10 ULTIMATE DIY Plumbing Mistakes Guide & How to Fix Them | Plumberparts
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- Äas pĆidĂĄn 15. 06. 2024
- In this video I'll tell you my 10 ULTIMATE DIY plumbing mistakes & how to fix them! Everything from PTFE tape wrong and leaking compression fittings!
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Where can I buy the pipe/paint cleaner that u fit on the drill from?
Donât take a trap off and empty it down the sink your working on.
Haha! Done that a few times!
Put a bucket under the trap before removing. That way you can use the sink to do a quick rinse of the threads and seals on the trap.
Been there done that.
Or hand the trap to someone else to empty down the sink while you're still lying underneath it........đđ
@@davidboyle9636 sounds like brexitâŠ.! Lol!
Best trick for removing water out of pipework without a wet vac for me is I use the spray part of a kitchen cleaning disinfectant bottle as you can Push the small tube down the copper and spray the water out always worked for me nice video as always james keep up the good work đ
Cut the pipe, fit a Tee and fit a drain cock !
@@millomweb still wonât be able to solder the bottom part of the tee if thereâs water in thereâŠI like his idea of the spray bottle head. I just use a shop vac or pro press, but I think itâs clever
Nice didn't think of that.
Thanks for sharing
I use a diesel pump with a 10m u gauge hose at the end of it and can make it as long as youâd like.
Was expecting him to give that as a tip too.
I am a retired plumber (heating engineer) and just seen your very good video. However a few comments, ptfe tape, says on the reel " thread sealing tape" and that is exactly what it is NOT olive sealing tape. The conex manual states ideally no compound should be required although boss white etc may be used. The idea is to present a smooth even surface to the seal, PTFE tape makes a very uneven surface and in time will bed in and cause a leak.
Incidentally Conex also say " hand tight plus 3/4 of a turn". Oh yes as you say clean the pipe ! !
Thanks, Bob.
Spot on ! Annoys me the amount of times I see it . Not only is it wrong as its âthread sealing Tapeâ - itâs also a waste of time !
I've been watching your videos for about 5 years now. Since then I've learned loads about plumbing, DIY etc. I'm a plumber by trade and you've shown me lots of great tips over the years. I've even had a go at tiling and boarding. Your a legend James. Thank you đ€
Well said
Cheers bro! â€ïž
Good stuff, I am 56 years old and I have learned quite a bit of things here now
The gentle unscrew-until-click trick also works for reinserting woodscrews and helps to avoid stripping the thread in the wood.
Yep - and screws screwed into plastic - saves cutting a new thread.
Your videos are gold dust for DIYers. Been able to do so many jobs around the house thanks to them! Might even have a go at soldering next time I need to do some pipe work. Thanks for making this possible.
Couldn't agree more
Soldering is so easy lol
Cheers bro, Answering in the next comments vid!
I have just completed a successful diy basin installation thanks to your videos. Woo!
This video was a lot of fun. It lifted me out of DIY plumbing despair.
YES BOI!
An ESSENTIAL video. A click must. Water leaks can be so damaging, so got to get it right. Thank you for presenting these so well as always.
Superb little video, as always. Lovely stuff. The man who has made no mistakes has made nothing.
That was a great video... Very helpful and entertaining at the same time. Thank you so much
Very Useful for an amateur - and a professional - Thank you
Top man, always useful advice and fun to watch !
Thank you for your time to explain this, it really helped me today
Beautiful đ thanks
found this video very informative and useful.
Very useful thank you especially about compression fittings.
Excellent James well doneđ
Great no nonsense video because we have all done those things in this video in the past đ
Always good to see the simple stuff. đđđ
Great advice. Thanks
Brilliant, thank you đđ
Good fun and very informative, thank you!
Cheers for this! Started as a plumber last week with a friend! Hes taught me some.of these already but good reinforcement
Thanks so much this helped â€
Good sound advice - thanks.
Good knowledge and helpful for house wife
Not young, not an apprentice but still I've learnt heaps, brill video, cheers my friend.
Top lad james keep the good work upđđ
Great advice
Click bait??? Never. Great videos. Thanks for sharing.
@plumberparts - thanks for this - i'm a DIY'er and wanted my downstairs loo refurb to be a personal project - was connecting a new compression tap valve to 1960's pipework and kept getting a drip - yep i put ptfe on the thread!!! It's now on the olive - THANK YOU!
Great vid thanks very much đđ»
When i got married at 19 my father in law wanted me to have a trade so he took me to work with him at weekends and some evenings to learn the trade unfornately he was a painter!!! i wanted to be a plumber!! great tips
Thanks, good advice for a joinerđ
Just to say big thank you for all your great videos đč đ
great tips thanks.
I'm learning a lot from you sir you are a genius
Brilliant !
The best advice given is about making mistakes đ
Since following advice on You Tube on using jointing compound and not over tightening compression fittings the number of water features in our house has dropped to zero in past years. Thanks mainly to James!
Answering in the next comments vid!
Great stuff
Brilliant content
Thanks for the tips. Some I wasn't aware of. But making mistakes don't teach you unless you know you've made a mistake ;-) but next DIY plumbing job I hope I'll recall enough to be better informed.
Love it! What's do you call the drill attachment to clean the pipe? Thanks!
Great info vid', for diyers and pros' alike.
I must admit I got 9/10 đ but have been doing diy for over 50yrs.
Great vids, keep them up đ
Great video from a great personality.
Excellent advice, James. Have you a link to the drill attachment you used for cleaning the copper pipe? That looked really handy.
Thank you I will tell my dad how to improve his plumbing now hahaha
Thanks
Some great tips, đ đ
Very informative! Can you tell me again what is the material you used to tank the floor of your bathroom? It stuck to the 9mm ply sheet you put down?
I had a shower put in and weâll things were not done how they should have. So the more I can do to stop leaks or water coming through my ceiling the better. Thank you again! Just got to work out how to drain the hot water down so I can put an isolation valve in. đ
Great videos⊠just wondering about compression fittings on Jg speed fit? I donât feel like jointing compound would be right.. but they do they leak a bit without tape,..I donât think Iâm over tightening đ€
Top video!
I must admit I did not know about the jointing compound on compression joints, thanks for that one, cheers
Forget about it !
Very good hints however I have a question. Should we use PTFE tape everytime on threads when we are using jointing compound as well? Can we use one of these or should we use both at one time?
Good Saturday morning to you sir and your family
Excellent video,you are too good đ
thanks
Thanks.
Is the jointing compound used on compression fittings the same stuff that's used for making threaded connections with linen/flax/hemp? Mine says "sealing compound" on the box, so I'm unsure if that's the same thing...
Nice work . I wrap ptfe onto a pencil and then roll the pencil around the fitting, great in those hard to get to spots. Put your pencil in a drill if you want to spool a lot of tape on. Reversing threads for the "click" is one of the first mechanical tricks I learned, probably fixing me Chopper or Grifter in the 70s đ
You must have been the strongest person on earth to lift a grifter đȘ
@@dillsplosion5334 Nah just make sure you're out with mates and it's downhill to homeđ€Ł
Handy for fixing reservoirs in shower units
Discovering Jet Blue jointing compound was my biggest DIY plumbing improvement. Handy brush built into the lid too.
Do you mean Jet Lube?
@@45graham45 Yes that was a typo Jet Lube V-2 plus
You forgot to mention not putting inserts inside the plastic pipes and soft copper pipes. May be in part two if there is enough suggestions. đ
Thank for the video!
I've installed my own CH. I made an air trap - in such a way as it self-bleeds the system. One leg of it has a piece of 10mm pipe - that's the only piece I forgot to put inserts in !
I've been taught by a Plumber with 27 years experience, and he told me (and showed me) how to put PTFE onto the thread of fittings. Never again!
What was the tool you used to clean the end of the pipe before soldiering and where did you buy it
Hi mate
Great videos keep them coming.
After 22yrs military service Iâm now retraining tiling / bathroom installations.
Definitely going to make loads of mistakes along the way. Remember to FAIL is just the FIRST ATTEMPT IN LEARNING (FAIL).
Cheers man!
Great video. Im just starting out and itâs great to know the common mistakes. đ
Any chance of some info on where you get that powered pipe cleaner you used on your drill please. Struggling to find one. ta
excellent
Currently gutting and redoing the bathroom. Did all rhe plumbing turned the water on on had few weeps tightend them up then others started weeping. Turned water off had a smoke had a think back to what my dad used to do found some ptfe tape in 1 of my tool boxes n taped up all joints all sound now.
Prob should of had the smoke n watched this vid 1st thing this mornin rather than at 9.30 at night. I did watch your mixer shower install vid this morning as that was my 1st task.
U dint mention the jointing compound on there I don't think
Do you have a link the the drill pump you mention in the video please? I can search on amazon of course but I assume anything you are using is reasonable quality and worth buying.. I'd love your recommendation.. I have been to your web store on amazon but I cant see a search option, within your store...
Where do you get the de-burrer attachment from for the drill? Not in Screwfix or B&Q or Wickes etc
No it wasn't click-batey, some very useful tips thank you.
What's that pipe polishing bit you've got in the Bosh drill?
I can't find a link for it, but maybe I haven't looked hard enough.
Oh! As an old-time cable jointer, I'f never contaminate any surface I was going to tin lol. No greasy fingers on the prepared pipe mate :-)
NOT click bait at all... GOOD VID.
A clever man learns from other peoples mistakes. It is bad practice to use jointing compound on compression fittings ( that method is for plumbers in a hurry ) If a compression fitting is cleaned and unmarked it will not leak when tightened, If jointing compound is used it is a pain in the ass when you come to undo the fitting at a later date, also some of the compound can get inside the pipe and clog up any partially open rad valves further down the pipe, it can also get on the faces of ceramic discs in water taps causing taps to drip. Just one of the common faults found in new build houses where the plumbing has been done in a hurry.
Using jointing compound on a compression fitting shouldn't be necessary, but done properly as demonstrated by James minimises the chances of leaks should the mating surfaces not be perfect as is often the case with many cheap nickel plated fittings. A job done badly, i.e. getting compound inside the pipe, is just that.
Hi John, agreed it shouldn't be necessary to use compound on a compression joint but it is not a problem if it is applied to the pipe and not the fitting. This also applies to flux for soldering. Thanks, Bob.
Is hawk white (non-potable) OK for rad valve fittings on a combi boiler system?
Many years ago I elanred that PTFE should be on the olive and it made perfect sense, however I was today years old when I learned that compound could be used instead. My experience with compound has always been that of an observer trying to fix something and it seems to have appeared in places where the manufacturer has supplied a substantial rubber washer and used the words "do not use compound" in the instructions. A fiver for a little tub is fine and it can sit in my plumbing odds and sods box.
Thanks!
I use a couple of turns of ptfe tape on olives, I seen that manufactures of compression fittings say it's not necessary to use pipe putty, I use it on threaded joints with hemp, still the best combo.
Please please please can you tell me where you got the pipe cleaning thing on the drill please? Thanks
Thanks u boss wold đđŒđ§ââïžđđ§đ„Š
That's a good call, you put the PTFE tape on the correct side of the olive. Unlike most plumbers
I was taught at college (many, many years ago) that a new compression fitting does not need PTFE tape or jointing compound adding to make a water tight seal. I stick with that to this day and very rarely get a problem.
depends on the brand , conex dont , but cheap tool station do .
Me too, 5 year apprenticeship 1960, would have been sacked if I had followed any of this advice.
That got me triggered to.lol.
@@anthony342 No!
if a press fitting needs any compound or tape, its just junk!
@@erikt9677 you dont use anything on push fit pal
Hi thanks for the video it's great. Should you deburr a pipe i.e. on the inside too? And if yes what tool should you use. Or isn't it necessary? There's some videos knocking around saying it's important to do that too. Thanks.
Yes. Burrs on the inside cause ebbs and flows like in rivers and this causes spot errosion in copper pipes over time from the inside. Many cylindrical deburrers (as oppsed to pen type deburrers) debur both inner and outer sides of pipe at the same time
Debuting will also reduce noise, caused when the water flowing over the burrâŠ.
I have fitted a flexi in a gentle U shape, seemed fine. :)
Something else came to mind Donât forget to deburr the inner part of the copper pipe,where the cut is made. keep a nice clean flow of water. Nice video always handy info,đđ»
That's what the deburring tool on your pipe cutter is for ;)
deburr the inner part of the copper to prevent sound to,
makes a big differents in how it will sound using water.
@@millomweb unfortunately my two pipe cutters donât have a deburring tool attached so I have just bought a deburring pencil. Great bit of kit.
Hi James
Happy New Year. Love the bathroom especially the funky tiles. Donât get hammered and look at that pattern!
Anyway just a long ish one to pick your brain. Mate of mine calls me up/ heâs pilot holed the very waffer top of an old thick CH pipe with a drill bit. Hole is tiny with a fine counter sink around the rim of hole. Almost like a volcano. Anyways the plonkers only gone and done it on the most complex bend Iâve ever seen. Two sharp off sets with a kick. Iâd have tried to replicate but I was on another planet with worst brain fog after two weeks of COVID. I basically cleaned up the area until I could see myself in it, fluxed the hole and blobbed a lovely bit of leaded solder on, It worked great. Whatâs your opinion on the strength of this, unpressurised system. Long term.
Sorry forgot to say
Thanks v much
Answering in the next comments vid!
Hi. Where can I buy a drill attachment for a drill to clean the pipes? Is showing in fix7 part, but I can found on Internet anything like that.
Does jointing compound work on plastic. My toilet water supply is copper. It has a square "olive" When you tighten the nut, it pulls the plastic threaded pipe edge against the square "olive". I have used PTFE, LX compound with no success. I always a weeping leak. The plastic threaded pipe goes into the toilet cistern and the float etc
Whats the name of the pipe cleaner bit ? And where can i buy it ?
Thx
All good tips... some pro's dont even do some of them. Re PTFE on compression fittings, I always put a couple of turns on the threads - not to seal them but to assist in reducing the brass to brass squeeky friction when tightening.
You don't need PTFE tape on compression fittings. They're precision made fittings and as long as the pipe fits squarely into the body of the fitting then it won't leak. I was an electrician/plumber for some years, I retired about 15 years ago at the age of 48, but during my working life I worked on many houses built in the late 50's early 60's and onwards and most of them still had their original compression fittings. None of the original fittings had PTFE tape or any kind of sealing compound on them as these products didn't exist back then. You would sometimes come across hemp seals in other fittings or a toilet soil pipe sealed with putty and paint. The only time I would use PTFE tape on a normal compression fitting is if I was connecting a new compression fitting/body to an old nut where the olive was embedded into the copper pipe. Of course, there are many other uses for PTFE tape in plumbing.
@@truthseeker7794 they used boss white back then on most compression fittings . seen red lead used as well
@@anthony342 I only ever saw it on bigger fittings such as tank connectors and back boilers with the old 1inch copper. Yes I remember my dad using red lead on the immersion heater thread.
@@truthseeker7794 you sir are somebody who knows about plumbing just from that reply
Here in Ireland historically for a long long time we kept with the Imperial cooper pipework and fittings ... For the likes of retro fitting Boiler's folks here use adapter's maybe in a similar way to Blighty... Steel pipe fittings can be a real mess as the American Imported products use National Pipe Thread ... NPT... Where as the British use British Pipe Thread ... B S.P. ... Things get Sketchy when some D.I.Y. folk try to Push On or Click Fit metric pipe Fittings onto old Imperial pipe.... Great Upload....
Excellent teach in the video,i just wondered does anybody actually still uses hemp, and boswhite , anymore,i still have a pack in my garage and would still swear by it for most threaded joints,thanks again.
Where can I buy the copper pipe cleaning drill attachment please?....hold tight!!
I had a heating engineer come and service my combi boiler and he replaced the PRV but the new one had tapered threads and he didn't use ptfe and so it would lose pressure every day but because the valve was on top of the water store it was evaporating so it took him 3 call outs before he solved the issue
is a heat pump.heating system worth it, and what are the downfalls
Can I use a soggy popadum instead of sour dough?