4 MISTAKES CHANGING BASIN TAPS

[@Samrichards413]

Im an apprentice watching your videos really help Thank you

[@twograntan9285]

Best thing is when you isolate the tap using a service valve., but it leaks. So you try and turn off the stopcock to change the isolating valves but then find the stopcock is Jammed. So I try and turn the stopcock of in the road only to discovered it’s buried in a meter of dirt. This is what customers don’t understand a 20 minute job turns into 2hrs

[@veritasaequitas9875]

I'm familar with "mistake" 5. Slightly different cause though. Turned the water off at the mains to replace a kitchen sink. There were no isolators on the existing feed to the sink. There was a ground floor cloak room near the front door with a toilet and small corner was basin. House owner goes to the shops while I'm working leaving her young kids with me. I wasn't keen on the idea but what are you going to do? They're playing outside. One of them comes in for pee and goes to wash his hands like the good boy he is. Puts the plug in the sink and turns the tap on. Of course nothing comes out so he just goes back out to play leaving the plug where it was. I turn the mains back on and I'm checking my work and I hear the sound of water pouring. So I'm immediately thinking kitchen sink right? Bewildered. Then I realise it's coming from the hallway. Rushed into the hallway and found the problem. The sink in the cloak room. It was only running for about two minutes but that's about 6 gallons. All down the hallway and almost entered the kitchen. Bloody nightmare. I had to lift the carpet and mop it all up. I explained to the lady when she got back. Little lad fessed up thankfully. But I tell you what. Lesson learned. Never turn the water back on before you have done a reconoitre of all taps.

[@beena8510]

Very helpful comment

[@MartinCawley-xy1lo]

One thing I always did if the water was off, is to offer to install Iso valves....so much easier on future jobs than draining down the house.

[@dimitar4y]

good luck putting isos on this basin hahahah

[@dantheman8905]

Same, good man! Thinking about the next guy. Which hopefully is you with return business 😏

[@GotMoreCakes]

I had to use a breaker bar to get the bathroom taps off in my current place, fun times.

[@Brian77766]

"If you haven't subscribed, just leave." Love it James!

[@paulfitzpatrick6566]

A seemingly easy job that easily turns into a pain in the stones. My hot tap handle sheared off due to limescale corrosion. Cold water tap going same way. Think I’ll get a plumber in to install two new taps. 😊

[@delboypass]

No silicone or plumbers mait on taps when fitting?

[@Shah84838]

Does twisting clockwise tighten the nut or is it the other way round??

[@pickingup0869]

I had a plumber install two new taps,, but one tap turns the wrong way.. Is there a fix for that please?

[@rossifordcup]

Great that you showed the bit at the end of leaving the new taps turned on with the plug still in 😅 we're not all perfect and it happens 😖.. great vid keep up the good work 👍

[@misplacedkiwi9498]

Omg! This is my base on my bloody basin! It’s driving me insane! Plumbing wrench was lobbed outta the window! 😂😂

[@sidtariq6176]

Ive rounded off the screw of my tap! How would i get this out lol

[@fumetsudragons418]

I started my plumbing career 3 months ago, and Im always so scared that ill F*ck things up, but its refreshing and boosts my confidence that mistake number #5 happens even to the best! Thank you for sharing

[@dantheman8905]

It's natural when you start off. I was in the same boat as you several years ago and James gave me loads of confidence. I learned more from him and his brilliant videos than I did on my course. He's a legend and he knows it 😂 still love watching his videos. Good luck mate I'm sure you'll do fine 😎

[@fumetsudragons418]

@@dantheman8905 thank you, thats very kind of you

[@dantheman8905]

@@Steves_fish agreed! And with loads of push fit options the art of pipe bending is being lost but it's rapid. All I see in new builds since I started.

[@dantheman8905]

@@Steves_fish again agreed! I stick to copper 💪

[@grahamd4764]

​@@Steves_fishPush fits are a cop out.

[@jonnyBravos]

Turn the boiler off or exertion.., check the float valve is operational on toilets and attic cistern when filling back on, change fibre washers on tap connector , valve not holding, open kitchen tap, only half open iso valve at start of fill . Incase anything is open...lol do it all the time.. and allows less blow out of your taps while venting air, takes a bit longer but you don't get dirty water over your nice white grout..

[@jonnyBravos]

Emertion I meant

[@beena8510]

When changing kitchen tap with isolation valve fitted, do we still need to turn off the boiler and water at the mains?

[@Dave-zg5xl]

Great video but I would love to see you removing the pedestal from under the sink without chipping anything.

[@leebaldwinCalvaryPlumbing]

Sometimes the customer insists on opening the taps upstairs (don’t want you walking round the house ?? Something to hide ?? Who knows!!) then they shout “there’s nothing coming out !!” 😂

[@coglygp]

Why bri'ish still use taps that have hot and cold levers separated?

[@linziwilkinson2761]

Thank you for your videos. You’ve taught me so much and also saved me a wedge! (Don’t worry I subscribed from the first video) Quick question.. just to confirm as I saw the tap above the stopcock was running (as well as the taps just just installed lol) once you turned the water back all. Do you need to turn ALL the taps off before turning the water back on. Also… I noticed you did change the taps with the adjustable wrench so it is possible with this and you don’t need to get a tube spanner or a claw?

[@TONE11111]

prepare to be faffing about under the sink using anything u can find, until you finally get it all loose.

[@patrickmcnamara5846]

How did I get transported to Britain?

[@supersloth4187]

He's not wrong when he says about leaving other taps open and letting it drain, if I watch this 2 days earlier my crotch would be dry!!! 😂

[@cliffcarlo180]

We all make mistakes but No 5 was an absolute cracker 🤔🤔🤣🤣

[@Sickiey]

The Tap Spanner is a nightmare to use :(

[@sunnybeachwalks4k2022]

Next plumber parts video: how to suck eggs

[@steveurquhart5895]

Flooding 😂😂what are you like.

[@mistermikeanson]

At least he fessed up!!

[@steveurquhart5895]

@@mistermikeanson yeah absolutely. A top bloke. I'v been there with that one.😂

[@burglekutbawbag7275]

Monument key for basins is the play. Why nobody has invented a thin jawed telescopic basin key is beyond me. Ive bought every key under the sun but the monument just works the best. Wish it was spring loaded though

[@gavincomer8091]

Agree

[@r1273m]

I've never heard the term "tube spanner" before. They were always called "box spanners" back in my day.

[@odysyr]

"If you haven't subscribed just leave" is such a power move, I love it

[@MegaMetinMetin]

Yes baby 🌈🌈🌈🌈☝️😻🦭

[@kayakpaddler3888]

I left.

[@deanmiles8421]

🤔 not something I would have expected you to say. You don't put jointing compound on fibre washers as it stops them from swelling 🙄 put them in, nip them up, if they weep a bit nip a bit more, if they continue to week let the washer swell as its what it's designed to do. So that would be another mistake😂

[@lordlucan7655]

Biggest mistake I ever saw when working in a posh hotel : hotel ordered shiny crosswater taps with cross head , all very design and all that .. only problem they found once the plumber had taken everything apart : the tap seat was so close to the fitted wall mirror behind the sinks that the tap heads could not fully turn without hitting the mirror !!! Why don’t the web sites give better technical measurements to all parts ??

[@nobodydoesithalfasgoodasyou]

Just cut the handle shorter

[@lordlucan7655]

@@nobodydoesithalfasgoodasyou they ended up taking a different style head that completely looked odd . The spindles that made up the 4 way cross head could only be altered by cutting the chrome stems and recutting the threads . This was an option a local machine shop offered but at a huge cost in the initial run . The person who purchased the bathroom decor had a shiny catalogue but didn’t think in terms of final placement . I think when the initial bathroom fitting took place during renovations , nobody thought about future maintenance or replacement parts

[@nobodydoesithalfasgoodasyou]

@@lordlucan7655 get rid of the heads altogether and let the guest adjust the flow by turning the ball valves under the basin 👍

[@lordlucan7655]

@@nobodydoesithalfasgoodasyou no it was simpler to just get rid of the manager 😂 But just a point to say that even in many fancy hotels the plumbing is crazy due to accountants or managers knowing best

[@United-Til-I-Die]

Jaw droppers are the ones mate, beats any other tap spanner🤙🏼🤙🏼

[@leebaldwinCalvaryPlumbing]

Drop jaws are stuff of legend. Although my levers broke of years ago and now I use my small adjustable to turn them.

[@rogernoott5105]

No top hat's??😮😂

[@almilhouse9059]

Love your videos and how informative you are but just an observation on this one, really could have done with a light as I couldn't see anything under the sink. 👍

[@lifeincycling]

Good idea sticking that Insta360 in there. HOLD TIGHT! Well, especially if you're waving it about from the window while driving (naughty naughty)...

[@exspeculator]

i alway just to turn of isolation valve to that tap so you don't have to turn the main water off

[@Howie57]

The overflow should be able to cope with taps full on... I don't know why there was water spilling over

[@brianhume4743]

Er no

[@stevenmitchell7332]

Absolutely not. Take it you're not a plumber.

[@silverfox8801]

That’s a great looking house mate!👍

[@stephencrowther1957]

What a pricky attitude - don’t watch if you don’t subscribe? If I wanna watch a publicly available vid without subscribing I will do!

[@AJ-dx7cg]

First because I am a legend PS great vid 👍🏼

[@plumberparts]

😂😂😂

[@PaulintheUK86]

Could you link to the items directly in the video description? Its hard to find specific things you have as the lists have quite a lot of things in. Which set of washers are you recomending? Cheers, great videos. Thanks 👍

[@MrDbone75]

A very good Friday afternoon to you sir from Wellington Somerset

[@paul_my_plumbs_uk]

Buy a today's tools spanner kit ❤❤❤❤❤

[@Heatking]

Great video James❤

[@SylwesterZientara-n1d]

Great tip

[@frank1672]

"you haven't subscribed just leave" OK