Mate it doesn’t matter how great your content is, there’s always going to be a minority that just don’t like to see you doing well. It’s just jealousy. Don’t let it get you down, you’re doing a great job! 👊🏼🔥
HI, I'm a plumber in NSW Australia. I really enjoy your videos and the use of boilers and radiators is something we don't do here. We haven't been allowed to soft solder gas since the late 1980's. Silver brazing is the standard, however press fit is now popular.
I'm a new subscriber from Maine in the US. I watch Mikey pipes and a few other heating and plumbing from the US. They get a lot of comments from viewers in the UK and other parts of Europe saying how unnecessarily over engineered our systems are here. I want to see how you guys do it. I'm a semi-retired carpenter, 47 years pounding nails, so I have been involved with heating systems. So far, I like your videos and once I figure out your lingo and who people are, I'll really enjoy your channel.
Don't know if anyone had mentioned it. Soldering on a vertical straight coupling. Bend your solder and feed from behind. Fair play to the young lad we all have had leaks. Good luck Craig 👍
Top marks to Craig for his bravery and letting us see his work and the leaks and I hope he has a good future in the trade. Sam seems to be doing well to, getting 100% nice work. Are you struggling to get certain parts? I’m doing a full bathroom upgrade and the customer suddenly decided to up the game on his showers and wants me to add another tank and a bigger pump to boost the new shower and the en-suite shower but I’m having to wait a week for the tank and I’m still waiting for many of the parts that were already ordered. This job is gonna drag for another couple of weeks I’m sure of it. The best one is his fancy wall cupboard with lights and usb which I can’t have till middle of next month. It’s doing my swede in.
If you have to wipe the cold snot off. cool the joint and full wellie on the gas, you can do it with water in the pipe if you want with map. Slowley heating it just heats the joint up too. If its hot snot use your moleskin or a dry leather.
I don’t know why anyone would dislike your videos Pete.I love watching your videos on Sunday evenings and I have also learnt a lot from them including tips so keep posting those videos. You are excellent at your job and I obviously you take pride in all your work. Waseem
No good reason to dislike Pete's videos. You just can't please some people. You could offer them caviar and champagne (or chips and beer) and they would still turn up their nose.
Curious about if you ever use CSST for your gas piping? Here in the US that's about all we use now. Previously was all black steel pipe and occasionally soft copper tubing but the 15% silver brazing rods. Never seen soft Solder on gas pipe. Really enjoying your channel, fabulous job on the plumbing & design work 🙌 you could definitely teach us a few things over here in Virginia state 👍
Nice one PB.....those lads where lucky to have you there to help and advise , that joint the lad missed may have been overheated sometimes your better off using propane rather than map gas until you get the feel for it.....👍 Cheers mate.....👍
PBPLUMBER does these videos to benefit anyone who does the plumbing trade. Just like life everything is a learning journey. I am going to watch the full 💯 after the match. Again thank you for knowledge and wisdom.
Well done I'm liking the videos and good showing the soldering that needed re-doing. At the end of the day no one is perfect as long as you re-test and correct and re-test again, that's what it's all about. I'm new and just finishing my portfolio. My collage was alot of class room work not alot of practical so I have been going with a engineer and really learnt alot and made sense of alot of the theory work I did. Good channel. Also the guy I work with set up alot of WhatsApp groups where everyone helps eachother.👍
Great work on the install, shame about the joint, but you live and learn. What's the verdict on the flexible torch? Looking at buying one and already have a super fire 2
@@PBPlumber can you check the comment I just made about a BOILER Broughton HPW40 36kW Portable Electric Boiler (400V) Do you know anyone who might be interested
I really enjoy watching how plumbing is done in different countries. Gas being done in copper is a huge no-no in the US but would make our lives quite a bit easier. Also, does your hot water system flow by gravity from a top tank?
Nothing but good luck for Craig. He was obviously nervous soldering on camera, just forgot to flux the fitting. Easy mistake to make when a bit stressed out on first install and in tiny little compartment. Also fair play PB for helping him out 👍 will just get better by having a mentor like you!
I feel so unhappy the fact I’ve been so busy working and haven’t made time to watch your videos… here I am trying to catch up and have work at 7:30am tomorrow 👀
Craig wouldn't worry about that joint. Sometimes the fitting itself can be a bit troublesome. I notice some plumbers/gas engineer's only clean either pipe or the fitting and flux one accordingly. When I went through my training it was both, seems to work for me. Plus you will develop a "gut feeling" for joints your not happy with more so on water tie-ins. Tends to be over sensitive thought. A few times I've striped and re-made a joint to find nothing wrong D'oh!
Them stop tap meters are common up here in Manchester you can put a hose pipe hozelock straight on them and drain down normally in the garage never seen them under a sink before
FairPlay to Craig, keep at it brother. Personally, I’d use ‘normal’ bottle gas, Map gas is far to hot for standard gauge copper. Back in the day, only refrigeration boys used it, then it crept into mainstream, odd one. Gets too hot, too fast on small gauge, as has been said before, solder will just sit on top and boil, not run. Confined space, asking for it 😐 Just my thoughts, sure I’ll get torn a new ass for them lol.
PB, why are you using zone valves as well as pumps for two heating circuits? I would have just used check valves and pumps. Less to go wrong then. I'm gearing up for a 1500 square metre house with 5 hydraulic circuits plus hot water... Not a zone valve in sight.
@@Ro55stw with underfloor heating, zone valves are a terrible idea anyway, but what I'm referring to is that you don't need a zone valve if you're using individual pumps for a hydraulic circuit. You can use a check valve with a pump so you only get heat going through the circuit with the active pump. You need relays in the wiring Centre to replace the end switches in your missing zone valves, but these are much more reliable (rated for millions of operations), so you end up with a much simpler, therefore reliable system.
@@YagiChanDan that doesn’t sound right but I have been plumbing for 25 year and never done a single underfloor system so. I am sure other people will comment
@@Ro55stw which bit doesn't sound right? Zone valves on UFH? The reason they're a bad idea (talking about Syncron motor types) is that ufh can run all day, sometimes longer. They're not rated for continuous use. They will and often do seize open giving a constant run signal to the boiler. This is especially so with compensated heating systems. Now compensated heating is more prevelant and heat pumps increasing in number this will become even more common. I keep a stock of 1" & 3/4" valves that take thermoelectric actuators where a zone valve is needed. Not good for hot water though. Pumps are perfectly happy going constantly so the system becomes intrinsically more reliable. If you look on my company website (jheating Co UK) you can see an Atag installation in the gallery I did a few years ago that is based on this principle. I'll update it with the one I referred to above when we get started next month. Two x 49kW Viessmanns on a cascade. On my RU-vid channel I have a video of one we finished recently with a brace of Intergas.
Fair play. You make really good videos mate.Intresting and knowledgeable. I certainly learn alot from them. Cheers PB. Keep up the great work. Also it's a Lorne Roll and a scotch pie Roll is a mince pie. 😳
Should have used your ‘continuity bonding clamps’ to jump start 🤣 No doubt that only happened to Craig because of the pressure from being watched and also worrying about it looking good. Very tidy install 👍
Worked on endless powermax’s big issue was always exhaust flue not being lagged could cause condensation and rotting/corroding at the bottom of heat engine. That and the 8 turbines corroding dropping down causing 😙 whistling 😂
Great vid, love that Craig was happy for you to post, if you haven't made a mistake then you haven't made anything! Ps. He needs to learn to fill the kettle before isolating the mains ;)
@@johnhanson6155 No need to supplementary bond as long as the main incoming gas and water has been equipotentialy bonded. The pipework will be cross bonded through the boiler casing. Just be sure to make sure the boiler is incoming wiring is RCD protected at the mains or FCU.
Leaks are part of this job. But if leaks are a common occurrence then proper preparation and application are a likely cause. Looked like no flux to me, Keep at it this was a nice install.
Spent many Thursday nights staying in crap Travelodges for work so I feel Sam's pain on that! Worst one was getting a "free upgrade" due to being so regular. The upgrade included two 2 finger Kitkats, a non-broken chair and a shower curtain that didn't contain pubes on it.
It’s always the joint in the worst location / place that leaks :) we’re all only human, try bending the solder past 90 for these makes certain it pulls into the elbow
We have the meter in a box like you showed I the video in liverpool. It's a nuisance when a new kitchen is fitted and they cover the valve so you can't shut the water off 😐
I don’t want to be negative Pete, but how the hell are you going to change the left hand expansion vessel when it eventually fails and fills with water?
@@philltesa8155 yep, especially on a length of 22 like that, easy to cook the flux out of the fitting without getting the pipe hot enough if your flame is too small and too fierce. Not to mention that layco flux is a bit pants in my opinion, I'm a fry's powerflow kinda guy, when I solder, which isn't often.
I was wondering why you was speaking like you was stoned off your head. 60 seconds before end of the video I realised I had it on 0.75 slow motion! My 3 year old son faulty ha!
Should have used a Yorkshire fittings elbow it was a tight spot to get into and not being disrespectful hes a big lad I used to be 20st and used to have trouble in tight spots
No the joint was fluxed mate and I had soldered the joint but I went to far forward and not into the joint that’s how it happened but you live and learn 👍🏼
Hey, it looks like you’re doing your gas with option skills? Be careful, they took 5k off me and around 15 lads and gave them nothing. No contact back and don’t acknowledge we did a course. Not to worry you, but make sure once you’ve completed onsite training, they don’t mug you off. Good luck!
What a team ! I've had the pleasure of meetings these guys. No egos, just fellas wanting to do great work and help people. Well done craigo for keeping focused while with the elite. On to the next ! Dave 🙌
In UK are you guys using the flue calculation to make propa flue out of roof with 80/130 twin flue system? Mean 80 for combastion and 130 outer for air and propa roof terminal? Or everything just out of wall which we call parapet..
Calculation mean in Hungary we have around 10 to 50m long chimneys, and we have to calculate if we use 80mm flue liner for combustion and 80mm air intake from outside somewhere so split adapter top.on boiler, the boiler can work . Some boiler restricted on fan what combustion can blow.. 👍👍
@@CsöszakiHoszivattyu Manufacturers limit our fluing options greatly, probably because the training here is crap and they have to keep it simple 😂😂. >95% of domestic installations here would not need anything like that.
Aa ok got it mate thanks... yes is good I looking this channel PB a long time, yes seem the heating install in UK bit of 80s.. but PB take it to future... we only use press MLCP system mostly, Manifold for every heating for easier maintenance and no join in floor either, also no joints in wall, or solder 100 times quicker better installs. but good staff thanks for info..
Wow Powermax, lost count of the amount of those that I've attended due to C0 poisoning. Bloody lethal boilers that never should of been allowed in flats.
