I’ve been changing my kitchen units but I’m now looking at how to change the sink unit. I’ve been stuck at that point but this video has gave me the idea of how to take the sink out at least 😊
Great video, lots of thanks :-) .. I guess I had the right idea, but this video has left me feeling confident of doing a good job. Best video on this, found so far!
Thanks for the video! It helped me dismantle the pipes to clean them from a massive amount of black-mold sludge. The flat-head screwdriver seems to be 2cm wide, not a common item to have.
I love your videos and they've helped me a lot in my kitchen refit. But the first thing I would have done here is remove the cabinet door so it's not flapping around in your face all the time and you're less likely to damage it.
OH Just watching this after replacing the monoblock tap . The new one is taller and wobbles. So was thinking 'lets have a look at how to fix a new sink' And, I now realise what the wierd bit of plastic was that I removed.... Great.. Going to have to undo and refit.... Still, very informative :D
Great video! I'm going to be doing mine soon - Really grotty and old. Only problem is, I measure my current sink to be 970mm x 470mm. Sink I want to buy measures 980mm x 500mm. I can't seem to find a sink that matches my measurements. Do you think I should just buy the sink and see how it goes trying to get it in?
Love the silicone bit.they sell a tool like an ajustable jointer in tops tiles that gets it right.i.prefer my fingers and washing up liquid in a spray bottle Never seen the blue paper solution.but a job I hate I cut the nozzle at an angle seems to work better but something I can never get right.
Hi James how you doing ? I want to convert my outside house into a hairdresser? How do I get hot water in and the waste out. Out house is at the bottom of the garden.
What make and model is the new sink please ? I am trying to find a normal stainless steel shiny sink, most seem to have gone 'brushed' which means dark and liney or 'polished' which can mean satin frosty. No photos of sinks on suppliers online, only 1 or 2 CAD images, often slightly blurry.
Does the corrugated overflow pipe need sealing at each end? What prevents it from leaking? I don't think it has any seals on it? The old overflow corrugated pipe looks stained 2:51 which suggests it may have leaked in the past?
Hi mate love the videos, just about to start an apprenticeship at the age of 26 😊. just wondered if you do gas? And what tools do you recommend getting first. I have 15 and 22 MM. Pipe cutter set of rothenberger benders Mikita combi drill a couple of wrenches. Is there any thing else to begin with? I'm looking at the rothenberger superfire 2 torch at the movement. Thank you and hold tight
+Alex Lancaster Here's your shopping list! Pipeslice(15,22,28) Benders and Dril are Fine. Get the superfire 2...they're proper bo! Good luck with your apprenticeship mate!
My problem is figuring out how to shut off the hot feed; which comes from immersion tank. I ran the hot tap to see which pipe runs hot off the immersion tank but there doesn't seem to be a valve to shut off. House is old.
What's the best way of removing the clips when you can't actually get to them? In a new build house and the clips are right over the cupboard carcasses and impossible to reach
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Hi, I want to change my kitchen tap, the hot and cold supplies are both copper piped directly to each tap with no inline isolater valves. I know that if I turn my stop cock off it isolates the cold water. Does it also isolate the hot water supply to the tap too? If not how do I isolate the hot water feed to the tap? I have a boiler in the kitchen with an unvented tank in the airing cupboard. Thanks 👍🏻
Thanks. Will remember this when I do mine. When I bought the house the idiot who installed it has it running downhill the wrong way. No spirit level was used installing the worktops at all, so the water from the draining board pools up and sits there. I'm hoping I can get a sink with a sharp fall the other way, or umma havta reinsall the whole shebang
+plumberparts Yeah, and it's all tiled around the worktop, and the window is off level to match it so I can't exactly change it without setting the whole house level around it. Do you know if they sell kitchen sinks with a steeper drain off than normal? Thanks
I find it very hard to understand why a professional plumber would install that idiotic elbow in in the down pipe instead of the traditional bottle trap. I have the same at my new sink and in a few weeks it gets clogged up and i need to undo it all and get rid of the deposits that block the elbow.
Probably the speeded up bit was a big part of it..?? Also, what tools did you use to remove and re-fix the copper?? Did you keep or cut off the olives? This is too simplistic and is just is a guide for a home-owner watching, not someone attempting the job with detail...
Uh oh! James, you forgot to mention that the replacement sink must be the same length side to side and width, front to back as the old one. Or, a wee bit longer and/or wider. I've been to jobs where the old sink is bigger dimensionally than the replacement supplied by the customer. Just drops straight through or has nasty gaps. Bigger (dimensionally) replacements may need additional worktop cut or routered out to accomodate fitting the replacement. Also, replacing a single bowl sink with a bowl + 1/2 or even a twin sink + double drainer in a 600mm base unit would require "butchering" the adjacent base units to accomodate fitting twin oversize bowls. Not easy when there is a wash mac to one side and a dish wash on the other......... Square pegs, round holes. Aaaaargh!!!!!!!
I was just about to mention that as well! I've had a couple where the new sink just about fits the hole cut out for the old sink leaving no allowance for those vicious clamps who will draw blood at the slightest touch of the finger tips! 😂. They are nasty little bastards!! Also some sinks come with a foam gasket which you stick to around the inside edge before dropping onto the hole and sealing. I had one a short while ago with a tap came with a pullout hose which had a weight clamped to it under the sink. What they don't tell you is the weight cannot be obstructed otherwise it gets caught on the pipework preventing the hose from retracting back into the tap housing. So you have to make sure the weight pulls behind the unit and is allowed to move up and down freely. What a pain the arse that was!! #getbry
2:51 How come you removed the nuts from the hot and cold copper pipes near the flexible pipes. How come you didn't just remove the flexible pipes from the pipe fittings?
Aman A. Because that’s how you remove the flexible pipe. The nuts you see at the bottom of the copper pipes, he just slides them up and screw together with the flexible pipe in place.
Glad this was Q&A’d. About to do this myself and wondered whether some plumbers mate or silicone would be needed, or at least considered “belt & braces” but apparently not...
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I’ve been changing my kitchen units but I’m now looking at how to change the sink unit. I’ve been stuck at that point but this video has gave me the idea of how to take the sink out at least 😊
Hi mate I am just refitting my kitchen and I’ve used a lot of your tips I thank you for all the knowledge that you have given us on RUclips
Looks easy enough I’ll have a go next week with this Resin sink I’ve just got
Best and funny plumber on RUclips keep safe 👍
Great video, lots of thanks :-) .. I guess I had the right idea, but this video has left me feeling confident of doing a good job. Best video on this, found so far!
Using the tap as a sundial you was in there 3 hours 22 minutes. Nicely fitted kitchen Pucker!!
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Watching with Thai wife..."now listen, this is PROPER english"
Cheers Jameo, great guide there
Awesome, this was really helpful!
Bonus points for sneaking in the Groove Armada there @5:55
Thanks for the video! It helped me dismantle the pipes to clean them from a massive amount of black-mold sludge. The flat-head screwdriver seems to be 2cm wide, not a common item to have.
Measured 17.5mm
James what do you call the white washer that you recommend for the tap any help appreciated thanks
I love your videos and they've helped me a lot in my kitchen refit. But the first thing I would have done here is remove the cabinet door so it's not flapping around in your face all the time and you're less likely to damage it.
OH
Just watching this after replacing the monoblock tap . The new one is taller and wobbles. So was thinking 'lets have a look at how to fix a new sink'
And, I now realise what the wierd bit of plastic was that I removed.... Great.. Going to have to undo and refit.... Still, very informative :D
Great video! I'm going to be doing mine soon - Really grotty and old. Only problem is, I measure my current sink to be 970mm x 470mm. Sink I want to buy measures 980mm x 500mm. I can't seem to find a sink that matches my measurements. Do you think I should just buy the sink and see how it goes trying to get it in?
2:24 my tradesman got me with that one, still haunts me 4 years on
A chuckle a minute- you are hilarious! Thanks for the tutorial and the entertainment bwahahaha 👍🙏🤣
Love the silicone bit.they sell a tool like an ajustable jointer in tops tiles that gets it right.i.prefer my fingers and washing up liquid in a spray bottle
Never seen the blue paper solution.but a job I hate I cut the nozzle at an angle seems to work better but something I can never get right.
Hi James how you doing ? I want to convert my outside house into a hairdresser? How do I get hot water in and the waste out. Out house is at the bottom of the garden.
What make and model is the new sink please ? I am trying to find a normal stainless steel shiny sink, most seem to have gone 'brushed' which means dark and liney or 'polished' which can mean satin frosty. No photos of sinks on suppliers online, only 1 or 2 CAD images, often slightly blurry.
another great video, very informative
This is brilliant. Wish me luck lol
Very helpful, thank you!
Hi, so you don’t have to turn the water mains off ,, I have them little screws ,I turn them a quarter and it stops the water ,is that ok?????
What make and model is the new sink you fitted in the video please ?
Nice vid. What's the black patches on the underside of the sink. If my new sink doesn't have them are they needed?
They dampen the sound when you are doing the dishes.
Thanks for the prompt reply😆
@@MrPiffSmiff didn’t realise the comment was that old haha but I guess it’s still useful for other people who wonder
Very good video
Does the corrugated overflow pipe need sealing at each end? What prevents it from leaking? I don't think it has any seals on it? The old overflow corrugated pipe looks stained 2:51 which suggests it may have leaked in the past?
What's that little blue smootherer thingmabob?
Do you have a video on how to measure for a new sink install? I want to replace my inset kitchen sink but the sizing is confusing me a little.
I’ve done a video on routing a worktop. Pop to the channel and use the search bar searching for ‘routing’
👍Don't you have to ground it as well?
You’re brilliant mate, wish my plummer was so cool and fit. Alas he ain’t
Hi James, really great video!! ; ) How much, on average would it cost to hire a plumber to do this please? More or less... : )
Hi mate love the videos, just about to start an apprenticeship at the age of 26 😊. just wondered if you do gas? And what tools do you recommend getting first. I have 15 and 22 MM. Pipe cutter set of rothenberger benders Mikita combi drill a couple of wrenches. Is there any thing else to begin with? I'm looking at the rothenberger superfire 2 torch at the movement. Thank you and hold tight
+Alex Lancaster Here's your shopping list! Pipeslice(15,22,28) Benders and Dril are Fine. Get the superfire 2...they're proper bo! Good luck with your apprenticeship mate!
+plumberparts cheers buddy appreciate it!
How did the apprenticeship go?
My problem is figuring out how to shut off the hot feed; which comes from immersion tank. I ran the hot tap to see which pipe runs hot off the immersion tank but there doesn't seem to be a valve to shut off. House is old.
What's the best way of removing the clips when you can't actually get to them? In a new build house and the clips are right over the cupboard carcasses and impossible to reach
I use my insinkerator to mash my green waste into a pulp and send it down to my green bin outside! perfect aerated compost in few days!
Looking at the view from the window was this sink in a village on the African plain?
Nah! Middle England!
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HOLD TIGHT my brothers and sisters! It's time to waggle your pipe wrenches, tantalize your TRV's and caress your compression fittings for it is time for another episode of plumberparts.
+mavezy Why thank you!
Good vid James
+TVJackBox Cheers mate!
How long did that job actually take you? Great videos!!
+Bradley Clark About 2 hours with all the faffing about!
"So we don't all die" 😂
Why no rubber type seal under the sink lip
How much do you charge for this kind of job? Thank you
Hi, I want to change my kitchen tap, the hot and cold supplies are both copper piped directly to each tap with no inline isolater valves.
I know that if I turn my stop cock off it isolates the cold water. Does it also isolate the hot water supply to the tap too? If not how do I isolate the hot water feed to the tap?
I have a boiler in the kitchen with an unvented tank in the airing cupboard.
Thanks 👍🏻
Thanks. Will remember this when I do mine. When I bought the house the idiot who installed it has it running downhill the wrong way. No spirit level was used installing the worktops at all, so the water from the draining board pools up and sits there. I'm hoping I can get a sink with a sharp fall the other way, or umma havta reinsall the whole shebang
+ArcanePath360 Mate that's bad!
+plumberparts Yeah, and it's all tiled around the worktop, and the window is off level to match it so I can't exactly change it without setting the whole house level around it. Do you know if they sell kitchen sinks with a steeper drain off than normal?
Thanks
The very helpful.
HOLD TIGHT 🎉
Personally, I think Keith needs a cleaner for his old sink rather than a plumber for his new one!
I find it very hard to understand why a professional plumber would install that idiotic elbow in in the down pipe instead of the traditional bottle trap. I have the same at my new sink and in a few weeks it gets clogged up and i need to undo it all and get rid of the deposits that block the elbow.
I don’t have double sink how do fix double one with one pipe
How much does it usually cost to hire someone to do this for me?
I notice there's an electrical socket under the sink. Is that permitted. Thx
Yes, I have an electrical socket for a washer/dryer.
Beautiful
+Hardy Aaron Cheers dude!
Probably the speeded up bit was a big part of it..?? Also, what tools did you use to remove and re-fix the copper?? Did you keep or cut off the olives? This is too simplistic and is just is a guide for a home-owner watching, not someone attempting the job with detail...
Uh oh! James, you forgot to mention that the replacement sink must be the same length side to side and width, front to back as the old one. Or, a wee bit longer and/or wider. I've been to jobs where the old sink is bigger dimensionally than the replacement supplied by the customer. Just drops straight through or has nasty gaps. Bigger (dimensionally) replacements may need additional worktop cut or routered out to accomodate fitting the replacement. Also, replacing a single bowl sink with a bowl + 1/2 or even a twin sink + double drainer in a 600mm base unit would require "butchering" the adjacent base units to accomodate fitting twin oversize bowls. Not easy when there is a wash mac to one side and a dish wash on the other......... Square pegs, round holes. Aaaaargh!!!!!!!
I was just about to mention that as well! I've had a couple where the new sink just about fits the hole cut out for the old sink leaving no allowance for those vicious clamps who will draw blood at the slightest touch of the finger tips! 😂. They are nasty little bastards!!
Also some sinks come with a foam gasket which you stick to around the inside edge before dropping onto the hole and sealing.
I had one a short while ago with a tap came with a pullout hose which had a weight clamped to it under the sink. What they don't tell you is the weight cannot be obstructed otherwise it gets caught on the pipework preventing the hose from retracting back into the tap housing. So you have to make sure the weight pulls behind the unit and is allowed to move up and down freely. What a pain the arse that was!! #getbry
+loafer sheffield Yes I guess you're right! Lucky for me that sink didn't need the Fein on it!
Great video, and very funny at times . Syringe or AK47 😄
Replace a steel sink, with a steel sink... brilliant.
Chuck Norris I think they just wanted a new one!
Ah shit wrong account!
2:51 How come you removed the nuts from the hot and cold copper pipes near the flexible pipes. How come you didn't just remove the flexible pipes from the pipe fittings?
Aman A. Because that’s how you remove the flexible pipe. The nuts you see at the bottom of the copper pipes, he just slides them up and screw together with the flexible pipe in place.
Put it in your green bin to avoid death...
Have you been giving my local council advice on how to increase recycling.
What is this called ? 8:24
thats the sort of customers you dont want, breathing down your neck whilst you are trying to work hahaha
+Harry Crew Ha! He's alright!
+plumberparts well he must be alright as you had a cup of tea/coffee in your hand. Now that's what we like to see haha
Still going strong. Went round there today!
Fab....
banging quickly.... always ends in disappointment
So true...
I hope you charged Keith extra for standing over you watching HA!
+Jack Halford Ha! He was just interested!
Don't tip the water in the waste down the sink...Guilty as charged.
Aliens 2000 hahahaha...we all do stuff like that sometimes.
DOH!
Aliens 2000 I’ve done that too but I then forgot again, then done it again on the same job! haha
Don't you silicone your waste in
+nathan mod Nah.....unless it leaks but they don't tend to. PP!
Glad this was Q&A’d. About to do this myself and wondered whether some plumbers mate or silicone would be needed, or at least considered “belt & braces” but apparently not...
Cats
Those sink clamps are just the worst invention
Dogs
talk more then job 😂
Cant imagine any man/ lad from the western world using a mastic gun imagining themselves being in the Taliban , very strange statement to make!!