As a current homeowner, I'm so happy that I enjoy DIY projects just like this. I can't wait to buy my next house, it will definitely be something that needs lots of handyman work, which means I can buy it for a "good deal".
I was helping my dad with diy before age 10. Electrical, drywall, framing. So it drives me nuts now that I know how to do it but can no longer do to physically issues.
@@ecospider5wouldn’t recommend electrical DIY. Yeah you might know the basics and some intermediate, but if something happens as a result of your unlicensed electrical work, your insurance will not pay for it. If you don’t follow code, you will not be able to sell the house without having an electrician fix it. Same with plumbing. Anything else you can do yourself no problem. I change outlets all the time, and light switches, even some outlet boxes. I will however not run new circuits or change existing wiring. It’s pretty hard to burn down a house with a standard 120v outlet, but it is possible if you don’t have AFCI breakers
I have a similar hose faucet, and the first time it froze, I sweated in a FIP connector to the house copper, so all I have to do if it freezes is to buy a new one and unscrew the broke one and screw the new one in. A little thread tape and some thread goop and it's good as new.
You either learn how to build, repair, demolish, replace, install, troubleshoot, and finally get it done right the first time. Instead of crying for help or complaining and expecting things to magically unfold for you. It requires time, and experience to perform at a higher level of excellence. and after a while it gets better and faster, but never goes back to low or inferior, mediocre. It's lovable to see people's shock when you're bidding for a job and you can feel the cursing words coming at you without them actually saying them. Attitude and openness make a big difference when negotiating a quote for repairs to be done at your house. Every human interaction creates expectations, and both or all parties involved should meet or exceed those expectations. Good Job Handyman. You're the Man.
Great point about lawyer money. Call a lawyer and have them come fix it!😂 Oh wait, they just read, write, and argue with people to make money. My kid does that very well for free! Some people don’t understand “value for your dollar” when they start naming the price for the parts. Skill set and work ethics is everything. You can buy the parts all day long, hell, anyone can buy the parts all day long! How do they get installed properly without causing issues? Skilled labor does it. Usually when someone cheap does the work, the client is paying for someone professional to come out a fix the crappy work. All said and done, the homeowner has actually paid WAY more then the professional’s initial quote. Keep up the good work man! You know your worth and your clients appreciate that!
I’m not sure how I missed this video, but it was a good one as they all are. You customers are lucky you’re there. “ One call and that’s all!” What a slogan!
If I ever had a hose bib freeze I'm pretty sure I'd never have that happen again. I'd unhook that hose the moment it dropped under 50 degrees to avoid a bill like that.
Love your videos. Keep them coming. When doing this type of repair, I always add some pipe insulation and try to ensure that some warm interior air can get into the joist pocket so it doesn’t freeze and burst again next winter.
If the hose is left connected, keeping the interior of the hose bib above freezing doesn't help much. Ice forms in the hose first and then migrates up and inwards through the external part of the bib. Because water expands when it freezes, the water trapped between the closed valve seat and the encroaching ice plug from the outside raises the water pressure inside that long tube. Ice is not what bursts the pipe, it's water pressure. Every time I repair one of these leaks, I try to encourage the homeowner to use those foam hose bib covers - not because it does any good on frost free hose bibs, but because it forces the homeowner to disconnect the hose.
Rather than pipe insulation, insulate behind the exterior wall so that the valve is on the warm side of the thermal envelope of the house. None of it helps if they don't unscrew the damn hose from it before it freezes though...
Great video Handy. Glad we don’t need those type faucets here in Dixie. Agree with on the demand for service providers. I bid a job last week that I thought was high even for me. Guy went silent for 3 days and then came back to me with the green light to do it. Getting Lawyer rates! Thanks to your videos.
I can relate to the feeling of finding water running across the basement floor, but not from a frozen pipe at least. Not self inflicted unless you count choosing to live where flood water can get to your house.. 🙄 Being a homeowner out in the sticks has forced me to become an amateur handyman. (Nobody here to call.) Glad I have access to this channel to help me along.
As a plumber, next time use a woodford model 19 instead of the woodford model 17 that you used. It helps if that break happened because they left the hose on.
Exactly what I do on the properties I maintain. In most cases we swap them out pre-emptively if there is a tenant change over. Once had a tenant run the outside hose for hours watering a tree, and they just thought the water pressure was low... Ended up being a 5 figure water damage restoration.10-15 bucks more is cheap insurance over a flooded basement or crawlspace. I'm sure there are some reasons or applications, but suprised Woodford even sells the model 17 anymore.
High rate for handy man is $120 p/h. I text my best customers about disconnecting before freezing. Drywall mud has to be dry before texture or it won't work. Oil base texture dries faster than water base. Not over wet mud. Plaster of Paris dries way faster than mud but doesn't sand ez. You can also solder up the split in the bib pipe.
I found that as a young handyman trying to offer everything’s too difficult as far as the tools and knowledge required so I ended up focusing on assembling things that people buy that need assembly bike from ikea for example. It was nice because I could basically arrive at the house and expect that all the pieces and parts I needed were there as long as I had the tools to put them together. This whole making multiple trips to buy tools or materials in the middle of the job is something that’s part of the industry but I just didn’t have the time and energy for when I was a student and handyman at the same time
This was a good repair. The only issue I have with it is you should have insulated that copper line in the wall with foam pipe insulation to help prevent this from happening again in the future.
You should have soldered a drop ear fitting on the pipe for the hose bib. The hose bib can be replaced in the future by unthreading the hose bib. That is why it has threads at the end. Cannot believe you charge a customer for that work. - Master Plumber Joel
I had a tiny drip inside a wall that was accessed through my 4’ crawl space. I was very lucky that my hvac company will do that type of plumbing. I called them up and had a full service done on my furnace, AC, and tankless hot water. Plus I had some duct work I needed changed in the crawl space. Without that company being willing to do this type of work I probably could have called 10 plumbers and been turned down by all of them. Finding trades to do tiny jobs is almost impossible right now. So a quality handyman is worth their weight in gold. In the end the fixed pipe looks like a third grader did it. So they obviously used this as soldering training for one of their new guys. It doesn’t leak so I really don’t care how it looks.
Question: Why didn't you fix it from the inside. Just cut all the copper out to where you can reach, including the sink pipe. Replace with shark bites pex/copper
Hi there, you know your value and it show in your work. I’m m enjoying the posts and keep up the great work. I have a Handyman service and I’m very successful in what I do. I’m not a fly by night company and I get lots of repeat clients. Plus many of the clients refer me and circle get bigger. Keep dong what you do great work. 🤩🤩🤩
I replaced two outside faucets with that same little cap type you showed and both of them are cracked. Is there some way to fix that more effeciently or would I have to replace the whole unity again with a different type?
Run last few feet of pipe in conduit and seal inside with silicone and patially out side the same but leave weep hole to drain if it breaks. Install leak detector under pipe.
There sure wasn’t much between the inside air and outside of the house compared to here in Minnesota! Wow! Our anti-freeze spigot has a shut off just inside in interior joint, and we take the hose off and drain that section in the fall. But here in MN with the weather, we learn these things as kids. But that gutter, though…don’t people do the most basic of home maintenance?! Not sure how you physically do the work. You’re older than me, and I can hardly change a lightbulb these days.
I just can't agree with $1800 on this. A $40 spigot, a $10 sheet of drywall, a $8 tube of caulk, a $15 can of texture, a $1.00 worth of drywall tape, I just can't see $1800. More power to you man. I just feel like this was maybe a $400-$500 repair. Again, more power to you. But knowing what I know, I could never agree to pay that price. 5 hours worth of work for $1800 is outrageous where I'm at. People would laugh in your face and say go away and hire someone to do it cheaper, and paint it. I mean for $1800 you could have at least went and bought a quart of paint and touched it up. If i paid $1800 and you left me with un finished drywall I'd be mad. Congrats on pulling it off 👏
It’s actually a simple equation they want him to do the work because he has built a name for himself they also recognize the man’s value honestly he could have charged 10k and they would pay it
Just curious but after getting the exterior taken off why not cut the copper clear of all those 90’s pop on shark bite coupler then run a short bit of pex to a shark bite anti freeze hose bib? Seems like it would have saved some time. But then again I’m lazy and I try to avoid sweating any pipe if I can. Nice video!
yeah, seeing that I would have used my round pipe cutter (love it) shark bite and figured out how to use some extra long pex. The next repair I could pull it straight out from the outside. Even though I don't like to use shark bites
It’s much easier to get a camera in than tools but I wonder if it could have been done completely from the inside. Cut the pipe going up to the kitchen. Cut the main pipe where it’s easier to access. Some shark bites and some T’s. Then 5 feet of antifreeze pex to the outside. I have a feeling accessing the pipe going up to the kitchen, even just to cut it, would have been impossible.
Handymans a certified bad ass when it comes to dry wall repair. I remember a video a couple years ago that was almost identical, same crawl space but the insulation was water logged and worse water damage.
ha. this happened to me and found out next spring when I turned on the water. hammered out the ceiling drywall and there it was. called a plumber and he soldered it in 30 seconds and literally ran out the door and left ... it only cost me 60 dollars but i still have the drywall to repair. Also not gonna call them again with such terrible customer service.
You are to to the point it is handyman market to set your price. (fairly Priced) The demand for skilled handyman/woman services is over the top, while the amount of skilled labor is very low. Having said this there is also the under skilled tradesmen/woman that should NOT be helping people with their projects. In my area, There are a few that need to learn from the skilled first before they do anymore work on their own. I am currently booked into Nov. and the calls keep coming in daily. Thank you for your channel and the skills you share.
I don't mind a quick trip to buy supplies. That way a customer knows exactly what an item costs. I have all the tools and some basic supplies, but I don't carry faucets, or deadbolts, etc. Customers pay to reimburse me for the bigger or more subjective stuff.
I was thinking the same thing. It didn't seem necessary to go pulling all that siding off. The valve assembly sure looks like it unscrews from the other pipe, and the new one could be screwed in, all from outside. Why that wouldn't have worked (indeed IF it wouldn't have worked) wasn't adequately explained. If that had failed for some reason, it seems like it should've been possible from the access he opened up in the ceiling using a little pipe cutter.
Same here man. I'm in CA so it would cost a bit more, but fucking up the siding just to have ample room is unnecessary. Also he sweated it in so they will have to open it up again if it ever happens? "C'mon man" - Joe Biden
I saw a more recent vid where you talked about this job, just happened to click on this one to watch next. While I understand why some would ask about pex, they may not understand those couplers don't belong ANYWHERE they can get that cold. What my question is, you had the great access from outside, why not fix the plumbing and change it to a female coupler instead of a solder joint. A solder joint would require the same demo steps and time, but a coupler would be a 20 min job?
Very smart! I do have one question for you. How do you keep your energy level so high, and do you have any energy when you get home in the evening? Thank you very much! Tom
Never understood why people finish their basements and don't provide themselves with access panels to water bibs, shut-offs, electric, etc, etc.. Any replacement or work of that hose bib would require de-soldering and then re-soldering the connection. Cutting sheetrock and then patching/painting in tight areas is a pain in the arse. Build AROUND these connections and remember to make them serviceable. They WILL need servicing. To those who say "use threaded sillcocks," some connections are up to 18" deep. And no way to check for leaks after install, not to mention potential problematic corrosion/oxidation at the original sillcock's connection.
You are so much more than a handyman! Nothing would stop you from getting to that darn piece of copper to repair it properly. The cordless osci saw is a life saver. My bias, but people who carpet basements deserve what they get... Just put a trap door insulated on the inside for the next time this happens access... The owner could put an $1800 check behind it so that you simply open up, fix, and cash the check... easy for everyone!
You're so right Handyman! There is such a shortage of labor out here in Los Angeles many companies have given up on doing repairs - at any cost. For what you gotta pay a guy today you just can't make a profit doing small jobs. Even with my business, my remodel jobs tend to be on the smaller size. My subs are calling me the night before saying "We can start your job tomorrow", this after waiting over two months for a start date. Tons of work out here in Los Angeles, tons more apathetic young men (under 40) not willing to do any kind of physical labor - no matter what you pay them. It's an untouched market, and like you I made a very comfortable living doing exactly what you do!
Very interesting to hear feedback like this from other markets. I’m in the Austin, TX area and it’s red hot down here too. Do you guys ever charge hourly, or just by the job like Handy has taught us?
@@deedub429 Like Handyman, I charge by the job. For one, it makes your life easier. Secondly when you tell people "time and material" it usually is the guy coming in low and adding charges as he goes. Customers are kind of wise to this. This market is so hot that it's easy to weed out the cheapskates. You find a guy like me, like Handyman, we come highly recommended. We are not the low price guys, we're the do it right the first time guys. The reasonable person sees value in this - for their time is valuable also.
You are priced very fair.. I shoot real estate and make what you make in a day.. I do photos and drone and video.. One stop shopping.. Do great work and have fair prices and you will always be busy.. I also have your watch which is random lol. I just found this channel but I'm hooked. Love the content.. Should turn this into a Discovery Show and follow you around.
Okay that looked like fun , but I think to make it easy for me next time i would have tried to solder a threaded fitting for next time only cause for fear burning down the place .
This just happened to me but luckily the wall isn't finished where it comes inside. Also it was a screw on so I didn't even have to solder! 10 minute job with the wife holding a pipe wrench for me inside. (Plus a darned trip to home depot which feels like it takes all day)
Hey handyman I just recently started watching your channels, just curious on what your preferred method is for accepting payment? Do you take credit cards or do you run strictly off of checks, cash or an app?
Here is video from 5 years ago doing a similar repair. I forgot what I look like without a beard. th-cam.com/video/_r_3FnjCb_U/w-d-xo.html
Wow. I've been around a long time. I remember when that video posted. I thought I had seen this before. LOL
Can't believe how long I've been with ya.
Don't ever shave it off again. lol
As a current homeowner, I'm so happy that I enjoy DIY projects just like this. I can't wait to buy my next house, it will definitely be something that needs lots of handyman work, which means I can buy it for a "good deal".
Sounds amazing. I'd love to have 10 acres.
@@PalmettoParatrooper Wow 10.5 acres in my area would be almost $2 million just for the ground.
I was helping my dad with diy before age 10. Electrical, drywall, framing. So it drives me nuts now that I know how to do it but can no longer do to physically issues.
I thought you had a good piece of property ?
@@ecospider5wouldn’t recommend electrical DIY. Yeah you might know the basics and some intermediate, but if something happens as a result of your unlicensed electrical work, your insurance will not pay for it. If you don’t follow code, you will not be able to sell the house without having an electrician fix it. Same with plumbing. Anything else you can do yourself no problem.
I change outlets all the time, and light switches, even some outlet boxes. I will however not run new circuits or change existing wiring. It’s pretty hard to burn down a house with a standard 120v outlet, but it is possible if you don’t have AFCI breakers
I have a similar hose faucet, and the first time it froze, I sweated in a FIP connector to the house copper, so all I have to do if it freezes is to buy a new one and unscrew the broke one and screw the new one in. A little thread tape and some thread goop and it's good as new.
You either learn how to build, repair, demolish, replace, install, troubleshoot, and finally get it done right the first time. Instead of crying for help or complaining and expecting things to magically unfold for you.
It requires time, and experience to perform at a higher level of excellence. and after a while it gets better and faster, but never goes back to low or inferior, mediocre.
It's lovable to see people's shock when you're bidding for a job and you can feel the cursing words coming at you without them actually saying them.
Attitude and openness make a big difference when negotiating a quote for repairs to be done at your house.
Every human interaction creates expectations, and both or all parties involved should meet or exceed those expectations.
Good Job Handyman.
You're the Man.
Great point about lawyer money. Call a lawyer and have them come fix it!😂 Oh wait, they just read, write, and argue with people to make money. My kid does that very well for free!
Some people don’t understand “value for your dollar” when they start naming the price for the parts. Skill set and work ethics is everything. You can buy the parts all day long, hell, anyone can buy the parts all day long! How do they get installed properly without causing issues? Skilled labor does it. Usually when someone cheap does the work, the client is paying for someone professional to come out a fix the crappy work. All said and done, the homeowner has actually paid WAY more then the professional’s initial quote.
Keep up the good work man! You know your worth and your clients appreciate that!
I’m not sure how I missed this video, but it was a good one as they all are. You customers are lucky you’re there. “ One call and that’s all!” What a slogan!
If I ever had a hose bib freeze I'm pretty sure I'd never have that happen again. I'd unhook that hose the moment it dropped under 50 degrees to avoid a bill like that.
usually yes, but some ppl hmm ^^
For those that an $1800 bill doesn’t bother might be a different impression
Love your videos. Keep them coming. When doing this type of repair, I always add some pipe insulation and try to ensure that some warm interior air can get into the joist pocket so it doesn’t freeze and burst again next winter.
If the hose is left connected, keeping the interior of the hose bib above freezing doesn't help much. Ice forms in the hose first and then migrates up and inwards through the external part of the bib. Because water expands when it freezes, the water trapped between the closed valve seat and the encroaching ice plug from the outside raises the water pressure inside that long tube. Ice is not what bursts the pipe, it's water pressure. Every time I repair one of these leaks, I try to encourage the homeowner to use those foam hose bib covers - not because it does any good on frost free hose bibs, but because it forces the homeowner to disconnect the hose.
Rather than pipe insulation, insulate behind the exterior wall so that the valve is on the warm side of the thermal envelope of the house.
None of it helps if they don't unscrew the damn hose from it before it freezes though...
@@fritzwang6300
Thanks for the insight
Wish me luck my first job this weekend!!!! More confident then I ever been thanks to you my guy !!!! Thank you
Hope it went well!
@@MrAn0nym00s at work now it’s going great
I how's it going, are you keeping up with the handymen job? I'm about to start working myself so I'm very interested in how you're doing
Great video Handy. Glad we don’t need those type faucets here in Dixie. Agree with on the demand for service providers. I bid a job last week that I thought was high even for me. Guy went silent for 3 days and then came back to me with the green light to do it. Getting Lawyer rates! Thanks to your videos.
I can relate to the feeling of finding water running across the basement floor, but not from a frozen pipe at least. Not self inflicted unless you count choosing to live where flood water can get to your house.. 🙄
Being a homeowner out in the sticks has forced me to become an amateur handyman. (Nobody here to call.) Glad I have access to this channel to help me along.
It is amazing as to what homeowners never think about. I am living in it.
Haven't seen you in a while - you went full Ayatollah with that beard!
👍
As a plumber, next time use a woodford model 19 instead of the woodford model 17 that you used. It helps if that break happened because they left the hose on.
Exactly what I do on the properties I maintain. In most cases we swap them out pre-emptively if there is a tenant change over. Once had a tenant run the outside hose for hours watering a tree, and they just thought the water pressure was low... Ended up being a 5 figure water damage restoration.10-15 bucks more is cheap insurance over a flooded basement or crawlspace. I'm sure there are some reasons or applications, but suprised Woodford even sells the model 17 anymore.
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Great fix, do you use a heat blanket when you're torching ?
would insulating that portion or changing to pex be a better alternative?
High rate for handy man is $120 p/h.
I text my best customers about disconnecting before freezing.
Drywall mud has to be dry before texture or it won't work.
Oil base texture dries faster than water base. Not over wet mud. Plaster of Paris dries way faster than mud but doesn't sand ez. You can also solder up the split in the bib pipe.
It looked like that hose bib was threaded, why did you have to sweat it? Also you didn't replace the house wrap. Is that going to be an issue?
Curious why no vapor barrier was used before you reinstalled the siding? Thank you.
I found that as a young handyman trying to offer everything’s too difficult as far as the tools and knowledge required so I ended up focusing on assembling things that people buy that need assembly bike from ikea for example. It was nice because I could basically arrive at the house and expect that all the pieces and parts I needed were there as long as I had the tools to put them together. This whole making multiple trips to buy tools or materials in the middle of the job is something that’s part of the industry but I just didn’t have the time and energy for when I was a student and handyman at the same time
I can't tell in the video but is that siding transite?
Nice to see a video like old ones you used to post. Thanks
I'm glad you kept suspenseful @ 5:29
Most channels would have ruined the suspense by adding it to the video's title.
Please tell me what the model of your watch is please. That thing is gorgeous and i'm constantly looking at it instead of what you're doing 😅
www.rolex.com/en-us/watches/submariner/m126610ln-0001.html
@@TheHandyman1 Thanks a lot and please make more videos!
This was a good repair. The only issue I have with it is you should have insulated that copper line in the wall with foam pipe insulation to help prevent this from happening again in the future.
That "bush" looks like a Norway maple saplings.
"One call and that's all" -- great slogan! You always amaze me when you just "get it done"!
You should have soldered a drop ear fitting on the pipe for the hose bib. The hose bib can be replaced in the future by unthreading the hose bib.
That is why it has threads at the end.
Cannot believe you charge a customer for that work.
- Master Plumber Joel
Thanks for that explanation. I was curious about the threads.
Why not replace the copper pipe another material?
Foods?
How do you food a house? Lol.
I think it's just a typo for "floods"
Yeah it's totally fooded didn't you watch the video?? 🙃
I had a tiny drip inside a wall that was accessed through my 4’ crawl space. I was very lucky that my hvac company will do that type of plumbing. I called them up and had a full service done on my furnace, AC, and tankless hot water. Plus I had some duct work I needed changed in the crawl space.
Without that company being willing to do this type of work I probably could have called 10 plumbers and been turned down by all of them.
Finding trades to do tiny jobs is almost impossible right now. So a quality handyman is worth their weight in gold.
In the end the fixed pipe looks like a third grader did it. So they obviously used this as soldering training for one of their new guys. It doesn’t leak so I really don’t care how it looks.
Was that hot mud or just mud? Did you have issues with the texture bleeding into the moist mud?
20 minute hot mud. I let it sit about 20 minutes while I went to the store to get some texture.
I knew you were legit when you used the battery of the drill as a hammer.... ✅🤣
Question: Why didn't you fix it from the inside. Just cut all the copper out to where you can reach, including the sink pipe. Replace with shark bites pex/copper
That's exactly what I was thinking.
geez your prices are insanely high, and im in California
Hi there, you know your value and it show in your work. I’m m enjoying the posts and keep up the great work. I have a Handyman service and I’m very successful in what I do. I’m not a fly by night company and I get lots of repeat clients. Plus many of the clients refer me and circle get bigger. Keep dong what you do great work. 🤩🤩🤩
Just curious, why didn’t you insulate the pipe?
I replaced two outside faucets with that same little cap type you showed and both of them are cracked. Is there some way to fix that more effeciently or would I have to replace the whole unity again with a different type?
Fwiw around LA you can get handy people for $250 a day. Unlicensed and of uncertain experience but w truck, tools and a desire to try 😁
Run last few feet of pipe in conduit and seal inside with silicone and patially out side the same but leave weep hole to drain if it breaks. Install leak detector under pipe.
Why not switch that to pex so doesn’t happen again? You said it’s happen twice already but yet you put copper right back in.
Brilliant work and thanks for sharing this with us take care
Did you mean "joist" and not rafter? Not sure a hose bib would be near the roof.....
I have a brother-in-law from Mexico who does that same repairs for about $300 dollars. Cheers!!
Atleast you have a easy point of access for the nest time they don't understand the concept of removing the hose
Why didn’t you flash behind the siding or insulate the copper pipe you did the repair on ?
Watch the next video
Was that mold in the wall already forming or just some dark spots?
Who needs a tool pouch with a beard like that Handyman!
its a good day when a repair is in an easily accessible spot. too bad that may only happen once a year
There sure wasn’t much between the inside air and outside of the house compared to here in Minnesota! Wow!
Our anti-freeze spigot has a shut off just inside in interior joint, and we take the hose off and drain that section in the fall. But here in MN with the weather, we learn these things as kids.
But that gutter, though…don’t people do the most basic of home maintenance?!
Not sure how you physically do the work. You’re older than me, and I can hardly change a lightbulb these days.
I just can't agree with $1800 on this. A $40 spigot, a $10 sheet of drywall, a $8 tube of caulk, a $15 can of texture, a $1.00 worth of drywall tape, I just can't see $1800. More power to you man. I just feel like this was maybe a $400-$500 repair. Again, more power to you. But knowing what I know, I could never agree to pay that price. 5 hours worth of work for $1800 is outrageous where I'm at. People would laugh in your face and say go away and hire someone to do it cheaper, and paint it. I mean for $1800 you could have at least went and bought a quart of paint and touched it up. If i paid $1800 and you left me with un finished drywall I'd be mad. Congrats on pulling it off 👏
I agree man. I went to this guys main TH-cam page to see where he’s located. There’s a freaking link where people can donate money to him. Wtf!!
I would have needed an even $2k to paint it. My schedule is booked solid I don't have enough time to do all this work.
@@TheHandyman1 Go get ‘em, Handy ;)
It’s actually a simple equation they want him to do the work because he has built a name for himself they also recognize the man’s value honestly he could have charged 10k and they would pay it
@@TheHandyman1 $2k to fix a spigot and paint it!? Unreal.
Just curious but after getting the exterior taken off why not cut the copper clear of all those 90’s pop on shark bite coupler then run a short bit of pex to a shark bite anti freeze hose bib? Seems like it would have saved some time. But then again I’m lazy and I try to avoid sweating any pipe if I can. Nice video!
It was a long reach in there. th-cam.com/video/_r_3FnjCb_U/w-d-xo.html I have used your method in the past.
yeah, seeing that I would have used my round pipe cutter (love it) shark bite and figured out how to use some extra long pex. The next repair I could pull it straight out from the outside. Even though I don't like to use shark bites
It’s much easier to get a camera in than tools but I wonder if it could have been done completely from the inside. Cut the pipe going up to the kitchen. Cut the main pipe where it’s easier to access. Some shark bites and some T’s. Then 5 feet of antifreeze pex to the outside. I have a feeling accessing the pipe going up to the kitchen, even just to cut it, would have been impossible.
Handy did it “right”, and also created a bit of job security for himself at the same time (i.e. next winter). 🤑
@@deedub429 im not calling the same guy back if the repair only lasts 6 months sorry.
Looks like solid repair! But could be done from inside with proper tools
Was there no water damage down the wall, in the flooring, etc?
C'mon man... you actually expect homeowners to disconnect the hose in the late fall? That's a lot of work to unscrew that hose nozzle.
Handymans a certified bad ass when it comes to dry wall repair.
I remember a video a couple years ago that was almost identical, same crawl space but the insulation was water logged and worse water damage.
What favor?
Haha! Nobody will get this joke after the edit. 🙂
ha. this happened to me and found out next spring when I turned on the water. hammered out the ceiling drywall and there it was. called a plumber and he soldered it in 30 seconds and literally ran out the door and left ... it only cost me 60 dollars but i still have the drywall to repair.
Also not gonna call them again with such terrible customer service.
You are to to the point it is handyman market to set your price. (fairly Priced) The demand for skilled handyman/woman services is over the top, while the amount of skilled labor is very low.
Having said this there is also the under skilled tradesmen/woman that should NOT be helping people with their projects. In my area, There are a few that need to learn from the skilled first before they do anymore work on their own.
I am currently booked into Nov. and the calls keep coming in daily.
Thank you for your channel and the skills you share.
its a threaded end, what were you using the torch on?
Did you not watch the video?
I don't mind a quick trip to buy supplies. That way a customer knows exactly what an item costs. I have all the tools and some basic supplies, but I don't carry faucets, or deadbolts, etc. Customers pay to reimburse me for the bigger or more subjective stuff.
as a plumber I have to say I could of done this job with minimal damage to outside wall for 400 to600
My thoughts exactly
I was thinking the same thing. It didn't seem necessary to go pulling all that siding off. The valve assembly sure looks like it unscrews from the other pipe, and the new one could be screwed in, all from outside. Why that wouldn't have worked (indeed IF it wouldn't have worked) wasn't adequately explained. If that had failed for some reason, it seems like it should've been possible from the access he opened up in the ceiling using a little pipe cutter.
@@majahanson311 it was sweated on. There were no female threads to screw the male threads of the bib in to.
People make me laugh 😂. He’s in or near Seattle.
Same here man. I'm in CA so it would cost a bit more, but fucking up the siding just to have ample room is unnecessary. Also he sweated it in so they will have to open it up again if it ever happens? "C'mon man" - Joe Biden
Why didn't you use SharkBite's, or pex-pipe?
I saw a more recent vid where you talked about this job, just happened to click on this one to watch next. While I understand why some would ask about pex, they may not understand those couplers don't belong ANYWHERE they can get that cold. What my question is, you had the great access from outside, why not fix the plumbing and change it to a female coupler instead of a solder joint. A solder joint would require the same demo steps and time, but a coupler would be a 20 min job?
Very smart! I do have one question for you. How do you keep your energy level so high, and do you have any energy when you get home in the evening? Thank you very much! Tom
You almost broke my #1. Policy! Policy #1. NO TOOL LEFT BEHIND lol nice work
Never understood why people finish their basements and don't provide themselves with access panels to water bibs, shut-offs, electric, etc, etc.. Any replacement or work of that hose bib would require de-soldering and then re-soldering the connection. Cutting sheetrock and then patching/painting in tight areas is a pain in the arse. Build AROUND these connections and remember to make them serviceable. They WILL need servicing. To those who say "use threaded sillcocks," some connections are up to 18" deep. And no way to check for leaks after install, not to mention potential problematic corrosion/oxidation at the original sillcock's connection.
You are so much more than a handyman! Nothing would stop you from getting to that darn piece of copper to repair it properly. The cordless osci saw is a life saver. My bias, but people who carpet basements deserve what they get... Just put a trap door insulated on the inside for the next time this happens access... The owner could put an $1800 check behind it so that you simply open up, fix, and cash the check... easy for everyone!
You could have just moved the offset further back and you wouldn't have to remove the siding
I suggest ear protection with the buzz buzz tool.
Just started watching your channel, very interesting- I enjoy trouble shooting problems some people don't.
This is awesome stuff. It looks like these kinds of skills compound over time. Also I believe your customer service is on top of the game 👍
You're so right Handyman! There is such a shortage of labor out here in Los Angeles many companies have given up on doing repairs - at any cost. For what you gotta pay a guy today you just can't make a profit doing small jobs. Even with my business, my remodel jobs tend to be on the smaller size. My subs are calling me the night before saying "We can start your job tomorrow", this after waiting over two months for a start date. Tons of work out here in Los Angeles, tons more apathetic young men (under 40) not willing to do any kind of physical labor - no matter what you pay them. It's an untouched market, and like you I made a very comfortable living doing exactly what you do!
Very interesting to hear feedback like this from other markets. I’m in the Austin, TX area and it’s red hot down here too. Do you guys ever charge hourly, or just by the job like Handy has taught us?
@@deedub429 Like Handyman, I charge by the job. For one, it makes your life easier. Secondly when you tell people "time and material" it usually is the guy coming in low and adding charges as he goes. Customers are kind of wise to this.
This market is so hot that it's easy to weed out the cheapskates. You find a guy like me, like Handyman, we come highly recommended. We are not the low price guys, we're the do it right the first time guys. The reasonable person sees value in this - for their time is valuable also.
As always great video! Especially the explanation at the end. Keep em’ coming.
Nice fix!
How many oscillating blades for this one job? Good thing we charge accordingly.
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@@TheHandyman1 so it was smartside and not Hardie then?
It wasn't cement board.
I'm curious why you didn't use MAP gas on this job.
On a side note, the video quality looked incredible, outside.
Ran out. Propane works
13:33 he says what I say every time I work on something. Haha.
it looks like the spigot valve break is screwed on..
You're telling me. I started my business in March, and I'm booked out till September.
Mind me asking. How are you advertising? I’m having trouble getting customers.
Great job! Worth every penny you charge.
You are priced very fair.. I shoot real estate and make what you make in a day.. I do photos and drone and video.. One stop shopping.. Do great work and have fair prices and you will always be busy.. I also have your watch which is random lol. I just found this channel but I'm hooked. Love the content.. Should turn this into a Discovery Show and follow you around.
Great video, you accomplished more like ten hours work in five. Five thumbs up.
Okay that looked like fun , but I think to make it easy for me next time i would have tried to solder a threaded fitting for next time only cause for fear burning down the place .
You didn’t put the Tyvek wrapping back.
99.9 percent of the houses in the USA have no house wrap at all. And they don't have insulation in the exterior walls. 😲😲
I wish I could have your talent. I’m going to learn and be a Handywomen. :) I enjoy your videos. Keep them rolling.
I always tell people that cross trades. If you're a good craftsman, you can do anything.
Hmmmm, why not put insulation around pipe AND inside the wall before closing it up so it doesn't happen again?
Do you let the customer know the cost before the repair or after?
Plenty to learn from you, great job.
Nice and complete job. What drywall knife do you use?
It was a 6 inch knife.
@@TheHandyman1 hey I meant the brand?
This just happened to me but luckily the wall isn't finished where it comes inside. Also it was a screw on so I didn't even have to solder! 10 minute job with the wife holding a pipe wrench for me inside. (Plus a darned trip to home depot which feels like it takes all day)
Fooding a house? Sounds expensive... love your videos bud.
It was a very hungry house.
Being a lifelong Floridian this is the first time I have seen one of these valves.
Best in the game!
Might be better with some sort of drip tray below the pipe that cracks Incase it happens again
Good idea, yes. One that drains to the outside of the home. ↪️
Hey handyman I just recently started watching your channels, just curious on what your preferred method is for accepting payment? Do you take credit cards or do you run strictly off of checks, cash or an app?
99.9 percent of the time its venmo.
They were really lucky to have you on this one..
Love the lithium battery hammer technique!
That’s a great come up! Man, that’s inspiring
Great video. Wish I had someone like you in San Antonio.