At the end of this video, you said "There is a lot of work out there for plumbers to do" and I agree there is a lot of work out there for plumbers. However, when they are quoting you $300/hr to do the work, that is what makes a homeowner do their own work. I am one of those homeowners that want to do his own work because I was quoted $1500 for connecting a whole home water filter and a water softener. I already had all the parts and materials but the plumber said it was because they had to get parts from a plumbing supply company and the copper tubing is better than the copper tubing you get from HomeDepot but in 30 years my mother's house has never had a problem with HomeDepot copper pipes.. The total run was about 10 - 15 feet (max) of copper pipe (3/4") and 10 - 15 various fittings such as "T"s, 90s, etc... After I was hit with the quote of installation for the filter/softener, I was also quoted an additional $1200 for the installation of a water booster pump (because my water pressure is 42psi) for a total installation cost of nearly $3000. Keep in mind, this is ONLY for the installation cost, I had all materials and parts required. I told the plumber to pack sand and that I would not have it done through his business because that is an absolute rip off... I can understand paying $100-$150/hr for work to be done because that seems to be the "going rate" for nearly all professions around here. I cannot digest paying $1500 for installation when the company doesn't have to pay for anything except time, gas (propane or map), and solder for the pipes. I even thought about paying for a crimp tool and doing it all myself but I will find someone who will install it for a reasonable price.
Would you like to see pictures of my epic fail of a kitchen remodel. So 1940s house updated with a modern floor plan. Even tore the whole wall down to rewire and plumb everything. So went to hook up the garbage disposal to realize I really screwed up. See the large stainless steel sink sits inches lower meaning the wall drain is now above the disposal drain port. Yeah it was fun cutting the new cabinet so I can get to wall drain.
Tell me about it. I have no clue how I got here or even remember what I was watching before I started my binge on this channel but all of a sudden I'm subbed and 7 videos deep. This guy is great.
I do NOT have a tough stomach. I gagged for like half an hour after watching my mom's dog eat some fresh bird poop. Started gagging and felt nauseated for quite a while after trying to clean up my grandma's dogs puke. Couldn't do it
I've never even cared about plumbing, being a heavy equipment operator, but you actually make this stuff entertaining. Keep being you man, this is cool
@Throw communists out of helicopters I appreciate the sentiment, I am working on pulling myself up by the bootstraps and getting my own sitework company together here in New England
I was watching people recently convert their attics to rooms. Roof trusses are not made to support that extra load and you have these homeowners showing millions of people how to do this stuff, risking people's safety because they don't know any better. Some did it right by hiring licensed carpenters or skilled Handymen and doing everything to code, but most did it themselves and literally put their families at risk of a collapsing roof.
@tyvek05 the only way to make a truss roof useable space is to remove the webbing, which significantly weakens the truss. And if you seriously think subfloor ply and drywall don’t add a significant amount of weight you are the one who doesn’t know what you’re talking about
Oh, if only I knew about this channel 2 years ago. I lived in a different house back then. We had an issue with the boiler, it got fixed. A pipe started leaking in the attic though. Not enough that anyone noticed, just a drip. But we noticed, after about a week, how much "a drip" actually is, when the entire attic was flooded, the ceiling in the kitchen sank down, the walls in half the house started to warp and almost all of the wallpaper on the internal walls started peeling off. If I knew about this channel back then, I would've taken a video tour of the Waterpark House, as we called it, complete with climbing the ladder to show the tiny drip that caused it.
I'm about to repipe my entire house in uponor AquaPEX. As long as you research properly, use the right tools and materials, and have common sense you can do it yourself.
It seems I’m on the “plumbing videos” phase of quarantine So far my phases are as follows Family Feud Highlights Football Highlights Skits and Shorts Golf Videos Math Videos (weird I know) Gaming Plumbing
We’ve all been there buddy. It’s ok. I’ve even been there, heck the kids have even been at that point with binge watching the same movies over and over again. I feel your pain.
Youngy I’ve been watching gaming videos way back in 2013 and 2014 . I highly recommend theradbrad video game channel. He is an really laid back dude from kennesaw Georgia
yeah, it looks normal. it also looked like it was a 3/4 line feeding 3 1/2 lines, so fine. they didn't run the water in the walls because there was no need to since the tub would cover it. at best, they could've used about 6-12" more pex so it wasn't so tight.
Bought a house in 2008, dishwasher was original from 1971. Didn't work. House came with a year of some home warranty company, so we had them send out a plumber. Guy crawls under the sink to look at the plumbing. Apparently, to go from the 1/2" copper supply line, they had a stack of five different adapters...and a cap. The dishwasher inlet still had a plastic plug in it from the factory: it sat for 37 years with only the drain line hooked up. No power, no water. He pulled out the adapter stack, hooked it up, and it worked fine. Apparently four previous owners had either never tried to use it at all, or just never questioned why it didn't work.
Hey, Roger! Greetings from Washington! Thank you so much for taking the time to make these videos. I honestly watch these for entertainment, but I learn so much in the process. It's awesome that you go out of your way to be so informative while being entertaining. From your viewers, much thanks. This is a whole genre of video I didn't know I needed on RUclips!
My dad redid most of our bathroom earlier this month and honestly the bathroom and plumbing overall looks better and all the leaks are fixed so thought I might share my story he’s also done a ton of electrical work in our home.
That “tune handle” shower valve is actually a Stanadyne shower valve. Basically a Moen. Stanadyne is known for making fuel pumps. In the late 70’s or early 80’s they bought Moen, and it seems they branded their track-house line Stanadyne, much like Delta/ Peerless, but also retained the Moen name too. All using Moen cartridges. Anyway, Stanadyne sold off Moen to some other holdings company in the late 80’s, and got out of the faucet business.
Wish i had a video of it, but I was working a temp job and didn't want to make my company look bad, but here we go. Plumber demoing a wall, journeyman, so that the master could start working on it for whatever he was there for. Journeyman swinging that sledge like he was a caveman. Not paying any attention to what was around him, he ended up hitting something bad: a LIVE sprinkler head, kept intact because the rest of the building was still active. Flooded the floor, and the floor below, destroying years of medical records that were in the process of being digitized. Amazing
Professional handyman here. Roger mentions a few times that "this is what you get when you hire a handyman to do this kind of job." I couldnt agree with him more, however I have to defend myself LOL! Alot of times, homeowners will hire me to do one job, then when I arrive, they also ask if I can take a look at a plumbing issue theyre having. I tell the homeowner straight up, I'm not a professional plumber but I'll take a look for them. I let them know before I start the work that they're better off hiring a professional but I can certainly make it "good enough" for cheaper than what a licensed plumber would do. At that point, its up to the customer to decide whether they want it done "wrong" for cheap, or they want it done "right" for only a little more. If they decide to use me, I'll do it for them to simply help them out of a situation but listen people, the couple extra bucks is worth it to have a licensed professional fixing your plumbing than me. You wouldn't ask a welder to do your taxes, you wouldn't ask a doctor to fix your car, and you wouldnt ask a zookeeper to build your furniture...so stop asking the handyman to fix your plumbing! Its more expensive for a reason...they know EXACTLY what needs to be done. Great videos though Roger!
Not all handymen do this type of work. As a maintenance director at a nursing home some of us do it right and when we can't we hire someone who can. I've discovered some crazy repairs in building from the 60s. It gets really scary when handymen, with no knowledge start doing electrical work. I don't know how they sleep at night.
I should've taken pictures of when I bought my house and a main sewage leak: Copper directly soldered onto cast iron, caused the thing to corrode out, they taped it up about 0.5 foot with plumbers tape, only for after I bought it, the pipe had kept corroding higher and higher. Had to cut about 2 feet of copper out and used plastic between copper and cast iron. Also have kids and during that job, even though I told them not to flush the toilet, my little one that just had to learn how to use the potty, used and flushed while my head was under it.
@3:39 that’s vintage 1970s Genova pvc you can glue new pvc to it it was always yellow they changed them to white in 1980. they glue to new pvc very well I can tell it’s old because of the twist-lok lugs on the fittings.
@@throttlebottle5906 This pipe did not turn yellow. It was made that color by the manufacturer. I have seen it. @Jack's says it Genova brand. I would guess he is right. I learned my plumbing fittings from a Genova pamphlet from hardware store around the early 70's. I was probably 10.
@@jacksplumbingvideos7147 My parents house had that yellow PVC. I'll have to see if they have any of it still remaining after the work done over the years.
13:02 earned you a sub man. Please stay exactly as you are. Such an earnest approach. I work in water utilities and ive been thinking of taking up plumping and your knowledge is definitely weighing heavy on me in a good way. I appreciate the content as I'm sure many others do.
15:51 they could live in a cold area and they ran that inside of the insulation to help prevent freezing. A lot of times if it's ran inside the wall it has the chance of freezing.
Exactly! I saw it and my first instinct was that it might have been an outside wall. I've seen many plumbers put waterline on an outside wall for a kitchen sink, lav, shower, toilet and the lines freeze constantly. My moto is to NEVER rough in water lines in an outside wall. I've gotten into arguements with building designers to move a fixture around in order to not have water lines on an exterior wall. Sometimes with remodels we've had to run the water lines just like this to avoid freezing. I would rather crip the floor and run them under the slab but many customers dont want to pay for the added cost from doing that. Not to mention if they have in floor radiant heat. If a line is hit a fitting will have to be put in concrete which is a bad idea.
Really don't appreciate the handyman knocks! 😆 I was a plumbing apprentice for 2 years, have worked in facilities for 14. I now own a handyman business and I can honestly say I wouldn't dream of doing work like this!
Wow, that "tee" at 12:21 is something. I removed one from under a house that makes that one look professional. It had every conceivable fitting used just to make a tee. 4 different types of pipe including p.e, p.b., galv. and copper. There was glued connections, hose clamps, plastic compression, threaded... Unbelievable! I kept it as a souvenir and when I find it I'll send a picture.
In one of our state plumbing inspections it was stated that we didn’t have to vent any of our toilets as long as there is a vent anywhere down the line. Wet vent or not. Weird to me.
Water heater @ 10:05 CPVC run to the inlet & outlet of a gas fired water heater? What code do they wok from? That's going to be expensive in a few years.
I'm glad that I stumbled upon your videos. I've been doing drain cleaning and video inspection for 10+ yrs and seen some pretty crazy plumbing. Try to wrap my head around some jobs. I just love your videos Roger. Hope to send you some pics or videos in the future.
I lived in a apartment in Pulaski VA that was the same way. I complained to the owner and he threw me out for taking him that he needed to fix the faucet and the bottom of the cabinet. The bottom of the sink was caulked so water would not leak out. I ended up winning a lawsuit against him for throwing me off over complaining and as of today her is no longer a apartment owner.
Been a service plumber for 10 years now im going to have to start taking pics of the jacked up stuff i have seen not to mention i also clean drains, the systems that are installed to code with no consideration to actual application of having it snaked just blow my mind
My family has been renting my whole life and tend to move every 3 years or so rental places almost always have fucked up sinks because of unfixed leaks. The electirical is usually pretty narly to
19:30 I couldn't help but notice that crooked outlet, also I don't know much about how this is usually set up, other than the fact that disposer needs the power source but it being that close to the pipes seems like a hell of a fire hazard
About the water boiler vented into the sewer pipe, isn't that a fire hazard, flammable sewer gasses reaching the pilot light in the boiler? Can sewer gasses be flammable?
So glad I came across to your channel. I'm a tenant in a 5 story apartment building. When I moved in about 9 months ago I noticed that the water in the toilet bowl was black. So I flushed it and the water was dirty looking. (Not that I drink from the toilet or anything.) So I lifted the tank and saw aquarium stones at the bottom of the tank. Response I got from the maintenance guy "the aquarium stones are to CONSERVE THE WATER." I was like, "what"?
Yeah he explains in other videos that basically by adding things to the back of the tank where the water goes you remove space for the water and thus the toilet will flush less water per flush
My mom's boyfriend is a plumber. I worked with him for a while but truly know for certain after being his assistant for 6 months that that's not the job for me, at ALL (just saying). He drives me nuts with all the plumbing stories sometimes but he does better plumbing than any of the people who worked on this house or our previous house we lived in. He is good at spotting plumbing mistakes. However he doesn't wear a hard hat but he does use safety boots, gloves, goggles sometimes etc.
The Jack Daniels bottle says it all. Plumbing is a very hard frustrating trade sometimes. I’m a Master plumber from around Philadelphia area and even when you know what your doing it can be very difficult. But it’s a great trade a wouldn’t trade it for any other type job. Love the videos. Keep it up.
I found your channel on Aug 26, 2020. I really enjoyed your advice and tips. Especially pointing out what not to do. As a Handyman I pride myself in a job well done. I have even been called out to fix a poor job by a licensed plumber. I have seen licensed plumbers intentionally break thing for more money. Yes, I told the home owner or contractor. I have seen licensed plumbers do horrible jobs. Again telling the homeowners. I do not appreciate you bashing on handymen. There are people in every profession who do not pride themselves in their profession. I believe it is very unprofessional of you to say "this bad job was done by a handyman". Especially when I have seen licensed plumbers do a worse job than me.
@@stopbullshitting4484 the bad ones get weeded out quick. I've been a handyman full time for 9 years. (Not including the 20 years part-time). I've seen all people in all professions suck for the most part. I wanted to point out that calling out one profession is off putting as a professional "person" or "human" or "content creator". Yes, point out when one specific person does a bad job. No, do not say everyone in a profession is bad. I can assure you, @Stephen Meek , a good handyman has many repeat customers and refers his/her customers to the specialists when a job is beyond the skill level. I have done this countless times. Also, when I do get the belittling comments from customers, I politely refer them to the most expensive specialist I know. If you believe that calling out one profession is ok, feel free to post your credentials here. If not, I hope you find a good handyman, so your spouse stops complaining you do not fix your house.
@@stopbullshitting4484 this is why when my son, who is a handyman, introduces himself to a client he lasts with "Licensed, Bonded and Insured" (in our state there's a Handyman license which allows you to do jobs under 25k)
As someone who's more computer and welding orientated when it comes to jobs you have really gotten me interested in plumbing, I'm glad I found your channel and maybe one day I might pick up on some basic plumbing skills.
Trap primer under the sink? Never heard of that! Believe it’s unsanitary, if there is a stoppage welcome a flood. Also, trap primers are used for floor drains that periodically dry up and allow sewer gases to enter room, a kitchen is commonly used and would bet it would never dry out unless it’s vacant. Like the videos, thanks for bringing light to our trade!!
I wish I could find a picture, but I had the coolest thing happen a few years ago at a job. Back in the old days, plumbers sometimes fixed pin-hole leaks in galvy, steam, cast, etc. by tapping and threading in plugs. I was once replacing a 2in steam line and I was having a hard time cutting through. Low and behold, I somehow ended up cutting dead center through a 3/8 black plug someone tapped. There were no other ones on the line. The odds of me picking that exact spot is something I can even believe. I'll send in the pic if I can find it... might have even saved the pipe.
Grossest thing I've ever did working for a plumber was cutting the drain pipe from dentists office, we put cardboard under where we cut, but the stuff that came out was horrible. Was told later that they do dump chemicals in there to keep them cleaner and that might have been part of it.
Years ago we had a house built and there has steam coming from the urinal... we had a Reni tankless instant hot water heater and the plumber got the cold and hot mixed up. I wished we had taken a video before it was fixed
I don’t have a picture but my father in laws house is a mess behind the walls. I can i only assume who ever did both the electrical and plumbing work was black out drunk the whole time. Our latest discovery was that the water supply to the fridge is run off of the hot water tank. WHY WOULD YOU DO THIS??? We are remodeling the basement bathroom right now as well and can only assume that the guy who did it had a ton of extra copper pipe and wanted to use it all. We cut out giant 4 foot sections of pipe that was nothing but 90s and Ts and replaced it with straight pipe. Cheers.
Wait a second if Roger cuts his mustache to just his lips and goes fully bald on the top of his head and grows his hair a bit on the side, I bet he would look like Dr.Phil xD
So i will say 2 things, First as a handyman I've seen others in my field do some SERIOUSLY jacked up sh** Secondly the good ones know their limits and will send the customer to a real plumber if something is off with the plumbing or its anything beyond changing a sink Any handyman worth his weight in sh** should recognize when they are beyond their field and just stop where they don't understand and at the very least consult someone who knows what they are doing.
I’m a handyman, and I would never do a horrific caulking job on a tub spout like that. In the past I hired a plumber to install a urinal, he didn’t mount it correctly and decided to fill the inch gap at the top with silicone. I had his boss come fix it. When he pulled off the urinal, their was literally a full tube of squeezed caulking behind it, it was embarrassing.
Thanks to me searching for a video to learn how to clean out my bathroom sink drain I have ended up here. I know nothing about plumbing, but I'm enjoying this video lol
I just went down for an interview with LeapFrog Plumbing. He said he wanted me to come back next week. I listened to your videos before I went down there. I will keep you posted. I guess we will say I'm green! So this will be interesting! I just want to do plumbing work. I want to know everything about it! Large or small. My goal is to be the best female plumber apprentice!
New to the channel, not sure why I love it so much......... well, Idk what it is but I FUC*%NG love this guy. The team behind this channel is great and I never thought I would enjoy watching a pro, watching someone do plumbing and be so entertained
Yeah my cartiage is leaking. I need to get a puller im not worried since its a good amount from the wall. So ill have time to save Nd fix it. Old rented house so not too worried just fixing old problems from 1973.
11:32 may want to also talk about the CPVC running to the hot water tap. Code is some length of pipe before changing over to PVC/CPVC. That connection will get brittle and crack over time from the heat at the tank.
No photos, just tiny stories. New home construction. 1. Plumber did not know what the tube coming from the back of the standalone ice maker was for - he had to go back and plumb in a drain line for it. Glad I noticed the water leaking from under the thing. 2. Kitchen faucet was leaking. I was looking at the instructions, which said something about an O-ring. Asked about it. Plumber said he didn't see one in the kit and .... didn't have any on his truck. I will never understand a plumber that does not have O-rings on his truck.
First off I think it's really interesting how similar code is between Texas and Florida. Only difference I've seen so far is how deep our lines need to be. Since our water tables are only 2 or 3 feet deep in some areas, our lines aren't generally that deep either. On the one hand we don't dig through rock for most jobs, but on the other we're waist deep in water when we need to find a sewer main lol Also in case anyone really needs to install a tubspout themselves, try to get your male adapter on the end of the spout to about 3 and 7/8ths inches from the wall. That's a good distance for the spout to meet the wall once you're done turning it. Or at least that's the distance we use in Florida. Not saying it's the only way or anything, but it'll help avoid that inch and a half of caulk situation lol Also please use copper for the spout even if the rest of pex/cpvc
A pipe leading to our toilet was leaking slowly for months, but our local council said it wasn't urgent enough to send someone out. We had the boiler and radiators replaced during a cold snap and one of the pipes for the radiator in downstairs bathroom froze. Well, I'm not too sure how it happened but them unfreezing that pipe caused the toilet pipe to just burst and we ended up with a nice layer of cold water in the downstairs bathroom. That made it urgent. The entire process of them fitting the new boiler and radiators was an absolute mess.
I need to send you some pics of the crazy plumbing in my house lol. My house is over 500 years old and the plumbing is scary to look at cause the house wasn't built with the intention of plumbing ever being put in. So it looks pretty wacky lol. Its a crazy maze of pipes hideing throughout the basement
I wish I'd known about this channel before I did my most recent repair at my house. Apparently there had been a small seeping leak in the valve of my kitchen sink faucet. The valve finally blew, so I went to replace the faucet. Whoever had done it prior, probably the homeowner, who was a cabinetmaker by trade, had super torqued the nut holding the faucet in place around the threaded housing that contained the valve and the water lines. Corrosion and over-tightening the nut had seized the faucet in place. I wound up having to cut through the faucet and the lines with a hacksaw to get it off the sink. Fortunately the new faucet, went in smoothly. It took me eight hours to figure it out - I've done plenty of faucets and kitchen work before, but I'd hoped to not need a hacksaw - fifteen minutes to cut it off at the joint, and fifteen minutes to install the new one. Don't torque nuts, screws, or bolts, y'all, unless it says so. There's no high-performance water pressure, no high shear stress on a kitchen faucet, at least, there's not supposed to be.
10:40 that thick sewer pipe would never heat up and keep the flue gases hot enough for natural convection unless the water heater never shut off then maybe the pipe might be warm enough lol. I like how they tried to insulate the pipe with the piece of foil tape LOL. It's a major co Hazzard though on the serious note.
I had to remove 200 foot run of 4” cast iron pipe. Anyone that worked with cast iron knows it heavy as hell! I was working over head about 15’. There is no easy way to remove when you by yourself. I’m okay with their method!
Y'ALL ARE AWESOME! Keep sending me videos and pictures to review!
Which was your favorite??
At the end of this video, you said "There is a lot of work out there for plumbers to do" and I agree there is a lot of work out there for plumbers. However, when they are quoting you $300/hr to do the work, that is what makes a homeowner do their own work. I am one of those homeowners that want to do his own work because I was quoted $1500 for connecting a whole home water filter and a water softener. I already had all the parts and materials but the plumber said it was because they had to get parts from a plumbing supply company and the copper tubing is better than the copper tubing you get from HomeDepot but in 30 years my mother's house has never had a problem with HomeDepot copper pipes.. The total run was about 10 - 15 feet (max) of copper pipe (3/4") and 10 - 15 various fittings such as "T"s, 90s, etc...
After I was hit with the quote of installation for the filter/softener, I was also quoted an additional $1200 for the installation of a water booster pump (because my water pressure is 42psi) for a total installation cost of nearly $3000. Keep in mind, this is ONLY for the installation cost, I had all materials and parts required.
I told the plumber to pack sand and that I would not have it done through his business because that is an absolute rip off... I can understand paying $100-$150/hr for work to be done because that seems to be the "going rate" for nearly all professions around here. I cannot digest paying $1500 for installation when the company doesn't have to pay for anything except time, gas (propane or map), and solder for the pipes. I even thought about paying for a crimp tool and doing it all myself but I will find someone who will install it for a reasonable price.
Great video but the audio and came out of sink after 15minutes. just noticed keep the great connent coming
Just found your channel and never thought I would want to get into plumbing but it seems like a nice job thanks for the insperation
I would like to know who the electrician was that installed that outlet at 3:00, so close to the trap primer. Very crazy.
Would you like to see pictures of my epic fail of a kitchen remodel. So 1940s house updated with a modern floor plan. Even tore the whole wall down to rewire and plumb everything. So went to hook up the garbage disposal to realize I really screwed up. See the large stainless steel sink sits inches lower meaning the wall drain is now above the disposal drain port. Yeah it was fun cutting the new cabinet so I can get to wall drain.
I’m so impressed by the quality of these videos, I never thought I’d be so interested in plumbing videos
Same
Be honest you came for the mustache and stayed for the mustache and plumbing
Tell me about it. I have no clue how I got here or even remember what I was watching before I started my binge on this channel but all of a sudden I'm subbed and 7 videos deep. This guy is great.
GES Arts same lmfao. this guys stache is luring in all the views..
I never knew I’d be interested with toilets
"I got a tough stomach, I got broad shoulders, I got a big butt. I can handle any of it"
That's it, this is my mantra.
Hope your good at math.
I do NOT have a tough stomach. I gagged for like half an hour after watching my mom's dog eat some fresh bird poop.
Started gagging and felt nauseated for quite a while after trying to clean up my grandma's dogs puke. Couldn't do it
Me as a non plumber: Ah yes i totally know what ur talking about i would never do these mistakes....
@Honeysuckle Blossom As my boy Gordon Freeman says in Freeman's mind: I prefer if everyone else learns the hard way for me.
@Honeysuckle Blossom That's really sad they are doing that for drugs.
@@st.michaelthearchangel7774 lol what is this an implication that all plumbers have drug problems
@@outinthenortheast2728 No it's that people dont use copper pipes cause they sold em to buy drugs
Same bro
I've never even cared about plumbing, being a heavy equipment operator, but you actually make this stuff entertaining. Keep being you man, this is cool
💪🏻💪🏻💪🏻💪🏻
I have some heavy equipment that you can operate, brother. I’m a plumber and very adept at laying pipe.
@Throw communists out of helicopters I appreciate the sentiment, I am working on pulling myself up by the bootstraps and getting my own sitework company together here in New England
oh god, that sink at 7:07, that water coming out there had to be completely toxic.
@Hex
It’s still not as toxic as my old friend samantha :)
the maggots in the second photo of it.
@@stephennewcomb4277 It's rice, I also though it was maggots at first, but if you look closely is just rice
I was watching people recently convert their attics to rooms. Roof trusses are not made to support that extra load and you have these homeowners showing millions of people how to do this stuff, risking people's safety because they don't know any better. Some did it right by hiring licensed carpenters or skilled Handymen and doing everything to code, but most did it themselves and literally put their families at risk of a collapsing roof.
Ya you’re never under any circumstance supposed to cut or modify a truss without consulting an engineer..
@tyvek05 the only way to make a truss roof useable space is to remove the webbing, which significantly weakens the truss. And if you seriously think subfloor ply and drywall don’t add a significant amount of weight you are the one who doesn’t know what you’re talking about
Oh, if only I knew about this channel 2 years ago. I lived in a different house back then. We had an issue with the boiler, it got fixed. A pipe started leaking in the attic though. Not enough that anyone noticed, just a drip.
But we noticed, after about a week, how much "a drip" actually is, when the entire attic was flooded, the ceiling in the kitchen sank down, the walls in half the house started to warp and almost all of the wallpaper on the internal walls started peeling off.
If I knew about this channel back then, I would've taken a video tour of the Waterpark House, as we called it, complete with climbing the ladder to show the tiny drip that caused it.
So do you mean it started flooding little by little, Until you noticed?
Wow, I feel bad for you brother ;-;
@@quaxky326 Yup
As a responsible homeowner, I’m smart enough to realize I’m too stupid to make good plumbing decisions. I just call the professionals.
I'm about to repipe my entire house in uponor AquaPEX. As long as you research properly, use the right tools and materials, and have common sense you can do it yourself.
It seems I’m on the “plumbing videos” phase of quarantine
So far my phases are as follows
Family Feud Highlights
Football Highlights
Skits and Shorts
Golf Videos
Math Videos (weird I know)
Gaming
Plumbing
You’ll have to check out the Lockpicking Lawyer next
Larry Lawton is crucial to quarantine!
We’ve all been there buddy. It’s ok. I’ve even been there, heck the kids have even been at that point with binge watching the same movies over and over again. I feel your pain.
Lmao
Youngy I’ve been watching gaming videos way back in 2013 and 2014 . I highly recommend theradbrad video game channel. He is an really laid back dude from kennesaw Georgia
The woman with the shower remodel just seemed like one of those customers that are trying to find something to complain about.
TELL ME ABOUT IT
at least she did the right thing and used a qualified professional for the job. plus her new shower looks awesome anyway.
yeah, it looks normal. it also looked like it was a 3/4 line feeding 3 1/2 lines, so fine. they didn't run the water in the walls because there was no need to since the tub would cover it. at best, they could've used about 6-12" more pex so it wasn't so tight.
Bought a house in 2008, dishwasher was original from 1971. Didn't work. House came with a year of some home warranty company, so we had them send out a plumber.
Guy crawls under the sink to look at the plumbing. Apparently, to go from the 1/2" copper supply line, they had a stack of five different adapters...and a cap. The dishwasher inlet still had a plastic plug in it from the factory: it sat for 37 years with only the drain line hooked up. No power, no water.
He pulled out the adapter stack, hooked it up, and it worked fine. Apparently four previous owners had either never tried to use it at all, or just never questioned why it didn't work.
Every time he says "This is scary", I imagine him running from some haphazardly taped together pipes floating after him in his nightmares
Hey, Roger! Greetings from Washington! Thank you so much for taking the time to make these videos. I honestly watch these for entertainment, but I learn so much in the process.
It's awesome that you go out of your way to be so informative while being entertaining. From your viewers, much thanks. This is a whole genre of video I didn't know I needed on RUclips!
My dad redid most of our bathroom earlier this month and honestly the bathroom and plumbing overall looks better and all the leaks are fixed so thought I might share my story he’s also done a ton of electrical work in our home.
That “tune handle” shower valve is actually a Stanadyne shower valve. Basically a Moen. Stanadyne is known for making fuel pumps. In the late 70’s or early 80’s they bought Moen, and it seems they branded their track-house line Stanadyne, much like Delta/ Peerless, but also retained the Moen name too. All using Moen cartridges. Anyway, Stanadyne sold off Moen to some other holdings company in the late 80’s, and got out of the faucet business.
Wish i had a video of it, but I was working a temp job and didn't want to make my company look bad, but here we go. Plumber demoing a wall, journeyman, so that the master could start working on it for whatever he was there for. Journeyman swinging that sledge like he was a caveman. Not paying any attention to what was around him, he ended up hitting something bad: a LIVE sprinkler head, kept intact because the rest of the building was still active. Flooded the floor, and the floor below, destroying years of medical records that were in the process of being digitized. Amazing
Professional handyman here. Roger mentions a few times that "this is what you get when you hire a handyman to do this kind of job." I couldnt agree with him more, however I have to defend myself LOL! Alot of times, homeowners will hire me to do one job, then when I arrive, they also ask if I can take a look at a plumbing issue theyre having. I tell the homeowner straight up, I'm not a professional plumber but I'll take a look for them. I let them know before I start the work that they're better off hiring a professional but I can certainly make it "good enough" for cheaper than what a licensed plumber would do. At that point, its up to the customer to decide whether they want it done "wrong" for cheap, or they want it done "right" for only a little more. If they decide to use me, I'll do it for them to simply help them out of a situation but listen people, the couple extra bucks is worth it to have a licensed professional fixing your plumbing than me. You wouldn't ask a welder to do your taxes, you wouldn't ask a doctor to fix your car, and you wouldnt ask a zookeeper to build your furniture...so stop asking the handyman to fix your plumbing! Its more expensive for a reason...they know EXACTLY what needs to be done. Great videos though Roger!
Not all handymen do this type of work. As a maintenance director at a nursing home some of us do it right and when we can't we hire someone who can. I've discovered some crazy repairs in building from the 60s. It gets really scary when handymen, with no knowledge start doing electrical work. I don't know how they sleep at night.
I should've taken pictures of when I bought my house and a main sewage leak: Copper directly soldered onto cast iron, caused the thing to corrode out, they taped it up about 0.5 foot with plumbers tape, only for after I bought it, the pipe had kept corroding higher and higher. Had to cut about 2 feet of copper out and used plastic between copper and cast iron. Also have kids and during that job, even though I told them not to flush the toilet, my little one that just had to learn how to use the potty, used and flushed while my head was under it.
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 you poor man/woman/ angroninous unicorn
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That must have been disgusting
@H M oh Lord Hades almighty I don't want my lunch any more 🤢
@H M Now I feel ill lmao 🤢🤢🤢
I remember a guy using a chain saw to open a ceiling, cutting structural members, and the entire ceiling coming down.
Must have been a sight to see
Nice! Instant skylight.
I saw a guy do the opposite. Cut open the floor around him and... voila! Instant drop to the floor below.
@3:39 that’s vintage 1970s Genova pvc you can glue new pvc to it it was always yellow they changed them to white in 1980. they glue to new pvc very well I can tell it’s old because of the twist-lok lugs on the fittings.
Jesus Christ there's plumbing nerds?? Awesome!
the 80's and 90's stuff turned yellow with age, also if it was exposed to sunlight, direct or indirect. it of course hardens and gets brittle with age
@@throttlebottle5906 This pipe did not turn yellow. It was made that color by the manufacturer. I have seen it. @Jack's says it Genova brand. I would guess he is right. I learned my plumbing fittings from a Genova pamphlet from hardware store around the early 70's. I was probably 10.
@@throttlebottle5906 ive cut old genova fittings in half and it is yellow on the inside. white pvc does not yellow only clear pvc does
@@jacksplumbingvideos7147 My parents house had that yellow PVC. I'll have to see if they have any of it still remaining after the work done over the years.
13:02 earned you a sub man. Please stay exactly as you are. Such an earnest approach. I work in water utilities and ive been thinking of taking up plumping and your knowledge is definitely weighing heavy on me in a good way. I appreciate the content as I'm sure many others do.
15:51 they could live in a cold area and they ran that inside of the insulation to help prevent freezing. A lot of times if it's ran inside the wall it has the chance of freezing.
Exactly! I saw it and my first instinct was that it might have been an outside wall. I've seen many plumbers put waterline on an outside wall for a kitchen sink, lav, shower, toilet and the lines freeze constantly. My moto is to NEVER rough in water lines in an outside wall. I've gotten into arguements with building designers to move a fixture around in order to not have water lines on an exterior wall. Sometimes with remodels we've had to run the water lines just like this to avoid freezing. I would rather crip the floor and run them under the slab but many customers dont want to pay for the added cost from doing that. Not to mention if they have in floor radiant heat. If a line is hit a fitting will have to be put in concrete which is a bad idea.
Yeah being from northern ohio i was wondering that myseld
Really don't appreciate the handyman knocks! 😆 I was a plumbing apprentice for 2 years, have worked in facilities for 14. I now own a handyman business and I can honestly say I wouldn't dream of doing work like this!
Wow, that "tee" at 12:21 is something. I removed one from under a house that makes that one look professional. It had every conceivable fitting used just to make a tee. 4 different types of pipe including p.e, p.b., galv. and copper. There was glued connections, hose clamps, plastic compression, threaded... Unbelievable! I kept it as a souvenir and when I find it I'll send a picture.
Can’t wait to have you show the pictures I just sent you
I love those tub spouts 🤣 man spent more time packing putty than he would have shortening that pipe
In one of our state plumbing inspections it was stated that we didn’t have to vent any of our toilets as long as there is a vent anywhere down the line. Wet vent or not. Weird to me.
Water heater @ 10:05
CPVC run to the inlet & outlet of a gas fired water heater? What code do they wok from? That's going to be expensive in a few years.
I'm glad that I stumbled upon your videos. I've been doing drain cleaning and video inspection for 10+ yrs and seen some pretty crazy plumbing. Try to wrap my head around some jobs. I just love your videos Roger. Hope to send you some pics or videos in the future.
I lived in a apartment in Pulaski VA that was the same way. I complained to the owner and he threw me out for taking him that he needed to fix the faucet and the bottom of the cabinet. The bottom of the sink was caulked so water would not leak out. I ended up winning a lawsuit against him for throwing me off over complaining and as of today her is no longer a apartment owner.
Been a service plumber for 10 years now im going to have to start taking pics of the jacked up stuff i have seen not to mention i also clean drains, the systems that are installed to code with no consideration to actual application of having it snaked just blow my mind
i love this , brilliant compilation
My family has been renting my whole life and tend to move every 3 years or so rental places almost always have fucked up sinks because of unfixed leaks. The electirical is usually pretty narly to
19:30 I couldn't help but notice that crooked outlet, also I don't know much about how this is usually set up, other than the fact that disposer needs the power source but it being that close to the pipes seems like a hell of a fire hazard
I mostly have no idea what you're saying when you're talking about what's in these pictures but you're so entertaining that I enjoy them anyway.
About the water boiler vented into the sewer pipe, isn't that a fire hazard, flammable sewer gasses reaching the pilot light in the boiler? Can sewer gasses be flammable?
I’m a plumber in Jacksonville,Florida and that trap primer discharges when you run the sink. It opens with pressure change.
Me, knowing nothing about plumbing hearing Roger go off on the small details in the pictures: I like your funny words, magic man
So glad I came across to your channel. I'm a tenant in a 5 story apartment building. When I moved in about 9 months ago I noticed that the water in the toilet bowl was black. So I flushed it and the water was dirty looking. (Not that I drink from the toilet or anything.) So I lifted the tank and saw aquarium stones at the bottom of the tank. Response I got from the maintenance guy "the aquarium stones are to CONSERVE THE WATER." I was like, "what"?
Yeah he explains in other videos that basically by adding things to the back of the tank where the water goes you remove space for the water and thus the toilet will flush less water per flush
@@sethk1429 Yeah but they couldve used like a two liter coke bottle if the tank was big enough
You’re like the plumbing version of that diamond thief guy that judge heists on RUclips (Larry Lawton)
Changed a water heater out the other day and they had used a bean can to extend the old vent
oh god, that sink at 7:07, that water coming out there had to be completely toxic.
My mom's boyfriend is a plumber. I worked with him for a while but truly know for certain after being his assistant for 6 months that that's not the job for me, at ALL (just saying). He drives me nuts with all the plumbing stories sometimes but he does better plumbing than any of the people who worked on this house or our previous house we lived in. He is good at spotting plumbing mistakes. However he doesn't wear a hard hat but he does use safety boots, gloves, goggles sometimes etc.
Yeah, blame the handyman for that tub spout with an inch of caulking. I would suspect a home owner diy.
The Jack Daniels bottle says it all. Plumbing is a very hard frustrating trade sometimes. I’m a Master plumber from around Philadelphia area and even when you know what your doing it can be very difficult. But it’s a great trade a wouldn’t trade it for any other type job. Love the videos. Keep it up.
I found your channel on Aug 26, 2020. I really enjoyed your advice and tips. Especially pointing out what not to do. As a Handyman I pride myself in a job well done. I have even been called out to fix a poor job by a licensed plumber. I have seen licensed plumbers intentionally break thing for more money. Yes, I told the home owner or contractor. I have seen licensed plumbers do horrible jobs. Again telling the homeowners.
I do not appreciate you bashing on handymen. There are people in every profession who do not pride themselves in their profession. I believe it is very unprofessional of you to say "this bad job was done by a handyman". Especially when I have seen licensed plumbers do a worse job than me.
I like when he calls out handymen. Not saying all handymen do bad work but they suck for the most part.
@@stopbullshitting4484 the bad ones get weeded out quick. I've been a handyman full time for 9 years. (Not including the 20 years part-time). I've seen all people in all professions suck for the most part.
I wanted to point out that calling out one profession is off putting as a professional "person" or "human" or "content creator". Yes, point out when one specific person does a bad job. No, do not say everyone in a profession is bad.
I can assure you, @Stephen Meek , a good handyman has many repeat customers and refers his/her customers to the specialists when a job is beyond the skill level. I have done this countless times.
Also, when I do get the belittling comments from customers, I politely refer them to the most expensive specialist I know.
If you believe that calling out one profession is ok, feel free to post your credentials here. If not, I hope you find a good handyman, so your spouse stops complaining you do not fix your house.
@@stopbullshitting4484 this is why when my son, who is a handyman, introduces himself to a client he lasts with "Licensed, Bonded and Insured" (in our state there's a Handyman license which allows you to do jobs under 25k)
As someone who's more computer and welding orientated when it comes to jobs you have really gotten me interested in plumbing, I'm glad I found your channel and maybe one day I might pick up on some basic plumbing skills.
Trap primer under the sink? Never heard of that! Believe it’s unsanitary, if there is a stoppage welcome a flood. Also, trap primers are used for floor drains that periodically dry up and allow sewer gases to enter room, a kitchen is commonly used and would bet it would never dry out unless it’s vacant. Like the videos, thanks for bringing light to our trade!!
It is common in kitchens to have a floor drain, that is higher than the branch line the sink drains into. You would use a trap primer for that drain.
@@josephnorton1996 Is this only a thing in Texas? I get it when it's a commercial kitchen, but residential? That's interesting.
That piece of copper pipe sounds like my trombone on the upper side of its note range
Used to be in band can confirm. To me sounded exactly like a trumpet.
@@chelsey-6887 what were your trumpet players doing if they sound like that
That Other Boi yeah I don’t think that sound was a trumpet...
What do you think brass instruments are?
Dr. Cockroach yeah a straight trombone is literally all just sliding pipes
poor anthony @ 8:39, it was the same tub! i think you should give Mr R Wakefield a call! :D
I sincerely think this is the first channel that honestly deserved me not skipping the adds. 10/10 content very well made and entertaining.
I wish I could find a picture, but I had the coolest thing happen a few years ago at a job. Back in the old days, plumbers sometimes fixed pin-hole leaks in galvy, steam, cast, etc. by tapping and threading in plugs. I was once replacing a 2in steam line and I was having a hard time cutting through. Low and behold, I somehow ended up cutting dead center through a 3/8 black plug someone tapped. There were no other ones on the line. The odds of me picking that exact spot is something I can even believe. I'll send in the pic if I can find it... might have even saved the pipe.
Grossest thing I've ever did working for a plumber was cutting the drain pipe from dentists office, we put cardboard under where we cut, but the stuff that came out was horrible. Was told later that they do dump chemicals in there to keep them cleaner and that might have been part of it.
I LOVE THAT SHOWER DOOR!
I love all sliding doors that resemble a barn door
Years ago we had a house built and there has steam coming from the urinal... we had a Reni tankless instant hot water heater and the plumber got the cold and hot mixed up. I wished we had taken a video before it was fixed
I don’t have a picture but my father in laws house is a mess behind the walls. I can i only assume who ever did both the electrical and plumbing work was black out drunk the whole time. Our latest discovery was that the water supply to the fridge is run off of the hot water tank. WHY WOULD YOU DO THIS??? We are remodeling the basement bathroom right now as well and can only assume that the guy who did it had a ton of extra copper pipe and wanted to use it all. We cut out giant 4 foot sections of pipe that was nothing but 90s and Ts and replaced it with straight pipe. Cheers.
Wait a second if Roger cuts his mustache to just his lips and goes fully bald on the top of his head and grows his hair a bit on the side, I bet he would look like Dr.Phil xD
Wondered this my entire time working working for Roger! lol
also @19:30 who do you call to put a electrical outlet in a wall at a 45 degree angle
i dont know why youtube puts this channel videos on my feed, but i love it
So i will say 2 things,
First as a handyman I've seen others in my field do some SERIOUSLY jacked up sh**
Secondly the good ones know their limits and will send the customer to a real plumber if something is off with the plumbing or its anything beyond changing a sink
Any handyman worth his weight in sh** should recognize when they are beyond their field and just stop where they don't understand and at the very least consult someone who knows what they are doing.
@8:10 R.I.P Anthony. It's the same tub😂.
this man is the most wholesome person
I’m a handyman, and I would never do a horrific caulking job on a tub spout like that. In the past I hired a plumber to install a urinal, he didn’t mount it correctly and decided to fill the inch gap at the top with silicone. I had his boss come fix it. When he pulled off the urinal, their was literally a full tube of squeezed caulking behind it, it was embarrassing.
Crazy how different plumper are in the us, im from Germany and we use very different materials to work
Thanks to me searching for a video to learn how to clean out my bathroom sink drain I have ended up here. I know nothing about plumbing, but I'm enjoying this video lol
I can make music with the pipes. It always cracks up the guys at the tube bending place I worked.
I dont know why youtube recommended me your channel but this stuff is great. I subbing
I just went down for an interview with LeapFrog Plumbing.
He said he wanted me to come back next week. I listened to your videos before I went down there. I will keep you posted. I guess we will say I'm green! So this will be interesting! I just want to do plumbing work. I want to know everything about it! Large or small. My goal is to be the best female plumber apprentice!
New to the channel, not sure why I love it so much......... well, Idk what it is but I FUC*%NG love this guy. The team behind this channel is great and I never thought I would enjoy watching a pro, watching someone do plumbing and be so entertained
I have been watching some of your videos. So awesome that your doing them. I'll keep watching and sharing!
I used to be a plumber and these videos are making me want to get back into plumbing and have some fun with it
18:50. It’s call a PP trap haha 😂
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Yeah my cartiage is leaking. I need to get a puller im not worried since its a good amount from the wall. So ill have time to save Nd fix it. Old rented house so not too worried just fixing old problems from 1973.
Got nervous seeing that sledgehammer next to that fire sprinkler line! Nice idea though, work smarter not harder, safe or not 😂
Y'all have another subsriber. Love the videos
11:32 may want to also talk about the CPVC running to the hot water tap. Code is some length of pipe before changing over to PVC/CPVC. That connection will get brittle and crack over time from the heat at the tank.
No photos, just tiny stories. New home construction. 1. Plumber did not know what the tube coming from the back of the standalone ice maker was for - he had to go back and plumb in a drain line for it. Glad I noticed the water leaking from under the thing. 2. Kitchen faucet was leaking. I was looking at the instructions, which said something about an O-ring. Asked about it. Plumber said he didn't see one in the kit and .... didn't have any on his truck. I will never understand a plumber that does not have O-rings on his truck.
I stumbled across a awesome plumbing youtube channel. Roger I hope you grow and keep doing youtube. This is great!
13:35 is that T on the "Vent pipe" also cracked towards the top?
12.30 in it looks like vehicle mechanic becomes plumber 😂❤️👍
As a handyman I’ve fixed more than one botched jobs from licensed “plumbers”. Some of us are worth our salt.
As an electrician that last photo with the angled plug was making me scream at my monitor.
The outlet in the last photo is just pro too! You found some beauty's sir!
so hilarious when a homeowner, or maybe a handyman, uses excessive sloppy caulking on a tub spout or toilet base.
I just wanna know why this guy doesn’t have more subscribers... these videos are so educating... 🤔
18:22 dear Lord just use an extension on that and BOOM! you wouldn't need that freaky combo of p traps that now form an illegal S trap.
You so Rock 🤘 Love your videos!
Love the videos.. I constantly watch them trying to learn everything I can. Thank you for doing them
First off I think it's really interesting how similar code is between Texas and Florida. Only difference I've seen so far is how deep our lines need to be. Since our water tables are only 2 or 3 feet deep in some areas, our lines aren't generally that deep either. On the one hand we don't dig through rock for most jobs, but on the other we're waist deep in water when we need to find a sewer main lol
Also in case anyone really needs to install a tubspout themselves, try to get your male adapter on the end of the spout to about 3 and 7/8ths inches from the wall. That's a good distance for the spout to meet the wall once you're done turning it. Or at least that's the distance we use in Florida.
Not saying it's the only way or anything, but it'll help avoid that inch and a half of caulk situation lol
Also please use copper for the spout even if the rest of pex/cpvc
A pipe leading to our toilet was leaking slowly for months, but our local council said it wasn't urgent enough to send someone out.
We had the boiler and radiators replaced during a cold snap and one of the pipes for the radiator in downstairs bathroom froze.
Well, I'm not too sure how it happened but them unfreezing that pipe caused the toilet pipe to just burst and we ended up with a nice layer of cold water in the downstairs bathroom. That made it urgent.
The entire process of them fitting the new boiler and radiators was an absolute mess.
I need to send you some pics of the crazy plumbing in my house lol. My house is over 500 years old and the plumbing is scary to look at cause the house wasn't built with the intention of plumbing ever being put in. So it looks pretty wacky lol. Its a crazy maze of pipes hideing throughout the basement
Your comment “that’s what you get when you let a handyman do this kind of work” was overboard! Lol.
I wish I'd known about this channel before I did my most recent repair at my house. Apparently there had been a small seeping leak in the valve of my kitchen sink faucet. The valve finally blew, so I went to replace the faucet. Whoever had done it prior, probably the homeowner, who was a cabinetmaker by trade, had super torqued the nut holding the faucet in place around the threaded housing that contained the valve and the water lines. Corrosion and over-tightening the nut had seized the faucet in place. I wound up having to cut through the faucet and the lines with a hacksaw to get it off the sink. Fortunately the new faucet, went in smoothly. It took me eight hours to figure it out - I've done plenty of faucets and kitchen work before, but I'd hoped to not need a hacksaw - fifteen minutes to cut it off at the joint, and fifteen minutes to install the new one. Don't torque nuts, screws, or bolts, y'all, unless it says so. There's no high-performance water pressure, no high shear stress on a kitchen faucet, at least, there's not supposed to be.
Hi Roger,, I'm a UK watcher and live around 45 minutes away from Wakefield ❤️👍👍 love your videos
Damn that moen kitchen faucet did some damage
10:40 that thick sewer pipe would never heat up and keep the flue gases hot enough for natural convection unless the water heater never shut off then maybe the pipe might be warm enough lol. I like how they tried to insulate the pipe with the piece of foil tape LOL.
It's a major co Hazzard though on the serious note.
Awsome stumbled across your videos, from fortworth here
I had to remove 200 foot run of 4” cast iron pipe. Anyone that worked with cast iron knows it heavy as hell! I was working over head about 15’. There is no easy way to remove when you by yourself. I’m okay with their method!
Here in australia you practically need both a plumber and an electrician to install a water heater.