KITCHEN TAP SWAP.....with some bad PLUMBING PIPEWORK (VERY Rough)

[@MJTiffPlumbing]

Jobbing job for a plumber....and terrible pipework under a kitchen sink Dont forget to subscribe to the channel....

[@s.wilson5675]

When I see the title, "Plumbing Fail!! Pipework is Terrible!!", I thought good to see Mark's improved! It's not until watching the video I realised what you meant! Great video Mark and great looking pipework at the end. I hope you enjoyed your early day.

[@MJTiffPlumbing]

Thanks mate 👍🏼👍🏼

[@tkthebear984]

Splendid job Mark 👍. You can always rate a plumbers work by looking under the kitchen sink 🙂. Great video as always 👍

[@MJTiffPlumbing]

Thanks mate 👍🏼👍🏼

[@paulreece7148]

In my opinion the way that tap fixes to the sink is the best most solid way there is. Great idea.

[@MJTiffPlumbing]

Yep they are great ain’t they👍🏼👍🏼

[@johnwaby4321]

That's tidied the pipes up,.very nice 👍👍👍👍 Good news on those extra long sockets coming out 👍👍

[@MJTiffPlumbing]

Thanks John 👍🏼👍🏼

[@CEO786]

Really neat job, great work.

[@MJTiffPlumbing]

Thanks pal

[@stephendavies925]

A box spanner and a stubby screwdriver is always good for me

[@MJTiffPlumbing]

Yep that always work👍🏼👍🏼

[@fabianmckenna8197]

Me too but then I've only had to install two sinks at home.

[@markhannan4712]

Much neater than before Top job

[@MJTiffPlumbing]

Thanks Mark

[@Smart_fix]

Great job Mark well done 🙂👍🏼❤️

[@MJTiffPlumbing]

Thanks mate

[@Dystopia95]

Lovely job there mate. Looks much tidier. I’m relatively new to plumbing, and don’t know what the double check valve is for. Could you explain why you used it in that situation? Thanks mate!

[@MJTiffPlumbing]

Thanks mate. Double check valve is to stop back syphonage…. So the water doesn’t go back into the cold supply…. Basically a one way valve

[@robcoppin5699]

Kitchen fitters strike again......Nice job on tidying it up mate......I think we've all had the same problem with the Nerrad sockets so glad to see they're addressing it also i use that paste so i'll be looking into into the WRAS side of things with it....I hope it's still ok because there isn't nothing out there yet to rival it 🤔

[@MJTiffPlumbing]

Thanks Rob…… someone messaged me saying the V2 is still WRAS approved 👍🏼👍🏼

[@jimh4072]

This is just like my previous house, every pipe in bathroom, kitchen and central heating system ended up being replaced as they were a total shambles. 😂

[@MJTiffPlumbing]

Makes you wonder what people think is acceptable

[@robertpeters8531]

Great video Mark liking the butterfly valves are they full bore? Neat and tidy job just how it should be. I’ve had to do this myself a few times and it can def take a lot longer than a normal tap replacement. Thanks again.

[@MJTiffPlumbing]

Yep always full bore mate…👍🏼👍🏼

[@chrisholt2474]

Hi Mark, a nice tap change and some pipe work there, it certainly did look better when you had finished. The new deeper Nerad tap sockets are a great idea, have a great remainder of the week, take care, regards Chris. 👍👍👍

[@MJTiffPlumbing]

Thanks mate….. ironically I needed them on this job🤣

[@keithcampbell7214]

Neat and tidy, looks the part, another good job, well done Mark😊

[@MJTiffPlumbing]

Thanks Keith👍🏼👍🏼

[@mattundercoat]

I can honestly say I’ve had bowel movements I’m more justly proud of than that original pipe work. Looks a ton better now, and all in the space of an hour, going by the clock behind you.

[@MJTiffPlumbing]

Hahaha…. So bad what people think is acceptable

[@michaelsharpin3369]

Great video Mark. Was wondering on the outside tap pipework does the iso valve have to be after the check valve or does it not matter.

[@MJTiffPlumbing]

Doesn’t matter as long as the valve is there 👍🏼👍🏼

[@robertking9824]

What press tool are you using Mark? Thinking it’s about time I invested in one! Great job bud.

[@MJTiffPlumbing]

Novapress mate…. Great press tool

[@josephfelts6560]

Yeah, job done, job won. Wonder who installed the pipework before, surely couldn't be a plumber, with those cable clips!! 👍👍

[@MJTiffPlumbing]

Kitchen fitters having a go at plumbing 🤣🤦🏻‍♂️

[@CEO786]

@@MJTiffPlumbingabsolutely

[@wizard1963uk]

i love watching your videos mate ..can i ask a question i have just fitted a mixer tap on a new bathroom sink and the water coming out is so slow i mean really slow the old taps was fine any idea what to check thank you

[@MJTiffPlumbing]

Where were the taps from??….. sometimes the way they are made can affect this…

[@wizard1963uk]

@@MJTiffPlumbing thanks for the reply and if I remember they was from wickes

[@nickcollins7568]

The Nerrad tapex kit is great but they need some bigger sizes for the taps that use the fixing bolt like a banjo bolt as an outlet for a tap with a flexible hose outlet.

[@MJTiffPlumbing]

New kit coming soon 😉👌🏼

[@lewib8526]

It is annoying about the Nerrad Tapex kit have come across this issue a couple of times, do you know how much extension kit will be? Also I’m so glad I bought the angle jaw set for my gun, Best thing I did. Pricey!!! But has gotten me out the S#!? Plenty of times.

[@MJTiffPlumbing]

Yer deffo need some angle jaws I think. Not sure on the price of the kit…. Maybe £80 I would think

[@tonymurff5234]

IKEA special edition traps 😢😢, You will a bigger van Mark for all this fancy new equipment 😂 😎👍🤜

[@MJTiffPlumbing]

Hahaha….. very true

[@Ragnar8504]

They're a bit of a nuisance outside Scandinavia these traps. In Scandinavia it seems all drains go down into the floor and then these traps make total sense. If the drain goes into the wall they don't.

[@ian.M440]

As always nice job

[@MJTiffPlumbing]

Thanks mate

[@Snowy-96]

For them long threaded bars that you need deep long sockets for why dont you cut the excess off so that you can get your socket on there or get some automotive ratchet spanners with a flexi head ? Good job as always tho lot neater than before 👍

[@MJTiffPlumbing]

Thanks mate…. Yep that’s one way…. Or just get the small adjustables up there 👍🏼

[@sa4540]

Some advice please, when I try to connect compression to push fit pipe, it never holds. I also am never able to put the olive on with the inset in. It’s made me worried about ever combining them.

[@MJTiffPlumbing]

You need an insert buddy

[@SouthWestWildernessScotland]

Mark, I'm sure it say that it is WRAS Approved in the side tin? Does that paste have to be used up in a certain length of time? Only asking as my tin has been opened for a long time.

[@MJTiffPlumbing]

I’ve had tins opened for years and still used them 👍🏼👍🏼

[@nigelchapman7097]

I hate the IKEA Flexi waste pipe very hard to make it look tidy. Nice job only 1 thing i thought it was isolation then check valve ?

[@MJTiffPlumbing]

Thanks mate…… I’ve done it both ways if I’m being honest

[@skysantana3178]

Great work mark how come you didn’t pick up a tapex extension kit while you was at the show 😄 they could of given you a free set as you always praise the kit 😄👍

[@MJTiffPlumbing]

Not no n sale yet….. I think I may have one coming to review and do a video on though 👍🏼

[@glyndavies591]

From untidy to tidy looks good now had to laugh when you used the trusty adjustables to remove the old taps some of these tap changes can be a fiddle

[@MJTiffPlumbing]

The irony eh🤣🤣🤦🏻‍♂️

[@mmm091000]

Builders job I suspect 😡 can’t plumb to save their lives, not all of them’ just my experience ! plastic fantastic 😂 great vid mate ps…the paste is fine’ load of bollocks 😂

[@MJTiffPlumbing]

Thanks buddy

[@TomRedshawPK]

great little video as always 👍 ive had the angled jaws and tbh i think youre better off doing it the way you do, with a bit of pre-planning, they really dont make much of a difference and are just as much of a pain to use. great stuff as always mate.

[@MJTiffPlumbing]

Thanks mate……. 👍🏼👍🏼…..

[@MikeSargeant-x1h]

Why do you use full bore isolation valves when the pipework connects to flexi pipes with an internal bore of 10(?) mm? Thanks.

[@MJTiffPlumbing]

Always have…👍🏼👍🏼

[@albertmcivor879]

Neat job although I would have put full bore on hose tap pipe.You can get them in press ballofix type.And bes has side jaws on sale

[@MJTiffPlumbing]

They are full bore……👍🏼

[@albertmcivor879]

@@MJTiffPlumbing I am on about the balofix valve for the hose tap.Doesnt look like full bore to me.

[@jamesscrutton4659]

Hi Mark double check valve is that a non-return valve

[@MJTiffPlumbing]

Yes mate 👍🏼👍🏼

[@thomascoyne157]

I’m all tapped out 😂👍👍👍🇬🇧🇬🇧

[@MJTiffPlumbing]

And me🤣🤣

[@edmondchege7381]

Good job mate

[@MJTiffPlumbing]

Thanks buddy

[@smarshall110988]

I've had an issue twice with the swivel part falling apart. They've sent a new one and it's happened again not sure if it's a dodgy part, I've only used the kit less than 5 times

[@MJTiffPlumbing]

Which part do you mean

[@seankay8137]

Can press-fit be used in non accessible locations such as under a shower tray or would you solder them? Cheers

[@MJTiffPlumbing]

Can use it anywhere you can get the tool into mate 👍🏼👍🏼

[@liamkaizen4785]

Great job but I thought the regs state you need to have a drain off valve on after the isolation and check valve do you can then isolate and drain the pipe out through winter, that’s how I’ve done them anyway

[@MJTiffPlumbing]

Just turn it off and open the tap outside…. Expansion has somewhere to go then. Check valve is regs

[@liamkaizen4785]

@@MJTiffPlumbing Fair enough, personally like to just stick a drain off on the pipe inside and drain in completely then

[@MJTiffPlumbing]

👍🏼👍🏼 no harm in it

[@Fordy117]

Them ikea kitchen units and wastes are stuff of nightmares

[@MJTiffPlumbing]

Yep… I agree

[@brianmckenna3440]

Great video Tiff Mate

[@MJTiffPlumbing]

Thanks mate

[@geometryexplainseverything4926]

Those milwaukee automatic pipe cutters are rubbish on 15mm, still using my pipe slice, too! Just a thought don't ALL outside taps have double-check valves built into their bodies ? Therefore, there is no need for adding an extra one?....

[@MJTiffPlumbing]

You have to get the specific outside tap with check valve in, not all come with them. Plus don’t even bother using them as they freeze up in the winter and shatter the plastic, then don’t have a check valve at all, always best to fit them internally

[@Isicobez]

Would one of them tappex sockets not have fit over the end of the box spanner if you were in a pinch, if that makes sense

[@MJTiffPlumbing]

Good shout that

[@simmo321]

Some of the positions we have to get into! 😂

[@MJTiffPlumbing]

Oh mate…… back breaking

[@grahamatkins8845]

Mark great video but you say 4 or 5 tap jobs a day but as a ball park figure what would you charge for 1 job just curious,,,,regards

[@MJTiffPlumbing]

£80 give or take…. For a straight swap

[@grahamatkins8845]

@MJTiffPlumbing thanks Mark that's what I charge Been Plumbing 15yr as I said just curious many thanks for your time

[@MJTiffPlumbing]

No worries buddy

[@JonCooney-m2h]

We never use compression on plastic pipe because too much expansion on the plastic. Also if you are you need to use a metal insert.

[@MJTiffPlumbing]

Never had an issue using them on plastic….. we all do what we are confident with 👍🏼

[@ronnierobinson1502]

Put the socket on without the extension in then it sometimes gives u that little extra to get it ....or its the old fashioned box spanner

[@MJTiffPlumbing]

Or the new extension kit😉😉

[@ronnierobinson1502]

@@MJTiffPlumbing too right ...until i get it tho

[@BestUserNameUK]

Buy a cheap set of 'crows feet' spanners😉

[@MJTiffPlumbing]

Good old crows feet

[@itwillbenicewhenitsfinished]

Is it metal or plastic inserts that are needed

[@MJTiffPlumbing]

As long as they are bracing the pipe you’re good…..

[@neillwalker5681]

What do you charge for an average tap change like that?

[@MJTiffPlumbing]

A straight forward in and out tap change is £80

[@alansmith9412]

everytime you go under a new kitchen its kitchen fitters and builders plumbing then you have to say to the customer we need to start again

[@MJTiffPlumbing]

100% mate

[@mistermikeanson]

I cannot understand why they can't do a neater job!!

[@ianbrooks6816]

Pipework to outside tap ain’t that good is it? And why not sort out that waste while u were there?

[@MJTiffPlumbing]

Are you asking me or telling me🙄…….

[@jamesbell7649]

New press gun, want to sell me your old one mate 😂

[@MJTiffPlumbing]

Same one…. Different cover😉

[@mastercraft5798]

Why do people/plumbers/kitchen fitters leave the threaded bolt so long? It takes 30 seconds to cut it down to an appropiate size so that a regular socket set can be used to tighten and/or undo it. Then, there would be no need for expensive 'Tap socket sets' that are clearly not fit for their job ( unless you spend even more money buying extended/long reach sockets that should have been included in the original set!). Just go buy yourself some long reach sockets... I've been using them for years!

[@MJTiffPlumbing]

What happens when the long rod is all ready on and your trying to remove it😉👍🏼👍🏼

[@evervol1]

They leave the bar the size it was supplied for a very good reason... believe it for not if you cut that threaded bar it voids the guarantee for the tap, crazy I know!

[@colintowndrow9501]

​@@evervol1Really? I don't recall ever seeing that in the paperwork. Will have a good look next time.

[@evervol1]

@colintowndrow9501 some state that if the stickers are removed from the flexies that voids it aswell 🤣

[@mastercraft5798]

@@evervol1 Haha, you got me.

[@richardlewis5316]

Re the long threaded bar on some taps. I still use the long box spanner which comes in a pack of 3 for about £6.00. They slot tgether and I don't need to buy the fancy set or spanners for I bet £120!! Why paste on plastic pipes? Why paste at all!! It went out with hemp!!

[@MJTiffPlumbing]

Why would you NOT paste on fittings….. it takes seconds and seals well….. And yep, everyone has the £6 box spanner’s….. 👍🏼

[@1nice1]

Box spanner’s ( cheap )

[@MJTiffPlumbing]

Yep…. They are

[@SuperWayneyb]

I could do with those longer sockets 👍👍

[@MJTiffPlumbing]

Out very soon I think👍🏼👍🏼

[@SuperWayneyb]

@@MJTiffPlumbing Cool I missed them somehow at Installer 👍👍

[@JonCooney-m2h]

Surpised you never changed the crappy waste

[@MJTiffPlumbing]

Wasn’t an issue for the customer so didn’t need to..👍🏼

[@JonCooney-m2h]

@@MJTiffPlumbing You're right less agro the better lol

[@chrisw5829]

Would have pre pressed all the tee, then tightened the full setup o to isolation valve,

[@MJTiffPlumbing]

Yep always so many ways of doing the same job

[@neiltwaddle9665]

Honestly my friend..I do 6 mixers a week ...add a full set of Wera Hollow nut spinners to you're kit.....Easy..save yourself a lot of pain .

[@MJTiffPlumbing]

Will take a look mate

[@stevedoherty4022]

What is this magic you speak of?

[@hewoguys2506]

someone need to invent something that secures taps better coz its one job i bloody hate it is so annoying to do

[@MJTiffPlumbing]

Good shout that mate 👍🏼👍🏼

[@tomobrien8417]

Romanians and pole ish. Do love a push fit on IKEA crap .great vid mate your beging to sound like me oid school plumber .😂

[@MJTiffPlumbing]

100% right buddy

[@richardlewis5316]

Under a sink - push fit is so much easier!!

[@MJTiffPlumbing]

If you’re a DIYer maybe…. But any good plumber will not have pushfit where it can be seen…. Well, not any respectable plumber Not for me mate……

[@richardlewis5316]

@@MJTiffPlumbing Under a sink is hardly on view!! OK compression fittings. Easier to adjust than press fit!! Maybe we agree to disagree!! Oh and whay all that apste!! Never used it!! Ha ha

[@llamedosr7843]

Black taps,obviously not a hard water area

[@MJTiffPlumbing]

It’s probably the hardest water area in the country🤣🤣🤦🏻‍♂️

[@Jeff-bg7pt]

The pipe work was a mess

[@MJTiffPlumbing]

Yep

[@TomasAuskalnis-e2f]

Garden tap feed looks ugly... Ufff

[@MJTiffPlumbing]

Not for you then??

[@Chubby_T0511]

Get what you pay for. The original job was clearly the cheapest quote.

[@MJTiffPlumbing]

Think it was the kitchen fitter 🤣🤦🏻‍♂️

[@heatpump8566]

Watching g the first minute, that’s a kitchen fitter install! Shabby and awful

[@MJTiffPlumbing]

Yep… typical kitchen fitters🤦🏻‍♂️

[@SuperWayneyb]

🤘😎🤘🫖☕️🍪🎥👍👍

[@MJTiffPlumbing]

Evening mate

[@SuperWayneyb]

@@MJTiffPlumbing Evening Bud No loft jobs being done this week 😂😂😂😂😂👍☀️

[@MJTiffPlumbing]

Not a chance mate….. I’ve been doing the decking in my garden all day🤣🤣

[@SuperWayneyb]

@@MJTiffPlumbing been double boarding a ceiling and even with a board lifter I feel broken 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣😓

[@namAlexander]

lol , i am no plumber but do my own to and extent just some people really need to throw there tool bag on Fb market place for free and let the common sense people have the tools, ive done a better job using the force lol, remember the fitting the tap and tails trick i did that not long after i watched your vid, your like WTF is going on that easy lol

[@MJTiffPlumbing]

Your no spelling guru either mate 🤣🤣🤣

[@namAlexander]

@@MJTiffPlumbing i am not but Education don't make you intelligent lol, think you took it all the wrong way

[@MJTiffPlumbing]

Tbh mate I’m not sure what you’re on about….. sorry

[@namAlexander]

@@MJTiffPlumbing It does look a bit beer talk lol , last part was about that vid you did fitting the tap without faffing around underneath, I did it a few months later on Kitchen tap