water hot and cold pipes in copper or is that not the case.? Is plastic just as good long term?
I’ve never had an issue with plastic, if fitted correctly it’s as good as copper
Loved the content again mate keep it up
Thanks mate 👍🏼👍🏼
How much would you quote for this job? Also how do you quote in the work from the other trades? Or do they quote for themselves... great job!
Yes i get all the trades in so the customer just has 1 invoice at the end....i havea great team that i work with.
Cost wise it depoends on so many things, can range from £5/6k upto £12k plus...
Quality work 👍🏻
Thanks mate
Enjoying your vids, worst case on they tight showerheads id use a mini ratchet set
Here’s buddy.... yep mini Ratchet would be perfect
Hi,mate another great video. What tile drill bits do you use?
Thanks Matt...
After spending a fortune over the years on tile bits from merchants and screwfix etc i now buy the cheap ones off ebay....honestly
You get 20 if the spade bits and 20 of the harder ones for the cost of 2 "Brand bits" and they last a while ........ take a look mate
Have you tried the Classi seals round the tray instead of silicone?
If i had a pound for every time someone askes that......lol, i would be a rich man
I do it the same way i have done for nearly 30 years and never had an issue, but each to there own.
Fair play to you. Alway stick to what you like and works
Nice job 👏
Thanks buddy
Quality... you a very tidy worker, nice to see 😊👍
P.S. wear some safety glasses when knocking those tiles off... look after those eyes 😇
I see you dont use inserts on the push fit plastic. Is that ok? What make is that?
I use Hep2O and always use the inserts. I was told that my Public Liability wouldn't cover me if I had a leak and they found I hadn't used them.
I do use the inserts…. Always…..
Do you day rate or price for this kind of work mate?? Just interested to see looking to go self employed myself very soon...
Complete price from start to finish for everything.....
Enjoyed that as usual your content is true to life. Just wondering why the waste for the shower was where it is, I.e as you walk in the shower and not the shower head end. And also putting the mastic on the finishing plate for the shower makes a fu***r to get off in future I've always found. Share your thoughts
Thanks mate
As mentioned in the video there was a double trimmer main joist in the other corner that would of needed to be cut out.... could not be done as it was structural.
And if you don’t seal around the plate it could allow water in, as per installation manual for that plate to seal with silicone.... Easy enough to remove if need be with a scraper or wire..👍🏼👍🏼
@@MJTiffPlumbing thanks mate, sorry was listening on low volume feeding the baby. Keep up the vids 👌
Hahaaa.... love it mate 👍🏼👍🏼
@@MJTiffPlumbing In which case how did you get the waste under the floor without drilling through the structural joist? Video didn't show this part I don't think. Not coming from a 'dick comment' angle here 🤣 I just can't see how the waste was ran? assuming that's why it was so raised before?
@@DBPLUMBING Its in the video mate.....coming the other way allowed me to go through the partition section of the beams.
How did the tiler tile the floor tiles?? Did he tile straight on the chip board or did he use some sort of tile backer?? Just asking as I gave similar situation.
tiling cement boards on the floor...
@@MJTiffPlumbing top job
Can also use a ditra matting
@@benwatton1832 can you lay this on the chip board??
Cracking job 👍👍
Thanks mate
Brilliant video and brilliant bathroom another good job and video mate 👍👍
Thanks buddy... appreciate that
How much do you usally charge for labour and how long does it take .
So many variants to that mate, take a look at one of my recent videos on pricing 👍🏼
Personally I had an issue with compression on chrome. It’s just too hard.
It’s a ball ache but I mark and de-chrome
We do what we need to don’t we👍🏼👍🏼
Hello mate.
How does that shower head connect on?
Hey mate....
Bolts internally straight onto the wall plate.... very fiddly to be honest
@@MJTiffPlumbing Aye, it looks like it could be.
I was just about to send you a pm but since you’ve replied so fast I’ll ask here.
I’m a time served plumber but the company I work for does housing association work so it’s only basic stuff we fit.
I’d like to start for myself sometime so I’m looking for more info on things like concealed showers, wall hung pans, basins etc, basically nice stuff a private customer would want.
Any chance you could do some instructional videos on installing stuff like that?
I watch a few of the plumbing channels but yours seems the most like real life to me.
Great channel mate 👏🏻
Thanks mate.....
A few people have asked for the same so I will try and do some of them soon, as it the moment it’s just mainly work as I go instead of specific “how go’s”..... but I’m more than happy to do some when I get chance.
Thanks for the feedback mate 👍🏼👍🏼
@@MJTiffPlumbing good man, cheers.
Can I ask a question here in Europe the plasterboard Board jointed at the joint ,because logically speaking ,the plasterboard is already flat , perfectly flat.no need to cover a surface perfectly flat ,it's a scam to sell plasterboard skim when you only need the joint filled?
not sure what the question is tbh
I've been in plumbing for 35 years fitting bespoke bathrooms in London the thing that PI**ES me off the most is plumbers putting silicon on the back of shower plates... its not needed! I know alot of bathroom reps and ALL say the same (not needed)Think of maintenance! ..anyway Good vlog .
Don’t let something like that piss you off mate.... it’s just a shower plate..
I would rather seal around it than risk water seeping in.... but each to there own, the manufactures literature asked for it to be sealed as most do I have found, as for the Reps saying it.... they ain’t fitting it🤣🤣
Some do it one way, some do it another... just do what works for you 👍🏼👍🏼
Stanley knife blade through silicone seal job done, not rocket science
@@benwatton1832 and if the silicon is more further in than the blade...?!, it's not rocket science to read the manufacturers instructions.. 😒
Nearly all shower instructions say put a small bead of silicone near edge of cover plate, alot say dont do bottom so if shower cartridge leaks it will come out of bottom of cover plate. Needs a 3mm bead near outside of plate so if done like that I knife blade is plenty long and good enough. To cut through. So if shower is under shower head u dont seal it??
@@benwatton1832 nearly all shower instructions say it... mmm ok 🤔🤣bless you.
I'm Left Hanging here :) so what was the reason for the old shower tray being installed so high? lol
Probably for the waste.
Yer the waste on the original one was massively high for no reason at all..... (I thought I had that in the edit for the video... if not my bad🙈)
You could use a small ratchet set to do screw for shower head
Yep indeed you could...
No dickhead comments 😁 every TH-cam channel is plagued with keyboard warriors unfortunately Mark. Great job mate it all looked fantastic 😎
Thanks mate as always...... an indeed the dickhead comments have all ready started. I went to look at his perfect plumbing TH-cam Channel but he’s that good he doesn’t show anyone 🤣🤣
Do you use abacus emernts boards
No mate
Nice job man👍👍 shame about the customer wanting to do painting themselves
Thanks mate...
Why is it a shame???....
@@MJTiffPlumbing Just for the pictures of the finished job really I suppose
I was wondering if you could do a video or explain on how to isolate different parts of a bathroom when it comes to renovating it? Like i have a towel rail and instead of draining the whole system down is there a way to just isolate that part, and the same with the shower? most things like the toilet or taps will have an isolation valve on so you can turn it off to change taps etc, but i dont think most showers will have this? Just curious as im going to be undertaking these tasks in the next month and would be cool to know if there is a way to change without draining a whole combi boiler system. Also a bonus question, i see you use a lot of plastic pipe, even behind tiles, ive been told that its not a good idea because its more prone to leaking. is this true? I think it's better if your a novice or DIYer because you dont have to solder.
Your best off turning the water off completely to do the shower work to be honest, just as easy as isolation valves .
As for plastic pipe people have there own view..... I’ve been fitting it for years and never had an issue, if it’s cut right, inserts used it’s not a problem.
How much would this cost?
so many different things to add up, suite choices etc etc
@@MJTiffPlumbing It would be good to know roughy the cost of all these new bathroom renovations.
They look great!
Why was the tray so high before?
They built it up as the waste came out the floor.... they didn’t need to but I guess it was just easier for the builders at the time. Was bloody high!!!
Why didn't you elbow close to the ground for the soil pipe then put the t against the wall? Would of saved more boxing in..
Think about it Ryan.......that wouldn't work.....lol
Have another look buddy
@@MJTiffPlumbing but it would of done? Exactly what you've done but put the t against the wall and the elbow on the ground? But I will tske another look incase I missed anything 🤣
@@ryanallen3704 Have another look buddy..... it can only be done the way I've done it....that's why i did it, lol
If an elbow comes direct out the floor then onto a tee......how are you then getting onto the end of the tee??....Your not as its against the wall.
Thanks for the feedback and constructive comments though, that's just what people should be doing with TH-cam channels.....not the idiots who comment utter rubbish.
Thanks Ryan and thanks for watching
@@MJTiffPlumbing i meant elbow as it comes out the run the soil pipe along the floor (slight fall obviously 😜)elbow up in the corner with a street swooping bend tee straight on the the street bend? Lol. Yeah I agree people always have something to say.
I'm a spark watching a plumber trying to tell him what to do now 🤣 hahaha. Narh I just thought might be able too. Fair play. I watch all your videos though. Nice to see how other trades work.
@@ryanallen3704 Cheers mate...... Thanks for watching and its nice to see people genuinely watching them and looking, thinking hang on what about this......great feedback.
You should get a channel mate.......
Where you based
Warwickshire mate 👍🏼👍🏼
Seriously I love to be this good
Thanks..... just practice
👍🤓👍
Thanks mate