Awesome stuff Sam! As a RN since 1975 and a DIY guy I’ve always hated plumbing. As a nurse please consider wearing disposable gloves when working with human waste! At least avoid touching your eyes and face. I’m old enough to be your grandfather but admire your determination to learn the trades. Your mentor is fantastic! Patient knowledgeable and a good teacher! Keep ‘em coming!
Such a joy to see instructor and learner working so well together and have some fun along the way. Sam: not sure if you an apprentice or a journeyman so just called you a learner. Looking forward to next one.
What a blessing to work for someone so wise and patient who not only does carefully considered work, but also is willing to explain to you the "why" behind the "what" of the things he has you doing. It makes my heart happy to watch you two work together!
Highly recommend nitrile gloves when working with waste lines. Just get into the habit. One little scrape or cut can turn into a nasty infection. Not necessary if working with supply lines. Take note of the neat arrangement of the final product on this job. That is what professional, caring work looks like. Good standard to follow!
Wow Samantha.. that basement is a real dog’s dinner, terrible, a failure waiting to happen.. good to get it all corrected properly.. I’ve just retired, been a commercial and domestic plumber all my life … it’s a rewarding trade ..
Way to go Sam! Nice work and in a cold environment! You are a rock star! The guy your working with is a nice person to learn from & considerate as well. Best of times to you!
Wow Samantha, I must commend you on the use of the internationally recognised word TURD. As a British viewer it made me laugh. Great video as always and enjoyable content
That is a cool old house dating to the Dutch times. The size of some of those beams looked as big as ones in a barns, also some remnants of knob and tube wiring.
Historic homes like this are disappearing fast in Halifax in favor of concrete & glass boxes. Thanks for bringing us into the basement infrastructure and showing how the plumbing mess was cleaned up. Cast iron water lines are still being dug up here due to rusting out but they did the job for hundreds of years. Always interesting the places that you take us, Sam, and I learn something from each video you make. 👍👍👍🛠🛠🛠❤
Good Job Sam, but just a little correction: At 37:36 Sam when you were cutting those copper pipes, you had the pipe pressed all the way into the base of the cutter and not resting on the two little spindles. That means its normally harder to cut the pipe and you can often run the cutter up the pipe causing a spiral score mark on the pipe before cutting through it. Make sure the pipe is sitting on the 2 spindles before you start to cut as the cut off disc is located opposite and in the centre of these 2. Check out what I was saying on a small off cut of pipe before cutting another one and you'll find it much easier!
Hi Sam - can I add to the above comment. When you use tighten the cutter every 2 or 3 turns, try not to tighten at the same point as you can create a small flat spot in the copper. An old refrigeration engineers tip! It's great to see someone young interested in learning a hands on trade (in your case multiple trades)- see it through as you will never be out of work. Good luck!
Very nice video to watch Sam. Also, it looks like you are getting better and better at your job 👍 The final shot with the drone is really nice. Thanks Sam ! 👌
Sam, you have a great work ethic along with a fun attitude and want to learn everything you can. You absorb the information he is sharing so you can use it on the next job or when you have your own company. It is nice you appreciate working on an historic house by improving the plumbing. Blessings to you.
La comodità delle vostre case oltre alla rapidità nella costruzione, sta proprio qui, gli impianti sono quasi tutti visibili. Sotto la casa. A differenza delle case italiane, che è tutto in muratura, ogni volta che c è necessità, bisogna smantellare mezza casa. Brava Sam, gran bel lavoro. Grande anche papà, che ti spiega sempre tutto.
Before I retired, I used to erect steel frames. One particular job involved building over an existing, working factory. One of the foundation holes had a temporary waste from the ladies toilet running through it, and we had to take it apart to drop our column in. Unfortunately one of the office girls didn't get the memo, about not using the loo. Having had a Richard the third drop on his foot, my mate was straight into the office. A very red face told him who the previous owner was.
What an amazing house. Working on properties like that along side a knowledgeable veteran will give you such a wide exposure to methods and tools from generations past, forgotten by many but kept alive by the best. My sister and I grew up working on places similar to this. it was always a different old house with a different and challenging problem. This video took me back to those days. Your work ethic, knowledge and persistence in wanting to learn in the trades are rare and valuable traits these days and will never let you down. Its a long road full of surprises and challenges but one day you will be the boss, calling the shots and passing your experience and knowledge to the next worthy apprentice. I cant help but share with you how strikingly similar your experience is with my sisters own. She has now been in Plumbing and HVAC for over 20 years and has loved every bit of it.
Awesome job Samantha., You are learning a lot from your Boss he's the type of person I would like to hang a round when I was younger. Never used pex but that would be fun!
Samantha do you know in some countries a plumber makes more money than an attorney! You to work very well together and completed a very professional system.
You are lucky that those straps were secured with T25 screws. My last project everything was secured with straight slotted screws which as you know are very power tool unfriendly. :-)
If you're contempating plumbing as a full time gig, grab some munchies some quiet evening and watch some Drain Addict videos. Those Aussies realy know how to do it.
samantha you are a sweet heart, you are fun to watch to. keep up the great work. the best way to learn is by doing, and doing it with a pro. plumbing, electrical, wood working, you will never starve .
8:43...Great "sandwich" advice !!!😃.14:54..." That's one nasty seal ;"...That's what the walrus said to the sea - lion !! 😄..4" to 3" for ease of sicheeation !! Well done !😁🤑...
Hey Sam, you’ve got a great teacher there. Watching you work with that lead and cast-iron really brought back a lot of memories. I remember when it was common to bring a propane tank and melting pot filled with lead in order to complete drain lines. I think they also use Oakum on a boat if I’m not mistaken. Great video Sam keep up the great work. By the way, we used to have to use purple primer so that the inspector could always tell if we did or didn’t use it.
You are a great team player with a strong work ethic. When you build your own house make sure you add an office. You can be a successful business owner. Add some business classes to your expanding skills and make your own way Sam.
Did you knock your 5 gallon bucket over and spill your Dookie water? I think you did. You make plumbing look fun cutting that waterline. Cooled you down, Hang in there you’re doing a great job. Thank you enjoyed it.
check out diablo or milwaukee blades. i do concrete and thats all we use. theyre thicker blades than dewalt and stay sharper longer. youre getting into a great trade, sam. just remember, the more you learn, the more you earn. always be willing to learn a new way to do something from other sources. ive been in concrete for almost 30 yrs and in my early years i learned from alot of different guys. i took a little from each and used what worked best for me. i still pick up little tricks from other guys i work with. always be willing to learn. this is my first vid of yours ive seen but it seems you have a good mentor. never be afraid to ask questions.
@@michaeld_68 most tools have gotten spendy. ive been hitting my local pawnshops and find al sorts of goodies there for alot less than retail. usually you can haggle the price down even further. you can find about anything there if its a good pawnshop.
@@samanthaweber6932 check your local pawnshops for brand name tools for less than retail. if its a good pawnshop, you can find just about anything there. i hit mine up all the time. i havent bought tools for retail for a very long time. you can usually haggle the price down a bit further. happy hunting.
I can hear my father in law yelling at me, you cut the riser without installing a riser strap ! I see knob and tube wiring all kinds eyeball removing stuff . This is a very old home. One of my favorite is galvanized pipe now that's where the stuff gets nasty . Also this guy knows his stuff . When you are learning do a dry fit use a marker on all the fittings for angles and turns . Then you can glue it up. I avoid band iron just because it's junk.
Hard to believe a plumber would install any drain sloping uphill, but I found those in two of my previous homes. In this case, maybe it was done by a DIY er.
that metal peice of pipe going up at 19:30 i think i heard vent pipe or some such later on. you might have messed up. reducing the toliet at 10:30. that 4" pipe that had the rubber fittings and like was treated like a "wet vent" = issue you may experence. toliet not flushing good and needing to use plunger on toliet, you may experence sewage gas smell coming back into home, the water in P trap (toliets P trap built into toilets), sinks need a P trap. but the P trap gets siphon of water and allows sewage gas back into home due to vent issues.
