This is exactly why we ALWAYS PAY A PLUMBER. It can take time to find a good one though. We have an excellent one now. He has a young apprentice too. We always treat our trades well and pay the bill promptly. Our old house always needs attention, usually water is at the root of our maintenance issues. We also have an excellent general maintenance and painter guy. He always has a waiting list but he is worth waiting for.
I always silicone my overflow connections, as they can come loose over time, no matter how tight they are initially. Good video, lad! I know McAlpine says it’s not necessary, but I do it for the reason mentioned above.
When he dropped his tool in the can with the blue water... I really felt that LOL. I would not have been able to keep my calm like he did when that happened haha.
I always wondered if plumbers hated those blue things. Well, on the plus side, you’re all dressed up and ready for an appearance on an Olympic catwalk, now!
Fair play for recommending the client either fit the bath panel or find a handyman to fit it rather than charge the client more money than they need pay out! Many would just fit and charge an unnecessary rate for the job 👍
Thanks mate, same when someone calls me up to re seal a bath, I know a local handy man does a great job and less than me so happy to pass the work on 👍
I always use a wet and dry vac to get the excess water out of the cistern it makes for a lot cleaner jobs, good for getting the last bit of water out of the pan if you have to take that out as well, i hate those 1/2 inch connectors they a terrible to connect onto valve with a plastic thread , i always use brass thread if possible, the fibre washers always seem to fit loosey , i've found some with a rubber rather than a fibre washer and never have any problems
We need chest cams on care staff who work with children and adults with special needs! As a mum to my awesome autistic son I’m very lucky with the guys who support him but you read so many horror stories about care staff who abused people and get away with it! Trust is a rare thing today as well as a lack of common sense! This is a great video! Very informative!
I hate the blue loo toilet block. I had a lady customer that used so many that it was 4 inches deep in places. when I removed the fill valve it avalanched out through the hole
I was going to say wear gloves lol then you beat me to it lol, but a mask mmmm I don’t know if it calls for a mask, but clean clothes and really good arm and hand washing is a must 😊
Nice work, its interesting to watch as a plumber from new Zealand.. the boiler units look complex. we only use hot water cylinders and gas califonts over here.
Rubbing Alcohol (70%) is a good way to remove the blue stains from your hands from the toilet tablet. Another good way is distilled vinegar, but you're going to smell like vinegar for a while.
I see those cistern blocks as a danger, just imagine an inquisitive child who puts their hand in the toilet and then in their mouth, toilet water might not be the cleanest thing in the world but it should be somewhat safe if ingested. And just an FYI if you are cleaning a toilet bleach does hardly anything in a toilet and washes away really quickly, and it certinaly won't remove any limescale. Actual toilet cleaner is a completely different product and actually does something. Also never use toilet cleaner and bleach down a toilet, it will liberate chlorine gas and is potentialy deadly.
Have you seen the Fluidmaster Flush and Sparkle kits? It's an attempt in the cistern that only adds clearer to the flush, I think I haven't had a chance to fit 1 yet. Looks interesting, think it's an American thing.
I've got a tip for you, next time you get those fittings with the two notches, use a 2p coin ;) edit : or a 50p, obviously you charge more than me 🤣 Just think , while on your family break, of all those heating systems that refuse to start up in October🙂
Just thought I would add recently had water inspection in retirement home had to fit air gap bottom fill valve . or double check valve on cold feed to cistern inspector pointed out she was called to property where woman complained of blue water coming out of taps problem was tracked back to wc cistern with blue loo in it what do you think
The problem if the toilet it’s feed from the mains water that’s a classed as fluid category 5 because water is filled from the bottom of that valve and when it shuts it has a back pressure slightly which pushes water back into mains and gets contaminated, hopefully you enjoying brushing your tooth and rinse your mouth with it 😅, because is not a part 2 ball cock filling valve , if it’s feed from gravity system that’s fine .
If have to change a syphon on a toilet and there is blue blocks in there, I tell the customer they rot the plastic diaphragm in the syphon, they believe me , I say I will be back in 12 months redoing it, no blue blocks anymore
Ever thought of diversifying? Oh, I dunno. Maybe, Le Cirque du Soleil? Contortionists are in short supply. If customer accidentally stands on that pop up plug, whilst showering, you know that it'll damage the pop up lever arm mechanism. I'm getting tired or telling people, I told you so!
You're ex-BG, gloves, mask & other ppe should be ingrained into your soul 😆 yeah, chest cam is a winner mate 👍 thanks for the vid....i did really feel for you when your adjustable fell into the blue stuff 😢
Are you a plumber or a heating engineer ? If you’re a plumber then you shouldn’t be touching electrics unless you are suitably trained to the required NVQ standards. I’ve seen plumbers f””k electrics up and cost the home owner thousands.
That's a deep trap. Would have been easier to swap out with a shallow trap. I follow your channel because I like your attitude. Can't stand the "I've been doing this for 27 years and never had a problem with silicone" attitude. I don't think that was a DIY install, just a bad plumber install.
Definitely not a plumber who fitted that bath,no need for all that silicone on the waste fitting and especially siliconing that bath panel,where was the framing.🥴🤔
I absolutely hate when these tradesmen try to do a video with 1 hand, it makes my blood boil because it makes it look 10 times harder than it really is. Shout out to the chest cam. Everyone knows that "we in the trade " use both hands to do an efficient job. There are thousands of youngsters doing RU-vid videos making out like a simple job is taking forever, but if they put the fone down for a minute they would realise that the job took less time. Then they wouldn't charge the poor customer for extra hours fo no reason.
