old copper drain leaking in farm house:plumbing repair

[@comesthru]

Old houses force you to do the plumbing in imaginative ways. No two jobs alike. Good work Steve.

[@jonhexom8310]

It may not be pretty, but it works and it doesn't leak. Sometimes you gotta do what you gotta do. Thanks for sharing. Hope you had a nice Easter.

[@stevenlavimoniere]

Jon Hexom like i said not idea but in this spot i was limited on what i could do

[@jamescarter9294]

Nice improvising there! It's safe as well and won't leak.... Thank you Steve!

[@zooberist]

Thanks for this video Steven. I'm trying to work on some old pipes in my house and this video really helped me see how it needs to be done.

[@stevenlavimoniere]

+Mr. Nice Guy thanks for watching

[@shantor100]

Love how you use the washer dryer as your work station

[@nascarcas]

I work in a 100 year old prison....can't tell you how many times I've had to do the same "patch". Good job!!

[@jhhvacplumbing1944]

You got to do what u got to do , real world stuff. Nice job Steve .

[@stevenlavimoniere]

justin henning tight spot it will not leak

[@w270rab]

That inspection lamp with the built in power points is a handy piece of kit; I have never seen one in Australia.

[@memphramagog]

Excellent,enjoyed watching.

[@dklucas1]

You did a good job with what you had to work with,no leaks looking good my friend

[@stevenlavimoniere]

dklucas1 she is tight and will not leak

[@SteveSam66]

Steve, nice repair. Customer is lucky its a drain and not supply

[@stevenlavimoniere]

S Sam copper drains do rot out

[@TerryDowell]

Great repair Steve .....you can only do what the customer funds allow !!

[@stevenlavimoniere]

Terry Dowell there is some old plumbing there

[@jeffreywolf5235]

It's the beginning of 2023 and I just did a bunch of kitchen drain pipe copper one-and-a-half in that had no p-traps on it. This place is built in the sixties or something and they had grease clean-outs instead of free p traps in the sub area, no basement. On Cape Cod which is extremely rare to say because everybody has full basement up here. I am not a plumber by any means but I was able to get it all fixed and replaced. It was completely solid due to that grease trap clean out with the owner called I asked plumbers at the plumbing supplyhouse the name this part none of them could. And one of the guys was an old-timer. He asked if I was working in a restaurant I'm like no this is some kind of piecemeal house the homeowner long time ago and has done nothing to decades to do any upkeep. Every single pipe piece that I touched corroded in my hands. I never want to do another plumbing job like this ever again while it paid well it was just too disgusting...

[@TheBergy32]

Nice job Steve.

[@stevenlavimoniere]

Jordan Berghaus thanks for watching jordan

[@harrydickson4575]

Nice work Steve Patch looks good

[@stevenlavimoniere]

Harry Dickson tight spot not much room for the fittings

[@igfoobar]

What's the thought process behind whether you use the sawzall or the grinder to cut a pipe?

[@ShowemRight]

with saws or grinders..just brace near your work for support of the pipe, especially dealing with metal pipe..as not to shake the pipe..to cause cracks or breaks.

[@ranger178]

holy cow i had virtually the exact same leak a copper y under my kitchen sink. a horizontal Y like that to tie in the two sink drains I always wondered what made it leak people putting in drain cleaner or something i guess

[@TruckguyTruckguy]

Nice Steve.

[@stevenlavimoniere]

Truckguy900 Truckguy900 tight spot .

[@lynx93tk]

Nice work, Steve!

[@joshuapearson2857]

So, from someone who's career is in lawncare, why is that coupler illegal? Seems to me it works just fine, and that is a drain line, so not pressurized. Thanks for posting Steve!

[@Gears.and.Gadgets]

Nothing wrong with that. Good repair. Sometimes it is all you can do. Good work.

[@stevenlavimoniere]

George W thanks for the comment george

[@Scott-eo7lj]

I don't think they make street wyes so nothing else you could have done. Well done Steve

[@JC-nc5de]

Wondering why Mission over Fernco? Also what's the reason to use that NSF shielded coupler instead of solid shielded or even rubber? Thanks!

[@seanrebelo144]

If you don't mind where did you get that reciprocal saw I've been looking for one like that thanks in advance

[@stevenlavimoniere]

Sean Rebelo they use to sell them at loes as a set saw and drill for like 100 bucks they no longer have them .. i bought 2 sets .

[@RR-qf9re]

where can I get a 2" copper by pvc mission clamp? tried home depot and menards.

[@stevenlavimoniere]

go to a plumbing supply house

[@Scott-eo7lj]

They're hard to find in the south. I tried Ferguson and winelson and they had no clue what I was referring to. Lol

[@Brad1237202]

Got a lot of "crusty" plumbing in that house Steven! LOL!!

[@stevenlavimoniere]

Brad1237202 old farm house for sure

[@ThePopcornutube]

You should do a video but use drawing how the plumbing in and under your house should be. Cause you are a great master plumber and I could learn a lot from that

[@gekkedirkie]

Nice work with this patch

[@stevenlavimoniere]

gekkedirkie thanks she is not leaking

[@freddyv7546]

A little more than good enough Steve! 👍

[@jasontheplumber3684]

you coulda used a street 90 in the wye to buy the room you needed to use another cu.x pl. mission on that one too, that way will work just fine Steve nothing wrong with that in a bind it's better than sewer water damaging structure,floor coverings & property.

[@ThePopcornutube]

I love collecting copper!

[@alixivey1]

Steve can you use the black plastic pipe in your area?

[@johnm9548]

Mr. Lavimoniere, Appreciate you bringing us along thru your video's, I vote they feature you on Mike Rowe's CNN show, Somebody's Gotta Do It ... you're a natural! Anyways, my question is ... how do you consistently get those camera shots so well placed? Very seldom do I find one unbearably dark or skewed out of frame? With all the dark poor quality videos posted on KZbin these days, I'm surprised your one trusty work light has sufficient color balanced illumination allowing us to see. What ever set-up you came up with it certainly works great!

[@stevenlavimoniere]

John M954 its call editing out the stuff thats not needed . there is a lot of work to edit a video ,take out all the dead spots ..

[@MrJohndeere3720]

nice vid. :) i like how u can plug ur angle grinder into ur work light. i cant do that with my work light.

[@stevenlavimoniere]

***** most good drop lights will have a plug

[@MrJohndeere3720]

steven lavimoniere ya ill have to get me a good light. :)

[@bobparrott8130]

Steve "why do U wear gloves" When I Was in the union all employees was required to wear them when installing large amounts of pvc job's. Makes sense because of using glue and solvent's. That stuff will give ya poison thur shin.. very smart!

[@stevenlavimoniere]

Bob Parrott yes i find wearing gloves to be smart and helpful .keeps my hands clean

[@chaunguyen-pr5je]

Hi there thank for us to view this video thats helped full

[@braveoneOR]

sorry about your tools flying off the table. lol welcome to my world where gravity wreaks havoc on my tools. That's the hard part of service...the money side. But more interesting than doing new construction because of the creativity used to solve problems. do you get the copper for recycling?. What is your plumbing rate? or if that's private I understand.

[@stevenlavimoniere]

Doug Nash all i will say is i do fine .

[@omarthepumber]

What light are you using in the video?

[@kenlafountain269]

What kind of saw are you using steve

[@nunbiz9137]

Just curious what's up with you and talking about gloves all the time?

[@cyclinglover3721]

Why not to soldering the pin hole in the cooper

[@Agamimg360]

Well look at you all standing on your feet to work A real plumber's holiday. in my crawl space we even dug out a bit under the plumbing and heating units but it still ain't standing and as I get older it is starting to make me think I should have finished out the basement all the way when we were still younger.

[@skylimittv1240]

Maybe the owner should have all of the plumbing pipes replaced lol haha

[@stevenlavimoniere]

SkyLimitTV no money there both retied and the guy is in a wheel chair

[@arniegrote319]

Not leaking, Looks good to me Steve.

[@stevenlavimoniere]

Arnie Grote very tight spot

[@edlmcnulty04]

I would have unsweat the rotted copper and sweat a st copper female then taped and doped a male PVC and then a st PVC 90 then a short stick to the clamp. Done

[@joliettt]

Great job...why do you wear gloves?

[@bearmaintenance5749]

nice job. buddy. I have done the same thing a few times before. some times that's is all you can do. I see no reason to get into replacing the stack and other branch lines. when you can just do it that way and not have leaks

[@stevenlavimoniere]

bear maintenance 574 tight spot .

[@DragonBuilds]

4:55 You really should use a guard!

[@vikings844]

Dangerous for sure, I learned the hard way once, put a big gash in my forearm. Sometimes the guard gets in the way of making cuts though!

[@DrewsLair]

sounds like a knocking Chevy

[@Deafjustin]

oops tools fell!

[@stevenlavimoniere]

Justin Vancouver happens all the time .

[@Deafjustin]

maybe you put space place for toots

[@GoatzombieBubba]

toots...lol

[@mailtoray]

Lousy job. More like a handyman work on it instead of professional plumber.

[@mneus]

R L coming from a probable handyman himself

[@waynegaither6201]

Nice job Steve

[@stevenlavimoniere]

Wayne Gaither thanks for watching wayne