Thank you all for your support honestly means a lot..sorry if I’m slow at responding to comments at moment…silly season is relentless at the moment 😅😅🙌👍
@nialloconnor978 ай бұрын
Your jobs are always nightmares but you always do an excellent and neat job. You deserve a lot of credit because you go above and beyond for customers. A1 person and an A1 plumber. Hopefully you get a few handier jobs this year. Best of luck luke 👍
@bluebulldog_uk8 ай бұрын
Thanks mate, really appreciate the support 🙌👍
@charliewillis85278 ай бұрын
He does all the crap noone else wants to do just so he doesn't have to go home early to the misses she's already clumped him once for coming home early lol
@kendom338 ай бұрын
Good result Like. Particularly liked the foot pump tip and the inspection panel 😀
@bluebulldog_uk8 ай бұрын
Thanks mate 👍
@Heatking8 ай бұрын
Good job mate considering the circumstances!🎉❤
@charliewillis85278 ай бұрын
He should have used 10mm Dan he won't listen would have been much easier lol
@bluebulldog_uk8 ай бұрын
Thanks mate, just seen yours…should of used 10mm maybe 🤔 😂👍
@patricktuite326 ай бұрын
Nice job👍
@bluebulldog_uk6 ай бұрын
Thanks mate 👍👍
@richardranson94498 ай бұрын
Great job mate. I don't like speedfit but needs must . Great video. Cheers
@bluebulldog_uk8 ай бұрын
Certainly got me out of trouble on this one👍🙌
@b1h2u3p48 ай бұрын
Nice job 👏 like how you improvised and adapted in that situation.
@bluebulldog_uk8 ай бұрын
Thanks mate 👍
@christophergarrett84558 ай бұрын
Great job,I hope the customer realises what a nightmare job this was
@bluebulldog_uk8 ай бұрын
Well, I did tell him it would be on KZbin so hopefully he enjoys it 👀😂🙌👍👍
@ArifPolicewala8 ай бұрын
The foot pump trick👌🏽. Good tip Luke
@bluebulldog_uk8 ай бұрын
Thanks mate, I will get it on video one day of it working is really good work most of the time👍
@joebrown59678 ай бұрын
Your a trooper luke, you just get on with it and the customer gets what they want. Getting home at 9.30 on the boiler job....jesus mate. You aint just a trooper.... your gladiator too! Your doing yourselve proud mate and very humble with it, i know its tough but its your kind of work ethic that EVERY tradesman should aspire too. Your a true british bulldog.
@bluebulldog_uk8 ай бұрын
Thanks mate really appreciate the support 🙌👍👍👍👊
@mfielding0078 ай бұрын
Looks great
@bluebulldog_uk8 ай бұрын
Thanks 🙌👍
@tonymurff52348 ай бұрын
Brilliant video that one, You really get the handy jobs Mate 🤦♂️🤦♂️ 👍👍🤜🤠
@bluebulldog_uk8 ай бұрын
Magnet for the good jobs me 😂👍
@mmm0910008 ай бұрын
Plastic fantastic I hate it to ! But it Does get us out of trouble 😂
@bluebulldog_uk8 ай бұрын
It does get into trouble I agree, still don’t like it😂👍
@charliewillis85278 ай бұрын
Dan's pressfit gun would be going crazy by now
@Heatking8 ай бұрын
😂 it would have! Rinsing the £££s haha
@bluebulldog_uk8 ай бұрын
He would have had to change the battery about three times😂👍
@charliewillis85278 ай бұрын
@@bluebulldog_uk yes he has switched to 10mm now as it much easier to work with he doesn't like big pipes anymore
@nobodydoesithalfasgoodasyou8 ай бұрын
I had a blocked pipe to one of my radiators so I got an electrician's draw tape and a little neodymium magnet and fished the sludge out piece-by-piece. Hours of fun 😂
@bluebulldog_uk8 ай бұрын
Sounds like the worst game ever 😂 Fairplay that some dedication right there🙌👍
@claresmith84387 ай бұрын
After two complaints that the rad in the hallway dint work but used to I took up the laminate floor and boards rad not even connected
@bluebulldog_uk7 ай бұрын
Wow 😂😂
@philgornall8 ай бұрын
Quality work. You could have potentially left those old pipes you capped off at floor level touching the underside of the valve. Might have looked like the pipes were connected from eye level? Either way not ideal but customer might have gone for that
@bluebulldog_uk8 ай бұрын
To be fair, I never thought of that that might looked alright you know 👍 when the sofa is back there, you won’t see any of that anyway, but I like the idea 🙌
@philgornall8 ай бұрын
@@bluebulldog_uk ah the old sofa 😂 never thought of that. Defo gone the right way then. Hopefully that one in a thousand job in the future will prove a useful comment !
@paulhughes87248 ай бұрын
I thought I was the only person that got jobs like that 😮
@Lee-ui1wc8 ай бұрын
You cracked it mate well done, job done.
@bluebulldog_uk8 ай бұрын
Thanks mate 👍
@SteveHit18 ай бұрын
A great result from that tricky repipe! Looked pretty hard work though, and well done avoiding the mad nail spikes 😱 - I would definitely have been caught on them! Your story at the end about the blockage is amazing! I wonder what could block a gas main like that? Maybe soil or similar in the pipe from when it was laid? Thanks for a great video.
@bluebulldog_uk8 ай бұрын
Yeah them spikes nearly got me. Yes, the blockage of heard stories about tree, roots blocking gas mains before. Luckily cadent came out the next day took up the road and put a new service main in. Thanks for the support mate 👍
@paulross84188 ай бұрын
Nice job mate, Concrete floors don't you just love them.
@bluebulldog_uk8 ай бұрын
Thanks mate 👍
@douglaughton76268 ай бұрын
So glad you shared this job. I have a similar job coming up, I was dreading it, but mine is easier than yours. Nice honest touch with the shut isolation at magnetic filter
@bluebulldog_uk8 ай бұрын
Thanks mate, glad it’s helped you with yours 👍
@RhysWatkins-q4e7 ай бұрын
Nice neat job mate! Well done wasn’t easy at all!
@bluebulldog_uk7 ай бұрын
Thanks mate 👍
@rossnolan28838 ай бұрын
Congratulations 🎉
@bluebulldog_uk8 ай бұрын
🙌👍
@russellsmith64768 ай бұрын
Always offset out you be very lucky drilling 2 15mm that close without them converging into one 😊
@bluebulldog_uk8 ай бұрын
Drills have mind of there own, never liked trying to get pipes through walls never fun
@russellsmith64768 ай бұрын
@bluebulldog_uk get yourself a 400mm 20mm core better than using a drill bit, which makes a neater job
@davidrobinson63538 ай бұрын
Think I would have 10mm in capping the larger rad then probably same after but would have tried power flush. Not being there it’s easy to critique.👍
@bluebulldog_uk8 ай бұрын
When we saw the non barrier pipe. We knew the problems we had at a recent house and the problems we’ve had in the past with it, Powerflush might have worked but temporary fix if it was non barrier .. I thought about using 10 mm, but I do prefer running radiators in 15 👍
@mmm0910008 ай бұрын
I love floors boards and carpet roll back lift cut shit job done 😂
@bluebulldog_uk8 ай бұрын
😂👍👍
@jameswilson28998 ай бұрын
Great content mate, don't think you had much choice using speed fit under the unit. .😊
@NindyBahia8 ай бұрын
Luke it never rains it pours - don’t worry hopefully Feb is kinder to you as we all know Jan is just a trial month 😂
@bluebulldog_uk8 ай бұрын
All I’m gonna say is I’m glad this weeks over😂👍
@timbarnsley69898 ай бұрын
Personally I wouldn’t have bothered, I would have Powerflushed it, if it’s that bad it’s the whole system which is crapped up if not cleaner then ds40 which can be risky
@MagicDoughnut8 ай бұрын
Or even running a cleanser first, it can break up the blockage its not rock solid.
@1hairymelon7 ай бұрын
Sometimes a test bucket will force it out.
@colinfleming22448 ай бұрын
If I am doing the foot pump trick always try hav open end someplace if not open vented if not you fighting pressure already in system
@bluebulldog_uk8 ай бұрын
Didn’t say I don’t think in video but had drain off valve open and system empty but yeah leave open end 👍
@davehunter69208 ай бұрын
nicely
@markdenny73248 ай бұрын
that pipe work in the cupboard am not gonna be insulated as you left it with the customer 😅
@bluebulldog_uk8 ай бұрын
I have faith 😅👍
@Plumber20098 ай бұрын
Would it not have been worth trying to flush the system, to clear the blockage? Rather than a repipe! (butchering the kitchen cupboard and leaving 2 stabbings, capped off, above the Karndean floor?
@bluebulldog_uk8 ай бұрын
You did see the part about me talking about non barrier pipe and know what that stuff does?
@Plumber20098 ай бұрын
@@bluebulldog_uk tbh I didn’t watch the whole video. If it’s non barrier pipe, I know the problems (oxygen entering the system etc)
@glynstorer32698 ай бұрын
That one was a nightmare mate I’m glad I’m retired
@bluebulldog_uk8 ай бұрын
Got there in the end 👍
@andrewlockyer64428 ай бұрын
Had a blockage like this the other day, used very similar technique and worked a treat but I did remove rad valve first and put a bit of 15mm on then teed in the foot pump with iso after the tee to ensure bigger sized bore. (Sounds confusing, I’ll have to send a pic next time) Previous times I’ve tried with filling loop hose it just blocks in pipe or nozzle as such a small restricted flow out. Top vid again though fella
@bluebulldog_uk8 ай бұрын
Makes sense mate 👍 if I could of got anything out and got some flow going I would of attached a hose pipe and opened filling loop up and let the mains run through it, wouldn’t give me anything and from what was coming out it would of been rammed
@mmm0910008 ай бұрын
We used to some chemical on BG in the 1980’s can’t remember the name ? It would unblock anything and destroy the heat exchanger great gear 😅
@bluebulldog_uk8 ай бұрын
Sounds mint 😂👍 least it would of got rid of blockage, sort the heat exchanger another day
@charliewillis85278 ай бұрын
I could have been water in the gas pipe I have had that and if your fitting worcesters always have the longer flue with you just in case Luke
@bluebulldog_uk8 ай бұрын
Lesson learnt on that one big flue next time…they came out dug 3 big holes and bored a new one through old service pipe next day luckily never found out what cause it
@charliewillis85278 ай бұрын
I think electric boilers will be the future iam holding off replacing mine at home I was speaking too the heatray sadia rep today as iv got a job to prise we're they have oil at the moment
@markhoward57808 ай бұрын
hello did you leave the blanks in lounge just curious
@bluebulldog_uk8 ай бұрын
You mean the cap ends on the pipes to old feeds mate?
@metallitech8 ай бұрын
Hard job. I wonder if central heating cleaner would have done anything for that blockage if left in the system for a week.
@bluebulldog_uk8 ай бұрын
F5 express or something similar I’ve squirted into blockages before and after a bit it’s shifted but after suspecting non barrier pipe would of built back up over time
@glynstorer32698 ай бұрын
Murphy’s law mate
@bluebulldog_uk8 ай бұрын
They are renaming it bulldogs law 😂
@darransidney708 ай бұрын
Fair point
@elliottpalmer13428 ай бұрын
The pump trick you don't use on a vented systems I'm guessing?
@bluebulldog_uk8 ай бұрын
No you can had an open end on this one with drain off open 👍
@CoolMusicToMyEars8 ай бұрын
On my home system I had to mains flush 3 times & use Fernox F8 to get rid of all the deposits that when a lockshild was turnd tight sounded like crushed stones, after a good clean & filled up with Fernox F1 my average flow temperatures between 32 & 42 for a very comfortable temperature, oversized radiators but I made a mistake to as for 10mm microbore plastic, next time I go for 28 then take it down to 15mm near to rafistors, Can I ask anybody used.Fernox DS40 is it any improvement over Fernox F8 ?
@bluebulldog_uk7 ай бұрын
I haven’t used the Fernox DS40 mate, to be honest hasn’t heard of it so will take a look 👍👍
@CoolMusicToMyEars7 ай бұрын
@@bluebulldog_uk apparently DS40 is a neutral cleaner that apparently gets rid of scale down to metal I was informed by Fernox technical team, they said it comes in powder form & you mix with 10 litres of water, I was informed leave it in the system for 4 hours no longer, they informed me it's very effective product, So far since a good clean up & got rid of crunchy scale on the flow regulator side I've managed to get flow temperature down to around 38°C, on Stelrad K2 high efficiency radiators, to be honest I speck the system to have oversized radiators so efficiency was in my mind,
@accesszero48038 ай бұрын
Dont now why worried how it looks , u had to do what u had to do
@bluebulldog_uk8 ай бұрын
I always worry mate I’m my biggest critic 😂👍
@robedwards96588 ай бұрын
Luke it looks fine from your house 😂
@bluebulldog_uk8 ай бұрын
😂👍
@anthonygray55818 ай бұрын
Who plummed that rad
@bluebulldog_uk8 ай бұрын
Didn’t look the best to start with to Be honest
@darransidney708 ай бұрын
White clips bet that annoyed you 😂😂nice job though well done
@bluebulldog_uk8 ай бұрын
😂😂 👍👍
@martind128 ай бұрын
Non plumber here - if you were putting copper pipe in concrete should you sleeve it ? Is concrete abrasive to copper
@darrylclarke418 ай бұрын
Yes sleeve it
@bluebulldog_uk8 ай бұрын
Yeah through walls you are suppose to sleeve to protect the pipe from damage…in 18 years I’ve never seen a copper pipe rotted in a wall thou…I’ve seen it when buried in concrete floors and unprotected thou
@smartboilercompany19838 ай бұрын
What do you charge for something like that? Did you give a price before hand or after you finished?
@bluebulldog_uk8 ай бұрын
Quoted my Day rate X2 as had someone in giving me a hand and gave customer rough guide on pipework and materials. Hard one to quote to be honest but took a day so was covered 👍
@smartboilercompany19838 ай бұрын
Fair play, job done and everything worked the way it should, speed fit might not look perfect but saves a load of time, copper looks tidy where it needs to.
@bluebulldog_uk8 ай бұрын
@@smartboilercompany1983 yeah speedfit has time and place, when it’s not on show and used correctly I think it’s fine, changed my opinion on it a lot since going self employed to be honest. 👍
@darransidney708 ай бұрын
Powerflush no good in this respect ?
@bluebulldog_uk8 ай бұрын
Not when I suspected non barrier pipe to be honest, might have worked but would of been back flushing again if it builds back up, I can’t see any other rads with it on but the hot and colds all have it
@petersmith26508 ай бұрын
Always had a lot more success in clearing blockages by using mains water. Never really works with air pressure