EVERY Plumber does this in your home. 

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'Every plumber does this in your home'... I thought this was going to be something about peeing in your header tank. :(

Even if you have a large home, there's no longer any need of a plant room! I was called out to a huge house with two massive cylinders either side of a spaghetti junction of piping in a plant room. They paid me to figure out all the pipes, and build it into a one-page sheet, as every time they called a plumber out, they took one look at the pipework and went home. So I spent almost all day and figured it (tracing where all the pipes went throughout the house) - and set it to paper on my PC. The next day, I was asked to re-attend and balance the system, as some rads weren't getting hot. However, when I got there (27 miles) the maid (!) told me that all three teenage girls were asleep as they had just got back from a little holiday (each girl had their own room with en suites to each that were larger than my bathroom - not kidding). I told her that I HAD to go in every room, and that I would be quiet. She said no. I told her to go and wake the mother and explain. She did, and came back to say that she said no as well. So I said goodbye. The maid was shocked and thought I was joking as I got in my van. As I was driving down the motorway home, the mother phoned me and begged me to come back, as did their builder (who had called me in). I told them both that they needed to treat the next plumber better, and to not call me again. Naturally, I took my plant room plan with me! One of the great things about being self-employed is that you can tell someone where to stick it if you want.

I’m currently working towards my NVQ and I feel like I might owe it all to you!! Superb video, as always - brilliant!! Thank you.

I'm not even a plumber and I find videos like this fascinating. It's great to learn how all the stuff in my house works. Cheers, James :D

Absolutely love this. You've clearly described the system we have, including the part a plumber had omitted (waste through tundish) but another plumber later rectified having spotted it in the way you described. Very reassuring, thanks mate!

Yes please show us more systems like this, very educational

Same here, not a plumber buy I love it and it glues me to these videos. Thanks mate.

I never thought that plumbing could be this entertaining and engaging.

Subscribed! Great video! I just got into HVAC on the distributor side a little over a year and a half ago. Videos and content like this are one of the best ways for me to see what my customers see. Great Video!

As hard as I've looked... can't seem to find the plant room in the average home. 🤔 Though I did hear Bundy found a "plant room" in a loft recently 😉. 🤣

Excellent James, thank you sir.

Great video! Can you do more of these as they are so helpful

that was very useful, keep them coming, thanks

First thing is to check the kettle works. Some even go so far as to check that the biscuit tin is filled up to a safe level before emptying it with care.

Love a instagram business man, keep it coming 👍

When I started working on boilers about 15 years ago, the old timers taught me the concept of "pumping away." There's a little more nuance to it, but it essentially means putting the pump on the supply and the zone valves on the return. I'll never forget that and it has always helped me when piping in boilers. Oil burners, on the other hand, are entirely different animal. That's an art form right there.

Plumbers wife here... yep. EVERYWHERE there is plumbing and gas fitting to be found, it has to be inspected. Even friends houses are not left alone. "oh I just saw your ..... needs urgent replacement. Oh, that connection is not legal. Oh, you should have a look at getting a new water filter or cylinder or whatever." Toilets, anything that connects a house to the outside world via pipes... and when we go home he goes: ;Have you seen their central heating darling? I did that... 30years ago actually, it still works well... never a hitch with it. (pat pat on shoulder) Plumbers are funny. No toilet withstands their scrutiny... No heating system is too complicated, not the latest, nor the oldest of their work is left alone... when they look at the gras from below is when it stops... but I think even then will they will probably still inspect how the rainwater flows through the finest of roots of the plants... lol

Cracking video. Just impulse bought an dewalt impact driver from the ITS advert too 😅 What the missus doesnt know wont hurt her

Great video James

I had a scaled up ballcock in the loft cold water tank so the tank was filling up slowly. I noticed the water level in the central heating header tank would drop when the cold water tank did. It turned out to be a hole in the hot water cylinder coil, so in my case I had the chemicals from the heating system mixing with our hot water. I’d never have known if the cold water tank ballcock hadn’t scaled up as the water from the hot tap was still clear.

That was very informative Needed to know this

Yes, please regarding showing us the heating systems! love these as ex motorbike engineer!

Great explanations.

James, just seen a video of yours 10y ago. Must be all the steam you're working with as you're aging good 😂

I thought it was going to be mounting expansion vessels upside down on a flexi... ...and I was right

I like your videos, im a Plumber from Germany an there are so many Differences its funny to see

These videos are always good, as no human on this earth has more then 1% of human knowledge, so no matter how much you think you know, you lack at least 99% of all human knowledge, and what humans know. For all the arrogant people out there, there is always something you do not know. Most people will have 0.0001% of all human knowledge in there head. ^^ Think about it. Even if you think people are an arse on youtube, if they understand what they specialise in, there is always something you can learn from them, if they know what they are talking about. People who have done same trade for years, will understand and know stuff, you can only learn from experience of doing that job. Thats why such videos are good for anyone, who is not a tradesman. Yep, many things may seem obvious, but everyones understanding is different, and water finds its own level, and we all understand things at our own level. We all understand some things others do not understand, and most things we do not understand, but others will understand. Thats why no human have more then 1% of all human knowledge, and you would be surprised in where you can find knowledge, that is true, you never heard off, or thought off yourself.

Started watching, gave me a headache, gave it a like and proceeded to order a pizza 😂

Do you have or do you think you can do a video on a back boiler system please? Great videos by the way!

Hi James, I love your videos on every aspect of plumbing and heating works and would like to talk to you about some plumbing issues and seek your DIY advice. Regards ss

Try getting a plumber, I rang a few plumbers back in September to service an oil boiler, still waiting. It wasn’t circulating water so thanks to RU-vid I figured out that the circulation pump was stuck and sorted it myself.

Can’t wait for the follow on video

Interesting about hot water expanding. Water attains it's maximum density at 4 degrees Celsius and when it gets to zero, the state change there to ice, causes massive expansion, hence broken and split pipes if water freezes in them. At the other end of the scale, at 100 deg. Celsius, water boils and the state change there into steam also causes massive expansion. STP assumed. So water is a very interesting substance and we take it for granted a lot. Let's hope climate change can be controlled so that we can keep some of it on Earth.

Great video- thanks! Few questions please as I have similar pressurised system in my house: 1. Is secondary heating loop supposed to have each outlet joined to it or just connected at the furthest outlet return? 2. I never use secondary pump as plumber said would have to run permanently. Can this not be wired on timer or better still, a pipe thermostat when the secondary return temperature gets too low? 3. Interested to see your video on airlocks as I get a fast to slow dripping sound in one bedroom about where the pipes drop down to ground floor. Remember the plumber saying at the time he should have fitted auto air vent but didn't. Or could it be rubbing against joist where pipe passes through or not clipped properly? 4. Lastly, when 2 outlets are opened I get a drop in water pressure (e.g. at shower or tap) which I thought pressurised systems were meant to avoid. Reduced incoming cold pressure to 3 bar (have a new 28mm mdpe mains with 5+ bar of pressure I think). I think hot and cold all goes round in 22mm, branched off to outlets in 15mm. Any idea why this would happen?? Lot of questions but would appreciate any advice or thoughts!!

Would be fun changing the aav on the primary to the hot water

Installed 2 new verticals rads in a kitchen recently. Teenage lads room, his bed was in way of rad bleed. Pulled bed back a bit... tissue city 🤧

Great video, I would love if you could show a diagram of what is going on inside the cylinder tank with the hot water and radiator pipes/ heat exchangers and how it regulates the pressure and temperature in the tank, I never have got my head around that bit.

Looks like hot air is the way to go. Burner, blower. That's it.

Ww love you James 😍

I think it might have been an idea to mention this is not a typical 3 bed semi,that brilliant explanation might scare some people into thinking whe don,t have all that do we .

Lovely jubbly, James do you still solder or do you use those new clamp fittings

Thought you were going to say "sticking ugly service stickers over the prestine facias of boilers, etc"

Hello James, need your thoughts and advice. We currently want to change our washing machine area by moving it from one side if kitchen to other side but have no plumbing on that side. What would be the best way to plumb from one side to the other but unable to do it against the wall, the best way will be to chase through concrete floor then screeding floor as laying new tiles?

Can you provide details of the pipe stats, I think my boiler circuit is overheating and cutting out the boiler

It bothers me that bypass still has the handle on it, too many husbands think they can read the pipework and figure opening that bypass will fix whatever issue they are having…but youre very fortunate to have a working light in this space, usually its a little damp, very dusty and alot of things are not in a position where you can read the info off the plates

So don't plumbers check that filling loops are disconnected?

I’m not a plumber. I have learned from this video though that to have hot water and heat. You need a massive room full of things.

Fashinating as always dear boy..

Preheated water you say?! I once stayed at a wedding venue that had signs to instruct guests to leave the hot tap on for 20 minutes to get hot water in the bath. That's not even an exaggeration sadly.

You forget the part where they use your towels if they're laying around.

I thought it was " leave to get parts " then disappear for 4hrs .

I recommend a gimbal.

Most homes in my neighborhood are smaller than the room that all those ridiculous pipes occupy.

I openly fart in every customers house when doing bathroom refits. I blame it on open drains. Never been caught!

♠️ get a straw McDonald’s prototype suck it up in a drink use ur nail to block the top part compass rotation ! Knowing about pressure point?.

Lets be honest what really goes through a heating guys head is "What kind of #$%&# put a mixing valve and auto air vent behind a water heater and a circ pump 10 ft in the air behind the wh.

Flow regulating valve? Auto by-pass I think.

I thought the answer was gonna be urinating in the sump

Plumbers and heating engineers are two different things. And surely the pump should be on the return to prevent overheating pump .

Who left the cable gland nuts off the timer/controller box!

How many people have a plant room in their house 😭

Its sad a plumber can't pee in the cold water tank of a bad customer anymore 😔

I went plumbing mental on my 2 bed house and it looks like that. Got no lounge as all of it is in there. Sexy.

Where the vid on how you sorted those rads out?

This is why I'm not a plumber..lol. A bit wiser now though.

No they don’t sorry mate x😊

Disappointing video. When I read the title, I was hoping to find out if my plumber pissed in the tank in the attic!

Why do yo all immediately ask to use the toilet as soon as you come in, go before you set off, its incredibly unprofessional looking

First

when i saw the title i thought it was gonna be piss in the sink

Every plumber will give your expansion tank a tap tap....cmon! Your slippin!

takes a crap