Day in the life of a plumber In this video we fill up the latest project and not everything goes right As always, thanks for all the support, it is so greatly appreciated
So good to see such a competent tradesman at work, as a DIYer I take 10x longer to solder a joint! but I always wipe them afterwards with a wet cloth to clear off any flux that has run. Please keep the videos coming.
Hi Tom, all that copper and soldering looks fantastic an absolute credit to Jacob and yourself, beautiful. I’ve been involved with plumbing for 50 years and yes I still do get the occasional leak to keep me on my toes. Tell Jacob from me, don’t worry at all, it won’t be his first or his last, as you say, it’s how you deal with it that counts. Another great job there Tom coming together now and another very enjoyable film in this series. Thank you, take care and don’t forget to have some rest, I look forward to the next episode, cheers. 🍻👍👍👍
Thanks for the support as always Chris, Jacob is a great lad to work with, to me it's more about attitude than ability when you are learning a job, it takes time but as long as you are interested in what you do and enjoy it you will succeed
@@PlumbLikeTomYep I agree Tom, after 50 years, I still love copper pipe and soldering, as you know. You also need a good teacher, Jacob has you so he will be fantastic, I had my dad but he is long gone now. Got to love the job as we do, all the best mate.🍻👍👍👍
Thanks for the support as always mate, I've had a couple of problems with brand new unvented cylinders, the quality seems to be dropping on components across a few manufacturers, it always seems to be down to the installer though to sort the problems
That’s 1 large lot of copper, soldered too: so nice to see Tom. Yes occasional leaks are part of the job as long as doesn’t mean 100’s lts drain down to sort!? So nice to see you putting balancing gate valves (only good use for gate valves too) on heating coils to hwc: so many I see with nowt, really like having rad valves all fully open! Keep up the great honest ‘no holes barred’ vids Tom.
Thanks for the support, it's the only place I do use gate valves, like you say you need to be able to balance the coil like you would a radiator, leaks do happen, it's all part of the fun, thanks for watching mate
Great video Tom, not a lot of plumbers would have show that leak, it’s great to see you teach the next generation the good and the bad aspects of the job. 👏👏
Thanks for the support as always Andy, I always try to show everything including the mistakes and mishaps, at the end of the day no one is perfect and this is plumbing where anything can happen
Thanks for the support as always Tony, to be honest you always get something on jobs like these, we were working under pressure and it was baking hot in the roof when he piped them up, it's really good experience for him though and he will learn alot from doing jobs like these
You are not wrong there mate, I don't charge for floor cleaning although I probably could with the amount of leaks I get, thanks for watching as always mate
Thanks for the support as always Steve, I always expect a couple of issues on jobs like these, I find it's best to find them early as it tends not to cause any problems that way
Thanks for the support as always Colin, I've had it on a combi swap once, I hot pipe behind a basin held by flux, as soon as I pressurised it, it blew off
Another cracking one, thanks. We all learn from our mistakes if we're willing to. He'll be extra careful for a while now, until the next one. Happens to every one of us Jacob and a switch on is always a nervous moment if you care about what you do. Keep it up Tom.
Thanks for the support as always mate , to me the most important thing is that he cares about the job, we all get problems and it's how you deal with them that matters, I was thrown in at the deep end at 17 and I know how difficult it was, I guess the difference was I had nobody to help when I had a problem, you have to learn the hard way sometimes
Good video Tom. Shame about the leaks but as you said no real damage done. Hopefully the apprentice well learn from this and not repaet that again. As I always say to people, we learn by doing. It is how we deal with the issue that is important. Keep up the great work Tom.
We all learn from our mistakes, you can always tell when somebody cares about the job and Jacob defiantly does, to me that means more than anything, thanks for watching as always mate
What amazes me is i did a 4 year apprenticeship 9 month on site 3 month at collage and you only became a advanced fitter after 5 years, now you have subbies going on there own a year after they come out of their time.
It's a problem that will only get worse, I'm not going to get into politics but at the minute there are few financial benefits for me taking on an apprentice, years ago you the government would help with training costs making the first years a little bit more viable to employ someone, I always wonder where all the money I pay into the CITB goes each month, it certainly doesn't go where it was intended to into training the next generation
@@PlumbLikeTom exactly I had proper apprenticeship with a firm drake and scull , 1st year was YTS on £27.50 a week then you did your AM 1 test at the end of the 1st year if you past you got took on proper,and came out of your time at 20 then when you was 25 you became a advanced fitter, now a days they can they van fitted with all the same shit and the think there the bollocks, I have my city and guilds instead of this NVQ shit .
Project that size with that many joints, something is gonna leak somewhere. Part of the job. Not the lads fault, we all get leaks. Plumbers that say they don’t get leaks haven’t got a clue.
You are right mate, we all get leaks and plenty of them, I always fill jobs like this up with water before stuff is boarded, at least that way it's an easy fix without any damage, thanks for watching
We all hate getting leaks but shit happens sometimes. To be fair that’s what testing is all about, if we could guarantee everything we wouldn’t test. As you say it’s best to find out now than when it’s all finished and people living in there. Nice pipework.
Thanks for the support as always mate, I'm always much happier on a job when the all the pipes are filled, I know a few plumbers who leave pipes empty until last but I just couldn't sleep if I did that
Thanks for the support as always mate, I always think leaks are part of the job, all trades get problems but with plumbing everyone on site knows, my old mate always used to say that water is just a plumbers sawdust
@@PlumbLikeTom never thought of it like that but very true always learning. As an apprentice I'm constantly learning so videos from you and other people help a lot with understanding complex heating systems and pipe work runs etc. There is a lot to learn.
The number of joints and the fact you're working under pressure to get it in and with other trades around and interuptions one bad joint is not surprising. I've always found i make more mistakes when im on jobs with other trades as it's too easy to get distracted.
Thanks for the support as always mate, It is so easy to get distracted like you say, it only needs someone to ask you a question or want something moving and you've forgotten to tighten a fitting
Tom, the Plumber who’s never had a leak is a lier , my old gaffer used to say, all that work and joints and an odd leak on a job that size, no problem, take care. 🚽👍
I did air test some mate, to be honest there comes a point where you are better off just switching the water on and seeing what happens, thanks for watching as always
I think it's just different styles and standards, I watch a few US plumbers on RU-vid and although they are doing the same jobs as me it's completely different techniques, it always amazes me how they do there toilets with a wax seal through the floor, thanks for watching mate
Top work as usual ....work with water get leaks ....work wirh wood and get splinters.....electricians get a good belt of electrics and rightly deserved for all the shit they leave 😂👍
Thanks for the support as always mate, my old mate always used to say water is just a plumbers sawdust, when we get a problem in our game everyone finds out
Keeps the dust down tom ...we've all been there ....I had a lucky escape other day ...circular saw cutting chipboard floor up ...managed to run across to 28 mm boiler pipes 🥴....just put a bit of shine on the pipes ......the apprentice earned his wages that day he set the depth of blade on circular .........👍
I still get my fair share of leaks now to be honest, I think sometimes these young lads see work on social media that has absolutely perfect soldering, what they don't see is all the years it takes to get that good and all the leaks that plumber had on the way, I always try to show the good and the bad and the problems, thanks for watching as always mate 👍
I've had plenty of leaks mate, but I'm just a diyer, well for the last 40 years anyway. I recently used pushfit on chrome pipe. Big mistake that I won't do again.
I've never been able to grow leeks on my lottie something always eats them. Have to get my leaks in at college instead. 😂 Bloody good job both of you, hell of a lot of work gone into that one, if I get close to you in years to come Ill have done well.
You will get there mate, when I first started I was nervous about everything, I was chucked in at the deep end at 17 and sent out on my own, at the time I felt like giving up but I stuck with it and you slowly build confidence, everyone makes mistakes along the way ,sometimes the only way to learn is the hard way. It is surprising how quick you learn when you get out there and do it
We all get leaks sometimes, hazard of the job no matter how good a plumber you are.............. saying that I would have come into work the next morning with a snorkel !!! 🤣🤣
Milwaukee should do snorkels, they could come in useful every now and then, like you say we all get leaks, I think sometimes these young lads see perfect soldered joints on social media and think it's easy to do, what they don't see is all the years of practice and all the leaks that's happened on the way to getting that good, thats why I always try to show the good, the bad and all the problems on the way
@@PlumbLikeTom I thought you would be a Makita snorkel man! 😆 I think that some of the "perfect pipework" insta lads are going to get a load of joints leak a few years down the road, theres a fine balance between dry joins with not enough solder....... and they are pushing it IMO.
