ULTIMATE Plumbing Tips & Hacks You'll ALWAYS Use!
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- ULTIMATE Plumbing Tips & Hacks You'll ALWAYS Use!
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Hello, we have read many of your comments and realized errors in the content. Especially in the tip about combining vinegar and baking soda. We will improve in the following videos, thank you for your comments!
And also that bit about welding copper with material of "much hugher melting point"...
when a base and acid mix they neutralize each other.perhaps the title should read plumbing click bait for dummies.
Vinegar and baking soda neutralize each other (vinegar is an acid and baking soda is a base). To dissolve mineral buildup, use vinegar alone.
Well, the difference is the time you spend in each method
(people DECIDES)
Is it really dumb or faster???
@@joserpa8015it's edited. It's not faster it's slower. Get two pieces of egg shell in two separate containers. Put just vinegar in one and vinegar baking soda in the other. Tell me which is faster at dissolving the calcium egg shell. Calcium like the build up on the shower head.
Easier to use CLR (calcium, lime, rust). I'm pretty sure it's available in most parts of the world. It's been around for a long time.
I'm glad that was within the first minute. Saved myself 22 minutes by not watching the rest.
@@joserpa8015- People decide? Chemistry is NOT ANARCHY OR DEMOCRACY! DUH!
What happened to the heat exchangers that brought me to watch this in the first place ?
That's what I was wanting for.....lol
Same
I'm pretty bloody annoyed about this. Oh well, another channel that I will make sure YT doesn't show me ever again.
That shows up in the next video... but if ya dont find it there... probably in the next one... or the next... or next.
For real .. cut it short knowing it’s not … thanks for the heads up
@14:37 The narrator is clueless about sweating copper pipe fittings. “To solder copper you need to melt it with materials that have much higher melting points” -No, that would melt the copper pipe! 😂
Where is the coiled pipe shown in the thumbnail?
0:57 Also a great way to break it.
6:34 Heat the hose and it will stretch to fit quicker.
18:24 Soldering, not welding.
I did want to see that also.
@@duratokeClickbait.
Click bait. Hit do not recommend channel. Enough of the dishonest people.
12:10 reminds me of when you're impressed at that one log that just won't snap off when you're on the toilet 😂
Yes! As a service plumber I love it when people plunge their clogged sinks and blow apart the plastic connections underneath the sink. Or blow fittings apart inside the wall. I get paid good money to tear open and get to those. And you still have to pay me to clear the clogged line I was summoned for in the first place So yes please advise these people to shove pressurized force through their slip joint assembled plumbing fittings. Also the people who make the replacement vanities and cabinetry will love you for it. The people watching your video aren't going to go get a bottle or do it with their hand they're going to grab the plunger which is meant for plunging against a sealed system.
As someone with 14 years in the trade, many of these 'hacks' are bodge jobs that won't last long. The best DIY jobs can be done properly with a few fittings and a conversation with a shopkeep.
Actually when you mix baking soda with vinegar the result makes salt. It won't clean as well as using just vinegar.
After the cleaning is completed you might use baking soda to neutralize the acid in the vinegar.
Nice CRACK in the pipe elbow at 13:41, and what's with the firecracker/carrot/epoxy in the next sequence? What is that is that supposed to accomplish? Perhaps an epoxy-coated carrot canon?
. . . . WTF ? I saw that too , Firecracker and a Carrot !
And where was the "BOOM"?........ There was supposed to be an Earth shattering "BOOM", 😂
Evri tyme I tried it, the carrot is long gone b4 I can trim it neatly! 🤣 ...also there is a huge leak indoors now.
My favorite is the carrot seal. What kind of bunglers make videos like this.
i usually use a radish
Why the lit firework first?
Complete and total hacks.
If your going to use your palm to unplug a sink you have to also plug the overflow, otherwise the pressure just comes out there instead of going down the drain.
All those little detail...
As an actual plumber I can safely say that the only good tip in this is the vinegar and shower head.... You don't want or need the baking soda.
Just turn on the water for the shower head and use your thumb to rub the rubber jet tips and this will take care of most problems with partially blocked shower head tips. That’s why they were made with rubber tips in the first place. Easy clean.
The wooden plug fix is genius!!!
As a heating -n- a/c mechanic I often must deal w/ WATER ..... lol, there's a bit of scuttlebutt between these tradesmen but I must
tell you that Plumbers are the gods of water/pipes and solutions for one of the toughest things to deal with. I've seen folks berate
men of this trade & heard guys within my trade try to bash them as less than another in intelligence = WRONG! The innovations of
plumbers is astounding & some of the wittiest I've seen are in Asia whereas they do some real tricks w/ plastic bottles.
My hats off to them ALL..... peace & GB ALL
everybody needs a plumbegr.....ha....thanks for the tips ...i do plumbing on occasion and i learned a few things too...we need more people like you....water on.....
Instead of the shuttlecock end rather stuff the pipe with stale bread, this will stop the water long enough to complete repair and the bread will soften and flush out of the pipe.
An old plumber i worked for as a kid told me about the bread trick.
Be aware that if you do the bread thing upstream of faucets and shower heads, you'll be cleaning bread out of the aerators when you're done.
There are gel pellets that work the same way as a bread plug, or even better, get a set of Jet Swets
Why the baking soda in the vinegar? Surely that just neutralises the acid that dissolves the calcium.
Use just the vinegar - The acid in the vinegar will dissolve calcium/lime deposits.
Well, the difference is the time you spend in each method
(people DECIDES)
Is it really dumb or faster???
@@joserpa8015you're dumb. Baking soda mix is slower
@@joserpa8015it's dumb. You only need the vinnegar
The problem with heat tape to keep pipes from freezing are twofold: one, the tape or the thermostat controlling it will eventually fail and then your pipe freezes again and two, the heat tape should be plugged in and unplugged seasonally, you'll remember to plug it in after the pipe freezes, again. Solution: find another option such as re- routing the pipes; install shutoff and drains, allow heat to reach the pipes and finally, insulate adequately the pipe from the cold.
That's not a problem I've ever had. I'm dying of the heat today in Sydney and it's only 27C but the humidity factor is 75%. I'm glad I never have to shovel snow, slip down a driveway or put up with frozen pipes but surely there's a happy medium of almost perfect temperatures and climate somewhere? I think some of the contestants on 'Alone' put it well when they said you have to work WITH nature instead of fighting against it.
I don't think the thermostat should be under the insulation on a heat tape or the heat from the tape will shut off the power.
@@dsandy8110 The thermostat in a house or an apartment is in the heated air.
I agree with this. Having grown up in the northern hemisphere we do not use this system of heat straps, insulation only as often as it will fail eventually. The weather is getting colder much further south and people are rushing to do this but not doing their homework. Even an insulated pipe can eventually freeze. One building I saw the joints were not cut correctly, that is the area that froze first. Another had installed freeze proof spigots but not angled the valve stems, again frozen burst. Another hose bibb is on the roof, pipe goes through an unheated stairwell with no shut off option. Another the heat straps were plugged into a temperature activated thermostat at the garage wall to leave them plugged in all the time. According to the contractor who installed them is was a 'set and forget' option on the documentation which of course eventually failed. All these little mistakes can cost thousands to repair. An honest contractor will present all options and warn of the risks in each.
Baking soda AND vinegar is dumb. People just like to see the fizzing. The vinegar alone, overnight is enough.
Yes, I can't wait to see all that fizzing. I can sit there for hours watching it fizz
@@far_outlooknobody's holding a pipe at 2:35.
@@far_outlook It's a bottle of coke pipe.
Baking soda and vinegar = salt and water
@@far_outlook I don't think salt water will clear a drain
I knew this was a click bait from the thumbnail. Copper pipe running in a big circle that would cost a LOT money no not on the video.
The aluminum ball trick made permanent scratches in my faucet
What would a 23 minute 1970s disco party be without ... lots of pipe fitting!!
When replacing the valve on a copper pipe .... disassemble the valve assy. to prevent burning the seal when soldering new valve onto copper pipe. Valve will last much longer than the pre- cooked unit !!!
How does that work on a ball valve?
@@redjohnson4859 same way.... disassemble the valve & solder it ...
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18:25: you are not WELDING copper pipe and fittings, you solder them. These are two completely different processes with different heat requirements and joint "fusion". That's why the silvery stuff is called solder not welding rod.
A lot of people keep saying this, but actually it is both. Yes soldering is the process used to connect the two separate pieces permanently(one hopes) together. However, the permanent connection of any two separate components is a weld, regardless of the process used. This includes any process using electrical bonding, chemical and thermal combination. The gluing process for PVC and all variations of such is welding, as is soldering.
Wouldn't the baking soda neutralize the acidic nature of vinegar? The acidic nature is what dissolves the Calcium.
What’s with the firework in the pipe before the carrot at 13:50?
You show a garden hose being used in plumbing repair. That's a good way to make someone sick in a potable water system. Momma taught us not to drink from a hose when we were little.
The only reason drinking from a garden hose would make you sick, is due to the stagnant water sitting in the hose before you turn on the running water. A new hose pipe is harmless or everyone's plants would be dead.
So that's my problem 😂 my mom didn't teach me that
Thanks, a few nice tricks. But stay away from rubber seals. They deteriorate over the years and then roots get in and you make yourself an awful lot of unpleasant work...use butt joints and a ring glued over the joint.
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Some good tips, but Funk FPV might like to add a few chats. There you go!
Put geothermal under the asphalt driveway. Water hot as hell in summer, no snow on the driveway in winter.
14:43 Much lower melting points, don't want to melt the Copper...
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These videos are amazing! We spend hours watching them, when we should be working 😁
@9:00 if you add salt and lemon peels to the ice cubes in the garbage disposal, it removes 90% of the mold amd sludge
twisted wire wrapped tightly around a hose IS a clamp!!!! instead of a balloon trick to keep cockroaches from going down the drain I think I would try to get rid of the cockroaches!!!!!!
A WRENCH...on a tub drain?? Good way to break them! Also, raw fiberglass insulation on a heat tape?
Insurance companies hare these tricks but plumbers love them.
This interesting video is really a great resource for us in handling various situations in life
I've got a shit-ton of old shuttlecocks lying around! Thanks for the tip!
6:50 in Forming the PVC with a coil of wire keeps the hose from coming off but leaves a continuous channel for water to leak past
THANK SO MUCH
Most plumbing videos like this are ridiculous but there are a couple of tricks in here that I actually might use. The pex pipe used to remove a sharkbite fitting. That looks like it would actually work and those small plastic ones are always getting lost. Lifting the toilet with the clamp & using a pencil for the plumbers tape in hard to reach places.
"Copper is popular among plumbers for its durability, non corrosion, and nontoxicity!"
(and springs come out my ears)
I see a lot of tools I did not know about. Thanks
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Years ago I tried all kinds of rust removers on old farm implements.
The most effective one I used was Coca-Cola.
Put a few copper fittings in strainer for pool and no need for chlorine!!!
don't use shark bite fittings unless last resort, you can get a crimper, cutter and bag of 100 crimps for like 50 bucks, shark bites are prone to failure after a while and have a weaker connection overall plus cost a lot, they are however good for temporary repairs if you have to wait for real parts
Is there a break in event of wind storm? If not looking at shorter life span than normal wind generator which can control direction to null position of blades
Haha 6:50 you are turning it the wrong way haha
I am a retired Pipefitter / Fire Sprinkler Fitter Union.
When you use Teflon Tape, you only need to wrap the first 3-4 threads a few wraps to hold the tape in place.
Its a complete waist of tape, time, and money. Any tape you can see does nothing.
Keep in mind these threads are. TAPERED *. pipe and fittings. The best thread will be one that will using a new fitting and a new thread pipe.
By hand screw the fitting on the pipe as soon as the fitting catches the thread.... The fitting should turn by hand 2-2 1/2 turns before it stops (where you have to use a wrench). FYI ELECTRIC CONDUIT THREADS are "STRAIGHT" threads they ARE all the same geometric shape all the same dimension.
TAPERED are changing start to finish.
Now the bad news. Are you going to go to the hardware store and find pipe and fittings with 2-2 1/2 hand tight start.
Not on your life, when you thread your own pipe shoot for the above.
Good luck.
Some of these tips are helpful but so far many of them are totally wrong and harmful to your plumbing
Coke ALONE didn't do that... It's obviously a pretty new drain first off.. second, it can be a great first or second cleaning act... But you gotta rinse it at least once or twice after the fact, and unless that was brand new (fake rust) coke alone didn't do that if you applied it 10 times, then cleaned AND rinsed...
Yep, I've tried using coke to clean a toilet bowl and a carpark platform. The usual 'hints' you see online. None of these 'coke' hacks work.
if you don't have a tool to remove tub drain you can take a piece of iron pipe 6 inches or so that fits in the drain and cut notches for cross bars on end of pipe with a grinder and cutoff wheel or hacksaw, then stick it in drain and turn it out with pipe wrench on the top of the tool you just made.
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These Hacks, hacks life.
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Whats with the fire cracker and carrot trick?
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😂I waited all the way thru to see & hear what the copper coils on the wall were for. Instead, nothing
Hay, great idea, I’ll just unplug the toilet with my palm!!!
I wish these idiots would stop neutralizing the vinegar with baking soda. Plain vinegar is faster. If you want to make quicker progress get the vinegar hot. And it takes no time at all if you just put the vinegar in the bag secure it to the head with a rubberband and then go to bed. When you wake to shower scrub it then. No time wasted. And then you have the bot JOSERPA spouting nonsense in every comment mentioning the stupidity of mixing the vinegar with baking soda.
if you melded copper with materials with much higher melting points wouldn't the copper melt?
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The green check mark means that if you do it the wrong way it is correct.
13:46. the "banger" going in the pipe?? then a carrot?? HUH????
When putting pipe tape on pipe you need to do 4 wraps by code..... not sure what it would be in your local county.
Good 😊
I’m trying to understand what the hell the purpose of throwing the firecracker up in the pipe, then shoving a carrot into it, and then using an AB compound to seal the pipe, again why did you throw a firecracker in there?
"using aluminum is both effective & harmless... and costly, since you're going to do a final rub with a cloth anyway." why didn't you say that? Greg (garden grove, CA usa)
3:56 You missed all that dust under the wheel. Need more tape there pal.
Dumb dumb ideas don’t use baking soda ??? Just vinegar
@waterbug1135
Well, the difference is the time you spend in each method
(people DECIDES)
Is it really dumb or faster???
@@joserpa8015vinegar is faster
The only couple things here that can be useful 1 is the clamp spreader inside the bowl as a handle can be useful in tight spaces and the piece of wire to cut piping. Most every thing else is pretty common stuff.
Lastly before I’d ever want to jam something into a running water line it’d first use some bread, then some other stuff after. Several of those so called tricks are potentially going to make your situation worse unless you’re a very handy with plumbing and trades in general.
Thanks for sharing
I see most of the material you're working with is plastic...any tips for copper pipes leaking at a straight junction??
Temp fix band clamp and a peice of rubber under
@@MrDmadnessAny tips for proper/permanent repair on same???
@@martyreaves4955 replace the compromised section
Need more explanation on whats even going on at times
Great ideas... many so easy, but clever solutions to "common" problem hat many DIY'er get into. Thanks!
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Why do people put PTFE on the threads? That's not where the leak occurs it needs to be around behind the Olive
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Did anyone notice that at 1347 there's a piece of dynamite thrown into a tube and then plugged with a carrot and then nothing happens what happened to the dynamite
@15:15 Any better way to remove the broken tap part from the pipe?
if the part you're trying to remove is plastic, and the thing it's stuck inside is metal, like their first example, you could just cut the plastic part all the way through (turning an O into a C) and pry up one of the edges.
@@undrline Thanks. No its metal like shown in the video
4:31 NEVER EVER DO THIS!!!
I'm a plumper with about 30 years in the trade. The amount of times i went to a customer to reseal these drains, after they removed them for cleaning is uncountable. You risk severe waterdamage to your (or your landlords) property if you just unsrew that drain and screw it right back.
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13:56 yeah and leaves a carrot rotting away in your water supply 🚫
As a real plumber. Don’t do most of these things. There is a reason we don’t. Unless you want to call a plumber to inevitability come fix it correctly.
Most of this stuff is for after the apocalypse has happened lol. However still entertaining to watch. So thank you for that.
Compression fittings should not get tape or any kind of sealent
Not much for me to do here. LOL!
these do not work
Wow...If you need or rely on any part of this video /your already in trouble, if you,ve hired a "professional " and they use a carrot forcibly remove them from your premises
Do not heat pvc without immaculate ventilation.
So vinegar - an acid, and baking soda - an alkaline, together, as a solution? That’s your trick? Depending on how much baking soda you put you either making your vinegar weak as piss, or cancelling out completely. 🤦♂️
Use vinegar, smaller bag as to not waste the vinegar (because there’s simply no need) and leave overnight. But, buddy, do yourself a favour - get one of those shower heads with ceramic beads inside, your water pressure needs it, will be best shower ever. 😂
I found most of these "hacks" useless and won't work or pointless. I mean get some plumber's tape if you have to go get a balloon and cut it up. DUH!!
So our going to have a ballon but no Teflon?
So many mistakes in this video that are going to cause water damage after the “plumber” leaves.