Push fit always for me. Plumbed in my bathroom in a day using these installing shut-off valves everywhere. That was 18 years ago and I've never had a leak or any other problems.
@@TheDIYGuy1 Love your videos as a DIY'er and I'm no place to sound critical but when you installed the vertical soldered copper, it was clearly not at 90 degrees; thus torsion (rotational tension) would have been placed on the soldered t-junction below it when trying to do anything further up - such as a fittings in the brick wall. It's being ultra picky but the only thing I thought could be improved. From someone who regularly doesn't think about stuff like this until it's too late!!
Great video. I’m a competent DIY’er and decided to plumb my whole house with 7 radiators. Never done plumbing before. Used a combination of plastic and copper push fit fittings. 7 years on, no leaks or problems. For me, marking the pipes was essential as any jointing in more awkward places, sometimes it was always obvious that the pipe was pushed home. I marked the pipes where they should be when inserted. If the Mark wasn’t up against the edge of the fitting, I needed to push in a little more. The only time I need a plumber is for a new boiler installation and it’s yearly service.
This really helped me out when I needed to run a water line for my refrigerator. No lousy flowing, self piercing saddle valve! You've gotten a well deserved sub from me!
I'm starting my NVQ level 2 at colledge and your tips will put me one step ahead thanks! So many useful TH-cam plumbing channels from experienced plumbers to colledge lecturer's. Pipe bending and soldering are my favourite. A few yrs ago I replaced our old shard lead half inch water main with MDPE 25mm pipe. Trench was about 15m long and about 1m deep. Had to go under a soil pipe, gas pipes, electric cable and under the 550mm reinforced rebar concrete foundations following the old lead pipe. I hired a core drill to cut through the kitchen concrete floor next to the old pipe. Accessed by taking the back of the kitchen sink cupboard out and the slide in knives forks and spoon draw. Used soil pipe as ducting and insulated the pipe. Used philmac fittings and a copper connection unit 25mm mdpe to 22mm copper. Job cost me less then £200 Inc buying some tools 👍
Wow. He just showed me exactly what I needed to know and showed me it's easy and plumbing is not a scary job. Great video great tutorial. Thankyou. Carry on the great work
Usefull stuff there. Indulge me a couple of comments. I'd be using end feed fittings as I prefer the nicer lines & the fittings are a little smaller (less flex needed). I'd also use some wooden wedges to stop heat transferring into the clips by lifting the pipe away from the clip. Doesn't need much just free of contact. If the pipe is live, carrying water & you can't completely drain the section being cut the push fit might be the only option to get a leak free joint. The reason being the residual water acts like a heat sink that stops the pipe getting hot enough for the solder to flow.
when I watching your videos, I see very good job. But in the real life I have got junk from the local plumber for lot of money. Your video helped me realise, how bad my house heating plumbing work and why. Thank you
You display excellent presentational skills. Your clear and concise instructions make you so easy to follow. Only distraction for me was having to pause video to admire your beautiful tattoos.
You should also show slip fittings for situations where the pipe is embeded in the wall and there is no chance to undo clips. 2 slip couplings with a tee in the middle
this is the first vid ive seen, and subbed. tysm. the pipes under the kitchen sink are a mess, but ones but is leaking loads. more each day. i was looking at the plastic thing, but now im wondering about soldering. it doesnt even look that bad. i need to do it tomorrow, as a buckets being filled over night. tysm. wish me luck. 💖
Like one of the comments below, I didn't realise that the collar can be taken off the JG fitting to allow easier fitting. The benefit of the JG fitting is that it can be used even if there is a little water in the pipe, unlike the soldered fitting, where water can take away the heat to some extent and make it difficult to solder. Good stuff - I've subscribed!
Brilliant video I just love watching you explain how to do things very interesting you make it look easy to do I like the plastic fittings the best they look easier to fit thank you for the videos and the handy tips
One consideration that may need to be considered when using the plastic fittings with copper pipes is the continuity of earth bonding for the pipes. I am not an electrician, but I imagine additional earth bonding wires may be required where copper pipes are split and plastic connections are used,; in order to ensure continuity and good electrical earth
Hey there about 6 min in u movie I see u cut the pipe for a t fittings u did with a toll but one thing there is so important and believe me it make turbulence in copper pipes when u use that toll . U always make sure u dont make on heat circle line because problems will come but anyway good work Peter plumber 😅
Plastic whenever possible I would say. Can you use JG fittings on hot water copper and hot water plastic pipes pipes ??? Best DIY channel on TH-cam by far 👌👍🏻
Im so for the ignorance, but on the soldering i didn't see him use any solder wire? I usually see plumber use the torch alongside some type of steel wire?
Great video as always, well explained and presented, it gives me the confidence to try this sort of job myself. I'll be saving it to my plumbing folder 👍
Good tip about unclipping the pipe; missing this can cause a lot of grief. The thing I would do differently is to spare the bricks and drill holes in the mortar.
Hi buddy, 1st off let me start by saying, brilliant content and easy to follow guids, I've just changed a 3 spot light to just a single pendant, never done befor, but after watching a video and searching net, I managed it with in a couple hours, any way my next task if its possible, it it possible to lower a radiator by shortening the up pipes tgat go to the valves, as I want to put a radiator cover there and it's to hight to fit one, Ps sorry for the long message
Great Video! Love the step by step guide. Little request, I need to change a lock shield on a radiator which is on a combi boiler system could you please do a video on that 😊
if you're going to use copper pipe and plastic based connectors, make sure they are well insulated, especially if it might get a bit nippy as the copper and the plastic and the water will freeze and expand at different rates which gives rise to the inevitable burst pipes. best going either fully plastic or fully copper.
They are both good ways to do it all I prefer copper and Yorkshire fitting is best because the solder is already inside the cooper fitting, but push fittings are used to save time and money and everyone else enclouding your teen son or Bucket of Water could do it. So basically it comes down to budget time and personal choice, other than chrome fitting then it's push or compression because the solder will not stick to copper if the 15 mm pipe is chrome. So basically compression or push make sure you use White push fittings on plumbing.
Cheers Mukka, I think the push fit fitting seems to be the easiest method by watching you. I'm sure I'll make it more difficult than it should be the first time though 😅😂🤣. Great video thank you
Thanks for the very clear explanation with excellent demonstration. In the setup you've shown i think the yorkshire fitting is appropriate as it colour & materials matches its surroundings. 👍🏼 & have just subscribed to your channel.
your videos are brilliant thank you so much! I have a quick question, i have a John Guest stop end on my copper pipe but I think there is a bit of a leak, seeping through? is it that i haven't deburred it properly, or could the push fit be a bit faulty?
A plumber once told me that to help the copper pop fully into a push fitting you can apply a smear of Vaseline to the copper pipe , do you recommend this ? . Thank you for this video, all the best Dermot .
I prefer water-soluable flux and solder. I also like the soldering hooks that use 5 evenly dispersed smaller flames in a semi-circle to heat the copper from all sides; then I know my soldering is dead-even flow.
@@TheDIYGuy1. Ok, apologies I have sent over to you saying I did not have your message but now it has come through to me. In answer!! That is a shame I was looking forward to seeing how you were going to approach this. Ok thanks for letting me know 🙂
Said it before and I'll say it again. Great videos, no-nonsense, clear explanation, no waffle, straight to the point.
I'm glad you like the videos
Push fit always for me. Plumbed in my bathroom in a day using these installing shut-off valves everywhere. That was 18 years ago and I've never had a leak or any other problems.
Good work 👍
thats great peace of mind 3 years in no probs.👍
Did you see the E pig hiding in the city blocks buildings 😂 when the eagle started flapping it 😭
Best DIY information on TH-cam. So clear and precise. This should be every DIYers go to channel. Forget the rest. Thankyou 👍
Thanks very much👍
Agree.
@@TheDIYGuy1 Love your videos as a DIY'er and I'm no place to sound critical but when you installed the vertical soldered copper, it was clearly not at 90 degrees; thus torsion (rotational tension) would have been placed on the soldered t-junction below it when trying to do anything further up - such as a fittings in the brick wall. It's being ultra picky but the only thing I thought could be improved. From someone who regularly doesn't think about stuff like this until it's too late!!
Great video. I’m a competent DIY’er and decided to plumb my whole house with 7 radiators. Never done plumbing before. Used a combination of plastic and copper push fit fittings. 7 years on, no leaks or problems. For me, marking the pipes was essential as any jointing in more awkward places, sometimes it was always obvious that the pipe was pushed home. I marked the pipes where they should be when inserted. If the Mark wasn’t up against the edge of the fitting, I needed to push in a little more.
The only time I need a plumber is for a new boiler installation and it’s yearly service.
This really helped me out when I needed to run a water line for my refrigerator. No lousy flowing, self piercing saddle valve! You've gotten a well deserved sub from me!
Cheers!!
I'm starting my NVQ level 2 at colledge and your tips will put me one step ahead thanks! So many useful TH-cam plumbing channels from experienced plumbers to colledge lecturer's. Pipe bending and soldering are my favourite. A few yrs ago I replaced our old shard lead half inch water main with MDPE 25mm pipe. Trench was about 15m long and about 1m deep. Had to go under a soil pipe, gas pipes, electric cable and under the 550mm reinforced rebar concrete foundations following the old lead pipe. I hired a core drill to cut through the kitchen concrete floor next to the old pipe. Accessed by taking the back of the kitchen sink cupboard out and the slide in knives forks and spoon draw. Used soil pipe as ducting and insulated the pipe. Used philmac fittings and a copper connection unit 25mm mdpe to 22mm copper. Job cost me less then £200 Inc buying some tools 👍
Sounds like your well on your way to your goal! All the best to you.
When you're back at college, ask someone there how you spell college......
Great tip, never thought of removing the collars from a JG fitting to make it smaller, I’ll be using that!
Do it! 😁
Excellent video and tips are highly appreciated. As Scotch said, "Walk slowly. You catch the monkey. I hate soldering. I may go on the next option
👌
Thanks for great video. This step by step video with explanation of each stage makes it so simple. 😊👍🏻
The small tips make all the difference - always deburr copper when using speedfit. Thanks
Wow. He just showed me exactly what I needed to know and showed me it's easy and plumbing is not a scary job. Great video great tutorial. Thankyou. Carry on the great work
Thanks, will do
Usefull stuff there. Indulge me a couple of comments.
I'd be using end feed fittings as I prefer the nicer lines & the fittings are a little smaller (less flex needed).
I'd also use some wooden wedges to stop heat transferring into the clips by lifting the pipe away from the clip. Doesn't need much just free of contact.
If the pipe is live, carrying water & you can't completely drain the section being cut the push fit might be the only option to get a leak free joint. The reason being the residual water acts like a heat sink that stops the pipe getting hot enough for the solder to flow.
Excellent video my friend. You are a very good presenter, and I should know! Thanks for your help.
Very Good. I'm faced with the same issue of teeing into tight plumbing. This is a big help.
I just stated doing small pipe fitting connection at my work. Your videos help me big time, thanks for sharing. You da Man✌
when I watching your videos, I see very good job. But in the real life I have got junk from the local plumber for lot of money. Your video helped me realise, how bad my house heating plumbing work and why. Thank you
Thanks for sharing
Cheers mate, brilliant video, well made and easy for an amateure to follow. Thanks for your time and knowledge.
That's exactly what I aim for. Thanks a lot
You display excellent presentational skills. Your clear and concise instructions make you so easy to follow. Only distraction for me was having to pause video to admire your beautiful tattoos.
Thanks a lot for your support 👍
The best how to videos on TH-cam 👍🏻
Appreciate that comment 😊
Thanks!
Your welcome
Thanks for the input, and for going straight to the point.
Fantastic content!
Another great video mate, your videos are always so clear . Keep up the good work!
Excellent way to dumb it down for me. I did not think to take apart the plastic item to make it fit. Excellent video, sir.
Glad you like the video
You should also show slip fittings for situations where the pipe is embeded in the wall and there is no chance to undo clips. 2 slip couplings with a tee in the middle
this is the first vid ive seen, and subbed. tysm. the pipes under the kitchen sink are a mess, but ones but is leaking loads. more each day. i was looking at the plastic thing, but now im wondering about soldering. it doesnt even look that bad. i need to do it tomorrow, as a buckets being filled over night. tysm. wish me luck. 💖
Like one of the comments below, I didn't realise that the collar can be taken off the JG fitting to allow easier fitting. The benefit of the JG fitting is that it can be used even if there is a little water in the pipe, unlike the soldered fitting, where water can take away the heat to some extent and make it difficult to solder. Good stuff - I've subscribed!
Thanks for subscribing. Glad you found it useful
Excellent video i didn't even know you could take a push fitting apart.
😉 every day is a school day my friend
Excellent advice and very clear video. Thank you
Brilliant video I just love watching you explain how to do things very interesting you make it look easy to do I like the plastic fittings the best they look easier to fit thank you for the videos and the handy tips
Glad you like my videos. Thanks
Brilliantly explained the best I’ve seen
I'm glad you enjoyed it.
Thanks for video , Very good tips and help.
One consideration that may need to be considered when using the plastic fittings with copper pipes is the continuity of earth bonding for the pipes. I am not an electrician, but I imagine additional earth bonding wires may be required where copper pipes are split and plastic connections are used,; in order to ensure continuity and good electrical earth
very helpful & straight to the point. thank you
👍👍
Very good video keep it up learnd a lot
Your videos are very clear and easy to follow, thank you.
I'm glad you find them helpful
Great video, got to move my bathroom around,think l should be OK doing it after watching your videos.
Glad you like my vids
Great informative video and used it to install my t piece.
Glad it helped
Thank you..well explained and easy to follow..
Thanks,glad it was useful
I am new to your channal. You expain things clearly. Good videos. I have subscribed. Thank you for your great videos.
Thanks for subscribing
Great overview. Thanks
I like both, great work!
Thank you! Cheers!
So glad I found your channel.
Glad you like it
Just so well explained and you make it so do-able for us all.
That's my aim 👍
Many thanks, Great video 👍😁
You are a GodSend !!
Hey there about 6 min in u movie I see u cut the pipe for a t fittings u did with a toll but one thing there is so important and believe me it make turbulence in copper pipes when u use that toll . U always make sure u dont make on heat circle line because problems will come but anyway good work Peter plumber 😅
Very helpful mate. Thank you
Your welcome 👍
Thank you so much for the information brother
Superb instructions thanks
Plastic whenever possible I would say. Can you use JG fittings on hot water copper and hot water plastic pipes pipes ??? Best DIY channel on TH-cam by far 👌👍🏻
Thanks a lot. Yes hot water is fine for JG
Perfectly explained!!!
Glad it was helpful!
Great tips! Thank you.
You are so welcome!
Im so for the ignorance, but on the soldering i didn't see him use any solder wire? I usually see plumber use the torch alongside some type of steel wire?
Great video as always, well explained and presented, it gives me the confidence to try this sort of job myself. I'll be saving it to my plumbing folder 👍
Great stuff
Do you have a guide for copper pipe routing and aligning without bending (just with fittings) for central heating systems?
I never thought about the pushfit thrick. That is only valid for jg as you said because polypipe doesn't allow for that.
As always brilliantly explained. 👍
Thanks a lot
great vid young chap, like them both but probably go for the plastic fitting for ease.ps keep up the good work
Thanks a lot 😁
Very helpful. Thanks
Glad it was helpful!
Good tip about unclipping the pipe; missing this can cause a lot of grief.
The thing I would do differently is to spare the bricks and drill holes in the mortar.
👍
great video, very useful. thanks
Concise and clear tips as always. 👍
👍 cheers
does the T come with solder inside it already? I though you're supposed to use soldering wire after heating it up. Am i missing something?
Hi buddy, 1st off let me start by saying, brilliant content and easy to follow guids, I've just changed a 3 spot light to just a single pendant, never done befor, but after watching a video and searching net, I managed it with in a couple hours, any way my next task if its possible, it it possible to lower a radiator by shortening the up pipes tgat go to the valves, as I want to put a radiator cover there and it's to hight to fit one, Ps sorry for the long message
Great Video! Love the step by step guide. Little request, I need to change a lock shield on a radiator which is on a combi boiler system could you please do a video on that 😊
I'll see what I can do for you.
if you're going to use copper pipe and plastic based connectors, make sure they are well insulated, especially if it might get a bit nippy as the copper and the plastic and the water will freeze and expand at different rates which gives rise to the inevitable burst pipes. best going either fully plastic or fully copper.
Thanks for sharing your opinion 👍
Another handy vid👌🏻Thanks
Your welcome
They are both good ways to do it all I prefer copper and Yorkshire fitting is best because the solder is already inside the cooper fitting, but push fittings are used to save time and money and everyone else enclouding your teen son or Bucket of Water could do it.
So basically it comes down to budget time and personal choice, other than chrome fitting then it's push or compression because the solder will not stick to copper if the 15 mm pipe is chrome. So basically compression or push make sure you use White push fittings on plumbing.
Thanks for sharing
Great video and help full, thank you for sharing mate. I am doing my level 2 too!!!
Thanks. Good luck to you
Nice good job my friend puerto Rico powerd
Many thanks great video
What do you think about using a tiny dab of silicone grease when you're using speedfit like this on copper?
Cheers Mukka, I think the push fit fitting seems to be the easiest method by watching you. I'm sure I'll make it more difficult than it should be the first time though 😅😂🤣. Great video thank you
Thanks a lot 😁
Great video, thanks you!
Your welcome
Well done, it's young rough men like u that keep this country going
👍
Thanks for the very clear explanation with excellent demonstration.
In the setup you've shown i think the yorkshire fitting is appropriate as it colour & materials matches its surroundings. 👍🏼 & have just subscribed to your channel.
Thanks for subscribing
Do you perhaps use brass compression fittings?
You didn’t use any solder, just flux?
recommend a video on how to replace an existing leaking T fitting in limited space.
Hi, you work is amazing. Is white tee is strong enough to leave behind the wall ?
You don't use solder?
top tip doing this with a speed fit fitting
Thanks!
your videos are brilliant thank you so much! I have a quick question, i have a John Guest stop end on my copper pipe but I think there is a bit of a leak, seeping through? is it that i haven't deburred it properly, or could the push fit be a bit faulty?
Well done
A plumber once told me that to help the copper pop fully into a push fitting you can apply a smear of Vaseline to the copper pipe , do you recommend this ? . Thank you for this video, all the best Dermot .
What type of copper push fit joints do you use for central heating
I prefer water-soluable flux and solder. I also like the soldering hooks that use 5 evenly dispersed smaller flames in a semi-circle to heat the copper from all sides; then I know my soldering is dead-even flow.
Question!
When pushfit fittings are so simple to use, why use anything else?
i.e soldering joints etc.
Don't forget to use locking collet clips on jg fittings to prevent accidental undoing
Nice vdo , where we can buy this gas lighter for shielding metal pipes?
Used push fit all round the bathroom didn't de-burr any pipes just wire wooled them no leaks 3 years on.
That's good. Your lucky 😉
Nice one mate....
Your welcome 👍
top notch video
Cheers 👍
Que buenos videos, felicidades.
Thanks D.i.y guy.
Any on work top fitting 😮 looking to fit a secondhand kitchen on the weekend
Your welcome. Work top fitting is something I will create for you in the future but I don’t have a video on it right now.
@@TheDIYGuy1.
Ok, apologies I have sent over to you saying I did not have your message but now it has come through to me.
In answer!!
That is a shame I was looking forward to seeing how you were going to approach this.
Ok thanks for letting me know 🙂
Just wondering if we need silver brazing rod during soldering? Or is flux only itself good enough for the soldering? Many thanks
Can you use the Jon guest with hot water?
Have you done a out side tap video dude as I have had a look but can't see one id like to see how it's done thanks with the copper piping thanks dude
I will see what I can do for you going forward
Speed fit 👍. it would be difficult with H2o push fittings.
👍
Thank you
You're welcome