When they want to charge _that_ for their work, I’m buying the fucking tools and doing it myself. I’d rather deal with a flooded, burned down place than pay extortionate rates for barely better work than I can do myself, from the laborer who doesn’t give AF about the quality of their work. I’d happily pay for craftsman to come in and work, but every fucking business wants to send the apprentices and charge me for the expert. Fuck that.
@@lukefreeman828plumbers work with lead relatively often, hence the “plumb” in the name. If you get lead under your fingernails and bite them, your IQ starts dropping
Worked 20 years as a plumber here in Sweden. Got a tip for anyone who wants to do some diy plumbing: try to minimize built in pipes, especially couplings.
I can't even understand this weird rat's nest of pipes in this video. How did it get like that? It looks like there is one capped end after a long run and a 90 degree turn. Why?
Idk actually hangout with some engineers, you would be suprised they know how to button it up for the office but ones i know can talk shit with the rest of us
Fellow electro-mechanical nerd here who also identifies as a plumber when needed. Electrical 👍 Plumbing 👍 HVAC/mechanical 👍 Carpentry ❌ I know where im good and where to call for help 👌
You can ask for help watch and learn next time you know what to do. Honestly if you know first 4 carpentry is easy af. Not that I'm good at it. But measure twice cut once. Flooring, painting, drywall and we on RUclips fam so much resources
@@bhonest-gb5zg carpentry is really more about experience than any of the other trades and coming up with clever solutions based on that experience, both in structural concerns and aesthetics. I am not afraid to work with wood or drywall and can operate most of the tools but I don't do that stuff every day to be able to effectively execute on it like someone who does it for a living. I can call myself and advanced level plumber and electrician based on knowing what's right and wrong and how things work, whereas carpentry is MUCH more grey and up to the person doing the work and the owner of the property. It's the same reason that I am a trained diesel mechanic (by training, not by career) and can do just about anything mechanical on a car but have absolutely zero interest in body work or paint. Just not my thing and I'm happy to farm stuff like that out and pay someone who's really got the time in.
Can I just say you reinforce my choice to go into the trades just like my first trade school teacher did. He was funny, down to earth, and a great teacher. The coolest thing in all your videos is you!
Kudos to you for helping your partner out and learning new trades! As a home inspector and diy'er like yourself, ive yet to see a problem with metal rings. Im sure the day will come but my experiences tell me they are a good product.
I did plumbing and tin knocker’s apprenticeships during high school, college, and graduate school. Here is my summary of what I learned: - Hot water on the left, cold water on the right. - Shit don’t run up hill. - Don’t bite your nails. - Pay day is Friday.
Always inspiring, in this day and age, to see someone plant their feet and tackle a project that they're not an expert in, using what they've seen others do, and their own intuitive know how, to get what would overwhelm others done with relative ease. Hope you and your sweet lady thrive!
That was the understanding my wife and I had when we bought our house. Anything she wanted I would do but I got to buy the tools I needed to do it. She wanted new flooring so I got a table saw and a jam saw. Crown molding got me a miter saw. All in all we saved a lot of money and I wound up with a good workshop
@@canadiantrucker9574 Red Green was shown on our Public Broadcasting Station as a late night show on weekends for years. I'm pullin' for ya'. We're all in this together.
I’m an electrician, never touched plumbing in my life, after 2 months I’ve just plumbed my off grid 2 bedroom cottage all in copper and it’s not as difficult as you would think just very time consuming, I had to use copper as I have a Rayburn solid fuel cooker/ boiler but if I didn’t plastic would have only taken me a week to install 😂
How tricky would you describe the copper soldering? Did you use pre-soldered joints or pit the solder on yourself? I just got a boiler wood stove and intend to do it myself as an engineer but I've never done the piping like this so a bit nervous about leaks.
@@PercyJackson93 Soldering copper pipes is incredibly easy. Like soldering electronics that are huge with a large margin of error. Just look up a video of the dos and don'ts and you will be fine. Also, use you're engineering knowledge to minimize fittings and bends. And support your pipes correctly unlike whoever plumbed the house in this video.
You can rent a pro press when needed. To do it economically, you'd need to fit out the system then rent the tool and spend your day pressing your connections, then trying to find the one you missed.
Nice! I am redoing my home in PEX this last weekend connected in the fridge to the house water to make ice n COLD water. I'm staying well hydrated now and so is she.
That plumbing looks like it was done by my dad and uncle. In our house they forgot to glue some of the dry fits and apparently they didn't know what shit goes downhill meant
I’m the son of a construction worker, and I work in plumbing wholesale. PEX is remarkable, if you can use it for your job, it’s fantastic! Thanks for the cool fact.
Being knowledgeable enough to fix your own stuff is rewarding both mentally and financially. I haven’t called for an electrician, plumber, HVAC, or mechanic for the past 20 years. I probably saved maybe $200k doing my own repairs and renovations. Last time I had to troubleshoot my electrical work was in 2009, so at least I know I did a good electrical job even after an approved inspection.
You can get a manual expander for $100, or even a Ryobi expander for $200. If you want the best tools it'll cost much more but you're still saving overall. If you're DIY-ing, spend the money on good tools! It'll make your life easier and the work more enjoyable!
There's no way that this didn't end up wayyy cheaper than calling a plumber, even with the cost of the tools. A manual expansion tool is ~$80, and even a dedicated Milwaukee ProPex expansion tool kit is under $500. Not knocking any plumber for charging a premium for some guaranteed licensed work, just providing some cost context.
@@AnarexicSumo There's cheaper ones, we got some Dewalt expanders for $188 and the Ryobi crimper for the pex lines was $100. Had to redo the lines on a buncha quadrant homes.
He's far more than than just a sparky, multicraft/industrial maintenance at a minimum. Sparky's only hook up wires and run conduit, they ain't building control cabinets.
I love sweating in copper. I've replaced every single faucet in my house but 1 - the IKEA sink that was updated before they sold the house to me. All shut offs replaced with quarter turns too. I have two small copper pieces to fix soon then I think it's good for 20+ years.
This mans so witty, calm and knowledgeable while teaching His kids gunna have a rough time growing up and finding out his dad goes 10x harder than any other dad on witty jokes
Thank you for using Uponor! I've been doing heating for over 40 years, and found it's been the best system, whether it's heating, or domestic water, way better than metal collars, or rings.
I've seen Uponor fail at the chemical level too many times. material starts to de-polymerize and become brittle, eventually cracking into tiny crystals like a cars window before blowing a geyser in someone's ceiling
Fun Fact! And 80's house trailer would be run in Polybutylene (PB) which is dark grey pipe and they later found out was literally toxic! So recycled CPVC is actually an upgrade!
When I moved into my house the first year we had 2 leaks, the next 5, by the spring after the 2nd year I hade patched EVERY single water line at least once. The reason being, when the house was last remodeled, they had installed all copper pipe and out water from the spring is, and always has been, slightly acidic. So I decided to completely remove all the copper and replace it with PVC and add a couple of spigots and a shower head while I was at it. It took me a long weekend but we have only had 2 water leaks in the 22 years since and both of those were from frozen pipes during some EXTREME cold temps, like we dipped below 0 in freaking middle Georgia. Looking back I was darn glad I did that or I would still be fixing leaks every few weeks, one thing I wish I had done differently though was used larger dia pipe. You see, I was only 19 at the time and didnt understand flow resistance and pipe hudraulics like I do now. My house feed from a pump is a 3/4 in pvc, if it was only a few feet it would be fine, but seeing as how its over 600 feet, it causes problems at times, might be adding a secondary feed line that is both shorter AND a 1 1/2 inch line or bigger, maybe even a 2 inch.
I would spring for a WAI test first. The issue with copper and acidic water is in leaching metal, not leakage. If the pipes were leaking it had nothing to do with the water quality -- if anything acidic water would have corroded and further sieze the threads making leakage harder. PVC is horrible for cold as you've found out already. Cleaning and re-sealing the existing copper would have probably been the better move.
That permanently temporary repair. Gotta love it. Hope you strapped your pipe, unlike the last fella. Pex failed miserably on me in a renovation, behind an access panel, but still it cost me some money to remediate any possible problems on that one because ONE elbow leaked. So I've avoided it and just used CPVC or copper whenever I have had to do the minimal plumbing that I do.
Thats pretty cool that you went with pex/expansion rings actually. I was a plumber for a while and qe considered this to be the best because it minimizes the amount of failure points. That plastic will now last longer than pretty much anything in the house. I love the "art" of sweating copper pipes but you did it right in my book.
For lines up to 4" (100mm) we slope them 1/4" per foot so they maintain their self-cleaning. For larger diameters and also longer sewer runs, you can do 1/8" per foot.
Spent $60 on a Crimper, $40 on a cutting tool, $45 each on 50' of 1/2" red/blue Pex, and another $20 on rings.. $10, $8x2, & $2 for fittings & put a second floor bathroom in my buddy's place from a basement.😅 DIY is always cooler😅
Absolutely love uponor. Incredible time saver in comparison to sweat fittings. Easily faster than propress but not as clean looking. Fraction of the price though. For me, uponor through the house, pressed copper on any fancy shower valves. Megapress on the gas line is a life saver also. Be careful though, idk what the situation is nowadays but i’ve heard in the past issues in relation to brass uponor fittings such as those couplings you installed.
2 year plumbers apprentice here. when it comes to PEX, it really is a godsend. Using ProPress isnt too slow but its expensive and definitely slower. PEX is flexible, which means not havng to use a ton of elbow fittings where it aint necessary. It comes in rolls instead of sticks, which makes it much easier to just throw in the truck and go. Its effecient and effective. 12-ish blows from the pex gun into the expansion ring, shove that fitting in there good, wait until it dont wiggle and move to the next. Only gripe is... well, none really.
You can always put teflon tape on the thread first, followed by thread sealer. Make sure the tape is applied in the same direction as the threading so it doesnt unravel when tightening
YEP, I bought a tankless water heater to replace our tank that was going out and asked and asked for someone to install it. Nobody wanted to touch it because I didn't buy it FROM THEM. So, I bought a replacement tank to get by. Well, jump to 13 years later and my water heater is starting to leak and develop rust streaks. So I went around and around with how I was going to do the install, changing the plan 3 times before settling on good ol'e copper. I taught myself how to sweat the fittings, did a much needed upgrade from 1/2 to 3/4 from the water softener, put in valves, re-routed the gas line, gave the water softener union fittings (the installers actually sweated it in LOL oof), checked for leaks and it came out just wonderful and I ran what I did past a plumber and he said I probably saved 5k by doing it myself. Huzzah
I'm just a DIYer myself. I repaired the copper pipe in my house while replacing the hot water tank for far lower than having a plumber even drive to the house, let alone do the work. and it still doesn't leak after 12 years. A little knowledge can be either a super power or a dangerous thing.
"12 year olds who got the high score on a chromosome contest" 💀
💀💀💀💀💀🤣💀😭💀😭💀😭💀😭😭💀💀😭🤣💀🤣💀
Where does he get this sick burns??
Dude 💀 even Jimy Carr would be scared of your jokes
I am going to hell for this, but I will use that
That one killed me 😂
"Spent money on tools instead of hiring someone" story of every handyman
This is funnily enough the start to
-and then my house flooded
I bought an old house at 31. By 35 I had amassed a grampa level tool stash and gut renovated that house. 😂 Feels good to know most everything.
When they want to charge _that_ for their work, I’m buying the fucking tools and doing it myself. I’d rather deal with a flooded, burned down place than pay extortionate rates for barely better work than I can do myself, from the laborer who doesn’t give AF about the quality of their work.
I’d happily pay for craftsman to come in and work, but every fucking business wants to send the apprentices and charge me for the expert. Fuck that.
Do you have a point?
I now have a box truck that’s over the GVWR because of all my tools in there!
I just fucking love how you can verbally obliterate everything you bloody want. 😂😂😂😂😂
Yes, enfineers. Who had their coffee and still have their childish spark of curiosity.
Let the real shim sparky please stand up!
Not sure if he is an engineer. They usually don't talk to the lowely peasants we are.
As a Filipino I can confirm that our electrical lines are disorganized as heck💀
We seem to find each other everywhere
Ya but can you confirm that the electrical and/or plumbing of your whore houses are worse?
Dude just casually owns up to living in a whorehouse...
What about a Filipino Whorehouse?
Lol
A plumber doesn't bite their nails is the realest advice I ever got
Why’s that? I feel like I’m missing something
Tbh I've never done anything but new housing so I can bite anything an electrician can bite B)
@@lukefreeman828the stuff that gets under our nails should not be ingested. Heard some nasty stories
@@lukefreeman828plumbers work with lead relatively often, hence the “plumb” in the name. If you get lead under your fingernails and bite them, your IQ starts dropping
@@lukefreeman828 They often get their hands dirty with all kinds of nasty stuff, you will lose that habit quickly if you become one
My old man is a plumber. He had a bumper sticker that said, "If you think a licensed plumber is expensive, try an unlicensed one."
I would rather trust myself, but that's me.
They guy before thought his pipe work was good too I bet
Worked 20 years as a plumber here in Sweden. Got a tip for anyone who wants to do some diy plumbing: try to minimize built in pipes, especially couplings.
I can't even understand this weird rat's nest of pipes in this video. How did it get like that? It looks like there is one capped end after a long run and a 90 degree turn. Why?
The dry humor you have is unreal and unexpected from a guy like you 😂
Idk actually hangout with some engineers, you would be suprised they know how to button it up for the office but ones i know can talk shit with the rest of us
"Wired like a Phillipino Whore House." We have questions regarding your experience in PI.
Hahaha
I have no doubt that he's very experienced in said regard.
It seems he's been to either Subic or Clark. 😅
No one is doing my girls' plumping but me.
Plumping you say? 😂
Just feed her pizza every night, she’ll be there in no time.
@@w3vjp568😂 unless they are already there. Then you literally have to feed them pizza every night just to keep them that size.
Lmao
And the guy next door when Ur in work 😂
Fellow electro-mechanical nerd here who also identifies as a plumber when needed.
Electrical 👍
Plumbing 👍
HVAC/mechanical 👍
Carpentry ❌
I know where im good and where to call for help 👌
Knowing when to call for help is the most important part.
You can ask for help watch and learn next time you know what to do. Honestly if you know first 4 carpentry is easy af. Not that I'm good at it. But measure twice cut once. Flooring, painting, drywall and we on RUclips fam so much resources
Yep. Same here.
@@bhonest-gb5zg carpentry is really more about experience than any of the other trades and coming up with clever solutions based on that experience, both in structural concerns and aesthetics. I am not afraid to work with wood or drywall and can operate most of the tools but I don't do that stuff every day to be able to effectively execute on it like someone who does it for a living. I can call myself and advanced level plumber and electrician based on knowing what's right and wrong and how things work, whereas carpentry is MUCH more grey and up to the person doing the work and the owner of the property.
It's the same reason that I am a trained diesel mechanic (by training, not by career) and can do just about anything mechanical on a car but have absolutely zero interest in body work or paint. Just not my thing and I'm happy to farm stuff like that out and pay someone who's really got the time in.
I too am competent in energy transfer and fluid flow, but my expanded carbon foam skills are lacking at best
I subbed for the cool electrical facts, stayed for the vibes, and now I get this gem. Thanks.
Yup, I'm stealing that insult 😂
"Getting the highscore on a chromosome contest" 😂
Your videos are awesome! 40 years in manufacturing and these are the most refreshing and honest videos on RUclips.
As a plumber, your description of CPVC is pretty cool. Hell yeah I love Pex-A
Can I just say you reinforce my choice to go into the trades just like my first trade school teacher did. He was funny, down to earth, and a great teacher. The coolest thing in all your videos is you!
You are a Shakespearian lyrical genius and also a tradesman to boot.
You are a modern day hero!
Your wordplay is just *mwah* chef's kiss, as always.
If you go copper, ProPress is the way to go. Our new company motto is "Don't sweat it" lol
Kudos to you for helping your partner out and learning new trades!
As a home inspector and diy'er like yourself, ive yet to see a problem with metal rings. Im sure the day will come but my experiences tell me they are a good product.
I did plumbing and tin knocker’s apprenticeships during high school, college, and graduate school. Here is my summary of what I learned:
- Hot water on the left, cold water on the right.
- Shit don’t run up hill.
- Don’t bite your nails.
- Pay day is Friday.
Always inspiring, in this day and age, to see someone plant their feet and tackle a project that they're not an expert in, using what they've seen others do, and their own intuitive know how, to get what would overwhelm others done with relative ease. Hope you and your sweet lady thrive!
That was the understanding my wife and I had when we bought our house. Anything she wanted I would do but I got to buy the tools I needed to do it. She wanted new flooring so I got a table saw and a jam saw. Crown molding got me a miter saw.
All in all we saved a lot of money and I wound up with a good workshop
Pex is the shit. I re did my whole house in pex cause we kept getting brown sediment from the old galvanized pipes. Its a fantastic material.
Red Green: "If the women don't find you handsome, they should at least find you handy."
As probably the only Canadian on this comment thread, I know exactly what your talking about
@@canadiantrucker9574 Red Green, guess there are three Canuks here today LOL
Niche popularity here in Kentucky too.
@@1300BlueStar
I'm a Floridian and I know about Red Green.
@@canadiantrucker9574 Red Green was shown on our Public Broadcasting Station as a late night show on weekends for years.
I'm pullin' for ya'. We're all in this together.
Legend has it, that girlfriend still getting pickup lines to this day
I’m an electrician, never touched plumbing in my life, after 2 months I’ve just plumbed my off grid 2 bedroom cottage all in copper and it’s not as difficult as you would think just very time consuming, I had to use copper as I have a Rayburn solid fuel cooker/ boiler but if I didn’t plastic would have only taken me a week to install 😂
How tricky would you describe the copper soldering? Did you use pre-soldered joints or pit the solder on yourself? I just got a boiler wood stove and intend to do it myself as an engineer but I've never done the piping like this so a bit nervous about leaks.
@@PercyJackson93 Soldering copper pipes is incredibly easy. Like soldering electronics that are huge with a large margin of error. Just look up a video of the dos and don'ts and you will be fine. Also, use you're engineering knowledge to minimize fittings and bends. And support your pipes correctly unlike whoever plumbed the house in this video.
You’ve found your groove. I love this so much for you!🎉
You can rent a pro press when needed. To do it economically, you'd need to fit out the system then rent the tool and spend your day pressing your connections, then trying to find the one you missed.
In my area (NJ) uponor never seemed to catch on and honestly I've never seen any issues with crimp rings that weren't caused by installation errors.
Nice! I am redoing my home in PEX this last weekend connected in the fridge to the house water to make ice n COLD water. I'm staying well hydrated now and so is she.
Nicely done. I try to avoid plumbing whenever possible. At least with electrical it'll usually trip the breaker if you screw.
That plumbing looks like it was done by my dad and uncle. In our house they forgot to glue some of the dry fits and apparently they didn't know what shit goes downhill meant
My dad thought it was nuts to fill the drain stack to the top to check for leaks. What do you know, found 2 spots he forgot to glue them!
Damn. Your analogys are top notch! Love the content by the way.
Your jokes are great. Keep em coming.
I absolutely love your vids dude keep on rocking.🎉
PEX -A is where its at.
I finally got a Milwaukee expander.
Pex is shite
Jesus those pipes look like they were salvaged evidence from the unabomber.
Honestly, all plumbers want is new construction. You doing work with that disaster mess is fine by me.
Thank you , your content is very educational and informative
👏👏👏 bravo sir. Bravo! Love the commentary.
I’m the son of a construction worker, and I work in plumbing wholesale. PEX is remarkable, if you can use it for your job, it’s fantastic! Thanks for the cool fact.
I did mine myself as well!! Learn a good bit about plumbing along the way
One of the things I love the most about PEX of any kind is the absolute ease that you can splice a new line in.
I feel the same about electrical work it’s so easy as long as you do your research work safely and buy the correct equipment
Being knowledgeable enough to fix your own stuff is rewarding both mentally and financially.
I haven’t called for an electrician, plumber, HVAC, or mechanic for the past 20 years. I probably saved maybe $200k doing my own repairs and renovations.
Last time I had to troubleshoot my electrical work was in 2009, so at least I know I did a good electrical job even after an approved inspection.
You're brilliant, man.
I do like that you admit that it wasn't cheaper when you include tools.
You can get a manual expander for $100, or even a Ryobi expander for $200. If you want the best tools it'll cost much more but you're still saving overall. If you're DIY-ing, spend the money on good tools! It'll make your life easier and the work more enjoyable!
There's no way that this didn't end up wayyy cheaper than calling a plumber, even with the cost of the tools. A manual expansion tool is ~$80, and even a dedicated Milwaukee ProPex expansion tool kit is under $500.
Not knocking any plumber for charging a premium for some guaranteed licensed work, just providing some cost context.
@sektorf5 They make 2 ProPex kits. The smaller is $800 and the more expensive is $1200 MSRP.
@@AnarexicSumo There's cheaper ones, we got some Dewalt expanders for $188 and the Ryobi crimper for the pex lines was $100. Had to redo the lines on a buncha quadrant homes.
I think the copper crimp rings are really the way to go though, because you know for sure that it’s well crimped
Those tension based pex fittings are pure magic, incredible stuff
Always like watching "sparky's" do plumbing work!😅
when you want to see it done right....
The question is whether he cleaned up after himself.
@@saeedhossain6099 Lmao
He's far more than than just a sparky, multicraft/industrial maintenance at a minimum. Sparky's only hook up wires and run conduit, they ain't building control cabinets.
@@saeedhossain6099Lol, the Monday funny
Plus you got a heck of a lot of satisfaction out of doing it and having it actually all work.
O man, you are a funny bastard every short is a good laugh with good information. You got it figured out my friend.
Dude you are HILARIOUS 😂😂😂
Plumbing is a skill every home owner really needs to learn. It can save you so much money. And if you have a basement it's typically not to hard
*cries in Californian*
I love sweating in copper. I've replaced every single faucet in my house but 1 - the IKEA sink that was updated before they sold the house to me. All shut offs replaced with quarter turns too. I have two small copper pieces to fix soon then I think it's good for 20+ years.
Trade school rising senior in electrical, have wired a lot of extra things on my own like guitars and automotive, I love your channel, keep it up 🔥
Plumber here fun Pex fact: it will expand to up to 3.5x its original diameter. Making it the best pipe during a freeze imo.
Yeah, except all the fittings explode
Don't want to doubt you, but I'm having trouble visualizing 3/4" swelled up to some 2.5" and still being serviceable.
Brother, master plumber here, keep it up! You're right on the money brother!
Man im envious of your kid, cause there gonna learn alot.
This mans so witty, calm and knowledgeable while teaching
His kids gunna have a rough time growing up and finding out his dad goes 10x harder than any other dad on witty jokes
This guy got JOKES😂😂😂
Indiana is in love with pex b and it drives me nuts! Nice vid
Thank you for using Uponor! I've been doing heating for over 40 years, and found it's been the best system, whether it's heating, or domestic water, way better than metal collars, or rings.
Copper rings don’t break at the expansion joints this comment won’t age well
I've seen Uponor fail at the chemical level too many times. material starts to de-polymerize and become brittle, eventually cracking into tiny crystals like a cars window before blowing a geyser in someone's ceiling
What is Uponor? I have never even heard of it.
That's pretty cool!
I think you should write a book, kind of like Poor Richard’s Almanac of wisdom of the trades. I would read it!
This is a great idea!
As someone who works in a trade job, this man is absolutely one of us and has been a long, long time.
Nah man we need more commentary like that
Man I love unhinged humor
Dude was def in the trades 😂 u ol sailor you
Fun Fact! And 80's house trailer would be run in Polybutylene (PB) which is dark grey pipe and they later found out was literally toxic! So recycled CPVC is actually an upgrade!
When I moved into my house the first year we had 2 leaks, the next 5, by the spring after the 2nd year I hade patched EVERY single water line at least once. The reason being, when the house was last remodeled, they had installed all copper pipe and out water from the spring is, and always has been, slightly acidic. So I decided to completely remove all the copper and replace it with PVC and add a couple of spigots and a shower head while I was at it. It took me a long weekend but we have only had 2 water leaks in the 22 years since and both of those were from frozen pipes during some EXTREME cold temps, like we dipped below 0 in freaking middle Georgia. Looking back I was darn glad I did that or I would still be fixing leaks every few weeks, one thing I wish I had done differently though was used larger dia pipe. You see, I was only 19 at the time and didnt understand flow resistance and pipe hudraulics like I do now. My house feed from a pump is a 3/4 in pvc, if it was only a few feet it would be fine, but seeing as how its over 600 feet, it causes problems at times, might be adding a secondary feed line that is both shorter AND a 1 1/2 inch line or bigger, maybe even a 2 inch.
I would spring for a WAI test first. The issue with copper and acidic water is in leaching metal, not leakage. If the pipes were leaking it had nothing to do with the water quality -- if anything acidic water would have corroded and further sieze the threads making leakage harder.
PVC is horrible for cold as you've found out already. Cleaning and re-sealing the existing copper would have probably been the better move.
Amazing choiche of words all the way!
High Score in a chromosome contest. At this point it's just pure comedy...
That permanently temporary repair. Gotta love it. Hope you strapped your pipe, unlike the last fella.
Pex failed miserably on me in a renovation, behind an access panel, but still it cost me some money to remediate any possible problems on that one because ONE elbow leaked. So I've avoided it and just used CPVC or copper whenever I have had to do the minimal plumbing that I do.
As a Filipino I'm amazed that you are on point with that one 😂
It’s informative and f*ckin hilarious
Great job!
Heck yeah!! Looking Great 👍 Thanks for the inspiration you exude from every hole on your body. ;)
Thats pretty cool that you went with pex/expansion rings actually. I was a plumber for a while and qe considered this to be the best because it minimizes the amount of failure points. That plastic will now last longer than pretty much anything in the house. I love the "art" of sweating copper pipes but you did it right in my book.
Chris, you da man!!
I love upinor. Its amazing
Ain't quarter to the foot a bit steep? Here in Europe I've always known it as 1% slopes. Which means a centimeter every meter you run.
For lines up to 4" (100mm) we slope them 1/4" per foot so they maintain their self-cleaning. For larger diameters and also longer sewer runs, you can do 1/8" per foot.
Thanks, you have both taught me today.
Only thing I know about plumbing is sh!t flows downhill and payday's Friday lol
I've seen plumbing that sh!t flows UPHILL.
It wasn't a pretty sight. LoL
Spent $60 on a Crimper, $40 on a cutting tool, $45 each on 50' of 1/2" red/blue Pex, and another $20 on rings.. $10, $8x2, & $2 for fittings & put a second floor bathroom in my buddy's place from a basement.😅 DIY is always cooler😅
Those analogies are crazy haha
80s house trailer😂😂. Love it
Your humour is genius level
The new installation technologies for pex are just fantastic
You're the man!!!!!
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 bruh came out the gate CRACKING ❤
I hate doing plumbing when I'm not doing it ... But for some reason... I LoVe doing plumbing once I get started..
Absolutely love uponor. Incredible time saver in comparison to sweat fittings. Easily faster than propress but not as clean looking. Fraction of the price though.
For me, uponor through the house, pressed copper on any fancy shower valves. Megapress on the gas line is a life saver also.
Be careful though, idk what the situation is nowadays but i’ve heard in the past issues in relation to brass uponor fittings such as those couplings you installed.
2 year plumbers apprentice here. when it comes to PEX, it really is a godsend. Using ProPress isnt too slow but its expensive and definitely slower. PEX is flexible, which means not havng to use a ton of elbow fittings where it aint necessary. It comes in rolls instead of sticks, which makes it much easier to just throw in the truck and go. Its effecient and effective. 12-ish blows from the pex gun into the expansion ring, shove that fitting in there good, wait until it dont wiggle and move to the next. Only gripe is... well, none really.
You can always put teflon tape on the thread first, followed by thread sealer. Make sure the tape is applied in the same direction as the threading so it doesnt unravel when tightening
YEP, I bought a tankless water heater to replace our tank that was going out and asked and asked for someone to install it. Nobody wanted to touch it because I didn't buy it FROM THEM. So, I bought a replacement tank to get by. Well, jump to 13 years later and my water heater is starting to leak and develop rust streaks. So I went around and around with how I was going to do the install, changing the plan 3 times before settling on good ol'e copper. I taught myself how to sweat the fittings, did a much needed upgrade from 1/2 to 3/4 from the water softener, put in valves, re-routed the gas line, gave the water softener union fittings (the installers actually sweated it in LOL oof), checked for leaks and it came out just wonderful and I ran what I did past a plumber and he said I probably saved 5k by doing it myself. Huzzah
Never thought I’d get a Filipino reference from you but glad I did😂
Good choices. Brass fittings instead of plastic, expansion rings, good stuff.
Uponor is a massive time saver. (I’m bad with pex rings)
Chris you are amazing
I'm just a DIYer myself. I repaired the copper pipe in my house while replacing the hot water tank for far lower than having a plumber even drive to the house, let alone do the work. and it still doesn't leak after 12 years. A little knowledge can be either a super power or a dangerous thing.