CENTRAL HEATING | ADDING A RADIATOR THE EASY WAY… This will save a lot of time/hassle 

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Evening, as a DIYer I’ve done this when fitting a towel radiator drops the one down stairs. Nice to see a clean and tidy job. 👍👍👍👍

As a DIYer (I know my limits), your videos are extremely helpful, both for theory and practical application. Thank you very much indeed.

Hi Mark, Fantastic film again, soldering, pipe work and the dreaded microbore pipe. I always tend to hang rads much the same as you do, great job as always. I ordered my SLR-1750 on Sunday evening using your code and it arrived this morning, was free p+p also. It’s a fantastic light as you say at a great price, thanks for that. Have a great rest of the week, take care, regards, Chris. 👍👍👍

De nailing boards, as soon as you take them up is so true. I have had one of them go through my foot before for doing the complete opposite. Never going to make that mistake again that’s for sure. Great video as always mark 👍

As if I’ve done the exact two same jobs today…. Moved a radiator in a kitchen and banged a new toilet seal in the exact same flush valve… I must do over 100 of these a year. Big council estate contract all with these washers fitted. Buy them in a big box and keep them in the van. Must admit I’m also all for 15mm pipe on show. Micro bore looks naff and is easily damaged by hoovers etc. 👍 keep up the vids mate.. I don’t know why I enjoy watching people do the same job as me but the vids are very engaging! 👍👍

Another amazing video Mark, every apprentice should watch how you hung that rad clear and simple keep well Barry 👍

Great video as always Mark

Enjoyed watching that. When you add a new rad to an existing system do you have a rule of thumb to quickly set the balance of the lockshield valve? Or just set it at 50% open and let the home-owner tweak it as necessary?

Literally just bought the light you shouted out! Couldn’t believe you got it down to £50! Cheers mate!

Nice mate 👌🏼 i agree, 8&10mm pipes feeding rads looks ridiculous 😂

Yep totally agree with the loo block thing. Blocked a syphon completely I broke the syphon taking it out, cost a fortune just to have blue coloured water lol

I’ve watched a lot of plumbing videos on you tube and Mark your channel seems the most relatable and the most informative, look forward to the next one 👍

Love the rule of thumb for cutting pipe only professionals use this method BRILLIANT MANOEUVRE BOOM 💥

Love all your videos watch them all you say it as it is that’s what’s so great Those dlr-1750 Unilites are great and a bargain bought two great for charging the mobile and great bright light also keep up the great videos 👍

I’ve always fluxed like that I’ve tried brushes a few times but seemed to get flux everywhere and it was just another thing to spend 10 mins trying to find after just putting it down😂😂 top vid again mate👌

Nice work Mark. Hopefully doing something similar with my lovely 8mm microbore next week. I find that in the absence of a Nerrad funnel, some of my better half's silicone cookware works very well. Let's not tell her though 🤣

Excellent video. Thank you. How did you know which tail to connect to what micro bore? Does it matter? How did you top up the inhibitor?

Hi Mark, yeah I can relate to that toilet incident. My mother put loo blue in her cistern a few years back and I ended up having to strip and rebuild it! She hasn't done it since though, lesson learned! 😂. My unilite arrived today, well chuffed! Cheers 🤝👍

Why don’t flux pots come with an applicator brush like other products. Great video mate, always nice to see a trades person keeping the areas nice and tidy.

Really enjoyed this video i,m just a diyer but after watching it i feel i have the confidence to add an extra radiator if need be.

Enjoyed this one Mark. But I enjoy them all to be fair.

I wanna go on my own and I feel like these videos are good prep mark 👍🏽

I am neither a DIYer or a plumber, I sit in an office all day, but something about these videos really interests me! Cheers for another good one Mark

Just grabbed my Unilite, cheers Tiffy!!

Nice clear video mark🤘🤘...just seen ur bmx video...class hey..keepin oldschool bmx alive lad👍

The aquavac is back (might seem obvious but just having an aquavac at the ready is probably the number one tip for all of us DIYers)! Another great video, Mark - thanks for all the tips. For the OCD amongst us, did you find that 8mm olive? 😀

I’ve just laid 80 metres of pipe, sick of the 8mm pipe blocking so changed it all to 15mm..good vid 👍🏻

After replacing a couple of rads recently If I ever have another system installed I'd insist on stop valves so each leg can be isolated.

Those hiflows mate attach the filling loop hose on the heating side and drain from there its not an NRV so it drains 👍

Just ordered one as iv just started a plumbing course and need to start getting tools 👍🏻 any other offers let us know! Cheers!!

Top video again Mark exactly what I would of done and do ,I normally isolate the flow and return and work live as it air locks without any pressure, system still full and live do one at at time without fully draining. Bathroom you did seems to grow on you as long as the customer is happy and they have paid the readies 👍 If it was shite I'd say but dont worry pal it's a good install. Keep the real world plumbing coming 👍

Good Vid just started plumbing at college

Must say thank you for the discount code, keep up the good work.

Don't force cool the soldered joints with a wet rag. Solder and copper contract at different rates. It will introduce cooling stresses in the joint and increase the tendency to crack

I would have drained from the pipes u had disconnected up the stairs. Btw great videos as u keep saying real world plumbing

Nice tidy job there mate! Do you have a rule that you stick to regarding which side of the rad you put the flow & return? Also, thermo valve - on the flow or the return?

Hi sorry if I missed it. I take it you worked out which pipe was the hot? Does the hot go into the thermostat valve?

Hi mark great video, i tend to watch all your videos now appreciate the good work. Just asking are you comfortable having compression under floorboards. My boss always says not to?

Get yourself some cheap nappies from Aldi great for soaking up water and drips when your doing snatch jobs ....

that bendable rubber mat were you get them from?

Nice one pal, really enjoyed it 👍🏻

Really good video Mark

Another enjoyable video Mark

Bread and butter jobs today then, nice little bit of work, 8mm is such a nightmare, so easy to overtighten and crush the pipe! But I do the exact same. up into 15mm Snagged one of those unilite's while they're at an all time low, so thanks for the code! Be interesting to hear how many were sold with your code! Have you tried those plumb tubs that wrap around the pipe? I swear by them tbh great for draining from the valve like you did there, but they are only small.

I watch them for relaxation

Great vid as usual how much longer till I am fully qualified mark and you will employ me brilliant stuff.👍👍👍😊😊😊

I always drop the pressure at the valves where your working 😎

Great video many thanks, really liked that 15mm. Amateurs should turn the electrics off first e.g. loose wires into JB or water leak etc. (note you were earthed on the pipes which will make the shock worse). I've had belts as an electrical engineer and not proud of them. More dangerous than you think as heart damage may not show up straight away. Sorry to nag. Dumb question: where notching on joists might be unacceptable for undersize joists, could you put metal plates over the top. Use a router each side to get them flush. It's an American idea - I think they do it in stud walls incase you try to drill the stud of finished wall and hit the pipe. Liked the drain down kit, much better than stick on bits of polythene. Look forward to the next one.

Hi Mark , i was always told at college to heat the pipe never the fitting ? And why do you cool the fittings with a wet rag any special reason im not aware of?

easier with an 8mm pipe slice ( I've got 8 & 10 mm ones) great video

brilliant to watch.thanks.

With that locktite 55 I'm finding it comes off a little when you screw the tails in. Any idea what I'm doing wrong please? I'm not a plumber, just a DIY enthusiast. I like to do things right though.

Did your hands get hot , when you was soldering

hi m8 nice steady work does it matter which pipe you connect to as in knowing flow or return n yes i stood on a board as well lol

Don't disturb the system ahahah , can of worms comes to mind. Good video.

ive always noticed you using that matt for draining rads, i thought it was lino. what is it called, i can't find it.

Brilliant mate 👏

Well I’ll not be buying any more bloo blocks then, thanks for the info 👍

Great video again Thanks Why did they use 8mm pipe in the past?

Any reason why you didn’t jut do the new rad in micro bore?

I didn't know that you are still allowed to notch joists, I've been under the impression that you're now supposed to drill through the joists and run pipes through the joists. Probably not practical when using copper.

I ate a blue block once, many years ago! For 2 weeks after, when ever I burped I could taste bleach!

27:50 couldn't have been in a more awkward place with the junction boxes below your cuts

Cutting water pipes above electrical junction box ... with the power still on?

What do you use to get floor boards up

Hello what jointing paste do you use?

Oh shit !!! Love it 👍

I'm not sure @kempingerrohrreinigungberlin would agree with your recommendation of using the clip-on toilet block holder 😆

Hi Mark I’m just interested to see how much you would charge for that toilet repair?

hi mate, cheers for the vid! what paste do you use?

Do you have to lag pipes under the floor due to part L building regs now?

So will you get rid of that SO repeatedly SO thing?

I'm guessing you haven't had any problems with rads floating away off the brackets then. 🙂

Never a big fan of increasing the size of pipework, the drop in velocity seems to lead to suspended solids dropping out in exactly the same way a heating filter works.

Hair felt lagging through joists?

Have you tried the liquid loctite they its better but Im not brave enough to try it lol

angle head drill poly plum bam done in half the time lol

the nuts for the cuplings u connect for 88 mm should titen hard, then release and the titen again but not so hard. thats the ways.

use 12 mm pipes to the radiator and then connect to the 8mm.

Why don’t you just open the valve upstairs after you’ve drained from downstairs before you cut pipes 🤷🏻‍♂️ Lee.

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don't start mixing inches and millies

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Brilliance of your crap videos is people attempt it then get into difficulties then we plumbers have to charge double to put itright, so yea keep up the good work

Love your work, but holy shit you never stop talking

Ideal siphons are now obsolete due to being poor quality

I wanted to ask a question and hope thats ok ,which is cheaper for a brand new extension being built right now two very large radiators or underfloor heating the builders asking him to decide ,i said rads must be a lot cheaper is that right ,The extension is 6 metre by 7 metres .many thanks if you could advise i know your vet busy,its in south london,

Hi thanks for the videos. When I first started plumbing 40 years ago a guy showed me the same way to hang a rad. The only difference was he always said take a board up in front of the rad first as you might just be able to fit the rad a little bit off centre but save yourself from going straight into a joist with your pipe. Peter Booth. ( non famous)

Why did you not use plastic pipe under the floor so you could drill holes through the joists for the pipes and use push fit fittings!!

Hi pal. When installing a radiator, how high does the pipes be from the skirting boards?

8mm pipe, Jesus, Why?

Cooling the pipe straight away and so little flux is giving me nightmares 😂

I have to say Mark, the more I see that bathroom the more I like it. Like the way you hang rads, so many ways to hang them. I like how you connected the two 8mm pipes, good tip that

brilliant vid

I’m retired now but I know it’s always a nervous moment - no matter how many times you’ve done it - to open up a pipe that you can’t be sure of! Great video Mark

Hi Mark, are all flush valve rubber seals the same or are they different depending on the make on the flush valve?

Very good vid how can u tell which is flow or return does it matter

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If I do pipework, I will put the radiator 60cm fahr, only if I put the thermostat low, the boyler stop working perpanently, get off the water is it enought? This is only 15 min job. Or I need to close the elektricity and gas too??? If I do pipework heat back from the pipe which is 5 m fahr, to the boyler and explode???