"My bathroom smells of drains...can you help".... We've all had that call out. Take a look at this as i have a fix for it that works..... Drop a comment and hit subscribe
@grahamcollins6810Ай бұрын
Good easy job, if it works. But I was wondering why you didn't try an air admittance valve on one of the waste pipes?
@MJTiffPlumbingАй бұрын
Don’t seem to get great results as a whole
@tangapantsАй бұрын
Ive had this issue before with a customer and an AAV worked.
@viewer.86Ай бұрын
Thought exactly the same thing, isn't this the reason they have them. In the US I've seen they put air admittance valves closer to the drains while in the UK we rely on the larger stack outside. Obviously in this instance it's just bad plumbing practices. But Tiff knows a shit ton more about plumbing then me so I'll take his word on it!
@keithcampbell7214Ай бұрын
Thank you Mark for your honesty at the beginning of the video, KZbin clips do take time. I can now see why plumbers used to have apprentices, they were slimmer than the plumbers LOL.
@MJTiffPlumbingАй бұрын
Hahah thanks mate….
@5084204Ай бұрын
8:54 For this job, I would take my 6 years old: small enough to get there comfortably, old enough to follow the commands 🙂
@MJTiffPlumbingАй бұрын
Hahahaha…. I should of took my grandson
@mickobyobrien2650Ай бұрын
I thought the positive pressure was going to make one of those fanny rubbers to start making a noise like a whoopee cushion 😂😂😂
@MJTiffPlumbingАй бұрын
Hahahah…. Not this time
@michaelanderson8010Ай бұрын
I’m an Electrician (sorry) but I love watching your videos mate! You are great at what you do and what you have to deal with!
@MJTiffPlumbingАй бұрын
Thanks mate, Appriciate that 👍🏼👍🏼
@MJ-ce6tvАй бұрын
Great idea cutting the rubber back on those valves. I’ll have to remember that, thanks. Also, I’m with you on the Knipex pipe slice. Whilst they have the advantage of being able to get into a tighter space, the pressure that’s required to keep them pressed on the pipe can be a right killer on the hands, especially in awkward spots. I’ve still got a couple of the trusty Rothenberger ones on the van. Thanks. 👍🏻
@MJTiffPlumbingАй бұрын
Yer I’m not a huge fan of the cutter
@memezilla4370Ай бұрын
100%, my blades keep snapping
@JP_PlumbingАй бұрын
I’ve been using the ox plastic pipe slices for over a year now and they’ve not let me down so far. 35 and 42mm ones are brilliant. I couldn’t get used to these other ones they always spiral 😂 great video 👍👍
@MJTiffPlumbingАй бұрын
Will give them a go mate…. Infact I’ve JUST ordered some👍🏼👍🏼
@johnboy2984Ай бұрын
Hi Mark. Wow that’s was tight. Thats was a good solution never seen those fittings. Appreciate what ever content you put out mate don’t apologise. Have a good week 👍
@MJTiffPlumbingАй бұрын
Thanks John….. yer it was a squeeze🤣
@glyndavies591Ай бұрын
Good work Mark in such a confined space bet your joints were aching afterwards
@MJTiffPlumbingАй бұрын
Just a bit mate, I’m not the smallest of guys🤣
@fergusmccormack6876Ай бұрын
A Fanny Trap is when you work in a beautiful looking womans house , and she thinks she is entitled to a discount...😂😅... good problem solving video Mark
@MJTiffPlumbingАй бұрын
Hahahahah like it
@progoproductions18 күн бұрын
Great tips. Thanks! My guess is that the shower waste wasn’t at a steep enough fall as they were trying to follow the holes in joists regs and this didn’t give water enough momentum to push through trap? But problem well solved!
@MJTiffPlumbing18 күн бұрын
Thanks buddy
@michaelanderson8010Ай бұрын
The commentary you put in your videos is 2nd to none! Keep up the great work mate! Would be privileged to meet you someday, but Macclesfield is a bit far between! Nevertheless I will avidly watch your content and wish you a very successful future in all that you do! Thank you Mark.👍👍
@MJTiffPlumbingАй бұрын
Thanks very much mate, Appriciate the comment 👍🏼👍🏼
@chrispeat285Ай бұрын
Fanny for the win!!! You went balls deep on that trim down fair play
@MJTiffPlumbingАй бұрын
Hahahah
@johnwaby4321Ай бұрын
That was a very tricky fix mark .at least you managed it 👍👍👍 Sometimes you can get into those awkward places and then no room to move 😯
@MJTiffPlumbingАй бұрын
This was proper tight
@chrisholt2474Ай бұрын
Hi Mark, yep that was a good solution to that problem, I hope all is still well for the customer and yourself. I think I could get in that access hatch, I have done quite a few jobs over the years that a lot of bigger plumbers just could not access. Hope you are keeping well, take care, regards Chris. 👍👍👍
@MJTiffPlumbingАй бұрын
Your built like a racing snake Chris…. Could of done with you here🤣
@chrisholt2474Ай бұрын
Yep, no problem, I am still useful for something. 😂😂👍👍
@davidgrainger-tm1koАй бұрын
honestly brilliant vid that inline trap is so simple but effective ,ive used this but as we all know the water needs the air to fall was the aav higher than the toilet as some builders dont know to put the vent in higher
@MJTiffPlumbingАй бұрын
Thanks mate
@Whatsupp666Ай бұрын
Absolute quality....never thought of trimming diaphragm before now 👍
@MJTiffPlumbingАй бұрын
Thanks buddy
@alexthomson7465Ай бұрын
How the hell did you get in there, fix the problem AND FILM IT?!?! Brilliant job mate and I've really learnt something! Cheers mark
@MJTiffPlumbingАй бұрын
Was a squeeze that’s for sure 🤣
@tkthebear984Ай бұрын
Great video Mark. I’ve never seen one of those waste pipes with a condom in it but it’s a great idea and hope it fixes the problem 🙂👍. I have one of those access hatches and I could fit in it 25 years ago but not anymore 😕😂
@MJTiffPlumbingАй бұрын
Yer it worked a treat on this job, all sorted👌🏼👍🏼 Yep those hatches seen to shrink over time 😉
@nicktodaro3021Ай бұрын
Glad you mentioned the pipe slicer knipex there rubbish 👍
@MJTiffPlumbingАй бұрын
Not great are they
@joshcampbell4055Ай бұрын
Air admittance valve on the 11/2” With abit approx 1ft-2ft of pipe going up so it can breathe.
@MJTiffPlumbingАй бұрын
Was an AAV on the stack…. This was the next option and worked a treat
@tirvplumbingАй бұрын
I fit a few of the mcalpine fanny traps for pushfit d2's on unvented. Work pretty well to be fair. Although im with a lot of your commenters my first thought for this would've been a 1 1/2" durgo. I'm with you on the knipex cutter too had high hopes for it but it's awkward in tight spaces, might try the ox flex one next.
@MJTiffPlumbingАй бұрын
I’ve never got great results with dergos on waste pipes tbh…. Yer cutter is rubbish
@seanmcgee5060Ай бұрын
Mcalpine do a compression inch & half T with one way valve (dergo) on the T. Works a treat for this type of problem
@MJTiffPlumbingАй бұрын
A few have said this… will take a look
@tonymurff5234Ай бұрын
What a lovely access Door for heads only 😂😂, I’d say you where glad to finish up on that one 👍😎🤜
@MJTiffPlumbingАй бұрын
Great wasn’t it
@pbarnfieldАй бұрын
Those silicone valves are a thing....? Damn it, I bought a inline 40mm one way straight which cost enough, not to mention fannying about. One of these in the fitting would've probably done the job. To stop smells coming from macerator and washing machine into a hand basin. Great vid showing real world situations, handy for us competent DIYers.
@MJTiffPlumbingАй бұрын
Yep these would of been perfect😉👌🏼
@chris53smallАй бұрын
A good fix with outside the box thinking , so well done for that if it starts backing up in the future i guess they will have clean them Hep valve things out as i had to do yesterday on 2 basins that had them instead of traps they were full of gunk but in a public toilet so much more use than domestic.
@MJTiffPlumbingАй бұрын
Yep they are relatively easy to access🤣
@josephfelts6560Ай бұрын
Thanks again, MJ. Ohhhh.....one of them ones. If there's a plumber or engineer having NOT experienced such circumstances, then they haven't plumbed!! Like it. 😆😆
@MJTiffPlumbingАй бұрын
True facts right there 🤣🤣
@sergiofernandez3725Ай бұрын
I did chuckle at the nickname for the inline trap.
@MJTiffPlumbingАй бұрын
Hahaha… we all call it that
@shaunwhite2081Ай бұрын
Good practice I prefer the mcalpine one-way valve
@MJTiffPlumbingАй бұрын
Not sure I’ve seen that… will have a link
@blunderz2699Ай бұрын
Nicely done but mcalpine do a non return valve that’s almost full bore might help with the shower issue
@MJTiffPlumbingАй бұрын
A few people have mentioned that, must take a look
@Lee-ui1wcАй бұрын
Fit a air admittance valve
@MJTiffPlumbingАй бұрын
Didn’t seem to work when tried that on this sort of set up before
@johnridley1038Ай бұрын
Yea, I think i wouldve done that first, Just put a tee in that 1" 1/2 pipe with a 2ft breather and vent on the end
@Dannyboy207Ай бұрын
Running p trap with anti vac on the down stream side 👍🏼
@andyroberts9562Ай бұрын
Excellent solution to solve that problem 👍
@MJTiffPlumbingАй бұрын
Thanks mate
@adamconning7526Ай бұрын
I wouldve put a solvent tee on one of the pipes and put a 40mm AAV on. Had this happen on a macerator where it was pumping up it was creating pressure and causing the pump to constanly run.
@richardlewis5316Ай бұрын
Interesting problem. I might have tried putting an air inlet vent into either pipe to stop the suction from emptying either trap. Any smell would have been in the loft space.
@MJTiffPlumbingАй бұрын
The smell as said was in the bathroom from the bath and shower as it’s sucking the traps out. There was an AAV on the stack from the toilet that’s why I fitted these inline traps and it’s solved the issue👍🏼
@CommercialGasEngineerVideosАй бұрын
You can get through that gap. Good editing MJ, thumbs up for that.
@MJTiffPlumbingАй бұрын
I wouldn’t get back out 🤣🤣
@user-iu5rh6pl1dАй бұрын
I reckon an air admittance valve bossed into the 110 would have been a better option (or into one of the 40mm). No restricting the waste flow either 😀
@MJTiffPlumbingАй бұрын
There was one on the 4”….. had zero effect. Doing this fixed the issue straight away 👍🏼👌🏼
@ununhaАй бұрын
Hey Mark, it can't drain properly if double-traps because the air-lock. Need a some sort of breather hole in between two traps. You can try if u got the call back😂
@MJTiffPlumbingАй бұрын
No call back as it’s now working perfectly
@carlholroyd1462Ай бұрын
Could also try a 40mm air admittance valve, fanny trap should to the job👍
@MJTiffPlumbingАй бұрын
Tried them before and didn’t really work on this set up for some reason
@leerobinson9969Ай бұрын
Good job, well done 👍
@MJTiffPlumbingАй бұрын
Thanks mate
@timquinton6335Ай бұрын
Great vid , fellow plumber and people are amazed at how us bigger plumbers get in tight spaces 😂 it’s called experience 👍🏼 Just a query Do you prefer the Fanny traps over the McAlpine non return valves as they seem to be cheaper ?
@MJTiffPlumbingАй бұрын
Yep we can squeeze into a few places…🤣 I find these ones are a better air seal
@paulbarton9222Ай бұрын
How about bossing in on the toilet soil a 40mm air admittance? So it sucks in the air and doesn’t pull the water out of the traps ? One those bosses that don’t need a strap ? Love watching your stuff mate
@MJTiffPlumbingАй бұрын
Thanks mate….. what I thought I showed in the video but don’t think I did was that the soil pipe has an AAV on it all ready…. And wasn’t doing the trick. Now these are in its spot on…. All sorted👍🏼👍🏼
@danielmoore5667Ай бұрын
Really enjoyed that Mark. Great video.
@MJTiffPlumbingАй бұрын
Thanks mate….. was a squeeze to get in there🤣🤦🏻♂️
@seanmrtАй бұрын
That’s when you need to ask Nick if you can borrow Peggy to get in the right space 🤣
@MJTiffPlumbingАй бұрын
🤣🤣🤣…… Peggy would be straight in 👏🏼
@seanmrtАй бұрын
Rolling around in all the insulation 🤣🤣
@SuperWayneybАй бұрын
Evening Mark 🤘😎🤘🫖☕️🍪🎥👍👍
@MJTiffPlumbingАй бұрын
Hey mate
@matthewmabbott6912Ай бұрын
Hi mark, thanks for all the great content, have you got a link for the folding bucket you’ve used in previous videos please? Thanks 🙏
@MJTiffPlumbingАй бұрын
Thanks mate…. Just put “foldable bucket” into Amazon mate
@SteveHit1Ай бұрын
Dan (central heatking) would have fitted through that hatch!
@MJTiffPlumbingАй бұрын
Dan would fit in my pocket 🤣🤣
@darrenmackenzie1892Ай бұрын
Apprentice is what you need
@MJTiffPlumbingАй бұрын
I made it work 🤣👍🏼👍🏼
@loafersheffieldАй бұрын
Fanny trap. How do you check for leaks? Throw some flour on and aim for the damp patch? You met my missus? (Bernard Manning. Chubby Brown) Coat ------> Door.
@MJTiffPlumbingАй бұрын
Hahahah love that 🤣
@deanmiles8421Ай бұрын
Mate did a job in a grade 2, loft where both tanks were was crawl only, when I got to the water tank at the end there was a hornets nest about 2ft across thankfully dead, if it was live I would have been dead as there is no way I would have got out backwards going ape shit
@MJTiffPlumbingАй бұрын
Perks of the job they tell me 🤣🤣🤦🏻♂️
@andrewcoyle6703Ай бұрын
Hi @MJTiffPlumbing. Could you provide a link to the inline trap you used, please? Would be appreciated
@MJTiffPlumbingАй бұрын
I just picked it up from my plumbing merchants mate…..
@andrewcoyle6703Ай бұрын
@@MJTiffPlumbing Cheers, no problem. Had a look at a few last night too. Great video; thanks
@MJTiffPlumbingАй бұрын
Thanks mate👍🏼👍🏼
@teunpennings4308Ай бұрын
Hi Mark, I'm asking this question to learn some more, would it not have worked if you put an air admittance valve near that T for the bath and shower so it doesn't pull the air from the traps? Or is that not the right way to fix that?
@MJTiffPlumbingАй бұрын
I don’t seem to find that works THAT well sometimes
@stuntmanwillАй бұрын
If you had full access to everything, what can be done to stop the traps being sucked away?
@MJTiffPlumbingАй бұрын
Anti syphon traps👍🏼
@mbplumbing4499Ай бұрын
Mark instead of using them rubbish traps should have installed non return valves there much better. They have a flap instead of them rubber
@MJTiffPlumbingАй бұрын
Someone else mentioned that… will take a look
@mattundercoatАй бұрын
Thanks for that, Mark: no job too small, no fanny too tight… Best not put that on the next batch of T-shirts! I’m guessing the existing shower and bath wastes are low profile jobs so more susceptible to getting syphoned out.
@MJTiffPlumbingАй бұрын
Yep…. Won’t be on a T-shirt🤣🤣
@Fordy117Ай бұрын
Doesn’t help with that specific tray it states not to use a flexi on the waste and 90% of the ones I see when I’ve been doing pipework in the ceiling void below the fitter always seems to use a flexi lol
@MJTiffPlumbingАй бұрын
I don’t know what’s underneath it on this one so I can’t say…. But I know what you mean
@andrewbateman8053Ай бұрын
Is there a reason you went for an in line trap rather than a non-return valve. Ive always went with the non-return but shall keep the trap in mind
@MJTiffPlumbingАй бұрын
Think these make a better air seal… could be wrong
@andrewbateman8053Ай бұрын
@MJTiffPlumbing the more I think about it the more I agree, if you ever get a situation where you can access under the tray I'd recommend the mcalpine non-return waste if you've not tried already
@MJTiffPlumbingАй бұрын
👍🏼👍🏼
@56ty78uiАй бұрын
Could the issue have been the fall of the wastes and connections were poor?
@MJTiffPlumbingАй бұрын
Was a good fall just didn’t come across to well on camera, bit of a tight spot to film
@jontownsend8090Ай бұрын
I think the original installer could have done more to improve the drainage into that soil stack by fitting an air admittance valve in a suitable location and piping the waste separately into the soil stack boss. It would've been interesting to see if that stack was vented to atmosphere or just piped directly into the toilet without any kind of venting.
@MJTiffPlumbingАй бұрын
There was an AAV on the stack all ready… still didn’t solve the issue…. But this has 👍🏼👍🏼
@chrissybfcfulАй бұрын
Could you not get a durgo into soil stack mate?
@MJTiffPlumbingАй бұрын
All ready one on it mate… not sure if you can see it in the video
@chrissybfcfulАй бұрын
@MJTiffPlumbing I couldn't see it mate. Suppose not much more you can do with the space you had to work in.
@MJTiffPlumbingАй бұрын
Exactly that buddy
@danielmoore5667Ай бұрын
🤘🏻🤘🏻
@MJTiffPlumbingАй бұрын
🙌🏼🙌🏼
@paulpoco22Ай бұрын
Wow you are going to have lots of bruises where your body was next to the hatch opening.
@MJTiffPlumbingАй бұрын
Yep I did have… was a squeeze
@glynstorer3269Ай бұрын
Ridiculous no space to move
@MJTiffPlumbingАй бұрын
It was pretty tight
@flashheart7675Ай бұрын
Been there bloody crawl spaces did you not know you have to be a contortionist aswell as a plumber for some jobs an woman say we can’t multi task
@MJTiffPlumbingАй бұрын
They don’t tell you that in college 🤣🤣
@flashheart7675Ай бұрын
@@MJTiffPlumbing I they don’t you find out the hard way low crab walk under the floor trying not to dip your ass in the ocean under the house