The only thing wrong with this advice is that it requires integrity and good work lol. It just basically seems like you’re using Nextdoor as a really effective digital word of mouth platform. I really like the way you do it. You can easily make 300k/year doing just what he is talking about with a pretty stress free lifestyle. Truly good advice and it is proven.
@@PlumbingRightI’ve enjoyed watching your site. 🤗. Really a lot!!! Those tools, in larger and small in their gripping mouths, are of my favorites. Worrying to happen to see you finally brake the copper line(?) inside the panels. You did it with a help of the owner. Now, I can sleep well now to say go to your home for your peaceful evening! 🥰
Dude! That looks fun. I’m setting up a jam spot in my shop soon. Getting all the boys back together again and we’re gonna rock out all night. Probably going to have to wait til after summer though. Too damn hot
I clean the access flux after I've applied heat for a bit, I can clean up more of it ensuring no runs. I also don't drag the solder around the joint, it gets too messy for me. If it's a horizontal like the bottom joint of that 90 I just run the solder around the crown and watch it flow around and down till it leaves the buld on bottom then knock it off with my finger tip. If it's a vertical I tap the joint in one spot with the tip of the solder (preferably the back, opposite of heat and where no one will see it) and let the solder flow around until its filled. Lastly, when the fitting is still hot I wipe it down all over with the flux brush _then_ wipe the flux off with a towel. That way there is no discoloration from heat or staining from burnt flux. Longer process but to me the perfect swet joint is one where it looks like someone drew a small line around the joint with a fine point silver marker. I know, I'm weird. 😒
Man I would always put a new waterline back because if that one leaks the owner is going to say you was the last person who worked on it. Just my opinion. Like your videos
My uncle said he plumbed in a bunch of houses with copper drains and vents back in the day. Said it didn’t cost a ton more than cast iron and it went a hell of a lot faster and one man could easily rough in some plumbing a lot easier with copper than heavy ass cast iron. Now it’s just so cost prohibitive it seems crazy to plumb drains like that. It’s cost more than $1,500 in material to do that little bit. It sure is nice though.
When soldering, you should always flick the heat on to the pipe so it gets heated up as well as the fitting. You are correct with holding the heat to the end of the junction between the pipe and the fitting because it will pull the solder in, but you should also start applying the solder to the bottom of the joint. When you start on the top, you are lucky if you get half of the joint filled with solder in the bottom half. If you start applying the solder in the bottom, with the heat applied at the end of the pipe inside of the fitting, you will then pull the solder full depth into the joint. Then you can go around the sides as needed, then finish on the top. Also, make sure the pipe is not a sealed system without some type of faucet or valve being open to allow the steam to escape from the system when soldering,,, not an issue here, but certainly could be in a real world scenario. These thoughts are from a Journeyman Plumber, and I think you have the right idea, but a little recommendation from here,,, I will say that the only solder joints I have ever had leaked when I was an apprentice were because I started soldering from the top of the joint and not the bottom. I was concerned you were not going to wipe the excess flux before soldering, but you absolutely did and I have to give you credit! Overall your skills are pretty good
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Why is the vent sticking up about a foot and then capped off? I've installed those under sink drain pumps and if you don't have a vent then the whole thing air locks and won't drain.
@PlumbingRight can't use a air admittance valve on those either. It has to be actually a open pipe so that as it fills up with water, air can get pushed out
If you run the washer to that trap you’ll still need that 18 inch riser on top of that P-trap for the suds. I think it would be way better to run it to that instead of the sink and then the pump, but I’d be nervous about the pump in the washing machine being able to pump it up high enough after you put that 18 inch standpipe on top of the P-trap. It’s only like an extra 3.5 feet of head but that’s essentially double what the pump does now. It would probably be fine but I don’t know. It’s something my paranoid ass would be worried about. I’m also honestly not entirely sure if that 18 inch standpipe is as important as the code says it is. I don’t know if it’s like old laundry detergent from the 60s was extra sudsy and bubbled up and maybe today’s shit it won’t be an issue. I don’t know, I’m not talking shit. I’m just a little buzzed and Vibin with your video. You always have the chillest vibe.
I’m curious how you get your work? do you advertise at all? I would imagine you can keep yourself plenty busy with just word-of-mouth with the way you work. I just really like the way you do things and I’m considering getting back into residential.
I’m on a Nextdoor app here in Va. I work about a ten mile radius around my house. Every week I post videos and show home owners how to fix their on plumbing issues. I get 5 to 8 calls daily but unfortunately I have to turn down a lot of them.
@@PlumbingRight that is awesome. I bet the longer you use next-door like that the more it’s going to snowball. That’s like exactly what I planned on doing when I started my company. It’s still kind of what I wanna do lol. I get a lot of people calling me for residential work. Like a lot and I’m tired of turning it down. I’m just worried about hiring some dedicated service guys and having to get all gimmicky to make it work. Been been out of the residential world for like eight years except for a couple months when I first started my business last summer. Hoping I can still get a shit load of business without having to get all advertisy and slimy.
@@PlumbingRight i’m bout to get back into it. I was able to get a shit load of work in residential in the past but just doing good work and meet the right people. I’d like to do it again to prove that it can be done. You’re already proving it though so I guess we know it works lol
@PlumbingRight oh I see now. One of those valves with a built in drain port. Those are so old school I forgot they made them, only ever seen em on old globe valves. Just what I was thinking of, some way to drain the water before changing angle stops and stuff.
