When DIY Plumbing Goes Terribly Wrong

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I had originally fixed this Pitless Adapter Well Head about 2 years ago. It seems like the owner dug down & tied into my repaired water line. If he wanted water access at the well head he should have just allowed me to put the system on the traditional well seal while I had it all exposed. This Video is the result of DIY repairs done with minimal plumbing knowledge.
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Комментарии : 65

@WrenchHead 18 дней назад

"I don't want to touch the water, I might electricute myself....touch, touch." 😂

@MacPoop 18 дней назад

Wow, watching y'all bail out the water with a pot brought back memories of hurricane Alecia in 1983 and my dad bailing water out of our pump house. With a little pot just like that 🤣

@strobelightbrian 19 дней назад

Thanks for sharing the “not so nice side”

@kat2641 18 дней назад

That a hell of a bird bath 😂😂😂😂😂❤❤❤

@rca7591a 18 дней назад

That looks like a Revere copper clad sauce pan!

@londen3547 18 дней назад

That there is a PROFESSIONAL grade Revere copper clad sauce pan. Speaking about a pot calling the kettle black, seems to me that fix was about on par with the DIY job.

@kenrolle2338 19 дней назад

DIY'ers = Job security.

@donnieroberts2093 19 дней назад

I bet they were so proud when they finished!😮😅😊

@donnieroberts2093 19 дней назад

Send the bill to them!

@donnieroberts2093 19 дней назад

Freeze, break, fix, income in and on a regular basis!😂

@Wheel_Horse 18 дней назад

We've got that same bird hose bib in the garden! Bought it NOS at a yard sale decades ago. Never saw another until today!

@markbernier8434 18 дней назад

Seen a lot of similar ones in Canada. Birds, rabbits and such.

@kylebauer4242 7 дней назад

It won't freeze in the winter as long as he shuts off the PVC valve inside and and cracks open the hose bib.

@brucelarson5267 18 дней назад

That's a very good pan that you use for bailing. My mom gave me one like that when I got out of the USAF and was setting up a home in another state..

@crashland5711 16 дней назад

Revere Ware, got a set of them that are 20 years old.

@TroubleActual 19 дней назад

Wow

@allenbrown7820 17 дней назад

Well the 3 pound faucet ornament probably didn’t help the stress on the pvc. Great video. Be Safe!

@mikefitzpatrick1213 12 дней назад

Got to have sufficient clearance for your doohickey!

@XDSid1333 19 дней назад

OMG! That is, they still went through the adapter to the wellhead just to get a watering tap? Or does the adapter also have a tee located underground?

@woodworker3122 16 дней назад

Hello, I live in south eastern Wisconsin and I need to replace my well’s bladder tank. What is the best bladder you would recommend that will last for many years? Thank you.

@bud5084 18 дней назад

Schedule 40 PVC properly installed will last a long time. I prefer it to pex especially with a lot of bends

@rich3784 17 дней назад

The shut off for the winter.

@integr8er66 13 дней назад

@@rich3784The shutoff does no good when the valve is ABOVE grade

@tjjoseph333 18 дней назад

I like that Bird! Whats wrong with that $45.00 Bronze Bird? 😂

@Cheeser1764 18 дней назад

Topic Suggestion: installing or replacing a pitless adaptor. Here in the upper Midwest (MN) almost every well has a pitless adaptor. Thanks and keep up the good work.

@integr8er66 13 дней назад

How exactly do you consider MN Midwest? Its not MID at all it is a Nother State.

@mnblkjh6757 14 дней назад

👍🙂

@everestyeti 16 дней назад

Must admit if it was me, off camera that bird would have been decapitated. 😂 You're a better man than me. 👍

@yusra12 18 дней назад

Just wonder if you would give consultation willing to pay what you want?

@michiganengineer8621 19 дней назад

Do you have a "property owner tried to fix-it" surtax for jobs like this one?

@derekhickman6417 16 дней назад

So when you evaluate a site for drilling, you check with surrounding properties to see how deep their wells are before you start. So you have an estimate of depth. When do you decide what pump to use? After you actually drill and decide how many gallons per minute you actually get?

@halfcircleworkshop 19 дней назад

Would you want to shock the well after it was spilling down like that?

@H2oMechanic2RC 19 дней назад

We did

@integr8er66 13 дней назад

It would be a good idea, but I would just send off a sample and decide based on the results

@danieljay952 19 дней назад

Its fine just fix it

@grinderpumpguy 10 дней назад

And for the love of god...... STOP using pvc male adapters and for that matter, why on earth would any person use a brass male threaded into a plastic npt? At least use a hose clamp to keep it from spitting. New sub

@scottdanielson4816 19 дней назад

Is that bad for the well pump to have to run continuously since there is no pressure tank?

@H2oMechanic2RC 19 дней назад

There's a tank under the house

@scottdanielson4816 18 дней назад

@@H2oMechanic2RC ok, i think I've I got it. So it doesn't matter that the tank comes after the fixture. The pump will still operate based on the pressure switch at the tank.

@H2oMechanic2RC 18 дней назад

@@scottdanielson4816 correct

@integr8er66 13 дней назад

Water flows both ways, the pressure tank still works as a surge capacity and the pressure sw also

@ljmike1204 18 дней назад

Meby an idea to get one of them batary operated pumps

@ThumperKJFK 19 дней назад

@grinderpumpguy 10 дней назад

Good thing brass isnt a magnet for cold weather. I would've went for the Woodford poking out a couple of inches. Record the next repair so we can learn.

@jdave1157 18 дней назад

dem male adapters...

@levinef 18 дней назад

Should have a hose Bibb vacuum breaker

@tomgroenbeck7620 19 дней назад

If the water carries a voltage it will not matter if you stick your finger or you whole hand in the water, it makes no difference. If the voltage is high enough it will kill you. Me as an electrical engineer I would always turn power off first. If I can't turn it off the I won't touch it. Just saying, your decision.

@lukasandrysik3666 18 дней назад

I am EE aswell. Finger = small surface area ->lower current flow. Also if you just flick the finger on live circuit it will just briefly shock you. Problem is when you can't let go of some cable due to the electricity closing your muscles. Also 120V relative to ground in USA is quite safe.

@integr8er66 13 дней назад

Do you understand that a well is inherently grounded? You won't get electrocuted

@tomgroenbeck7620 12 дней назад

@@integr8er66 This statement isn't true. Otherwise fishing with electricity couldn't work. Or did you hear of a hear dryer falling into the bathtub? The voltage in the water depends on the resistance of the materials involved. Voltages are proportional to the respective resistors. And remember, there isn't such a thing like zero Ohms, even copper has a small resistance, and "ground" (the actual earth) has much more. So while 120V is safer than 240V, it should not be trusted.

8 дней назад

If you are an electrical engineer, you should know that resistance decreases with contact surface increase. More skin in water = less ohms between skin and water = more current.

@evilborg 19 дней назад

That was really stupid for the home owner to do that.....

@Mudbug-d9v 19 дней назад

First off, thank you for your great content! I just want to caution you about bashing DIYers…your audience is mainly DIYers. I’m sure you DIY things yourself that are not “professional”.

@rnash999 19 дней назад

DIY doesn't mean doing things the wrong way though. You can follow code and practices. If you do weird things they go wrong sometimes.

@lv7603 18 дней назад

This one was pretty stupid of the homeowner. If you stop to please every group or police yourself as to not offend well that’s a sure way to exist in a state of misery.

@integr8er66 13 дней назад

@@rnash999And doing wrong stuff isn't because you are a DIYer, its because you are an idiot

@sjohnson5813 5 дней назад

We found the idiot who "fixed the well"...

@arsenicjones9125 18 дней назад

Just don’t do work like that unless you can get the homeowner to sign a contract which states in no uncertain terms that they are acknowledging that they are an absolute dumbass and you take no credit for the work as installed and will not warranty said work. When homeowners ask you, a skilled tradesman w pride in his work and skill, to cut corners so they can save a buck do the right thing and tell em to kick rocks. If everyone would stop acting like it’s your problem if the homeowner decides to hire a crack hear to do their job instead of a qualified person we’d all be better off

@danieljay952 19 дней назад

All you did was converted diy pvc to diy pex i dont understand what makes you any better

@H2oMechanic2RC 19 дней назад

It's not better, just more flexible. I did as I was told by the customer