The things he says and the comments and stories he has are great. As a fellow tradesman I've worked around all sorts of people and I could definitely work around this guy.
I agree everything Phil says is not only hilarious but, all so true if you are to have a leak it its always in the worst spot! Awesome video gang thanks
I hope one day to be as good as he is! I’m a residential plumber, and fix drain plumbing every now and then, I’ll tell you this definitely harder then it looks. Being able to have the vision, I’d rather do potable water instead re-pipes. Started the the plumbing trade @ 30 now 35, my only regret is not starting at a younger age, but in my early 20’s the opportunity never presented itself. I prayed and prayed in my last years of my 20’s at 29 to get the opportunity, and my prayer was answered. Thank you father God. Plumbing has change my life how I feel about myself, I’m achieving a skill, providing for my family, and love what I do!!!
After watching the video advert i was still skeptical. But when i finally downloaded the plans ru-vid.comUgkxZF0EMnrujZvqHhGkxiz559uIABJWR9TG i was very impressed. The whole plan was just as you said in the video. Thank you very much. I now have a large and valuable collection for my woodworks. This is great!
It's the sort of self depracating humour you tend to see in very good tradesmen. Usually accompanied with statements such as "good enough", "it'll do" etc, when referring to their own excellent work.
Phil is the kind of guy you'd want to be your mentor when going through a plumbing apprenticeship. You'd learn so much just from his stream of consciousness talk - sounds like random thoughts but it's full of hard learned wisdom with a nugget of quantum physics thrown in.
@@MontanaPDX my buddy, who is much older than me, master craftsman and been in the trades his whole life, always says about plumbers: "Your piss and shit is their bread and butter!"
@@highcaliberexclusive9890 Fun fact is that my son, not even 30, is a journeyman plumber overseeing some large projects, often overseeing apprentices older than him. The stories about him showing them exactly what they have to do and having them f it up or simply not try are amazing. He wants the apprentices to succeed but it's hard when they self sabotage. The work can be hard, but having a work ethic is apparently something you can't teach.
@@murraystewartj I'm 29 and just started getting serious about my life at least I'm a apprentice for a plumbing company on south beach but like I said. A lot of these older Cuban guys who barley speak a lick of English Can be a dick to a American California born young guy. But I'ma keep to trying and hopefully be a master plumber.
I’m a plumber. I’m 27 and self employed. What you are watching him do is the most difficult part about our job for me. I’ve been plumbing since I could crawl and those 3 inch sweeps wye’s combos and all that still blow my mind here and there and take serious thinking to see how I should run it lol. He’s skilled.
@@codygooch510 right on brother. I’ve done 6-7 years new construction residential 2 years new construction commercial and a little less than a year in service. I’m going back to service where that $$$ is lol that’s badass you been at it so long. I wished I’d known way earlier but hey I’m here. Plumbing legit saved my life.
Trading Work. 25 years ago I was rebuilding a house with 4 bathrooms after a fire. My distant cousin showed up with his plumbing truck. gave me a list of what to buy and I was his helper. cutting and deburring all the pipe and getting him the fittings. When I asked how much I was going to owe him he said I had a welder and he needed some fabrication work. I built 2 roll around carts for his jet ski's and then built his stairs on his house he was remodeling, It worked out for both of us.
Side note: Peanut shells on the floor. Our old local farm and home supply store would have a "Peanut Days" sale for a few weeks every year for customer appreciation. but the real reason they did it was that oils in the shells of the peanut would soak into the concrete floor and the shells were a mild abrasive so every nights when the stocks swept up for 2 weeks they were oiling/sealing and polishing the floor cheaper thatn they could hire a crew to come do the floor for them. And they sold a ton of merchadise cause FREE PEANUTS
When I saw Phil was going to be on this one, I could not click fast enough. Of course, I enjoy every one of Scott's videos, but I just know that Phil is going to be an extra special treat! Cheers from Tokyo! Stu
that gentleman is such a great person to be around. smart, humble, wise, hard working, and most importantly... ROARINGLY humorous. Thanks so much for sharing with us the amazing lively energy that plumber has. Blessings.
I just bought compact band saw mostly for cutting cast iron and uni strut... But boy does it do a fine job cutting pvc especially pressure pipe or solid core.
You're watching a man that's made many many cuts like that. As with anything, you get better the more you do it. It's an awesome feeling when you've been using a tool long enough it feels like an extension of your hand.
I really appreciate how Phil takes the time to explain things thoroughly and can do so without being condescending (same to you, Scott!!). In my experience, it's really hard to find that rare person that has thoroughly mastered their trade *and* is articulate and patient enough to explain what they've done, why, and how.
I’ve been around plumbers ever since I married into my wife’s family, but none of them ever explained that the vents prevent siphoning of the p traps. Thanks Phil.
It’s guys like Phil that built America and we should be thankful for them. I feel lucky to have had a chance to watch him explain and teach his trade to others. Great guy, great plumber. Thanks for the video.
Phil really is a treasure. What a great guy. A professional with a great sense of humor. Thanks for the countless hours of education and entertainment you have provided!
Here in the Netherlands we use pvc glue on waste pipes, just like Phil (just that pipe is grey and glue is transparent). Primer is used when glueing up PVC in high pressure systems (up to 8 or 10 bar), like water supplies in barns, gardens or greenhouses, where you don't need copper or PE(X) to maintain drinkwater quality. You also are supposed to not apply the glue in a circular motion and stick the pipe just straight in the fitting, no big turns allowedWhat that does or doesn't do to the glueing up proces to make it withstand pressure better i never understood, but my colleague who thaught me to do so was clear enough about it that i will never forget ;)
I just really enjoy a pro thats willing to teach! Thats whats important ppl! One of the best things ive herd in a long time is, "Keep up the good work!" Well said sir! You have my respect!
Listening to Phil talk just keeps a constant smile on my face, his wit is something to be proud of. Reminds me of Alan Alda's Hawkeye Pierce character on M*A*S*H
We all do the safety squints daily. I’ll admit I was skeptical of him not using the primer as well, but I like this guy. Reminds me of plenty of guys I’ve worked with.
We finally got a snippet of the bad staircase getting removed! I thought this happened a long time ago. Can’t wait to see the rework on it, but I’m sure Scott doesn’t feel the same way. Keep up the good (videos) work!
"Where it pokes in its male and female and im not sure if were supposed to identify fittings that way anymore but we are" That made me laugh so bloody hard. Amazing comment.
"its male and female and im not sure if were supposed to identify fittings that way anymore". You can bet your life that it'll offend someone these days.
I'm a 1st year apprentice just finishing a trade school program and I really like the explanation and tips. Its hard to find this quality of real world experience. The nail was a bonus because finding a solution is just as important as knowing how to put the puzzle together. Thanks a ton!
Bahaha try not to read comments while watching (especially EC because they are such awesome videos and you’ll miss some pro detail if you do!) but I had to look when I heard him say this and yours was the first I saw. 😂
This guy is great, a rare breed. Love his sense of humor and how humble he is knowing he is clearly very knowledgeable. I think everyone would benefit for working and spending some time with someone like Phil for at least one job in their life. Wastewater plumbing and vent with PVC is an incredibly easy thing to do mechanically, with putting it together, but very complex in laying it out, using the correct fittings (in the proper direction!) and all of the nuances that come with the work, typical of a lot of the trades. I have a great appreciation for the 'puzzle' you described. Like most trades it's all in the experience, setup, and planning, gluing it all together is the easy part, of course if you get it right! Thanks for sharing!
I had an older plumber clean out a clog in my sewer. He used my garden hose. I asked if I could still use it. He said, " Sure!" then delighted in watching my face as he ran some water out and then drank from the hose.
Always a pleasure to see Phil work and talk in a no-nonsense way. I learned a lot today even though it is very unlikely I ever going to build a house or do repairs myself. This channel is gold.
I’m 63 years old and I’m just getting around to doing some plumbing in my house. Not that I need to but I want to. Change some Things around. All because of these great videos. I was blessed to moved into my house 35 years ago. Mortgage is paid off. And, it needed very little maintenance. However, watching RU-vid videos on Pex, the new transversal from copper plumbing to Pex plumbing has taken the plumbing world by storm. I’m watching every video I could find. I’m finding it fascinating. I went out and bought a few tools at Harbor freight’s the other day and I’m ready to start some new plumbing projects. But, this guy here in the video is a genuine wonderful guy and plumber. I didn’t think I would sit through his entire video but I’m glad I did. I learned so much from him. He’s a gem in America’s pocket. I hope he’s rewarded handsomely for all the professional work he had done in the past, present and into the future. Keep up the great work!
I swear Phil is the funniest plumber. "Cuz Scott's afraid his house is gonna fall down." Hahahahaha! I love that guy's random playful snark. When I write, I always try to make my characters have the same little nods and nitpicking sense of humor toward each other. ♥🤣
As a first year apprentice plumber, I love watching this guy work and listening to him talk. Can’t wait to watch him again when he tops out the waters. Is he also gonna trim the house? Can’t wait for that too
when using a right angle drill it is safer to have your LEFT hand on the trigger. If the drill jerks it will move away from you, and pull your hand off the trigger. I had one hit me on the side of my head. 4 broken face bones, The doctor said he had my eyeball out to see if any bones were poking my eyeball before he put me back together.
😂😅😂😅😅😅😅😅I’m sorry I can’t help to laugh 😂 my ass off at 3:00 am in the morning reading your comments don’t ask why I found this funny cuz I don’t know the answer 😅
YES YES YES!!! This is the trade I was anticipating the most! I was very impressed with the last plumbing upload! And half an hour?? I'm watching it rn!!!
I skip ahead on other channels. (How many rafter tails do you have to watch being cut before you get the idea?) I could watch another few hours of Phil.
Phil is a good ol' boy like many old men I've worked with in the past with good dry humor all day. I'd love to spend a week or two working hard with him.
@@andrewdarbyshire9108 Plumbing, electrical, and all finish work is my area of knowledge. I'll have more to say from here on out. Definitely loving the house build!
I think I could watch and listen to Phil do ANY plumbing job or repair and not be bored. I can tell you right now that is a big compliment because I have watched a lot of videos and I am not a plumber.
One of the most important things said is knowing your local codes. And even though I'm an NYC licensed contractor and building maintenance superintendent, with all of the construction, tradesmen and DIY videos, I never had my to cents because what is code in NYC may not be code in other counties of my state so it sure isn't the same across the nation. I view to see if there are situations that I tackled one way and do a face palm when I see a big time saver. So unless you guys are local, just sit back relax and enjoy.
You guys have that good ol 'natural man's humor,' lol. Keep it natural y'all. 🎉 from my perspective you're humorous without even knowing it. Nothing beats an old-school gem of their trades 💯 😂
Plumbing is a type of art, making all of those fittings go together in order while maintaining the slope. You can always tell a good plumber that takes pride in his work: 1) He cares about the framing (and other trades for that matter) taking extra time on his work to not hack away entire studs or joists. 2) The glue work is neat, no excess spewing all over the joints, he cares about where his drips are going, etc. 3) The text line on the pipe is always dead perfect in plane with the next piece. I love this channel and series watching good old fashioned workmanship come together. This kind of pride is getting harder and harder to find.
Where I am at primer is code. The thing about us tradesmen is that in general we all believe that what we learned from our Journeymen may as well be written in the Bible. Plumbers will argue about the best way to install a shower cartridge. Lol it may just be all the glue we sniff over the years. Good video it’s nice to see how guys do things in other areas.
It is also required for them to say how many years they have been doing it and that they've never received any call-backs when they are saying how right they are and how stupid the other person is. At least I think that must be legally required on youtube comments...
Plumber here in this video is using "hot glue" which is alot more intense than normal solvent cement for upvc and does not require primer. Its normally used for pressurized cpvc.
This reminds me of how Engineers "plumb" wires on boards. Gotta see the big picture while understanding the localized quirks that can wreck everything if done up wrong. This is the reality of craftsmanship. Love your videos!
We remodeled/addition a house several years ago. We found that the siding guys 30 years ago had nailed every piece of siding into a vent running up the exterior wall for two stories. The owner commented that it must of been the reason for smelling sewer gas occasionally in the 30 years they owned it.
As pertaining to the crookedness of the 3" waste stack, they do make fittings for offsetting small amounts, 22.5 degree bends and 11.25 degree bends, for example. Not to say that bending the stack will create problems in this instance, but fitting solutions do exist for these situations. For instance, using a street 3" 22.5 degree fitting glued into a regular 3" 22.5 can create an offset in the stack of less than one inch. This may not be applicable to residential plumbing as much, but when you are running waste and vent stacks for multi-story hotels or apartment buildings, it is important that the pipe be as plumb as possible to give the maximum amount of room for other mechanical systems, such as HVAC ducts. Also, the closer a stack is to plumb, and the closer a branch is to 90 or 45 degrees coming off of the stack, the easier it is to figure out plumbing layout using mathematical formulas, such as the formula for a 45 degree offset. If you know the center to center measurement of your offset, you can multiply that by 1.414, subtract the offset fitting, and be left with the exact pipe length that needs to be cut.
Structural engineers are like, "this large wall needs x studs at x distance to hold the weight." Plumbers and electricians come in and say, "meh just cut out half of this wall and hollow out this area for this 3/4 inch pipe." On a side note the glue actually melts the pvc and then the solvent evaporates and makes the pipe one whole piece.. primer just cleans the pipe.
Ah the big disconnect. Plumbers think that structural engineers should account for plumbing and walls, but structural engineers think that plumbers should install their piping in thin air.
Great video. Just in case anyone is interested, some jurisdictions, perhaps even most jurisdictions, have limitations on the horizontal travel of a vent. Thus, in some jurisdictions, it is nearly impossible to combine all the vent pipes into a single hole. I'm not from Oregon, and I have no idea what the code requirements are there, so results may vary.
That's how it is done, ladies and gentlemen. Good, old, honest, hands-on work. I can smell the freshly drilled studs and spilled PVC glue. Good job ! Thank you for showing plumbing work the way it is actually done ! PS: Love that disclaimer !
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I'm gonna miss all the old heads like Phil as they retire, there's so many of them working past their retirement as it is because the trades have been treated in recent years like they aren't good jobs. Good bless people like Phil for teaching us new guys instead of holding on to that knowledge like a gate keeper like some do. Love this series, I think it's the best thing on RU-vid. God bless from Florida
Amazing guy to go to plumbing war with, armed with a cordless zawzall wrecking good havoc on any pipe or object in his path. He obviously gets the job done! 👍👍👍
Safety squints... 🤣 I witnessed a lazy plumbing apprentice using a Hole Hawg to bore holes for the above ground rough in. He was laying down on his side boring a hole through the bottom plate. We all had a good laugh when it caught and rapped him a good one. He was the talk of the crew, he was about to write his journeyman test... for the fourth time. Go figure.
One of my co-workers was using a drill like that with a large diameter bit and was really leaning into it with his shoulder, bcz the bit was kinda dull. Predictably, the drill bound up, twisted around and cracked him right across the nose. Broke his nose and gave him a perfect set of dual black-eyes. He was definitely the brunt of many jokes for weeks after that.
psidvicious I don’t typically use a hole hawg, but when I do someone usually hands me a dull bit to go along with it. I guess I’ve been lucky, as a first year apprentice just doing what I’m told (and not really always knowing what I’m doing, or at least the best way to do it)
This was decades ago. My grandparents had a small nice comfortable house built (with a septic tank) next to a lake as a getaway from the city and a place to grow a garden. They would go there every few weeks during the year, every weekend during the summer for the garden. Eventually, between their age and health, they had to give it up and sold it. About a year and a half after they sold it they were sued by the people who bought it because sewer gas got into the house and permeated the furniture and everything else and they blamed my grandparents of shoddy work, misrepresentation, or something and wanted them to pay to replace all of the furniture, curtains, and deodorizing the house. The plumbing was done by a licensed plumber and inspected by a government inspector who declared it all good, and my grandparents kept all of the paperwork so the buyer lost the lawsuit. Turns out that unlike my grandparents, the buyer would leave the house setting for months at a time and during the summer, one or more of the P traps had dried out and allowed sewer gas to escape into the house. So the whole mess was the buyer's fault for not periodically filling the P traps but they still tied to make my grandparents pay for their negligence. Since then I have always thought that there should be a globe valve installed on the sewer line right before of after it exited the house. That way if you have a small house or cabin with a sewer system that might not be used for extended amounts of time you could turn the valve off and not have to worry about sewer gas getting inside. Even if it is a regular everyday house, there are times when people will move out, or die, and the house will not be used for a long time and having a valve on the sewer line that can be turned off would protect it from sewer gas as well.
Unbelievable! Some people will sue for anything. What a bunch of idiots. I can't believe your grandparents actually had to defend themselves with the paperwork
@@ELIRAXPRT Suing for anything is nothing new. This happened in the 80's. Did not and still does not happen very often where I live, but those type of people can and will be found everywhere.
@@danlux4954 If you forgot, the water coming up through the bathtub drain would remind you. A minor inconvenience compared to having the inside of the house and all of its furnishings smelling like the receiving tanks of a sewage treatment plant or the inside of the septic tank. The gas generated by sewage is poisonous.
@@oldtimefarmboy617 yes I know, we put anti freeze in our drains for the winter and have no issues when opening back up. I wonder if code would allow a valve?
Countries with modern plumbing have life expectancy of over 80 years. Countries without it have life expectancy closer to 50. The ability to get rid of our waste eliminates many diseases almost entirely when they are adapted. Plumbers are heroes in this regard. Without them wed have kids dying of dysentery and cholera. It's not just convenience, it saves lives.
Did 6 years of plumbing and have glued thousands of fittings . And the one thing that stands out most is that his hands don’t have glue all over them !
Exactly what I needed to see! I'm designing and building a much simpler house, 1 story slab-on-grade, so the plumbing should be less complicated too, but it will be buried in concrete, so I've got to make sure everything is right before the slab goes in. In any case, there aren't very many GOOD residential plumbing videos on RU-vid, but this one qualifies because it has a lot of good do's and don'ts in it!
Christy’s red hot blue glue is good stuff. Tom Christy and his company show at many of the same trade shows our company shows at and early on he stayed at our house to save money when the Irrigation association trade show was Here in Fresno. I used to hear all about their products as many times we would be in a booth next to them. With the advent of the new medium Body mixed solvent weld glues primer is generally no longer required. All primer was and is, is the solvent less the dissolved PVC or ABS in it and the idea was plumbers would be more liberal in application of it to ensure wetting all the way around the pipe without the sloppy mess of the body as all Of the primer drippings would evaporate leaving behind a wetted active surface and the pigment. The new glues have lots of active solvent in them to melt the PVC thereby not requiring a primer. The addition of the blue pigment makes it easier for the installer to tell when sufficient glue is applied. If you notice he is using Cellular or CPVC pipe not plain PVC. CPVC tends to stay straighter more like ABS which is beneficial in drains where a slope must be maintained. It however has much lower pressure and temperature ratings but in drain this is not much of a problem. It is beginning to be more common where black ABS was nearly always used just a few years ago. Also this is very regional. Some states use more PVC drain than others. Here in California it is still nearly all ABS. Side note on Tom Christy. I believe he invented roll tape pipe wrap as well but don’t quote me on that one.
Thanks for all the helpful tips throughout the whole video. Keeping the wide open pipe wrench flush against the pipe to avoid egg shaping the pipe was one very important idea that was new to me.
Plumbers: my people. Here in Michigan the Code requires stud guards and nail plates protecting every penetration where a nail or screw might contact the pipe, and it’s my job (the plumber’s job) to install them. That aspect of the job list differ elsewhere since Phil didn’t have them in before? I also think combination primer/glue is okay for use here, but I’ve never seen anyone use it. We still stick with separate primers and glues. We also wrap duck tape around the pipes where they penetrate through the studs to prevent squeaking. I don’t know how effective or necessary it is, just like Phil said 😂 but I imagine that’s in line with strapping the vertical pipes (we use Ape Tape). Curious what “Top Out” means. We refer to all the work he did as the Rough, or Rough-In Also, did Phil need to use Fire Foam to seal between floor penetrations or is that someone else’s job (or not required in your area)? ✌🏼
Pretty much every house job in the United States is following the International Residential Code now. Having fire caulk between floors would only be necessary when the floor is separating different "homes", so for instance if one family lives on the first floor, and a second family lives on the second floor, then you would need to put fire caulking in at the floor lines (in an actual fire-rated penetration assembly, but that's more complicated).
‘Top Out’ is typically a term that refers to the structure. Usually when the highest piece of the structure is permanently installed you would have a ‘Top Out Party’. Traditionally you would attach the branch of a still green tree to that highest point, signifying to everyone that the building is ‘topped out’. All big jobs still do this in some form or another.
@@Jookyforever In NC we fire stop at all levels in residential of single family homes. The main floor is sealed at the crawlspace, then at the next floor, then again at the attic. All penetrations between different levels are fire caulked.
Yea, it just doesn’t get the point across to label parts with gender neutral pronouns like ‘they’ or ‘them’ or ‘it’. ‘Male and female’ just make the parts immediately identifiable. Rest assured the SJWs will be coming after this way of distinguishing parts at some point.
Note to self: 2x6 walls anywhere I'm going to put my plumbing when I build my dream house, and spend as much time thinking about supply, waste, and vent pipe routing as I do where sinks, showers, and toilets will go.
This is actually a fairly common practice now. Look for “plumbing wall” to be called out on a plan. Doing one in my new house on a wall shared with a bathroom and laundry room.
On Plumbing Walls I used 2 X 6 mud-sill and top-plates, then installed 2 X 4 studs turned sideways and staggered so that all piping ran in between the studs without any boring and by staggering the studs opposite each side of the plates I was able to secure the piping easily. I did the same on my main Electric Wall between the Laundry Room and Kitchen where the main Breaker Panel was installed (with 40 circuits.) It had the added advantage of reducing sound from the laundry machines leaking through the wall into the Kitchen. The only bad part was installing fire-blocking afterward. It was a lot more complicated than usual but still worth it. That was the only house I got to build from the ground up. You learn a lot doing everything yourself.
@@chaseweeks2708 It gave me 2 1/2 inches of space and rigidity was less than normal. Installing the kitchen cabinets made that wall more rigid and the bathroom wall was sandwiched between the sink cabinet and shower wall so wasn't a problem. Between the bathroom and master bedroom I used a different method of hollow wall for sound proofing that I wish I had used for the electric wall between the laundry room and kitchen: 2 X 6 plates with 2 X 4 studs installed in the normal way staggered on opposite sides of the plates. That gave me a stiff wall with insulation space and no direct connection between the 2 sides of the wall except at the firewall. This method won't work for a plumbing wall because the space is too narrow.
@@choimdachoim9491 oh right... Damn dimensional lumber. I really like that idea though. Maybe using LVL 2x4s instead would make up for the difference in rigidity. Was planning LSL everywhere else anyway so shouldn't make much difference in cost
its 1:30am in the morning. i have never done any house plumbing and never will. im in a wheel chair. so why am i watching this. because its damn well interesting to see how other people go abbout their work . becaue the guy doing the plumbing has a great humor about his work and his tit bits of information in so many ways can be applied to a lot of life. so thanks guys for your entertaining exposay.
