How to Fix Floorboards and Avoid Pipe Damage

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Episode 38 ~ Fixing Floorboards and Avoiding Pipes
In this episode, Roger shows you how to avoid the very common problem of damaging copper pipes when fixing your floorboards. This usually happens just before you're about to have carpet laid and you want to make sure there are no squeaks or creeks, so you start putting those nails in, and then the water starts flowing!
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7 сен 2024

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Комментарии : 29

@aloenottingham6163 4 года назад

I like how you've given up emergency work but now show people how to avoid emergencies themselves - for free! 💯💯

@MrDaiseymay 3 года назад

It would be quicker to do brain transfer's.

@davidpyle5071 9 лет назад

Great tips, totally relate to the situation this usually happens to all of us at some time or another in our career

@guyonacub4335 9 месяцев назад

Is it necessary to glue & screw floor boards in a bathroom If its just a screw, what size would be advisable Top video

@zoesmith1536 6 лет назад

I like your personality and style. Thanks for the advise.

@SkillBuilder 6 лет назад

Thank you Zoe. Nice to have a good comment once in a while

@j_dv2008 2 года назад

Is there a DIY affordable detector that'll do this? Ie work through floorboards.

@tomybino1426 4 года назад

I am looking to insulate floor in the hallway. It is a suspended floor .I will need to lift the floorboards. Then, I want to replace the boards with plywood. It looks that the joist are 400cm center. Old boards were 21mm. I also want to use 21cm ply. Can I please ask you 3 questions. First, what kind of plywood should I use. Second, what kind of glue for squeak prevention (I want to be able to lift things in the future to access services). Finally, what type and size of nails . Your help is very very apprenticed.

@descheers2217 5 лет назад

It's all about the gushers 😂😂

@my520graj 9 лет назад

Are they any regulation about a distance from the wall, and dept under the floor?

@SkillBuilder 9 лет назад

There are Building Regulations dealing with this. You can get details off the web but generallynever notch more than 1/6th of the depth and never more than 35 mm deep. Avoid the first 200 mm of the joist and space the notches out. If you come across a joist that has been notched too deep use some long lengths of OSB glued and screwed to the edge to strengthen it

@leesagar8651 4 года назад

Did this a couple of weeks ago when a floorboard was stopping me closing a door properly and screwed into a gas pipe 😬

@Diamond82kru 6 лет назад

Think I’ll stay well clear of this Not worth it Thanks for your help

@counteldamar5135 Год назад

Nothing beats a gusher! Eh Roger?

@PsychedelicKen 4 года назад

Wish I watched this earlier. Today I put a screw through the middle of a board and got a gusher!

@commentscorner617 5 лет назад

what do you do now if your not an emergency plumber... do you still plumb?

@SkillBuilder 5 лет назад

Most plumbers don't want to know about emergencies and those that do seem to do nothing but. It is like two different tribes

@ilikethingsfromjapan 6 лет назад

I wish I watched this video 24 hours ago

@SkillBuilder 6 лет назад

Sorry to hear that. I have seen it happen so many times. You will laugh about it one day. I cut through a pipe last week and I was the one who put it in.

@zedman442 8 лет назад

Which cowboy put that compression fitting under the floor ;-)

@SkillBuilder 8 лет назад

+Zed Man Hi Zed Hi Zed. It is onto plastic surely that has to be better than a push fit. Discuss.

@zedman442 8 лет назад

Hmm maybe. Push fit is classed as non Maintenece whereas compression is not. I guess especially under floor a compression fitting could loosen with foot traffic overhead. In my experience though very rarely have I found a problem with this. Personally I try to use soldered joints.

@SkillBuilder 8 лет назад

+Zed Man I am with you, solder first choice but then compression even on plastic. I don't believe 'o' rings are as good as olives. When I remove 10 year old push-fits they are often stuck on the pipe due to the 'o' ring drying out. Good source of work for future plumbers.

@flumoxeduk2379 2 года назад

Why not use a marker pen or wax crayon to give an idea?

@MrDaiseymay 3 года назад

I HAVE LIVED HERE FOR 40 YEARS, DONE JUST ABOUT EVERY D.I.Y JOB IMPROVEMENT. NEVER--DAMAGED A PIPE OR CABLE, EVER !! I USED WHAT USED TO BE CALLED COMMON SENSE.

@antoniogalluccio4213 2 года назад

Everybody shows how to lift floorboards to fix a leak but nobody shows how to remove flooring from floorboard. Either laminate tongue and groove but above all wood flloring glued down on wood floorboards. That would be just amazing so as a plumber I won't need to bring a carpenter with me all the time. Thanks advance

@SkillBuilder 2 года назад

Often better to come in from the ceiling and do a plaster patch.

@antoniogalluccio4213 2 года назад

@@SkillBuilder yes I agree but when downstairs it is not your property and your neighbours don't want anyone inside their flat you haven't got much choice, do you?