Just about still smiling at the end of this job

A couple of days in the life of a plumber
This boiler swap turned into a bit of a mission, I do enjoy a challenge though
As always, thanks for watching, all the support is greatly appreciated

[@martinwarner1178]

Great video, amazing work. Top skills. Peace brother.

[@johnwaby4321]

Well Tom that's another fine job you have landed yourself with. Copper pipes a bit bigger than you normally work with. Those hidden pipes did not help . But its all looking good so far 👍👍👍👍👍👍

[@PlumbLikeTom]

Thanks for watching as always John, I enjoyed doing this job to be honest, something a bit different, I will post a part two next week to show it all finished

[@MegaShan001]

Really impressive Tom 👍🏻👍🏻

[@PlumbLikeTom]

Thanks for the support as always Shaun 👍

[@wilbylee33]

Mate some of your installs blow the mind, constantly always giving back to the industry, full of knowledge, thanks for what you do for the community pal

[@PlumbLikeTom]

Thanks for the support mate, I enjoy making the videos and if they help share a bit of knowledge that to me makes it all worthwhile

[@GasmanChris5705]

Top drawer mate as always 👍

[@PlumbLikeTom]

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

[@maxgrove1661]

Bloody fantastic Tom. You never seem to get in a panic. It looked like a nightmare to me, but you just sailed through it all. Well done mate.

[@PlumbLikeTom]

Thanks for the support as always mate, I just try to keep calm and always try to stay in control, as soon as you loose your head or start rushing everything seems to start going wrong

[@glynstorer3269]

Nice job Tom ❤

[@PlumbLikeTom]

Thanks for the support as always Glyn

[@tomcoles7726]

Real good install that. Shame to cover that beautiful pipework with all the valves and gauges. Top job

[@PlumbLikeTom]

Thanks for watching mate, it was an awkward little job this one

[@keithbrueton]

Another cracking video tom 👷‍♂👷‍♂👷‍♂

[@PlumbLikeTom]

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

[@mgbroadsterJ]

Nice job .

[@PlumbLikeTom]

Thanks for the support as always mate 👍

[@srg774]

Tom, your plumbing skills are top-notch. Great job!

[@PlumbLikeTom]

Thanks for the support mate, it is greatly appreciated

[@user-en7ph4pz8e]

That was a job that would give anyone a headache! , lovely to see proper copper work and soldering. Great job well done Tom

[@PlumbLikeTom]

Thanks for the support as always mate, Proper in copper

[@dannywilkins887]

Tricky one that Tom, turned out well 👍

[@PlumbLikeTom]

Thanks for the support as always Danny 👍

[@chrisholt2474]

Hi Tom, that job looked a bit of a wrestling match, some big pipe there to work with, some nice big copper pipe and soldering there and that’s always nice to see. Looks like another nice job, I hope the remaining bit went well for you, thanks for a great film, have a good weekend and take care, 🍻👍👍

[@PlumbLikeTom]

Thanks for the support as always Chris, I enjoyed working on this one, I think it turned out Ok considering how tight the pipes were, I might do a follow up video showing the commissioning and the gas solenoid install if the footage is good enough, thanks for watching mate, have a great weekend 👍

[@glynstorer3269]

Looks good to me ❤

[@tombur4132]

Great vid tom really interesting

[@PlumbLikeTom]

Thanks for the support as always Tom 👍

[@v8motors.]

Really enjoyed that Tom, you are right when you install you have a guide plan then make it up in your head till you get it there & safe and also thinking of the next man.

[@PlumbLikeTom]

Thanks for the support as always mate, the amount of times you go to jobs where someone has made the system components hard to maintain is scary, I always do what I can to make life easy, I always think it might be me going back

[@kristianhodges1]

Another cracking video tom

[@PlumbLikeTom]

Thanks for the support as always mate

[@davebradberry5879]

Hi Tom Enjoy your channel, and have learnt a lot as a diy'er... Id have fitted the boiler on the otherside of the wall, was there not room? Most of your pipework was originating there, or no outside wall for the flue? Would have meant a tidier kitchen, boilers are for back rooms not hanging on walls in kitchens.. I guess also was muggle led.. put it 'ere son...! Keep smiling...! Dave

[@PlumbLikeTom]

It's a fair point mate, the building was listed so sometimes it can be tricky to get consent to move the flue, moving the boiler would have saved having the pipes in the kitchen and might have looked better, thanks for watching Dave, the support is greatly appreciated

[@davebradberry5879]

@@PlumbLikeTom Does the cap ever come off Tom ? lol..

[@ciaranboughton4713]

Great stuff Tom lovely bit of work mate 👍

[@PlumbLikeTom]

Thanks for the support as always mate, have a great weekend

[@brianmayne6513]

You are a top man Tom always interesting videos. Look after yourself

[@PlumbLikeTom]

Thanks for the support as always Brian, glad you enjoy the videos have a great weekend

[@killerbean9911]

As always Tom top notch skills and knowledge, always a pleasure to see your videos and your problem solving! Man of much knowledge! Was that a Balloon on the washing machine waste spigot? 🤣

[@PlumbLikeTom]

Thanks for the support as always mate, It could well have been a balloon, I will have to watch it back

[@thomascoyne157]

Easy too talk about it doing it is the hard one 😂good job Tom 👍👍👍👍

[@PlumbLikeTom]

That's always the way mate, my old boss's favourite saying was "simple job", I always used to think to myself why don't you have a try then, thanks for watching as always mate

[@andyfadian]

Are any of your jobs easy Tom lol, great explanation of the job, love to hear your thought process. Thanks for another great video 👏👏

[@PlumbLikeTom]

Thanks for the support as always Andy, glad you enjoyed

[@pb9926]

Great job Tom 👍😎

[@PlumbLikeTom]

Thanks for the support as always PB, have a great weekend

[@gerrylane968]

Lovely tidy job Tom keep up the good work.

[@PlumbLikeTom]

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

[@Rich10000]

Nice work mate, doesnt look the easiest of jobs. Seems like you get a fair bit of commercial/ none residential work which is good.

[@PlumbLikeTom]

Thanks for the support as always Rich, I like a mixture of work, it keeps me busy throughout the year, the domestic stuff sometimes drops a bit in the summer so these jobs are good to have

[@tonymurff5234]

Lovely work as always Tom 👍👍🤜

[@PlumbLikeTom]

Thanks for the support as always Tony 👍

[@sergiofernandez3725]

Good stuff Tom. Thoses FCU under boiler look a bit close to the sink. Check with your Spark. Look forward to seeing the next video

[@PlumbLikeTom]

Thanks for the support as always mate, you could well be right, it does look a bit close, have a great weekend

[@peterdawson5115]

You never know what’s behind boxing do you, but you made a tidy job of that one Tom, hope you have a great weekend. 👍🚽

[@PlumbLikeTom]

Thanks for the support as always Peter, sometimes you have to bite the bullet and rip it to bits, have a great weekend mate

[@hughwilson4911]

Hi Tom, I used fireproof expanding foam to seal up an existing flue the other day. It had nothing on it at all and I thought better do something rather than leave it. Turns out it wasn't quite as bodgy as I thought 😂. Thanks for that.

[@PlumbLikeTom]

Thanks for the support as always mate, I've used foam a few times for old flue holes as well, I always seem to get in a mess with the stuff, never quite goes where I want it to

[@train4905]

Awsome😊

[@PlumbLikeTom]

Thanks for the support as always Stephen

[@glynstorer3269]

How do you get jobs like that Tom no one is capable you take any job on ❤

[@brendanfisher2528]

When you took that old worcester off the wall i thought you was gunna slide it through your hands to the floor... it made me cringe as we all know worcester are made of razor blades!.. great video keep up the good work.

[@PlumbLikeTom]

Thanks for the support as always mate, my hands are pretty Worcester proof now, I used to cut them all the time but I've not managed it in a while, the only boiler that should come with free plasters

[@FrankieBoy-wn6qt]

Great video Tom good job m8t ,.you don’t get the easy ones do you m8t lol…👍👍👍

[@PlumbLikeTom]

Thanks for the support as always mate, I do love a challenge

[@colintownsend5024]

Just a quick Combi change they said. 😂😂 I dread to think what the additional cost would have been if you had used press fit instead of soldering.

[@PlumbLikeTom]

Thanks for the support as always Colin, I still prefer soldering to press, a few places on this job I would have struggled to get the jaws In as the pipework was tight, press probably is the future though a long with heatpumps

[@colintownsend5024]

As an old Gas man I will predict that the government will roll back on Heat pumps and put back the dates for electric cars. There is as much gas under the Warwickshire countryside as there was in the North Sea in the 70’s and when the technology improves to extract it and the need for energy security is recognised it will be a “Dash for Gas” all over again.

[@tirvplumbing]

Nice work Tom as always. 😊 If you do get any footage of the solenoid valve I'd be interested to see it. 👍

[@PlumbLikeTom]

Thanks for the support as always mate, the video should be out next week sometime, I just need to find time to edit it, have a great weekend

[@tirvplumbing]

@@PlumbLikeTom you too buddy👍

[@glynstorer3269]

Who needs the Gym Tom ❤

[@dennisphoenix1]

You will need a power supply for the gas valve , the fire alarm will just be a 240 volt interface .

[@PlumbLikeTom]

It's all been wired up now, it's linked in with a co sensor and also has an emergency plant shutdown button on it as well, a little overkill for this install but it was fitted as per specification

[@dennisphoenix1]

@@PlumbLikeTom if you do it to the specification it cant be wrong

[@paulf2529]

I thought you made a tidy job of what was a really awkward job.

[@PlumbLikeTom]

Thanks for the support as always Paul 👍

[@neilwharton720]

Mind you don’t get those cook books wet, matron will kill you😳😂😂😂😂

[@PlumbLikeTom]

I know mate, I do like a bit of water about, thanks for watching as always mate 👍

[@glynstorer3269]

Tom you do get some tasty jobs I’m glad I’m retired now from all that shite

[@PlumbLikeTom]

Thanks for the support as always mate, I do love the job but sometimes you do think there must be easier ways of making a living, jobs like these can be tough, what you don't see in the video was the van was parked a mile away and I had to carry everything, it certainly doesn't help

[@dennisphoenix1]

Simple boiler swap 😂😂 it's never a simple job . That gas is well over sized . But can't be too big 😉

[@PlumbLikeTom]

Thanks for the support as always mate, I think I could have fed 80kw and been alright on that run

[@glynstorer3269]

Have you had your weetabix Tom

[@peterbeck493]

Nice job again Tom. Looks quite interesting out of my scope though. Is the commercial ticket hard to do.?

[@PlumbLikeTom]

Thanks for the support as always Peter, when I first did my commercial I was really worried about what to expect. I turned up at the training centre expecting a classroom full of people, it turned out I was there on my own and it was a 1 to 1 learning, honestly my trainer was great. I did three days training and two days assessment, there was a lot to take in but being 1 to 1 we could skip over bits that I already knew. When you get your head into it, it's surprising how much you will already know and there is quite a lot of common sense stuff, ventilation was a lot harder and in depth a long with purging

[@peterbeck493]

@@PlumbLikeTom Might give it a go i am 54 now so still have 300 years till i can retire🤣

[@SuperWayneyb]

🤘😎🤘

[@PlumbLikeTom]

Thanks for the support as always Wayne, have a great weekend mate

[@SuperWayneyb]

@@PlumbLikeTom You too 🤘😎🤘