Altering a mains water feed | Day in the life of a plumber
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 20 ต.ค. 2024
- Day in the life of a plumber
In this episode I alter pipework to accommodate a new dishwasher in a bar area.
Thanks for all the support as always guts
#plumbing #plumber #plumbingandheating
Good work Tom -- iv'e been a plumbing + heating engineer for 47 years and it's not as easy as people think -- good to see you show the job from start to finish . not just the start then jump to the finished job !!
Thanks for the support James, I find the thing with plumbing everything can be going well, then the next second you have a major problem on your hands, it's a tough job but very rewarding, thanks for watching 👍
Start to finish and nitty gritty- perfect, thank you
Thanks for the support as always mate
Hello Tom as a mere chippie for the last 40 odd years I thought it was just me who struggled with plumbing jobs under the sink, I now realise that they are just awkward jobs and even the best plumbers like yourself struggle from time to time, we all get there in the end though, great videos, really enjoy them, 👍 thanks
Thanks for the support mate, they are never easy jobs, plumbing is one big struggle sometimes
Nice video mate, good to watch. I’ve been doing plumbing for 20+ years and as good as the paste is. PTFE is your best friend. Trust me every olive and fitting never had a leak since
Thanks for the watching Nathan, I really appreciate the support mate 👍
PTFE !!!!! Less mess as well 😀
Nice little job Tom, thanks for sharing.....Have a great weekend mate 😎👍
Thanks for watching mate, have a great weekend 👍
Yes mate although my first trade was a sparky I also did loads of jobs like this one. I learned early on that you had to quote for as little work as possible to get the job and to do as little work as possible to make a profit. I knew a few stuck up plumbers who would quote a fortune for a job like this. They would only do it if they could cut out all of the original painted pipework and fit all new pipes and fittings. You've probably seen the type. They have a new van every 3 years and cary more fittings than Plumb fix. I love your real life plumbing vids. Just a little tip for anyone watching who's interested. I know most plumbers burn off paint on old pipe work, but I used to find it made the paint sticky and hard to clean off and also I couldn't tolerate the fumes from some of the old paints. So I would mark off where I was going to cut the pipe and then using a Stanley knife I would scrape vertically down the length of the pipe gradually moving the blade around the pipe until most of the paint was off. The thicker the paint the easier it would come off. For tougher paint I would shorten the blade so it was more solid. I would then just finish off with wire wool. I scraped the pipe before cutting as the pipe would be more solid. With a little practice you can shift the paint really quickly. Thanks Tom for another great vid.
Thanks for the support and the message mate, it is greatly appreciated, getting paint off pipes can be a real pain sometimes, there's a few gadgets you can get now but I find heat and a knife the quickest ways still, I really like the idea of cutting vertically down the pipe to avoid fumes, I will have to give that a try
@@PlumbLikeTom Some guys I've met couldn't scrape a Stanley blade down a pipe as it sets their teeth on edge. One I worked with always left the building when I did it. You have to laugh.
Another great video Tom 👍
Thanks for watching mate
Always watch your content pal, keep them coming
I'm a wetroom fitter. Always nice to see the day in the life of another plumber!
Thanks mate, I'm really pleased you're enjoying the content
Where abouts are you based? I'm from Lancaster
Do you do many bathrooms?
@@WideAwakeClub. Hi mate, I'm from Lincolnshire, I do install bathrooms, it varies as to how many I fit depending on what others job's I've got on
Be nice to see a bathroom fit, I know they're time consuming and you can probably earn more jobbing about
I like the little touch there for the apprentices. About starter kits 👌 you should do something for them
Ive just one a big job with three bathrooms to refurbish, if I'm able to film I will get some footage for the channel,
Hi Tom. Nice video. I like to see the job from start to end. Top tip, try and use a Tenon saw on the push fit waste pipe, it leaves a nicer edge. Keep up the good work.
Thanks mate, I will have to try a tenon saw, thanks for watching
Nice work Tom…. Even the whistling was in tune😉😉
Thanks for the support Mark, I appreciate you stopping by the channel. I always look forward to your videos mate
Great video. Like all your others.
Thanks for the support as always Brian
@@PlumbLikeTom your very welcome. You have great knowledge of the game..
Real world plumbing mate 👍 Good stuff, as per
Thanks for the support as always Ben
Nice work Tom! Thanks for all you do to show us real world plumbing
Thanks for watching Richard
Thanks for uploading Tom, really enjoyed 👍🏻
Thanks for watching Shaun, I'm pleased you're enjoying the content
Hi Tom, another great film, I love copper pipe work. Watching or installing it myself no problem I still love it. So a brilliant film for me, thank you for sharing, have a great weekend, take care, 👍👍👍
Thanks Chris. Have a great weekend too mate, thanks for watching
Great video mate! Keep them coming.
Thanks for the support mate, it is greatly appreciated
As MR tiff always says "real world plumbing" that's exactly what this is mate, been following for a while nice to see you do all sorts from complex plant rooms to "simple" tap swaps etc keep up the content mate, proper old school with the hacksaw to the waste pipe, get yourself a rothenberger rocut 52! Great bit of kit
I keep looking at them plastic waste pipe cutters, I might treat myself to some. Thanks for watching, I'm pleased you're enjoying the content
@@PlumbLikeTom they are a bit bulky but these ones are the best by far! Have you seen the new Ox ones? Similar to the knipex rotating cutter?
@@killerbean9911 I'll check them out mate
@@PlumbLikeTom mj tiff had the knipex ones and loved it, until it started tracking the pipe so I only use mine where my rocut doesn't fit, all the best mate!
I've got ox and rothenbuger plastic pipe cutters both always give tramlines,not the best.
First class install 👌
Thanks or the support as always Alex
love watching a gene at work Tom .Especially new to old can be nitemare at times . just one comment on the earthwire you tucked back which im sure you reconnected to the new pipe sum plummers treat earthwire with getting in way but earthbonding under sink is so so important . using two copper earth bonding clips to connect across hot and cold supplys obviously on copper near the tap connections . reason being that these days with use of plastic fittings the bonding is properly done in first place the main earth wire goes directly to the bonding block on the fuse board hence the connections under the kitchen sink ensure the earthing between the not and cold is bonded sound because sometimes there can be a potential difference between the tap connections and if no bonding a person can get a nasty surprize if they put hands on both tap heads they being chromebrass are perfect conductors and can surprize one .. iv sometimes put a meter megger across taps and gotten a p.d .there shuld be absolutly no p.c between the tap heads and at least six square earth cable shuld go straight from the bonede tap pipes to the earth block back and board .great work Tom . love watching yu a truly honest super tradesperson .
Great work my brother
Thanks for the support as always mate
My kinda content, a job from start to finish no cuts and jumps to finished Job. Would love to see more of this.
Thanks mate, I can try and make more of this sort of stuff, I'm really pleased your enjoying my content and thanks for watching
Nice one Tom , not everything is instagram glamorous work that you see uploaded all the time , a lot of plumbing work is day to day bread and butter jobs like this working with and altering old shitty pipes and trying to make the best of it....
Cheers..... 👍
Thanks mate, I really appreciate the support. Not every job can be munsoned rings and brasso, I just try to show how things how I do them
I know its regs, but i think your one of the only blokes i see put on double check valves lol. I always put them when needed and i get laughed at.
I just try and do everything correctly, most jobs you go to don't comply but it doesn't mean that your work shouldn't. Prosecutions are extremely rare but can occur. Recently a plumber got prosecuted for fitting those stupid toilet spray hoses, in my opinion products that don't comply shouldn't be able to be sold but things never seem to really change, thanks for the support mate
Tom what make is the 15 22 spanner off the top of your head doesn’t matter if you dont know . Top video again mate love watching how you get around problems etc
Im sure its the monument comprssion fitting spanner, there around 10 pound on amazon, thanks for watching mate
Cheers Tom 👍
Yes then lad.
Friday night sorted 👊🔥
Thanks mate, I really appreciate the support as always
Quality mate 💪 good work ☺️
Thanks for the support as always Jock
Good vid my guy!!
Thanks Brad, hope your keeping well mate
Good content Tom
Thanks for the support as always Brian
Great footage of al you work Tom! What is the paste/compound you use for the copper compression fittings?
I use the regin one, to be honest they are all about the same, just make sure it's WRAS approved and you should be fine, thanks for watching mate
These jobs 😂 look simple, but everything takes time if everyone tries to do it properly, nice one Tom , that paint on a pipe work is absolute disaster 🙈 get yourself a small Rothenberger grips those mini ones , it’s quite simple to remove the paint just squeeze a bit not to harsh and keep twisting around it left and right , does work very well and rest is steel wool or abrasive strip , I never struggled that much 😅 , I use to use torch , but that technique works better. Good 👍 job tho dealing with old pipes
Thanks mate, cleaning paint off pipes can be a right paint. I keep looking at those spinney things that go on your drill but I don't know how well they work. I've just brought a Nerrad stanley knife which has a scrapper that pops out to help get around the back of pipes to clean paint of. It seems quite good but I didn't have it when this video was made, I might show it in an upcoming video if I think it's any good, thanks for the support as always mate
Best way I've found so far is to heat paint first then put a scrap piece of 22 over the pipe and use the inside to scrape the paint off. Gets round the back aswell
I'm commercial and domestic, best move I made was going press tool ,looks clean no green death on pipework, what's your thoughts?
Good content as usual thanks for wide range of work.👍
I need to upgrade my press gun. I currently have an old rems machine but it's too heavy to really use now, pressing is the best way on a lot of jobs and probably is the future, thanks for the support mate
Grest vid tom. Can you use that blue handled lever stop tap as the only mains water stop tap in a property or does it need to be a brass stopcock to meet regs ?? Thanks
Any WRAS approved full bore valve is good for mains water. Sometimes levers are easier to operate than normal stop taps, thanks for watching mate
@@PlumbLikeTom thanks Tom...
@@PlumbLikeTom I think back in the day only a brass stopcock was allowed because it had a floating jumper which acted like a non return valve (showing my age now) some modern stopcocks are still like that and some aren't. I also fit lever valves in replacement - much easier for the end user 👍
How do you deal with replacing inside stop taps to lead water mains, with a sweated joint?
Hi mate, sometimes, if possible, I just change the inside of the stop tap, in theory they should all fit as they should all be BS1010 thread. Other than I generally use a philmac universal transition coupler and then back to copper. This all depends on whether the water can be turned off and how much pipe and space you have to play with, you can send me some pictures and I can try and help more if your struggling mate, those jobs can be really tricky sometimes
I wasn’t going to say anything but to be fair you do say it a lot 😂
Is it regs to fit double check valves ? .
I fitted them in commercial kitchens and out side taps .
Why do you use compression fittings in some areas and solder some others? Any specific reason or just convenience?
It depends if there's water in tne pipe, I'm going to be upgrading my press gun so will use that more in the future, thanks for the support as always mate
what brand olive cutters Tom? find so many crap
I use the monument one's mate. I got these when I first started, and they have been brilliant. The only downside is you need different sizes for different pipe but ither than that there great
Hi what pliers you use is it cobra knipex
There the ones, knipex cobras, the best ones I have ever used, thanks for watching
Hi what size knipex
Do you sometimes reuse olives & nuts?
Only nuts when there off a specific valve, some threads vary so I find its better to use the original nut
Great valves but I find them hard to get a proper purchase on them when tighten up. They should re design them..
Thanks mate, I sometimes find the larger valves easier to fit, thanks for watching as always 👍
Keep them coming Tom, those jobs take some sorting out, always fiddly, but shows what our world can be , not all black back boards and laser levels, hope alls well , and take care 👍🚽
Thanks as always Peter, I really appreciate the support
As always
Thanks for the support as always mate
You're ♣️ tom 🍺🍺🍺
Thanks Paul, have a great evening mate
@@PlumbLikeTom you too Tom boy 🍺🍺🍺
I have passed my nvq level 2,want to start my own business, got lots of tools,but people waste time,how can I get good jobs,I am 63,but age is no problem, pls help
Honestly it is tough when you first start out, If I would be starting from scratch I would set up a facebook page and advertise on there, I know a few guys in my area who do that and they stay busy all the time, heating season is just around the corner so plumbers will be in short supply
had a bit of fight with this job ;;
It's sometimes the smallest jobs that can be tge trickiest, thanks for watching mate
ffs man why so many compression fittings
Why don't you get yourself a water vacuum cleaner? Never any problems with rest water inside the pipes .
whistling he is far to happy doc his wages
They can't doc what I don't get, thanks for watching mate
@@PlumbLikeTom lol
Painted pipes! ARGHHHH! Makes pipe look worse too! 🙄
Plumbers worst nightmare sometimes, thanks for watching mate
TH-cam shorts world be nice 👍
Sounds to low can't hear you.
Hi Tom, I have a question and photos I’d like some advice on regarding an install I’m doing, have you got an Instagram o can message you on?
Thanks mate
Yes mate, my Instagram is just plumbliketom, by all means send me a message on there and I will do my best to assist you
@@PlumbLikeTom okay mate I’ve messaged you thanks