BUDGET BATHROOM UPGRADE IN A DAY

[@PlumbLikeTom]

Hi all, hope everyone is well, I have scheduled this video ahead of time as I will be away when this video goes live. I don't know if I will have any Internet, so if I'm slow responding to comments please bare with me. I really do appreciate everyone for watching and all the support is so greatly appreciated ❤

[@thomasvnl]

Hope you took that well deserved holiday!

[@pb9926]

👍👍👍😎😎😎😎

[@CEO786]

Great job getting it all done in such a short period of time.

[@stephendavies925]

You are the only plumbing video I've seen doing this in a day in a old property, I do this most days only difference is I'm doing steel baths, good job done in a day not easy

[@PlumbLikeTom]

Thanks for the support mate, it was a tough days work

[@davebryant6905]

Good job mate. I always fit the taps before installing the bath, helps to have something to hold on to when fitting it. Also fit them closer to the bath edge to help with silicone. But I've only been doing it for 45 years. Carry on that man.

[@peterash9524]

Brilliant 🙌🔥

[@PlumbLikeTom]

Thanks for watching Peter

[@markedwards1580]

Excellent

[@PlumbLikeTom]

Thanks for the support Mark

[@davidcartlich6491]

Tom i use an old car scissor jack when fitting baths to existing tiles if u put it under the base board of the bath you can jack it up into position and hold it there while you adjust legs

[@PlumbLikeTom]

I really need to do that, the van does have one, thanks for watching David

[@volt8684]

And put plinth on wall

[@LTFC1964]

Easy way to change the taps….just cut the bath out 😂😂😂😂 Your humour is spot on mate.

[@wonkey3733]

Cutting the bath out with a recip saw, back in the day we had to take a sledge hammer to brake up cast iron bathes, just seems so funny now. loving the content, makes me want to go back on the tools lol.

[@PlumbLikeTom]

Thanks for the support as always mate

[@ImHowardMoonsir1]

Excellent work and very neat. I'm an experienced plumber and would've ended up smashing the place to bits I reckon. Well done.

[@PlumbLikeTom]

I was close to it, thanks for watching mate

[@SouthWestWildernessScotland]

Another good video Tom, I can honestly say I have never seen straw like that in a wall in Scotland. The firm I used work with had their own tilers as well as plumbers and the guys used to leave a few extra tiles below the bath just in case anyone needed them in the future.

[@PlumbLikeTom]

Tiles under the bath can be a life saver for plumbers, it really helped me here, thanks for watching as always mate

[@chrisholt2474]

Hi Tom, I have never seen those straw board walls before in over 50 years in plumbing, always something new to learn about. Another nice job there, as you say, you can only work with what you have got, I’m sure the customer will be happy with that installation. Another great film thank you, I hope you are enjoying your holiday and having some rest, as always take care mate. 👍👍👍

[@ChunkyMonkey78]

Yeh I was thinking omg I never seen straw board before also lol. What is it an old anglo saxon house or something ? lol

[@chrisholt2474]

@@ChunkyMonkey78 it definitely surprised me mate and I thought I had seen it all by now, obviously not quite seen it all just yet. 🍻👍👍

[@PlumbLikeTom]

Thanks for the support as always Chris, I'm enjoying my week off so far, hopefully the nice weather holds

[@PlumbLikeTom]

I think these are 1990s houses, stramit was used as an alternative to block work I guess because of price and insulation values, its a nightmare to be honest though

[@MrMarr123456]

well done make your very hard worker

[@PlumbLikeTom]

Thanks for the support mate

[@pault3705]

Great work tom. Enjoyed watching

[@PlumbLikeTom]

Thanks for the support as always Paul

[@SteveHit1]

Great job Tom! Hoping you’re having a very relaxing, well deserved, holiday.

[@PlumbLikeTom]

Thanks for the support as always Steve, I'm having a great time, just hoping the nice weather holds

[@SteveHit1]

@@PlumbLikeTom That’s great Tom, I’m very glad to hear it!

[@DB25k]

Hot on the left cold on the right...😅 great video it brings back memories.... well done brilliant job

[@PlumbLikeTom]

Thanks for the support mate, it is greatly appreciated

[@mpennington513]

Good job, Tom. never easy work, have a good break

[@PlumbLikeTom]

Thanks for the support as always mate 👍

[@JR-1983]

Looks great in the end 👍🏻

[@PlumbLikeTom]

I think so too, thanks for watching mate

[@markusvanryan7394]

super super job, thank you never seen a wall like that Tom

[@PlumbLikeTom]

Thanks for watching as always Mark, there's an entire estate with stramit where I live, horrible stuff to be honest to work with

[@juliestreet8688]

Great job Tom, sometimes you can only work with what you got and you smashed it. Never seen a straw wall....the thing round here is Paramount walls which are basically egg boxes 😂

[@PlumbLikeTom]

There's loads of egg box walls around me as well, thanks for watching Julie

[@d4dek130]

Great job as usual Tom

[@PlumbLikeTom]

Thanks for the support as always mate, it is greatly appreciated 👍

[@56ty78ui]

Love the measuring on the bath holes to drill. Somewhere be reet. Love your stuff Mr Tom.

[@PlumbLikeTom]

Thanks for the support as always mate 👍

[@can-be-askedhandymanproper3015]

Hi Tom, Have a great and well-deserved holiday. I love to watch your videos after a hard day, it's therapy for me. You are my Therapist...😉 Thanks for all your hard work...

[@PlumbLikeTom]

Thanks for the support mate, I'm so pleased you enjoy my videos

[@pb9926]

Great video Tom, i think you done extremely well considering all aspects of the job in front of you. 👍😎😎😎😎😎

[@PlumbLikeTom]

Thanks for the support as always Pb

[@gunsey876]

Nice work, and a lot done in a day 👌

[@PlumbLikeTom]

It was a long day to be honest, thanks for watching mate

[@pops6638]

Good effort Tom. There is nothing worse than having to work to existing levels.

[@PlumbLikeTom]

It does make it alot harder, thanks for watching 👍

[@Corkeybutcher]

Brave man taking this job on! 😅

[@PlumbLikeTom]

Thanks for the support as always Phil

[@bawtreerd]

Great post

[@PlumbLikeTom]

Thanks for watching mate

[@josephfelts6560]

Tom, hoped you're good, earned it. Another bread-n-butter job, like it. Enjoy yourself, health before much less anything else.

[@PlumbLikeTom]

Thanks for the support as always mate 👍

[@TomChapman-wv9iq]

Good job as usual enjoy the time off!

[@PlumbLikeTom]

Thanks for the support as always Tom

[@thepm3972]

Defo remind me of the legendary Fred Dibnah with the flat cap....pleasure to watch. Keep it up bud

[@PlumbLikeTom]

Thanks for the support mate 👍

[@steve45678]

Another good job implemented there Tom, have a good weekend.

[@PlumbLikeTom]

Thanks for the support as always Steve 👍

[@johnwaby4321]

Well you definitely earned your money on that job Tom. It turned out very nice in the end .dispite all the problems you encounted. 👍👍👍👍👍👍

[@PlumbLikeTom]

Thanks for the support as always John

[@ianc8814]

Nice... Nothing wrong with re-using stuff. The timber holding my bath in used to be the shelving in a site hut where I was working. Great tip on tightening the male irons into the flexis first. I never thought of doing it that way 🤣

[@PlumbLikeTom]

Thanks for the support as always Ian

[@tonymurff5234]

Nice little job Tom, Have a good Holiday Mate well deserved 😎👍🤜

[@PlumbLikeTom]

Thanks for the support as always Tony

[@stuarthandley7102]

top man our tom knows what he is doing anouther top job

[@PlumbLikeTom]

Thanks for the support Stuart

[@andrewsmith6882]

Hi tom we used to put the hot farthest in Bath to stop children reaching over and switching on and falling in and getting scolded before blending valves were used great videos keep up the good workmanship

[@stepbackandthink]

That would be considered wrong now.

[@PlumbLikeTom]

That is true, an old plumber I worked with did social housing for years and they were all piped as you describe, thanks for watching 👍

[@muq_1]

Always great content mate

[@PlumbLikeTom]

Thanks for the support as always mate, glad you enjoyed

[@andyfadian]

Great video Tom, that bath looked a. It of a nightmare to get out. As always first class work from you. 👏👏

[@PlumbLikeTom]

Thanks for the support as always Andy, it was very tight

[@HarryyScofieldd]

good effort mate! Looks good. Dont always have to refit the whole room!

[@PlumbLikeTom]

Thanks for the support Harry, it turned out well I think

[@HarryyScofieldd]

@@PlumbLikeTom yes mate looks good considering what you had to work with. Just binged watched your videos mate👊🏻👌🏻

[@Mulletsrokkify]

Cracking job Tom!😀 Enjoy your hols! Have some relax time

[@PlumbLikeTom]

Thanks for the support as always mate

[@peteb3365]

aw bless ya using the vde screwdriver as a chisel, you know how to make me chuckle 🤣🤣

[@PlumbLikeTom]

I was just for you Pete

[@Bandits_At_3_o_Clock]

I’d say that was mission accomplished.

[@PlumbLikeTom]

Thanks for the support mate, it looked ok for what it was

[@peterdawson5115]

An old Ideal Standard Studio Suite, I fitted loads of them back in the day, looked good when you got it all back in Tom, it looked as tight as hell in there, I would have had to have whipped the door off, bit more elbow room, hope alls well, and take care 👍🚽

[@PlumbLikeTom]

Thanks for the support as always Peter, I probably should have taken the door off

[@glynstorer3269]

I used to do that Tom ❤

[@paulduff9257]

Cracking job

[@PlumbLikeTom]

Thanks for the support as always Paul

[@koolworths]

Enjoy your break away 👍🏻

[@PlumbLikeTom]

Thanks for the support mate 👍

[@alanlissamore461]

Those Strammet walls are murder. Loads of them in 1980s built properties. As a Spark they were a nightmare installing a flush Socket Outlet. . Had to use a stanley knife to cut them out and ended up with a mountain of straw. Horrible!! Good Job Tom!

[@PlumbLikeTom]

I hate the stuff as well, thanks for watching Alan

[@rukonza5666]

Good job. I hate these type jobs where you have to work of existing fixtures and heights, but you smashed it out. Loved the trick of cutting the legs off to get a bit more movement and leverage to take out the bath. Guessing you already know this, and understand you were working within a confined space but you should have got ct1 or some adhesive around the bath before you set it in place. Future proof the leaks.

[@PlumbLikeTom]

Thanks for the support mate, I did get some ob1 on the back of the bath where it meet the wall to keep things secure, I couldn't find the footage of me doing it though so I guess I forgot to press record

[@rukonza5666]

@@PlumbLikeTom i thought you would mate

[@brianmayne6513]

Enjoy your holidays Tom

[@PlumbLikeTom]

Thanks for the support as always Brian 👍

[@mickobyobrien2650]

That bath looked like a right faff,I'd of phoned customer and said the screen and boxing in will be coming off to get bath out 😅,the toilet there is always one screw that won't come out😢, good work mate,had many ballache jobs like that.

[@PlumbLikeTom]

Thanks for the support as always mate, the screen really needed changing in my opinion, it looked ok though in the end for what it was

[@thomascoyne157]

Morning Tom do hope your enjoying your well Deserved holiday that was a bit of an awkward one then reciprocator saw come in handy,that wall one up from egg board 😂,and as I always do leftovers tiles underneath the bath👍👍. 🍺🍺🍺🍺🍺🍺and some good memories and don’t be showing off your white bits went your back 🤣🤣🤣🤣🙈

[@PlumbLikeTom]

Thanks for the support as always mate, left over tiles certainly come in very handy 👍

[@rossnolan2883]

Super 😊

[@PlumbLikeTom]

Thanks for the support as always Ross

[@kevinisaac9139]

That was exact job I did 2weeks ago even the pipes going though the bath legs

[@alimack5489]

Typical landlord wanting it all done on the cheap 😩 top work Tom as always

[@PlumbLikeTom]

Thanks for the support as always Ali

[@peteb3365]

enjoy they hols tom, top tip take the door off first! makes lot more room

[@PlumbLikeTom]

Thanks for the support as always Pete, I should have done that

[@legendaryletsserviceaccomm6116]

One of those bread and butter nightmares jobs, that shower screen will leak, I hate them in rental properties. Good job.

[@PlumbLikeTom]

You are likely right, I wanted to change it, thanks for watching mate

[@leimad13]

What is the 90 degree spanner you used for taps called? I got this plumbers tools but they always slip off the nuts yours seems great! Cheers!

[@PlumbLikeTom]

It's called a jaw dropper made by armeg, it fits most taps and backnuts but there are the odd ones it doesn't fit, the todays tools tap spanner kit is probably better value for money, I know a few people who use that, thanks for watching mate

[@leimad13]

@@PlumbLikeTom Thank you very much! Your vids are amazing for someone like me, keen diyer and first time home owner that needs to replace 50% of house plumbing:) Cheers! PS just watched your onsite tool review on this :D

[@LittleNinjah]

Nice one Tom

[@PlumbLikeTom]

Thanks for the support as always mate

[@SteveB-xz2zy]

Have a good time Tom 🍺

[@PlumbLikeTom]

Thanks for the support as always Steve

[@davidwalker6054]

Great video as per usual, as your on holiday perhaps Harry may do some filming, that's if he's still with you. Have a well earned Holiday. I await your return. Regards. Dave

[@PlumbLikeTom]

He still works for me, he is a decent plumber to be fair and only rings when he gets a problem, thanks for watching as always Dave

[@alanconroy7929]

Fair dos mate

[@PlumbLikeTom]

Thanks for watching Alan

[@rickystephenson518]

Made laugh when you said, “ how do I get these tiles out without braking them”. Then next shot the tiles are in a million bits lol .

[@PlumbLikeTom]

It's the best way sometimes, thanks for watching mate

[@stepbackandthink]

17:39 I always wet vac the bowl out. Makes your life so much easier.

[@PlumbLikeTom]

Fair point that, thanks for watching mate 👍

[@andrewoleary9704]

Awkward little jobs but it’s all bread and butter at the end of the day. Nice job mate 👍

[@PlumbLikeTom]

Thanks for the support as always Andrew

[@Schinney]

That bath was a right pigTom, years ago some flat roofs here in Coventry were made of a stramit board deck, if they ever leaked they swelled up like Weetabix, nightmare to repair the whole lot had to come out

[@PlumbLikeTom]

That is the problem with stramit, I guess it has decent insulation properties but everything else is bad, thanks for watching as always mate

[@theorgazoid4918]

Fair play to you mate you’ve some patience. First row of tiles would have been ripped off it was me never mind trying to save the tight arse landlord getting a tiler . 😂

[@PlumbLikeTom]

Thanks for watching mate, I think it turned out ok for what it was

[@theorgazoid4918]

@@PlumbLikeTom Yeah looks spot on mate.

[@glynstorer3269]

Looks like the old Sandringham suite

[@PlumbLikeTom]

It could well have been Glyn, thanks for watching as always mate

[@ursusmaritimus7159]

Nice job on a difficult one. You mention CT1, do you use that for sealant? I usually use 785 but tried CT1 once and it went black in a few months !!

[@PlumbLikeTom]

I use ct1 for adhesion, 785 is the best sealant, I tried bt1 which is the silicone version of of ct1 but I wasn't that impressed, thanks for watching mate 👍

[@ianthomas739]

Last bath I took out was stainless steel inset 50ml into solid wall so angle grinder sparks. Floor was rotten etc. etc. Customer had ordered same size . 1700ml but space for only 1600 so back into wall which left 2ml at back of bath opening and disturbed bedroom wall when installed, 2 hour job took 5 hrs.

[@PlumbLikeTom]

That sounds like a nightmare, thanks for watching as always Ian

[@christipler5067]

Good job Tom maybe a multitool would have made things easier cutting the bath out also sealing between the new tiling & bath?

[@K4rmaRules]

You're brave. I wouldn't be able to touch toilets from other people's houses lol.

[@peteg9011]

no gloves too! eww!!

[@michaelbolt4530]

What’s that tool called you used for tightening the taps and nuts under the bath?

[@PlumbLikeTom]

I use the armeg jaw dropper, thanks for watching Michael

[@michaelbolt4530]

@@PlumbLikeTom cheers, top video

[@craigs66]

Great work Tom. Off this weekend I hope?

[@PlumbLikeTom]

I'm on holiday this week, first in 5 years, thanks for watching as always Craig

[@craigs66]

@@PlumbLikeTom Enjoy it Tom. You deserve it.

[@joolsmartin1996]

25 min awesome spanner

[@PlumbLikeTom]

Thanks for the support mate

[@volt8684]

Watching this at 66 my joints are burning like fire😊

[@PlumbLikeTom]

I'm sure I will be the same when I reach 66, thanks for watching mate 👍

[@philhermetic]

Always so cramped working in bathrooms! Well done Tom! Phil

[@PlumbLikeTom]

Thanks for the support as always Phil

[@Charles61284]

Nothing wrong with reusing that copper Tom, as you say better than a flexi and it’ll last a lifetime, enjoy your break mate 👍

[@gunsey876]

I thought that until 10:30 last Sunday night a customers bathroom had been in a year new copper pipe had a pin hole in it straight bit of pipe no fittings/flux near it behind nuance boards, luckily it was a stud wall so cut a hole in behind and fixed, had it been on a block or external wall would have been a lot worse... 😩 think I better start using more plastic

[@Charles61284]

@@gunsey876 true I’ve seen it as well, way more common over the pond on their thin walled copper tube, I think they’re coloured blue and red or something like that, also water quality. They can get some very acidic water over there especially when they use wells 👍

[@PlumbLikeTom]

It's funny you mention pin holes on copper, I went to a job last week on a 6 year old house it the pipe had pinholed, I cut it out and it leaked on another pipe, It was 22mm and I could squeeze the pipe with my fingers it was that thin, I will post the job at some point but never have I seen pipe that thin unless it's been ytw

[@gunsey876]

A guy in the merchants was saying he had a bit less than a year old leak behind kitchen units fixed it and then it sprung another… nightmare

[@gavinnicholl9814]

At the start of the vid i was thinking cheapskate landlord for not wanting to change the tiles... however, the white suite has made them look wayyyy better. Fair play for getting it done in a day 😅

[@PlumbLikeTom]

Thanks for the support as always Gavin, to be fair he keeps his properties really quite nice, new boilers and kitchens

[@davidjeffreys9063]

Always find it nerve racking drilling new holes for the taps in a new bath. Sometimes better with holes already there but in a way it's better to drill your own holes so you can make the hole just a couple miller bigger than the 3/4 thread. Better that way than pre drilled holes that are 100 times bigger than the thread going through them

[@PlumbLikeTom]

I usec to hate drilling them, I've done a few in my time and so far haven't messed one up, thanks for watching mate

[@andybrace4983]

Looked like a nightmare job Tom but you smashed it out the park lovely old job

[@PlumbLikeTom]

Thanks for the support as always Andy

[@geometryexplainseverything4926]

Your a F#%king Legend! Not many would take on these jobs....Only point...get some safety gloves! 😂

[@PlumbLikeTom]

I do need to invest in some gloves to be fair, thanks for watching mate, it is greatly appreciated

[@brethren4life152]

Good work mate, can we change the channel name to lever valves with Tom 😂

[@paulf2529]

Good job there, all fitted in nicely. That old compressed straw board stuff is a pig!

[@PlumbLikeTom]

Thanks for the support as always Paul, it's not the best stuff

[@Apexplumber]

All your jobs look well grim

[@PlumbLikeTom]

True, it's all work though, thanks for watching mate 👍

[@donalfitzpatrick7737]

1st thing should have take the door off to give u more space. Space and light u can't work without

[@PlumbLikeTom]

Fair point mate, thanks for watching 👍

[@M.Godfrey]

Bro would you believe, I got the damn job with SGN👊😎

[@PlumbLikeTom]

Congratulations mate, I am so pleased for you

[@MrEksatmisis]

What's the compound that you put to the connections? Thank you

[@dennisphoenix1]

Jet blue.

[@56ty78ui]

JB is expensive. Any jointing compound will do, it's a belt n brace thing really, don't have to use it, but I've always pasted my olives before fitting. Not the same as PTFE! Do no not wrap that around threads. Sneaky bit on olives maybe, but make sure you tidy any dangly bits 🤫

[@KG-ic1zf]

Any jointing compound that’s WRAS approved mate, JetBlue is the go to if I’m honest.

[@KG-ic1zf]

@@56ty78uiPTFE is probably the worst thing for a plumber to seal anything with

[@kevinisaac9139]

We used the multi saw to cut out the bath

[@PlumbLikeTom]

Good shout that mate, thanks for watching as always Kevin

[@HarryTurner-n6k]

Bob a job by the landlord.. your there to cover is mess

[@manickbarry]

What is the board called?

[@PlumbLikeTom]

It's called stramit board, it's compressed straw, it's a pain to be honest as you can't fix into it but I guess it must have been cheaper than blockwork as there's loads of houses round me with it

[@Football-rk3gn]

How much you charge for this job mate

[@PlumbLikeTom]

It was time and my materials, the landlord provided the sanitary ware but I had all my consumales and pipe. I can't remember the exact figure but it would have been around 500

[@Rickh4]

Hope you charged enough for all that work mate

[@PlumbLikeTom]

I charged enough I think, thanks for watching as always mate

[@marcushonan]

No classi seal between bath and tiles equals leaks in no time at all

[@SteveHit1]

In this case the tiles were not being removed, so classi seal not possible. Regardless, it’s perfectly possible to seal around a bath, with shower, and have it waterproof for many years, with careful application of good quality silicon. (Obviously, when it’s possible to apply classi seal that does increase the likelihood of a long lasting seal.)

[@PlumbLikeTom]

I do usually use it but I couldn't get it in on this one, in fairness as long as the bath is solid, which is critical, there shouldn't be an issue. The old one never had any and tbe walls were dry, I'm not saying it was ideal what I did, but I just did what was practical

[@cliveramsbotty6077]

i broke a mirror once, it was on a photo shoot for a furniture catalogue. it was the only one in the country, a prototype sent directly from the factory in china. clumsy prat.

[@PlumbLikeTom]

Nightmare, thanks for watching mate 👍

[@ChunkyMonkey78]

My quick advice would be, don't let landlords do you down too cheap. Remember two years down the line they will be sat on their ass taking in rent money doing nothing, while you will be grafting somewhere else.

[@PlumbLikeTom]

True that, I don't do too much landlord stuff to be honest, I never let them haggle the price though, thanks for watching 👍

[@ChunkyMonkey78]

@@PlumbLikeTom Yes I nearly deleted my message as I thought it sounded a little bit patronising, you obviously know what you are doing! I just know from my experience a few of them have been tight fisted d***s in the past, lol

[@keithbrueton]

You can only do what you can Tom your not a miracle worker

[@PlumbLikeTom]

Thanks for the support as always Keith 👍

[@mikebarron4929]

Modern taps are so poor in the flow department when it comes to tank fed low pressure systems suppliers never seem to ask what plumbing system it's going to be fitted on

[@PlumbLikeTom]

That is true, the flow on this one was decent enough as I kept everything full bore, thanks for watching mate

[@russelldawson9560]

I'm not convinced by the clean up of the old silicon around the bath. It looked as if there were still old bits remaining and you would have added new silicon to that. Not good - looks OK to the customer but will possibly leak in time.

[@PlumbLikeTom]

I did go over it again, I take the thick off and then use multi solve, you can then just flick the small bits off, I never leave a job unless I'm happy it won't leak as it always comes back and bites, thanks for watching mate 👍

[@darrenroberts6376]

My daughter has got those straw ceramic board walls in her house in Sleaford. Nightmare for fixing……

[@PlumbLikeTom]

It is not the best when it comes to fixings, I don't know why the developer used it on that estate but I guess it must have been cheaper, thanks for watching as always Darren

[@SolventDonkey]

Great video as always, I know it's your holiday but would love to see some videos from it, get into the volgging. I would say make another channel called Life of Tom but another KZbinr called Syndicate has that channel and has been volgging his life for years, check it out sometime it's not everyone's cup of tea but I've been enjoying it over the years.

[@PlumbLikeTom]

I have seen his channel, I do enjoy watching some vlog style content, thanks for watching as always mate 👍