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@TheHandyman1 Год назад

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@alexwood1706 Год назад

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@ignoramustroglodyte3903 Год назад

I run copper because once it does start breaking down, it detoxifies water. Plastic offgasses and bleeds off estrogen into the water which is one of the reasons why I refuse to use plastic piping. Is there not a way to get thicker copper pipes? It's a shame silver piping couldn't be affordable to use plumbing a home...

@jeremyt.8981 Год назад

Hey handy man I have a question do you prefer crimp pex or the expansion pex? The reason I ask is because with the crimp all though it is a little cheaper considering you don't have to purchase the expansion tool but why i ask is because I never could really tell a difference when it's just a couple repairs but I do notice a slight difference when replacing or running new and using around 20 or more fittings. I also notice having very few or almost no repairs through winter installs with the expansions or the lock in place versus the crimp

@MrJbipes Год назад

I was a long-time copper guy, not a pro by any means, but very familiar with it. 3 years ago, I bought a now 100-year-old home, very solid, but with galvanized plumbing, with some gnarly copper grafted on in places. Yes, copper to galvanized horrors. I went to my local HD, worked with a retired Master, and he walked me through the plusses and minuses. 'Buy this, don't buy that, it's junk.' I had made a map of what I needed. He spent nearly an hour with me and I bought all the PEX tubing, crimper, brass fittings, valves, etc. I had access to the piping from the basement. I ripped it all out easily. It took me 2 days, but it came out great, no leaks! Way easier than I thought. Easy to run the lines, do the crimping, make the connections to the water heater, and I added a water softener, (shark-bites on those braided hoses) plus replaced the 2 outside hose bibs with modern frost-free sillcock valves. Best decision I ever made.

@RubenHernandez-yx1bk Год назад

Uponor pex

@lorenrickey5481 Год назад

If you’re going to use shark bites, take a look at their pipe repair fitting that slides over the pipe and then slides back over the cut out leak to complete the repair. Called a slip fitting.

@mikeschmidt4800 Год назад

We use pex just to keep the tweekers away from the material.

@hempcacaogoji831 Год назад

8:02 That sticker on the copper pipe shows that it's M copper, which is the wrong type for water lines. L copper is the correct type, because it has a thicker wall.

@TheHandyman1 Год назад

That's what you get when you get a Master Plumber to work on your projects.

@rwm5518 Год назад

@@TheHandyman1 ... As long as you're willing to pay, that is...

@litemup8187 Год назад

@Robert Swaine non potable water... It was code in Cali decades ago til type "L" came out now that's the standard.. I worked at a Plumbing supply house before opening my company and I will hardly use pex only when no access can be done with copper or customer request but NOTHING beats copper to me.. I'll use propress copper fittings b4 pex especially area where rats are an issue. they'll bite right thru that cpvc with ease.

@JTTTTx Год назад

Type m is used for hydronic heating systems

@shaunbava1801 Год назад

For the last 20-25 years almost everyone has been running Type M, it's about cost and the fact that the plumber will be retired before it fails. You can use type m copper but it doesn't last as long, 25-30 is all you can expect to get out of type m copper before you start getting pinholes and failed joints. Some jurisdictions don't permit type M for waterlines but most do.

@wadefish3774 Год назад

Just started the video and I’m excited because I was just talking about this today.

@AceEverett Год назад

I just liked how sturdy copper is, I don't feel like I'm going to break it. But then I saw online the beauty sleeves that you can put on pex that also keep you from bending it too much when changing water valves/lines. My old man is stubborn though, when he got in the business there was copper and no sharkbites, so to him it's still copper and no sharkbites.

@briantomlinson1955 Год назад

what turned me onto the pex was all the campers and trailers use pex. if it workes in campers that are being beat around on the roads it should work fine just sitting in your home.

@StarrTile Год назад

Copper 💯💯💯..... Rats eat through pex to get at water, can't do that with copper. Pin holes with copper wayyyyy less likely.

@r2c3po2 Месяц назад

Redoing the entire water system in a manufactured home I recently bought with PEX-A, converting from copper, galvanized steel, and some bits and pieces of various other parts. I chose PEX-A because you can't fail to secure fittings, cost, and it's ability to expand and revert to its original shape. With a manufactured home, freezing lines is a larger concern, so I am happy to mitigate the odds of burst lines.

@selfreliant179 Год назад

My uncle taught me how to sweat copper in my 1920 house when we replaced all the galvanized, 20 years ago. I asked him at the time about PEX and CPVC and he said he was old school and knew only copper--so that's what we used. Saved me thousands from hiring a plumber. But nostalgia aside copper is expensive and a huge PIA to sweat especially in tight places, and you need to plan all your bends and tees well in advance. And in my case my acidic water is rotting it for the inside out. . . .Now I'm replacing all the bits as needed with PEX. I love it and I am like a monkey when it comes to my plumbing skills.

@dane9175 Год назад

You can freeze pex and it won't break a majority of the time😎

@dfghdfzsd Год назад

i’m a pex man but soldering copper can be fun if everything is dry. the only thing you might have done wrong is create some discontinuity if the copper is being used as a ground for the electrical. Only occurs to me because i may be in breach with a pex manifold myself.😂 good info on the deburring- cheap insurance.

@zerepdivad Год назад

I use expansion pex because that is what my house was already repiped with at some point. I added a bathroom in my basement and bought all of the tools/fittings and plumbing the water lines was super easy with pex and has been fine so far. I'll probably continue to use it in the future.

@OthmanAlikhan Год назад

Thanks for the video =)

@michaelplays2449 Год назад

Great video Handyman !!!!!!😊😊😊😊😊😇😇😇😇😇

@vivianhooverparker7821 Год назад

Sharkbite push fittings are great for repair in tight places. Crimp is great if your going to be doing a large job. Crimp fittings are inexpensive, the crimping tool is pricey but again if you're doing a large job, it pays for itself.

@kevindrevik7351 Год назад

I currently fall on the copper side, primarily because that is what I have at home and what I've worked with in the past. I can see the benefits of PEX though.

@Lincoln_Hawk Год назад

Excellent

@fmradio42 Год назад

PEX Crimp Connections cost less. Never knew about the sharkbite deburring pipe and depth gauge tool or remover tool.

@angelicarobles4254 7 месяцев назад

Per A with the Milwaukee expansion tool for me.

@HomeRapidRepair Год назад

100% agree. PEX is a gift to all installers & DIY’ers

@tirdkat6104 10 месяцев назад

Lol. Imagine paying someone to fix your plumbing and they pull out the sharkbites

@briankelly6593 Год назад

Crescent wrench can be used to slide off the sharkbite too

@user-sj9ru3et2z 26 дней назад

I saved a $ 1400 estimate from a plumber using press to fit sharkbites just to tee off existing pex pipes to supply an outdoor hose spigot - no way. After 3 years no problems. Pex pipe is fantastic.

@bmurphy847 Год назад

I live in the greater Chicago area. All of the building codes are designed to require the maximum labor to install. So we have sweated copper supply lines and solid steel electrical conduit and switch boxes. I switched to PEX a couple of years ago for projects initially due to speed, but I believe that it is superior to copper. I still use some copper plumbing though, I use the copper crimp rings on the PEX brass fittings.

@poopywelder Год назад

I think copper and cast are used in city’s because the rats would chew that pex in a minute 😂😂

@0xVeniVidiVici Год назад

Would a water softener or water conditioning system help prevent the copper line leaks from happening?

@hempcacaogoji831 Год назад

copper pros: time proven, durable, antibacterial, universal. copper cons: expensive, loud when water flows through, gets attacked by certain types of bad water. pex pros: quiet, cheap, resistant to most water conditions, easy to install. pex cons: not as durable, not time proven, can get brittle when old, gets degraded by certain chemicals

@petedonna4894 Год назад

PEX has been used Europe since the 1970s and in the United States since the 1980s, initially for radiant heating. Its market share increased as builders and consumers began to use it for residential water distribution in the 1990s.

@rwm5518 Год назад

Don't forget sunlight, pex don't do well in the sunshine

@billysyms5761 Год назад

Don't forget rodents. They chew right through Pex.

@hempcacaogoji831 Год назад

@RWM55 Yea, sunlight, I forgot to mention that.

@hempcacaogoji831 Год назад

@Billy Syms I've heard of that, but only from the internet. Or from somebody who knows somebody it's happened to, but I've never actually heard it from somebody directly.

@petedonna4894 Год назад

Love Sharkbite and pex, they make everything so much easier. Like everything else, You just have to use them correctly. Its nice that the latest building code have approved Sharkbite for use in walls and underground.

@MyDIYAdventures Год назад

IT’S GO TIME!!!!!

@chetmarcotti4953 Год назад

I have to qualify myself in a few ways. I do this only for the testimony I will right here. Pex is not only a great product, but it will also eliminate the possible exposure of lead in our drinking water. Where does the lead come from? Our plumbing in many of our homes have copper pipes and the joints are assembled with tin lead solder. Copper cannot be relied on to be exposed to city water and not corrode. As there are pH swings in our annual water supplies. Pex, however eliminates the corrosion from city water, so there is no possibilities of corrosion because there is no metal to corrode. I am not a supplier or getting paid in anyway for this testimonial. The old engineer, Chet

@Fishneck10 Год назад

Pex leaches chemicals just like plastic bottles

@t-bleezee Год назад

@7:41 Nice Rolex Handyman 😉

@Samsonmetaphysical Год назад

Pex, it's so easy to cut and to work with however I wouldn't use sharkbite connectors not just yet.

@nickdoessht Год назад

I’m rehabbing my forever home… I’m running copper in all the walls and 1” and 3/4” PEX in the crawl space. So, if we find out in 30 years pex is the next butyl it’s all accessible.

@Dirtyharry70585 3 месяца назад

After 26 yrs I’ve separated the three story’s of my house plumbing. I can shut off each level without effecting the other floors.

@kurtlipari8829 Год назад

Great Job Hack

@JfkNeedsWindWall Год назад

I have no dog in the fight, but I enjoy soldering

@DanielGomez-cf6vk 10 месяцев назад

Pex is my go tool always hated copper soldering and I use sharkbite but if u do it right it will last

@jimwilson3156 Год назад

You made a video about 3 years ago (Wire Nuts Vs Push In Electrical Connections) where you compare push in electrical connections to sharkbites. Near the end of the video you mention that you’ve taken apart 5 year old sharkbites and they’re clearly not as functional as new sharkbites (because the metal tabs were pushed back). This recent video gives a lot of support to PEX and sharkbite, so I’m wondering if your view of the tabs’ weakness has changed. I watched the old video thinking I should stay away from sharkbite and I watch the new one thinking it’s the best/easiest product I could use, so I’m not sure what to go with.

@mcpoogle9058 Год назад

What was the reason for calling in a plumber for that one?

@bobbygrin22 Год назад

Cooper for life

@tinman1955 5 месяцев назад

Acidic water?

@stevem1081 3 месяца назад

Sharkbite would only be used for emergency/temp repair at any property I own, and I own several. My reason, I have done mechanic work for 50 years, and every fitting that has an O-ring fails much sooner than ones without. It may take a few years, but I will get the last laugh at all those leaks from o-rings being used today. A young plumber today, will be kept busy in the future from all those leaks.

@williammorris3303 Год назад

Sharkbites-creating call backs since whenever the hell that trash was invented

@shaunbava1801 Год назад

No plumber uses sharkbites, sharkbites are a temporary or DIY device, but they really don't fail all that readily. If it is going to fail it will likely be years after install. There are tons of sharkbites out there literally tons if they failed all that commonly I doubt they'd sell so many of them.

@Shmurda_Inc_YT Год назад

Much rather drink from a copper cup than a Pex cup but to each their own.

@whodisnewphone 8 месяцев назад

That Green Stuff you see thats eating the pipe is a ACIDIC Flux called C FLUX. That's what happens when they dont wipe the fitting and pipe as its getting installed. The little dots are caused by touching the pipe with C Flux on your hand etc. C flux Pros = No sanding of copper needed, can be soldered on the dirtiest of pipes and the fittings almost never leak (when first applied) C Flux Cons = Its ACIDIC it will burn your skin, and it will Degrade copper pipes if not wiped Clean with a rag after soldering, including wiping the pipe and solder joints.

@terencemerritt Год назад

That’s an awesome WD-40 shirt!

@TheHandyman1 Год назад

Thanks

@Jamie-lw5sy 7 месяцев назад

I absolutely hate sharkbites. That being said, this was proper use of them. If they were in a place that was inaccessible, like in a wall, hell no! This was a perfect location and situation to use them. I would prefer to sweat copper, the labor cost would be much higher as it takes a lttle skill. But for someone who's not a professional plumber you did a great job. I have a lot of respect for a handyman. They can do a little bit of everything. Not always professional results but calling in a plumber for this makes no sense. You did just fine.👍 I'm a plumber by the way.

@stangaloski4208 Год назад

I'm an old guy and have always Done copper. I have used shark bites with no problems yet. I have yet to install any pex. I've connected copper to pex. I've seen many pin holes in copper and many leaks in plastic pipe. My personal preference is copper but cost is so sky high that unfortunately pex may be the only option for some situations. I'm only commercial handy man so cost hasn't gotten me yet. I can see homeowners never paying for that copper. As for shark bites I use them when convenient and view them as future business 10 years down the road when the o ring fails. More that 4 fittings I use copper fittings instead of shark bites.

@joemiller8029 Год назад

I have nothing but good things to say about you and your videos, and thanks for this one and so many others. As I watched it I wondered about the house or garage or kitchen or what is that place you are filming in? Did you recycle some cabinets from a kitchen job and put them in your garage? I can't figure it out!

@TheHandyman1 Год назад

Its my workshop. Its a 20x30 building that is on my property. The cabinets came from a kitchen remodel I did a few years ago.

@joemiller8029 Год назад

@@TheHandyman1 Ah! Makes perfect sense, thank you!

@iSparkFU Год назад

Meh... I wanted to like pex, but... 3/4" pex gets reduced to 1/2", and 1/2" reduced to 1/4" at every joint if you use crimp style connectors. Keep your pex, I'll stay with copper. 👍

@petedonna4894 Год назад

That's PEX B, PEX A uses expansion rings, with no reduction in size at the joints.

@donhgr Год назад

Cheap low grade filters are fine if you change religiously every month and you should have your furnace cleaned once a year.

@synaptoscope Год назад

Could you go back in time and talk to the plumber that worked on one of my customers houses? I need you to tell him that the iron pipe nipple that he's installing in that copper line is going to give another guy a really big headache at the end of an already long day. Thanks, Sincerely, -Blank

@damianjackson3088 Год назад

Pex is awesome to install. No doubt. It does come with warning labels about health concerns however. And just how plastic bottles leach chemicals into water bottles that get really hot, sorta got to wonder what is going on with hot water lines that are pex.

@petedonna4894 Год назад

PEX does not contain BPA, and there is no conclusive evidence that PEX leaches any sort of harmful chemicals into the water.

@rwm5518 Год назад

Pex is an acronym for cross linked polyethylene - if you're worried about getting contaminated then you better stop buying catsup, mayo, mustard, basically anything in plastic - might gitcha!

@noretreat151 Год назад

@@rwm5518 ... problem solver ; don't boil catsup, mayo, or mustard

@lanier1000 9 месяцев назад

I tried FilterBuy two times and both times the filter came all busted up b'/c it was put in a cheap box which got crushed during shipping. .

@ironhorsealpha Год назад

I’ll tell you when else is a gift to the world: Milwaukee PEX crimpers!

@bluearcherx 11 месяцев назад

more like expansion pex tools

@ironhorsealpha 11 месяцев назад

@@bluearcherx I 100% agree! Since the time I made that comment I have transitioned from PEX-B to PEX-A. I am sold on expansion PEX.

@jason-white Год назад

I'm 100% for PEX, the reason why is my hot water line broke under my slab. Rather than deal with the copper I just replummed the entire hour through the attic with PEX,

@beerbeforebreakfast Год назад

Propress copper for most anything Sweat copper for a total new house That's just how I would do it for my own house. Honestly I use whatever I have to do to fix an emergency. That's temporary fixing. But most time it stays that way if I'm honest 🤷‍♂️ especially when you know another leak gonna pop up the following week at the same location.

@jacobsweeney2330 Год назад

I have Dept of War books, from the 1940s. They say to design your home to conserve materials. Plan your bathrooms and kitchen sinks close and stacked above eachother. Saves cost of materials. Also, I’d add, be sure to plan them well for easy repairs down the road. 😅😂… PEX, does save considerable amount of time and cost for sure. But I love to sweat copper pipe. Enjoy the look of it as well. Esp in a open frame cabin.

@BamaBreeze Год назад

Love me a little sharkbite.

@Bigforehead427 17 дней назад

My question is how much did you charge?

@jonesconrad1 Год назад

COPPER COPPER COPPER COPPER. I love fire.

@stevemaertz7793 Год назад

Copper is King !! That is copper for heating Only !! that is M copper .

@rickschiaffo618 9 месяцев назад

I think, after doing this for a while, you've come to enjoy the video editing more than the handyman work. Am I right?

@adelesexton5975 Год назад

The biggest mistake people make when switching from copper to PEX is using the same number size such as 1/2" PEX to replace 1/2" copper. 1/2" PEX = 3/8" copper and 3/4" PEX = 1/2" copper. This is due to the thicker wall thickness in PEX. Small internal diameter equals less water flow.

@bluearcherx 11 месяцев назад

that's why expansion pex exists

@MrMikey1273 Год назад

I basically just do my own home repairs and some diy remodeling. I really like copper but was never comfortable with soldering it. I really took to CPVC about ten years ago on a project it's very easy to work with and handles simple like pvc drain pipes. Now I'm super interested in using pex for the next project and maybe using it moving forward

@jimkane9832 Год назад

I love giving science lessons on how the galvanized straps on the copper pipe diy plumbing fix failed

@myhermitlife Год назад

🤘🤘🤘

@jessefarmer8773 Год назад

Have you ever used the shark bite fittings that you crimp on? If so, what are your thoughts about those compared to the push fit kind?

@TheHandyman1 Год назад

I have used the crimp rings a lot. I have 2 different kind of rings.

@codytrotman Год назад

@@TheHandyman1 I think he's referring to the Propress fittings

@TheHandyman1 Год назад

I haven't use a pro press

@jasonurbanski2224 Год назад

Pro Press copper is great. Basically the same as crimped pex. The cost of the gun makes it anti DIY friendly.

@declanfarber Год назад

I wouldn’t use pex anywhere there was even a possibility of rodent access, it’s plastic and rodents love to chew on it, flood the property. I’m in Texas and we have roof rats, no property is forever immune from them. Eternal vigilance and all that.

@joeweatlu5169 Год назад

Looks like you de-burred the PEX, but did you de-burr the copper before shoving it into the Shark Bite?

@clayretired741 Год назад

I made the same observation. I think if you cut the copper pipe with a tubing cutter like he did, the OD will be slightly rolled inward which would protect the o-ring. If the pipe is cut with any other tool, I would de-burr.

@TheHandyman1 Год назад

The copper cutter puts an outside bevel on the copper pipe

@narlycharley Год назад

PEX is no doubt MUCH easier to install. They each have their place.

@davidmatke248 Год назад

Why didn't you replace the copper with PEX on the older job?

@TheHandyman1 Год назад

No good reason.

@ryanracolta1069 Год назад

Is that a older mongoose bmx bike?

@TheHandyman1 Год назад

Yes Mongoose Decade.

@carlosdejesus2245 Год назад

Hard to say. I have seen copper leak due to age only. Pex inly at junctions. I usually just replace with whats there.

@mmmuck Год назад

I think you want copper for drinking supplies. No micro plastics

@evanjarvi406 Год назад

Did you really call a plumber or just fkn with us?

@cchat3491 Год назад

Pex tubing may be better than copper when it comes to pin hole leaks. But no way will I trust a squashed Oring in a fitting in a closed off area. Great for short term but a decade or two later you'll be ripping into the walls to fix the leaks.

@eugeneburke9518 Год назад

I know we have different types of PEX and we know with changes with heat and cold. Should you not be using inserts using the PEX it prevents shrinkage and a not only a weak spot even the alu PEX the fitting have the inserts built in grim and your general brass fitting?

@tman6663 Год назад

Shark bites and pex piping have made plumbing easy as pie, anyone can do it, and saves you hundreds on calling a plumber. I’ve changed all my houses plumbing to pex and sharks in all 3 bathrooms no leaks in a 40 yr old home, and a it’s lot more dependable than soldered copper pipe in tight spaces for sure!

@wtfhandcrafted.williamt.fi9361 Год назад

Lol give it a little bit of time my friend give it some time

@tman6663 Год назад

@@wtfhandcrafted.williamt.fi9361 I’m definitely not ur friend, even if I give it some time ..speedy

@galtism1519 7 месяцев назад

Copper for sure…. Delete that creeper stache….

@claytonmatt4334 Год назад

Copper doesn't leach chemicals into your water so there's that.

@TheHandyman1 Год назад

Except for the lead.

@claytonmatt4334 Год назад

@@TheHandyman1yeah the lead in the sodder? So what's the least toxic plumbing solution?

@christopherroberts2986 Год назад

@Clayton Matt You shouldn't be used lead based solder on potable water lines.

@schsch2390 Год назад

@@christopherroberts2986 Any house older than 40-45yrs with soldered copper is almost certainly leaded. But then many sink faucets have a small amount of lead in the brass they are made of. Most are also "known to the State of California...." which reminds us not to eat the faucet.

@moej6014 11 месяцев назад

Good think I live in Ohio :D @@schsch2390

@billysyms5761 Год назад

High water pressure isn't too kind to that poor man's red copper either. Pex / sharkbites inside a wall? Not in my house. Of course with the "skill level" of tradesmen slapping stuff together today, not letting that fool in my house with Map gas either.....

@wanderingrenegade771 Год назад

For the water impurities eating copper,pex is best. Until then I will use copper here if no copper is eaten.

@wtfhandcrafted.williamt.fi9361 Год назад

I’ve two words my friend, sacrificial anode. Or even a singular word, dielectric. These are the known methods to mitigating the problems everyone here keeps talking about with the copper. I’m not sure if there any ways to mitigate a rat eating through plastic.

@jacobsweeney2330 Год назад

Landfill Emiting! Damn! I wish there was a standard of qaulity of a product before it could be sold. Products should have a ten year life span. And wish they would Ban 90% of plastic worthless clothes, toys and other junk that fills the oceans l, roadsides and soil!!

@ab-qn7kv Год назад

Pex has class action lawsuits starting for failure.

@doomsdaypreppersofsouthcar9301 Год назад

Pex

@TheDAVE858 Год назад

Mice can't chew through copper.

@CP-nf9my 8 месяцев назад

Now do nanoplastic, etc. toxicity. At least you can filter and chelate Cu.

@Whosurdaddy71 Год назад

Real men use Raptor close cutters.

@wtfhandcrafted.williamt.fi9361 Год назад

Listen to me, folks, listen closely copper, was the material of choice since time immemorial for the simple reason that it is antimicrobial it is antibacterial. Actual bugs will not cross a copper sheet, which is why it used to be placed on the sill plate of all homes, which is no longer the case. Pex is a plastic. I’m not sure if you’ve had anything plastic fail on you in your lifetime because of just plain deterioration. but I guarantee you that it will. Copper, however will not unless you have a galvanic reaction with another metal which can be mitigated. These things are noted and known read up it is a superior material for plumbing, always has been always will be if used properly if used improperly sure go with plastic have algae growing in your waterlines in 20 years, or just simply cracking and failing because of not being a noble metal. Do some research. Except for the pex issue though I dig the handyman‘s videos excellent work keep on keeping on brother

@robertsitch1415 Год назад

Roger Wakefield has shown in pressure tests on RU-vid here that Sharkebite usually failed before most other pipe fittings.

@bluearcherx 11 месяцев назад

Roger Wakefield is an arrogant clown

@swampasssapper3643 11 месяцев назад

Copper because microplastics

@TapelessDrywallFinishing Год назад

👍👍

@mrwendell4564 11 месяцев назад

Is bro working while wearing a rolex? Us field techs are ballers, don't get us twisted

@MyDIYAdventures Год назад

Pex, because that’s what the guy who does all my plumbing uses😂

@Siskiyous6 Год назад

Pex vs plastic pipe, a much less clear choice.

@IronMountainPlumbing Год назад

Shark bites lol….total handyman not a plumber for sure

@Whosurdaddy71 Год назад

Pex isn’t better in every way. Run that in a mech room. Looks like complete dog crap all saggy when it gets hot 😂.

@klbonnell Год назад

Oh God, another handyman. Just call a plumber

@marman5964 5 месяцев назад

First, all homeowners should learn these basic repair skill because sometimes the water leak will destroy your house long before the plumber arrives to fix it correctly. Second, these days many people cannot AFFORD a professional plumber to fix minor things such as this that pop up routinely in older houses.