Nightmare with the accusation on the unclipped flue. You set a great example, stick to facts, pride in your work, and not being pushed around. You're a class act mate 👍🏻
A couple of my guys renewed some damaged small bore instrumental copper on a big burner on the steelworks in Scunthorpe. I asked them to take pictures after they had finished it as there were sparks following us up. A few weeks later the engineer sent me pictures of the job all trashed by the guys who followed us up and he complained about the quality of work. I simply sent our photo of how my guys had left it and heard no more about it. Always take pictures of your work if you think this might happen. Glad we did or we would have been doing it again for free.
I take pictures of everything now, it's happened a few times where I've been accused of stuff, often it's one persons word against another. Thanks for the support as always mate, it is greatly appreciated 👍
Don't you just love it when you cut the pipe to short ..we have all done it Tom 😂😂. I bet you are glad to get that job done out the way .I know you had some wasted trips there when it was not ready ..it's a pain 😯😯
Thanks for the support as always John, that job has been an utter pain to be honest, I'm still owed a bit of money, hopefully everything turns out OK, it's always a worry though
The guy who called you sounds like a right jobsworth! How many jobs we go to and there not done to the book! You just sort it yourself, I could not be bothered tracking someone down who fit a boiler 9 years ago and threaten them! What a sad sad absolute melts that engineer was! We all know on here that you do a top job everytime and far more knowledgeable that alot of us... keep up the good work mate
Thanks for the support as always mate, like you say you just sort it and move on, by the time I'd finished filling out the paperwork I could have had the flue clipped and been onto the next job
I always try to do my best for the customers, I don't always get things right but my intentions are always good, thanks for the support as always mate, have a great weekend
Quality as always ...your apprentices are lucky lads to have your knowledge available ...best on you tube by far no bullshit just proper plumbing and struggles to go with it .....💪👍
Hi Tom, another excellent film there thank you, some nice jobs coming together for you now. I hope you managed to retrieve your pipe slice, I hate loosing tools or equipment. I agree with what you say, don’t be blackmailed, stand your ground and don’t let anyone push you around. If you have photographic evidence of a job even better for evidence. I look forward to the next film, have a great weekend and take care. 👍👍👍
I think that pipe slice might have to go down a missing in action, I now take pictures of every job, I'm fed up of people coming back to me years later and accusing me of stuff, thanks for the support as always Chris, it is greatly appreciated
Varied jobs Tom, nice to see the end result of that big job at the end, someone is always chasing you as a Plumber, you just can’t be everywhere can you, hope you get a break at the weekend, take care. 🚽👍
Simply the best Tom, I do agree about those flue clips how can you be responsible when the boilers been moved it’s crazy mate. Love your work mate, take it easy this weekend.
Thanks for the support as always Charles, I can never understand why other engineers try to do each other over, he could have clipped the flue and been and his way, it just doesn't make sense to me
Brilliant content yet again pal. Love the encouragement you pass on to the young people taking up the trade, it's a tough gig but absolutely 💯 worth it. KOP
Thanks for the support as always mate, it is a tough job sometimes, being able to share a bit of knowledge with people taking up the trade has always been important to me
Great video Tom, it’s fantastic to hear you helping out another engineer, seems like a few people who I guess know less than most of us are trying to trip us up. Hope you have a peaceful weekend 👍
Thanks for the support as always Andy, I always do my best to help people out, It was a stressful situation for the guy, sometimes it's nice to have someone there
Well done, another entertaining watch. Thanks to the man who's made flat caps acceptable again, I've got mine on now but it's pretty low mileage compared to yours. Have a good weekend.
Thanks for the support as always mate, the only trouble with wearing flat caps is when it comes to Christmas everyone seems to buy me one, at least it gives me plenty of choice, have a great weekend
Hi Tom, genuine question, is it OK regs wise to replace a stopcock with a ball valve? I much prefer the latter (less risk of failure, no flow restriction) but I thought there had to be a stopcock first? Great vid as always! Cheers.
A lever valve is perfectly acceptable to use instead of a traditional stop tap, the new ones the water board use in the road are now quarter turn as well, I've had numerous inspections from the water authority and have never been picked up for using a lever valve, there is also nothing in the regs to say it has to be a stop tap, thanks for the support mate, it is greatly appreciated
Hi Tom, great videos. I watch pretty much all of them, if you get a moment I would love to see how you go about getting your materials, pipe fittings etc. i try and keep my van stocked up and can’t stand it when I don’t have a certain fitting and have leave the job. You always seem to have a good stock of pipe fittings. What’s your secret!? Keep up the the good work. Smashing it!
My vans an organised mess, I try to carry most things and have bits stashed away all over, I built a racking and use the small heating header tanks to carry all my stock in, you can get a fair bit in each one and they are super strong, I will try to do a stock tour video at some point but I ill have to have a tidy out first, thanks for watching mate
The upstairs ones should be quite easy, all you have to do on these is open a drain off downstairs, open the bleed points on the radiators and let them drain, turn the power off to the boiler first though. Depending on how the downstairs rads are piped you might find you need to drain each one individually. All low points on the heating should have a drain off point but sometimes these are either not there or don't work. A wet vac is handy especially if you have cream carpets, be prepared for black water to come out the bottom of the radiators. Always add the correct amount of inhibitor when filling back up, normally one bottle does 10 rads. If you have a towel radiator it's normally easiest to tip it in there. Fill the system back to 1bar and bleed all the rads, I start to bleed from the lowest point downstairs to help force the air out, if you find one radiator doesn't get hot, turn all the others off and just leave that one rad on for a few minutes, hope all goes well mate, any questions just ask
Tom thank you so so much my friend, really appreciate you taking time out and answering my question thank you mate. I watch all your videos with passion. Keep up the brilliant work my friends, you do a cracking job always.
Great video Tom, Crazy how diverse your work is. I'm possibly about to get my first van and go on my own to jobs for the first time (3rd year apprentice) Its only contract work so its not to bad but I wouldn't mind some tips if possible, I know its a bit of a weird and hard question to give advise on as you just need to give it a go but any would be great off anyone. Cheers
I was given a van when I was 17 and thrown straight in at the deep end, it was tough but you do learn really fast, If I'm honest, looking back the first few months or possible longer were really difficult for me. It was like learning the job all over again. My number one tip would just be to concentrate on doing one job at a time and doing a good job. I used to rush too much trying to get everything done, spend time checking, if you are not happy with something sort it, generally it only comes back to bite, never leave a leak and just enjoy the journey. We all make mistakes, sometimes when you have less experience and are fairly new to the industry you can dwell on problems and they play on your mind, I mess up everyday, you just get to a point where you know how to get over problems more quickly, this only comes with experience though
@@PlumbLikeTom Thanks for the advice and yea I'm nervous for it but I expected that but I'm confident that I can do it which is nice my boss has been good to me and has always said he wouldn't send me out on my own if he felt like I wasn't ready. I'm prepared to face the fact I'm going to make mistakes and as you said I think its going to be like learning everything again. My boss has also said don't worry about how many jobs I get done just make sure they are done right which takes the pressure off a bit, I am really looking forward to it to be honest I always have since i started for some reason. Anyways thank you and keep up the videos.
That annoys me mate I would of told him that’s not where I installed the boiler so it’s been moved! I’d have even said did you move it 😅 Absolute cheeky cu#t! Why shit on other engineers! Good video as always
I never get why other engineers try to rat each other out, by the time he'd filled the paperwork out he could have clipped it and got paid and been onto the next job, that's what I would have done, have a great weekend Andy
@@PlumbLikeTom Cheers mate…..there’s always one… he was clearly a chancer and instead of doing his homework he just seen your name and automatically blamed you! I’d always just repair it and earn from it!
It's the only thing that's approved for unvented, solvent will just melt, you can use mupvcu which is a solvent pipe suitable for heat, no where carries it on stock though, thanks for watching as always
@@PlumbLikeTom Ah got it. Just have a genuine dislike for the stuff. Had a call out to a macerator years ago. Yep you got it…..push fit. Blockage at end of run….. wasn’t pleasant
I don't like the stuff much either, I only use it on unvented discharges where you can easily get to it, under a floor I will run them in copper but this one was all nice and easy to get to
I can only apologise if the audio is bad, I can't do much about it for past uploads but moving forward I can tweak it on my video editor, thanks for the feedback and thanks for watching, I do appreciate it
Nightmare with the accusation on the unclipped flue. You set a great example, stick to facts, pride in your work, and not being pushed around. You're a class act mate 👍🏻
A couple of my guys renewed some damaged small bore instrumental copper on a big burner on the steelworks in Scunthorpe. I asked them to take pictures after they had finished it as there were sparks following us up. A few weeks later the engineer sent me pictures of the job all trashed by the guys who followed us up and he complained about the quality of work. I simply sent our photo of how my guys had left it and heard no more about it. Always take pictures of your work if you think this might happen. Glad we did or we would have been doing it again for free.
I take pictures of everything now, it's happened a few times where I've been accused of stuff, often it's one persons word against another. Thanks for the support as always mate, it is greatly appreciated 👍
Don't you just love it when you cut the pipe to short ..we have all done it Tom 😂😂.
I bet you are glad to get that job done out the way .I know you had some wasted trips there when it was not ready ..it's a pain 😯😯
Thanks for the support as always John, that job has been an utter pain to be honest, I'm still owed a bit of money, hopefully everything turns out OK, it's always a worry though
Love the unique thumbnail.
Thanks for the support as always, glad you like the thumbnail
Congratulations on your 6k milestone Tom
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Love the Thumbnail Tom...... Noticed the slight shift in your content and thumbnails over the last few months buddy, good work.
Thanks for the support as always Mark, I've been trying to improve stuff on the channel, hopefully the videos are getting better
Fantastic as always Tom super engineer
Thanks for the support as always Keith, it is greatly appreciated
The guy who called you sounds like a right jobsworth! How many jobs we go to and there not done to the book! You just sort it yourself, I could not be bothered tracking someone down who fit a boiler 9 years ago and threaten them! What a sad sad absolute melts that engineer was! We all know on here that you do a top job everytime and far more knowledgeable that alot of us... keep up the good work mate
Thanks for the support as always mate, like you say you just sort it and move on, by the time I'd finished filling out the paperwork I could have had the flue clipped and been onto the next job
Top notch mate it’s nice to see someone trying to go the extra mile for a customer 👏👏😎
I always try to do my best for the customers, I don't always get things right but my intentions are always good, thanks for the support as always mate, have a great weekend
Good video Tom 👍 At least your pipe slice will be warm over the winter months😂
It will be warmer than me, thanks for the support as always PB, have a great weekend
Quality as always ...your apprentices are lucky lads to have your knowledge available ...best on you tube by far no bullshit just proper plumbing and struggles to go with it .....💪👍
Thanks for the support as always, so pleased you enjoy my videos, have a great weekend
Hi Tom, another excellent film there thank you, some nice jobs coming together for you now.
I hope you managed to retrieve your pipe slice, I hate loosing tools or equipment.
I agree with what you say, don’t be blackmailed, stand your ground and don’t let anyone push you around.
If you have photographic evidence of a job even better for evidence. I look forward to the next film, have a great weekend and take care. 👍👍👍
I think that pipe slice might have to go down a missing in action, I now take pictures of every job, I'm fed up of people coming back to me years later and accusing me of stuff, thanks for the support as always Chris, it is greatly appreciated
Great video - I’m constantly amazed by the range of your knowledge!
Thanks for the support as always Steve, it is greatly appreciated
Good when you get to the final fix 👏👏 Can now send the invoice in. 😂😂
I will be pleased to see the back of this one, I've been messed about a bit on it, I just hope they pay, thanks for the support as always Colin
Varied jobs Tom, nice to see the end result of that big job at the end, someone is always chasing you as a Plumber, you just can’t be everywhere can you, hope you get a break at the weekend, take care. 🚽👍
Thanks for the support as always Peter, I seem to be needed everywhere at the minute, I suppose it's better to busy than quiet though
Very nice work Tom and very well done trying to help the customer out with the flush 👍👍👍👍👍
Thanks for the support as always mate, I always do my best to look after the customers, have a great weekend
Simply the best Tom, I do agree about those flue clips how can you be responsible when the boilers been moved it’s crazy mate. Love your work mate, take it easy this weekend.
Thanks for the support as always Charles, I can never understand why other engineers try to do each other over, he could have clipped the flue and been and his way, it just doesn't make sense to me
Brilliant content yet again pal. Love the encouragement you pass on to the young people
taking up the trade, it's a tough gig but absolutely 💯 worth it. KOP
Thanks for the support as always mate, it is a tough job sometimes, being able to share a bit of knowledge with people taking up the trade has always been important to me
Love the video good ambassador for the trade cloth cap an all1
Thanks for the support mate, have a great weekend 👍
Great video Tom, it’s fantastic to hear you helping out another engineer, seems like a few people who I guess know less than most of us are trying to trip us up. Hope you have a peaceful weekend 👍
Thanks for the support as always Andy, I always do my best to help people out, It was a stressful situation for the guy, sometimes it's nice to have someone there
Well done, another entertaining watch. Thanks to the man who's made flat caps acceptable again, I've got mine on now but it's pretty low mileage compared to yours. Have a good weekend.
Thanks for the support as always mate, the only trouble with wearing flat caps is when it comes to Christmas everyone seems to buy me one, at least it gives me plenty of choice, have a great weekend
Another top video m8t …👍👍
Thanks for the support as always mate, have a great weekend 👍
Another great video Tom. Been working up your way this week in North Hykeham.
Thanks for watching as always mate, I always end up getting lost in North Hykeham, it seems to get bigger every time I go there
I never no where South Hykeham ends and North starts! Always seem to end up in The Forum car park
Can’t believe we let you cut the pipe short, we obviously weren’t paying attention.
Your a beautiful person tom
Thanks for watching mate, have a great weekend
Hi Tom, genuine question, is it OK regs wise to replace a stopcock with a ball valve? I much prefer the latter (less risk of failure, no flow restriction) but I thought there had to be a stopcock first? Great vid as always! Cheers.
A lever valve is perfectly acceptable to use instead of a traditional stop tap, the new ones the water board use in the road are now quarter turn as well, I've had numerous inspections from the water authority and have never been picked up for using a lever valve, there is also nothing in the regs to say it has to be a stop tap, thanks for the support mate, it is greatly appreciated
Good job 😊😊😊😊😊
Thanks for the support as always Ross, have a great weekend mate
Hi Tom, great videos. I watch pretty much all of them, if you get a moment I would love to see how you go about getting your materials, pipe fittings etc. i try and keep my van stocked up and can’t stand it when I don’t have a certain fitting and have leave the job. You always seem to have a good stock of pipe fittings. What’s your secret!?
Keep up the the good work. Smashing it!
My vans an organised mess, I try to carry most things and have bits stashed away all over, I built a racking and use the small heating header tanks to carry all my stock in, you can get a fair bit in each one and they are super strong, I will try to do a stock tour video at some point but I ill have to have a tidy out first, thanks for watching mate
Hello mate, question I have a combi boiler, no tanks etc in loft. I wanna change all my try’s what’s best way? Thanks
The upstairs ones should be quite easy, all you have to do on these is open a drain off downstairs, open the bleed points on the radiators and let them drain, turn the power off to the boiler first though. Depending on how the downstairs rads are piped you might find you need to drain each one individually. All low points on the heating should have a drain off point but sometimes these are either not there or don't work.
A wet vac is handy especially if you have cream carpets, be prepared for black water to come out the bottom of the radiators. Always add the correct amount of inhibitor when filling back up, normally one bottle does 10 rads. If you have a towel radiator it's normally easiest to tip it in there. Fill the system back to 1bar and bleed all the rads, I start to bleed from the lowest point downstairs to help force the air out, if you find one radiator doesn't get hot, turn all the others off and just leave that one rad on for a few minutes, hope all goes well mate, any questions just ask
Tom thank you so so much my friend, really appreciate you taking time out and answering my question thank you mate. I watch all your videos with passion. Keep up the brilliant work my friends, you do a cracking job always.
Always run out of lagging, I try and buy about twice as much as I think I'll need.
It always seems to be the way, I don't know where it all goes, thanks for watching as always mate, have a great weekend
You must take thousands of photos Tom lol
Thanks for watching as always Brian, have a great weekend
Great video Tom, Crazy how diverse your work is. I'm possibly about to get my first van and go on my own to jobs for the first time (3rd year apprentice) Its only contract work so its not to bad but I wouldn't mind some tips if possible, I know its a bit of a weird and hard question to give advise on as you just need to give it a go but any would be great off anyone. Cheers
I was given a van when I was 17 and thrown straight in at the deep end, it was tough but you do learn really fast, If I'm honest, looking back the first few months or possible longer were really difficult for me. It was like learning the job all over again.
My number one tip would just be to concentrate on doing one job at a time and doing a good job. I used to rush too much trying to get everything done, spend time checking, if you are not happy with something sort it, generally it only comes back to bite, never leave a leak and just enjoy the journey.
We all make mistakes, sometimes when you have less experience and are fairly new to the industry you can dwell on problems and they play on your mind, I mess up everyday, you just get to a point where you know how to get over problems more quickly, this only comes with experience though
@@PlumbLikeTom Thanks for the advice and yea I'm nervous for it but I expected that but I'm confident that I can do it which is nice my boss has been good to me and has always said he wouldn't send me out on my own if he felt like I wasn't ready. I'm prepared to face the fact I'm going to make mistakes and as you said I think its going to be like learning everything again. My boss has also said don't worry about how many jobs I get done just make sure they are done right which takes the pressure off a bit, I am really looking forward to it to be honest I always have since i started for some reason. Anyways thank you and keep up the videos.
Oil combi s are a nightmare 😫 they run at to high a temperature and the seals fail all the time
That is true, this one was quite an old one, the other issue with oil combis is that they are so expensive to replace, thanks for watching always mate
@@PlumbLikeTom way to expensive I try and get customer s to replace them with a condenser and a cylinder
That annoys me mate I would of told him that’s not where I installed the boiler so it’s been moved! I’d have even said did you move it 😅 Absolute cheeky cu#t! Why shit on other engineers! Good video as always
I never get why other engineers try to rat each other out, by the time he'd filled the paperwork out he could have clipped it and got paid and been onto the next job, that's what I would have done, have a great weekend Andy
@@PlumbLikeTom Cheers mate…..there’s always one… he was clearly a chancer and instead of doing his homework he just seen your name and automatically blamed you! I’d always just repair it and earn from it!
Surprised to see you using push fit waste mate. Any particular reason?
It's the only thing that's approved for unvented, solvent will just melt, you can use mupvcu which is a solvent pipe suitable for heat, no where carries it on stock though, thanks for watching as always
@@PlumbLikeTom Ah got it. Just have a genuine dislike for the stuff.
Had a call out to a macerator years ago. Yep you got it…..push fit. Blockage at end of run….. wasn’t pleasant
I don't like the stuff much either, I only use it on unvented discharges where you can easily get to it, under a floor I will run them in copper but this one was all nice and easy to get to
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Thanks for the support as always Wayne, have a great weekend
Haaaaaaa wicked
Thanks for watching mate, have a great weekend
NEED TO SORT SOUND OUT MATE
I can only apologise if the audio is bad, I can't do much about it for past uploads but moving forward I can tweak it on my video editor, thanks for the feedback and thanks for watching, I do appreciate it
@@PlumbLikeTom No problem Tom great channel keep them coming.