Podcast #14 ~ Laughing with James from Plumberparts

[@plumberparts]

Moist for this and it’s Christmas! 😂😂

[@MsElijah16]

plumberparts Get the kettle on aye

[@Brown969]

Thanks for a great year!

[@Brown969]

I'm sure you're secretly Bradley Cooper..😉

[@plumberparts]

Nathan Brown Yes mate! 😂😂

[@Jammydodgers41]

Core you lot talk too much 😜 good interview boys, nice to hear how you got into the game.

[@ranxxerox6407]

This is the best KZbin video ever. Two blokes not in a pub talking as though they should be in a pub. Absolutely brilliant

[@benroads5460]

this is what the internet/You Tube was made for! 2 brilliant guys, 2 brilliant channels, 1 great collab.

[@plumberparts]

Thanks dude!

[@MrFastkey100]

totally agree , Roger and James were a masjid part of my rehab after a stroke at the beginning of 2019. Hadn't realised the two brains had got together fir a chat before today. Both are outstanding teachers and coaches

[@Rickblues46]

All to obvious .. but I’m comfortable with it well done you two ... been following both of you from the start and Roger you featured in the free trade builder mag and were my lunchtime read ... retired now 40 years done!!!

[@gymfreakuk]

Knowing that you read these comments, I wanted to say thank you as 9 months ago I bought my first house and have been doing diy projects ever since moving in and your videos have helped a lot.

[@SkillBuilder]

Thanks Tim, that's what we love to hear, keep watching.

[@vikingofengland]

Ditto, and it is very satisfying learning stuff and doing it yourself, thanks to these channels.

[@peterryan7827]

Thank you so much, all those stories we tell each other down the pub, just excellent stuff.

[@cowbridgedance]

Gentlemen, I loved it ! One hour and seventeen seconds of pure heaven. You chaps are salt of the earth. Thanks.

[@adrianwilding2912]

Absolutely priceless, proper blokes chat. SB and PP at the same time, it doesn't get much better! Best of luck to all the teams for 2020 and looking forward to more of the same please.

[@loafersheffield]

Thank-you very, very much. A very candid dialogue and funny to boot. I enjoyed it immensely. Hope this can become a regular item.

[@terenceoconnor1584]

This chat session is great it made he laugh and i really enjoyed Rogers stories!!

[@Roger-Bisby1]

You might be the only one who does

[@plumberparts]

@@Roger-Bisby1 Nah I love them mate!

[@nigeld8694]

Just stumbled upon this video after watching countless number of both of your videos. Great to see both of you together, who have both helped me massively with my projects. Thanks to both of you. Keep up the great work

[@SkillBuilder]

We need to do another one

[@christhompson1708]

My two favourite geezers on you tube, you make my evenings offshore all the more tolerable, brill vid.

[@gfrenchification]

"..and then she dropped me..." James, how could you miss that after the set up hahaha, Happy Xmas and New Years boys.

[@Brown969]

I owe a lot to these two guys. I've picked up so much knowledge for my multi-trade business. Thanks Skillbuilder and Plumberparts.

[@timstradling7764]

Should be retired general builder here, the chat you have, all of it, resonates so much, been there, done it but its so good to be validated by the experiences of others. Well done, and thank you😊

[@ericlyus]

117 minutes well spent. Couldn't stop watching!

[@rafdannyboy]

2 of my fav you tubers right here!! Professional tradesmen and down to earth! Makes me want to leave the military and go back in the trade. Top work gents really appreciate the time you guys put into your vids, and the effort to impart knowledge.

[@dskirkpa55]

Hey guys, a couple of comfortable chairs wouldn't have gone a miss. Great podcast and genuine chat.

[@SkillBuilder]

We tried with comfy chairs but they fell asleep twice.

[@regmac64]

Brilliant loved the second half too. Brought back loads of memories, good and bad. Thanks lads.And a happy new year.

[@richardhintonracing]

2 top blokes talking perfect sense - pity the world does not have a lot more Roger and James.

[@GreenLemonKidsClub]

Man oh man, totally loved watching this. It took over my 90-mins before bedtime Netflix session. Great pod/video cast, thanks guys :)

[@karimabdullah2925]

Absolute 2 legends together. If you titans were to unite, you'd rule the plumbing world!

[@MarkGarth]

Very entertaining from two guys who give a lot to us viewers. Cheers.

[@luukbooij8612]

Great stories! Looking forward to the climbing vid!

[@sukhbindersingh5964]

You both guys including robin are brilliant at the work you do! Keep it up!

[@marclewis3852]

The De Niro and Pacino of awesome online guidance and wisdom, head to head. What a treat. Huge thanks to you both for helping us keen DIY folks out there, and turning your years of experience into helpful, user friendly advice for all. Keen up the great work gentleman.

[@greeneboi123]

Great as always I am from Newmarket so loved the shout out to my home town 👍

[@petemoring67]

When I sawthe length of this podcast I nearly passed it by, but I thought I'd give it a few minutes ;-) ........ Still here at the end!!!!! ......... Great Banter - really enjoyable - Cheers chaps, you brightened up a potentially dull morning :-)

[@SkillBuilder]

Thanks for sticking with it Pete. We know it will suffer from being so long and James was bringing it to an end before we tacked another half hour on. Maybe Roger's climbing stories belong somewhere else.

[@petemoring67]

@@SkillBuilder No - it all adds to the fun :-)

[@jstubbs8016]

it's sunday , early am, hungover, hour and a half later hangover gone , loved every moment of this vid especially roger's tale about LBC radio and jimmy's it's cold in the room moment .

[@SoledadSolary]

Two of my favourites. Well done and thanks for all the topics. Don't cut! Thanks for the advices. The solar panels, the heat pumps and the solar battery system is something I would like you two to expand. Don't forget Dereton 33. He is also an old chap who advised simple dyi plumbing jobs for amateurs citizens and mums like me. Thanks again for the lovely video chat. It's like you are in my kitchen and don't feel lonely in this lockdown measures... XXX.

[@ianbarnes8593]

I’m glad it’s not just me! The number of times I’ve walked to the van, opened the side door and stared in and then thought; what was it I came here to get?

[@SkillBuilder]

Ian It happens to us all and the worst is when you have to walk all the way back into the house before you remember.

[@colinmiles1052]

The best 1 Hr 17 Mins of you tube ever! Took me back to even before my apprenticeship working at a Builders Merchant sweeping up on a Saturday. Nails were loose weighed then so I collected the spills and sold them to my mates for their Billy Carts! So many other things in this video I can relate to - Great stuff.

[@SkillBuilder]

That is great to hear Colin, I read a lot of autobiographies and it is always that moment when they trigger a memory of your own.

[@didgejan]

Absolute gold this..! Keep m coming please.

[@elioth.g.w2976]

Great chat made doing VAT return a little less painful - I'm a steel draughtsman when i walk into a building I'm always looking at the structure.

[@zali1049]

Watching this at 4am in the morning! Brilliant!

[@liamwilkinson2169]

I loved this podcast! More videos like this with plumberparts please!

[@plumberparts]

You're mad but we'll try!

[@liamwilkinson2169]

@@plumberparts how you can call anyone mad is beyond me 😂😂😂🤪

[@scottlockwood2690]

You guys are awesome and informative. Been watching both your channels for ages. Yes your right MOST of the young apprentice and unreliable. I'm 48 and been in the building trade since I was 14 with my dad about 2 yrs ago got into the plumbing and recently gas side, did the course but getting experience with qualified ppl is impossible. Gas safe have changed the way they certify ppl so you can only get boilers then 6 months later you can do your fires and cookers. This sucks as we cant get jobs with big companies who partner you up with an experienced gas engineer as you are no use to them without the full package. So forcing us to go self employed and do the jobs without that wise onsite teaching. Very sad and quite a stupid move from Gas Safe.

[@richardsmith3496]

This is another great skill builder video and really pleasing to watch an hour long. Not everything on KZbin has to be 20 minutes max when it's good content.

[@lazylad9064]

No cup of tea and biscuits Rodger your standards are slipping. Loved the banter and stories brilliant 👍👍👍👍. Great to see an old hand and the young pretender 😀😀. Thanks.

[@SkillBuilder]

They had tea and biscuits on the set but I refused the biscuits. James on the other hand...............

[@stateofmind91]

Does James own a single pair of trousers? Great video as usual.

[@StillLivingInChaos]

Two of the best channels come together. 2020 surely can't get any better now!

[@justaguydoingdiy7975]

Hold tight, can not wait!

[@danielbuckner2167]

Ah Rog, I've got a new respect for ya! I don't know you were a climber. Ever do any pot holing? I have done a bit over your way before years ago!

[@gotmyheadinthesand]

Thanks guys been watching you both for years since I left employment, 2 of my favourite channels and best vid I've seen in a while! Nice to know you're not the only one going through stuff sometimes! Roger, really interested in the copper pinhole issue! Got a piece being investigated from a bathroom competed less than a year ago, 3 leaks so far with the pipes showing signs of springing a few more, green stars all over the place. Do you think the manufacturer will pay for the refit?

[@pb9926]

Fantastic podcast, really enjoyed it guys

[@BarryPaffey]

Nice ramble lads, really enjoyed it.

[@GosforthHandyman]

Great chat lads - enjoyed that, many wise words. Don't get me started on the keyboard warriors 🤣. Keep up the good work and Happy New Year to you and yours! 👊👍🛠️ From Andy Mac in Geordieland

[@SkillBuilder]

Thanks, we love your channel. It has put Gosforth on the map.

[@GosforthHandyman]

@@SkillBuilder cheers dude! If you're ever in the North East pop in for a cuppa! 👍👊

[@cr-ew8od]

All three of you in the same place!!!!!

[@marksmith3267]

One of these a week and I'll hand the TV back, A great 1.17hrs, thanks lads.

[@williambailie1286]

wow wat a pair !! iv been refurbing a bungalow for a few years and follow both of these guys as they are the best no messing and i learned loads from both and now here they are chating away together and what they chat about haha i am rite in there doin the same with vans and stuff.. brill stuff

[@regmac64]

Weirdly I'm watching this whilst in Sri Lanka for a month. You will love it, beautiful country with great people. They took a serious hit after the Easter bombings last year, especially the tourist sector. You're as likely to get hit by a bus tomorrow at home as you are to be involved with a terrorist attack. I've talk to a lot of people over here and they are the same as the rest of us, just doing what it takes to put a roof over our heads food on the table and buy some nice toys. In fact you will hardly find a more smilely bunch. Great podcast, was in the trades before moving to Ireland 15 years ago and always loved the banter. I can relate to all the stuff you've discussed so far, (half way through), and you're right about not allowing customers to knock you. I once did a big favour for a friend of a friend who had a really bad kitchen installation done. So I gave a friends an family rate and added tiling the floor and splashback, plumbed, wired, changed the lighting, and including the rip out, (yes that badly installed) was cheaper than the bodger had chatged. Again that wanting to help someone who had been done over by a crook. So my surprise when on completion, after putting in anti-social hours and at 9pm on a Friday, she tried to knock me for 20%. A sob story about how she didn't have enough money, Everything was tidy, hoovered, ready to use. So we discussed the job and she still wasn't going to pay the price, so out to the van for the lump hammer and bolster. It only took 3 tiles off the backsplash to make her see what a bargain she had got. And low and behold she suddenly had the full amount. A hard lesson when you're self employed, and I never let myself get knocked again. P,s Cuba would be another place you'd like.

[@seven9399]

James helped me through college with his videos and that was 5 year ago.

[@rickbean2170]

These guys provide great, honest advice and recommendations and I'm grateful they have shared their experience for free. I've used products they've recommended because they've proved it works and used their proven techniques. Thanks Folks, a credit to your trade - you've helped thousands.

[@logik100.0]

Great video, loved the honisty.

[@juniorsharpe1030]

What two top guys. Absolutely brilliant 👍

[@grantdavies2858]

Great too see these 2 in the same vid ! Awesome videos everytime , worth every second ! My top of the list everytime i need some info 👍

[@AcheForWake]

Woah only just found this video! I’ve been a subscriber of both channels for a while! Amazing!

[@karma3101]

That was great. Like being in the pub with a couple of mates.

[@abdulrahiman812]

Funny video lads! Thanks and have a good one😀

[@anthonysalisbury6945]

You guys are brilliant....All the video's you have both done (including Robin) have been really helpful...learnt loads, from top tradesmen....you all need to move up North you'd all be top of the list for tradesmen to call..Please continue and ignore all the numpties, no problem with you doing paid video's...they are actually helpful as you learn how to install the products, as intended by the manufacturer! keep it up!

[@plumberparts]

Thanks man. Means a lot that we both help you out. Some channels are here so the dudes can get 'known as an influencer' and Rog and myself started out doing this for no other reason other than to help...back in 2006! Glad you like the vids! Rog will be coming to the studio soon for the snatch challenge!

[@ukconstruction]

Thanks Anthony

[@shed6557]

Brilliant chat lads and very funny. I work for a national plumbers merchant running a trade counter but my background is in independence. You are dead right independence seem to be able to be more helpful to the customers with less constraints and the hand is not tied behind their backs by the people above them. Also because our particular branch was an independent there are a load of independent minded people working there and the boss is a barbers don’t seem to like that very much so in short independence are better but the prices keep going up from the manufacturers and the customers keep wanting cheap prices and the only way it happens is to cut the prices at the merchant level which means they can stop less because they make less money at branch level. Anyway keep on keeping on with the chat and advice.

[@shed6557]

Don’t know where the word barbers came from

[@HammerBlow500]

6:35 How funny, I’m working in Newmarket as I’m listening to this 😂

[@Solidsnake0208]

God this is brilliant stuff. I find I have more in common with my favourite KZbin plumbers every time I watch!

[@MrStevenMurph]

Hahahah never knew you have chatted before. Listening to this right now great thing for a Tuesday afternoon

[@boomdox5843]

Great chat lads, thanks 👍

[@martins8619]

Always enjoy these two 👌

[@philipberry294]

Just curious. This Q is for everybody. What is your average drive time to the jobsite? Basically how far are you willing to travel for work given your market? For me if I have to drive more than 30 minutes from home I am at my limits. Anything farther the loss of production time doesn't keep the scales balanced. So unless the job or client is worth travelling further. I dont see a benefit to having a large service area unless you have multiple reliable crews. What is it like over there?

[@SkillBuilder]

I am willing to go to the end of my road.

[@chrisf1600]

@1:16:55 that really didn't get the laugh it deserved :) Great talk

[@jamesdyas542]

Sounds a bit like being in the electrical trade really. Stupid regulations funny clients etc. Could go on and on. Excellent videos thanks and merry Christmas. Agree with everything you’ve said.

[@MakeItWithJim]

Eenjoyed that! Thanks chaps. Nearly as good as a natter in the pub

[@m8thy]

Been watching your videos for a few months now and this came up as a suggestion. Just had to confess to my missus that I'm spending my evening watching two plumbers chatting shit. She didn't even question it. What has my life become. Hold Tight!

[@Alexnse10]

You two should have your own show on Discovery 👍😂😂😂

[@simmo321]

Great watch, more please!

[@wittywoo9559]

that was my sunday night sorted with a few beers .. nice one boys .. good crack !

[@SkillBuilder]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@Clicksystems]

Hyped up about seeing this lol, James has brought it up several times on his live videos.

[@plumberparts]

R B this is a proper ramble chat though! 😂😂

[@Clicksystems]

plumberparts nothing wrong with that lol, I always watch your live videos when I see them pop up, sometimes plain conversation can be something different to the usual videos which people still find enjoyable a bit of banter and a laugh.

[@Clicksystems]

Great vid! Lol was surprised to see PB was watching it.

[@vikingofengland]

Loved this, my two favourite plumbers on The Tube. Please do more. But on the subject of sponsored videos, as a (what I would like to think competent) DIY'er who cannot afford to spend £££ on trades, I am grateful for the instructions. I will spend hours researching before doing the job, a great example being the Abacus Bathrooms wetroom tanking videos, as I need to gut and refit my bathroom. Ignore the haters.

[@eleftheria1463]

This podcast was brilliant! I don’t know anything about hot water systems but our boiler is in its way out and we are considering going for an electric system. We already have solar panels on the roof so there would be no more space for any more. Do you guys have any videos about these kind of systems and their pros and cons?

[@SkillBuilder]

We have one coming up in the next two or three weeks. Do not go electric, it will cost you a fortune.

[@paulstone7655]

Haha the 16mm pipe really bugged me too. I discovered you could use polyplumb fittings and modify them (had no leaks on my own place in 5+ years). Obviously you don't scrape the pipe, rather, use a knife/scissors to scrape the hole bigger on the main retaining cap. All the other parts on the polyplumb piece fit over the 16mm pipe!

[@SkillBuilder]

Good tip to get you our of trouble.

[@sjl1279]

Great stuff! Just like the old days, in the pub, early doors in the builders corner. Muck all over the floor! Now then, There is lots of talk, all over the place regarding 'green solutions' and saving the planet and money which of course is a good thing. But what about secondary circulation. All the millions of litres of water and energy lost just waiting to get hot water out of the tap. Building regs. Where are they? I would appreciate your comments on this . Thanks, Steve

[@davidforman2937]

Had that feeling of pipe cutters gone blunt with Wednesbury Tube last week.

[@douglasbalderston724]

Hi Roger and James love this 👍

[@superiorbeing95]

Happy New Year, Robin has put on weight over Christmas.

[@davidhill431]

Bloody brilliant, so glad it was a long video. Only way it could have been improved was if Robin was in it too

[@Th3CoolPeach]

You two are comical love it 👍 keep up the video's 👌

[@holydiver73]

Roger and James together, it’s like the Plumbing avengers. Here’s a great movie idea Marvel!

[@MrEduardmuny]

Love those guys.

[@UberAlphaSirus]

RE aprentices, there should be a system where you can have them a month or 2, regardless of thick or smart. Some ain't got the brains but work well with you and learn the trade, some are really clever but they don't know how to use a drill and learn the trade. It works across the board and how you fit in. If they don't know how to sweep and hoover up and what a rubble bag is then they are in.

[@duncanicook]

103.30 I couldn't get a steriod injection for my carpal tunnel wrist issue a major/full on mountain bike holiday,, sent a text to a GP customer of mine, 3 days later sorted..no costs....there is a world out there!

[@williammckee2913]

Absolute great video great laugh.need more of these. P.s when u doing review of bosch 400 thermal camera.

[@Grandadwine]

Great chat fully engrossed lost track of time. Roger could you recommend a few of your favourite autobioghies

[@SkillBuilder]

I liked Roger Daltrey because he thinks plumbers are just as important as academics and he is a keen Brexiter for all the right reasons. Bruce Springstein wrote a good one which is surprising in many ways. I would recommend any of the following but unless you are into politics, pop music, cycling and rock climbing quite a few won't appeal. Churchill, Arthur Miller, Karl Ove Knausgard, My Struggle 6 volumes) Tony Benn Diaries , Alan Bennet diaries. Chris Froome, Keith Richards, Alistair Cooke, Yanis Varoufakis. David Miller, Chris Bonnington. Joe Brown.

[@Grandadwine]

Great mix ,read a few ,I’ll give some a try.Thanks

[@SkillBuilder]

@@Grandadwine The good thing about a reading list is the exchange of ideas so now you have to tell me what your recommendations are. A lot of people are now into audio books so perhaps we could extend it. I know Dylan listens to quite a lot when he is out running or walking the dog.

[@Grandadwine]

Looked at what I’d been reading lately,and thought I must be a barrel of fun. Orwell The Road To Wigan Pier,Noam Chomsky Who Rules The World,Tressell The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists A bit lighter Le Carre’ specially the earlier ones with Smiley,some Ian Rankin. Going back a few years for a Re-Read Hemmingway ,Steinbeck Read Tony Benn Diaries years ago couldn’t believe how much tea he drank

[@keefykeef]

Great collab, love both the channels 👍

[@plumberparts]

Cheers Keith!

[@garymalia7363]

Great video guys....I subscribe to both of ur channels...and find them great and full of info....these bloody keyboard warriors really piss me off...why can't people just see the vids for what they are,useful information and a way of doing the job...as it's been said "everyone has a different way of doing things".....keep up the great work lads...#plumberparts #skillbuilder

[@pebsham]

You want some reg's be a sparky!

[@darthsregor]

love the banter! nice one

[@davehole643]

OSB IS NOT DECORATING!....only kidding love the video

[@richardholdway9335]

Well boys that was just brilliant, that was me and my mate talking after work in the pub , we were on site one day talking about getting ripped off money wise and these two guys joined in and said do you see on the local news where a office block got flooded and I said yes I did and they said it was them ,they said thy had worked there for six weeks and the refused to pay them ,so they broke in and cut all the pipes on the radiator and flooded the office 😂

[@curtis24-7]

Really enjoyed this! 👍🏻

[@chetanrajanwal]

Brilliant video

[@gregp1707]

Good work guys! James, you look like Bradley Cooper, but sound like Bradley Walsh 😂

[@richardwash6678]

Lovely ramble lads.👍

[@billybobcats5139]

As a financial crime analyst who is currently doing their bathroom, I didn’t expect to leave this podcast knowing of a new money laundering typology. Very interesting

[@SkillBuilder]

Hi Billy It is far from new. The money laundering through property development is how a lot of Russian money has ended up going through London. A lot of the properties were bought through companies to hide the identity of the owner but I believe that loophole is now closed. They buy a property for £3M and put in a massive multi storey basement with car park and swimming pool and all that is paid in cash to builders then they sell the property for £7M.

[@jamienelson7544]

Head in the clamp. Somebody coming at you with a pokey thing. Yellow tears coming down your face what a lovely time. PPE doesn't always help. On a side note spark in your ear or up you nose that stings. To hell with keyboard warriors. Hope you had a good Christmas and have a Happy New year