There was a water leak in our downstairs bathroom ceiling, it was from 2nd floor bathroom. Opened up ceiling, noticed sign of previous water leak and JB WELD on toilet sink wye fitting. Call a plumber for replacing lines ($300), cost of doing it right… priceless. We opened up and closed drywall ourselves.

Beautiful job guys!

That Home Run system wastes so much water it is unbelievable! Everytime you use hot water you have to flush the entire water line back to hot water source. You can use that system on the cold water lines but not hot! The Hot water system should be a Master line maybe One inch in diameter running as close to each user as possible and isolation valves as close to each user as possible. Then at the farther most hot water user there should a small pump on a timer and temperature sensor that keeps the hot water line at usable temperature and it recycles water back to the hot water heater. Naturally the source line should be well insulated. I've seen so many house layouts that have hot water users at the farther-est ends of the house AND on outside walls too boot. Quick and cheap, that's all that matters any more!

Extremely poor workmanship by whoever originally did that plumbing.

He uses the word illegal too much. None of it is illegal, it’s not a crime. You will not get fined or sent to prison for a bad plumbing job. It is against code though…

The plumber is so full of himself and BS. Pulling down and defacating on that uponor logical system for stupidly overpriced manifold home run to copper that anyone with a propex tool and map gas can do now. Lets see some real copper repipe being soldered instead of being mocked. Lmfao.

ExpressRooter could use a better name. Like... it sounds like a scammy company with hack 'technicians', instead of someone who is a meticulous worker and has high standards of those he hires/works with. Branding!

10k to 15k You are crazy…

This guys a hack!

You might be able to use those lame sales tactics on the Canadians up there but if you try that here in East Texas these people are gonna call BS. Your points do not justify the means the upgrades.

6:40 I doubt that it's "100% pressure balanced"

how is that code breaking out the basement floor and going under the foundation? common sense tell me you just caused a HUGE sink area for the foundation/basement wall to crack unless you fill the area the pipe resides in under the foundation on either side of the original footing with concrete to be sure there is not damaging settling going to occur with this work you just did?

gee i am glad you HGTV folks are not in aerospace telling management this kinda nonsense, you can get away with to homeowners like P T Barnum extolled but please some of us know better.

replace all the pex because a few of of the lines are kinked? i agree scrap kinked lines then replace. you opt to charge the customer replace it all. just admit it, make more money on the job. why did you not then go or state with your expertise using pex A which is less prone to kinking and can be warmed to remove kinks if they ever occur. then the copper manifolds, why not run less overall pex and run dedicate larger lines to bathrooms kitchen then under the sink in the wall cutout making a manifold for all the feeders on that trunk line? again you make more money doing this and it looks cool to the customer right? not working in the customers best interest are you?

how about doing one better taking the same shut off valve and placing out the wall right at the sink or toilet rather than in the basement? i never ever understood this logic ever turn off the water where i am working not go find out where to shut it off maybe in the basement or at the street work smarter not harder all you said then saying this i had to comment.

Black dialog window, bottom left is too big and obscures video!

WOW! Talk about overkill! I hope the show paid for all that shit.

Really? I thought you was going to teach me something not sell me something

How does the manifold system shown at 6:30 "pressure balance" the water as the guys says?

I need to buy my own electric snake the way my basement drain keep getting clogged. Smh

sub to airrack

Basement floor drain backup into.sub floor were bathtub used to be...

Terrible effing video. Here I was, happy to have found a 2min video on how to unclog the drain. Thanks for nothing

So wrong!

In many areas, especially the dry West, water is currently pumped hundreds of miles, treated to the finest drinking water standards, and then most of it is thrown on the ground to grow lawns or used to flush poop down the drain. When real, lasting water shortages arrive, this will be an unsupportable practice. Eventually homes need to be dual plumbed with separate pipes for potable and non-potable water. Retrofit will be a lot easier for home run systems.

Home run systems DO NOT save money!!! First of all the upfront cost nearly doubles and they waste water and energy. Every line must run its contents out to bring hot water to a fixture. After a hot shower you will have to run the sink for up to a minute to get a hint of hot water at the tap. WASTED WATER and heat energy. In a normal system the hot water supply is shared at each room and often back to back bathrooms. so when you get done showering the hot water has already filled the pipes to within several feet of the other fixtures and you get hot water for shaving etc within seconds. As far as maintenance goes they are convenient but no plumber charges so much that during a rare service call that few extra minutes will make enough of a difference to offset the wasted water energy and added cost of the initial installation. Furthermore there is still no way to drain the lines without shutting off the main and opening a tap at the lowest point. In essence it only allows a leaking fixture to be shut off while you wait for a repair and allows the rest of the home to have normal water service. I love Mike Holmes but even he gets it wrong on occasion. Not there is anything wrong with the plumbing that was done but lets try to be honest with our customers even up in Canada. The home run system is an excuse for the plumber to charge more to run independent lines all over the house. A good idea in multi family units that has been seized upon by plumbers looking to up-sell every job in my opinion!

I miss this show

This was so worthless smh KZbin is for helping avoiding calling you

This is just an ad.

Very clean work ! I get taking everything out and starting over . Bet he made a killing !

Holy shit what a waste of money on that manifold. What waste is this guy talking about when changing a washer???

How dose a recirculated system work with a manifold system ??

A rooter company doing plumbing. Lmao

10 feet for that ugly manifold how are you gonna hid it !

You didn't put your balloon on top of your outlet on the roof....

The comments on here show me why building or renovating a home can be such an issue. Way too many opinions and so few people who understand the basics. While the above is not right for every setting its better than most. Each project requires thoughtful input, too often it's just someone doing the same thing in every situation. I've worked with some awesome plumbers but have fired a number also. What sets them apart is the ability to solve an issue, not just make a new one.

Shower valves are pressure balancing and anti scald anyway

Telescope that vent you say ? Hmmm

Way too extensive on the plumbing. All you need is one shut off valve on a home. Shut off valvs at the toilets, sinks water heater, dish washer, The rest is a toatal waste of money , I would never ever use copper again , Pex pipe is way better and easier to install, and will preform better in freezing weather!

Well,it looks pretty but he didn't use the "good" expansion pex fittings

Drain maintenance, power flushing, main intake valve replacement.

Why have shut offs in 2 places for the same circuit? You must be expensive.

Next time just get a Viega manafold. I installed on in my house and it's great.

basically buy a snake ... plumbers in nyc expensive. thx

You really should refer to the tool by its generic name. For example "Alan key" is actually HEX WRENCH.

what a joke ....they rip people big time ,,,,,

Know what your clients are saying about you online broker.reputationscore.pro

Sigh, they are trying to save a plumber 15 minutes of downtime down the road in order to charge the homeowner THOUSANDS more upfront... not to mention wasting more money on heating water. I am glad I am not the home owner on this one...

11:07 Can we talk about that half-arsed downpipe setup behind Holmes and the plumber?

LOVE that manifold system. I had to work on a house that was set up like this. HUGE ski town house. That system made it so much quicker