man that was a amazing repair, never thought I would ever seen anyone using lead on a cast iron drain these days, it truly is a lost art, you are the man, steve

I have not seen to many people who know how to lead pipe, if I remember correctly you said it was a lost art in one of your videos. Thank you for sharing.

Thats why i love cast iron flanges with rubber compression ring. Tighten all bolts in order and done. No lead. No oakum. Same finished result. Permanent leak proof repair. Part is very expensive but worth it.

Another fine repair! Been watching your videos for about 8 months now. Old repair techniques forgotten about by most plumbers today.! Great repair 👍

This was a nice video Steve. My brother , and BIL are both pipped fitters. Have heard them talk about leading pipe, but never seen it done. You answered a lot if questions. I can see why people change out the cast, for plastic now. Also loved the little extra you did in cleaning up (wiping the wax up). As you showed not every contractor us as thoughtful. (The way they left the basement. ) Even if the customer says leave it. It so nice when you come in to a clean space. Thanks for a good video.

LOL! Wife just said, You watching that value tester guy again? Thanks Steven for video!

THE LOST ART OF LEADING

I've been watching you for years do your professional plumbing work. My worker and I cut out a cast iron lateral and replaced it with plastic. The lateral was about 6 ft long. He passed it out to me from under the building and I drug it out to the back when he said I guess I should get the grinder so we can cut it and I said no, just bring me the hammer. I gave it a quick shot and the thing just broke in half and then we broke it into several other pieces to put it in the trash can. That old cast iron pipe is really brittle and I guess you knew the pipe going up to the flange was solid because I would never bang on it that way just out of fear I might break it. You have my respect for doing this job which very few people can do now so it's on KZfaq where somebody who wants to know how it's done, they see it how it's done by a professional because you could have purchased a plastic unit pressed it into the pipe and screwed it down which you've done in other videos. So, thanks for putting up the history lesson for the newcomers.

I don't keep reminding customers how bad their situation is. Explaining it thoroughly once is usually enough.

Why did some people give a thumbs down, that plumber in this video, is the hardest, knowledgeable worker I've seen!

I'm sure She knew the floor was soft, why did you have to embarrass Her by saying so many times " see this went right through! It's rotted, see this, - over and over again, " even Pissed me off!!!, Miss Molley would have been embarrassed too. I'm sure you've seen it all by now. Give the Lady a break Steve !. Have a 💗 Heart !!.

I was just waiting for the "You gotta smoke alahm in the house" lol

I'm not saying that one of those flooring layers is asbestos, but I am very glad I'm not the one doing the floor replacement.

Surprised the toilet didn’t go though the floor

finally, some lovely crusty cast iron work! thx a lot Steve

Whew I need to replace mine when my spanner fix rots out. This looks more involved than I thought it would be. I love watching master tradesmen work.

Great content Steve. Always varied and interesting. Thanks for posting.

I used to be an office manager for a plumbing company, we had a couple of men who could still make a lead bend from sheet lead. We didn't use wax seals instead we used the black foam ones and coated them with roofing cement, the seal would not break if the toilet moved.

Great Video, thanks for sharing, lucky homeowner to have your service, solid workmanship ! cheers !

Surprised Steve didn't fall thru the floor on this job. Wowza!

Always enjoy watching Steve-thanks

Seems a funny way of connecting the ol’ throne! Not wrong, just different to what we do in the UK. Love your work Steve!

Dang Mama! Down south, we would have shoved a PVC twist and seal down that CI pipe, screwed it to the floor and been done. I love the videos man. My foreman in the 1980s taught me how to lead pipes, but haven’t done it since. You should do a video on how you learned the trade. Why do you wear gloves, haha.

In all honesty, this flange replacement if a work of art... However, about thirty seconds into Steve's "leading" the flange in, it sounded like he was playing Petticoat Junction with the chisel...

NICE JOB Sir Steve!

Very messy job. That is how they did it 100 years ago. Today, you buy Cast Iron replacement closet ring (aka Quick Set Flange) that fits right over the pipe and tighten with 3 stainless steel screws. Installed in 10 minutes. All approved by the Code. All other stuff you are doing is time consuming, messy and completely unnecessary. I am sure you impressed the old lady and she ended up paying tons of money for your repair work. Thank you

I thought this one was very interesting. I liked seeing how cast iron and lead worked. I never understand why people give a thumbs down.

Great job Steve 👍👍👌

Somehow don’t think it was really “the next day”. Next week/month maybe to redo that subfloor and floor Great job

2020, have many options to fix this issue, none of which require melting lead and inhaling fumes... yet here we are lol

Cool, how to see it done the old fashioned way, another great video. keep them going.

Fascinating process!

Thanks Steve for video, it was A+ First (Professional) Class Job!!

Why wouldn't you just use one of the Oatey PVC replacement flanges that just go inside cast iron pipe? Whats the upside of leading in a new cast iron flange nowadays?

Such a professional job

The lead and oakum is the canvas. And Steve is Picasso!

Very profesional Super maestro

Fascinating. Never knew about using lead.

Very nice job on that flange. They need to call Hazel to clean up the basement.

I didn't see the Prop 65 warning sticker on that lead! The people in California are having a cow right about now! LOL

Fantastic job

Lol I remember watching the video when you marked the date on that pvc pipe.

Good job Steve thank you

That lead thing is eye-opening for me. Never thought that is a practice.

Great Job Bro👍🏽

Nothing but quality here

Great work💯💯

That job came out excellent - floor and all - heavy duty flange - leaded in.

Pretty cool to see how you guys use to do this

Great to see it done right.

Why don’t you use the wax ring with horn? Isn’t the horn better to divert water down pipe?

Wow that was a work of art I doubt at first

Suprized no one fell through while dropping a fritz mama !

Does anyone of your customers clean their bathrooms?

Great job Steven 👍

Arent you allowed to use a PVC flange replacement in your state . Cool to watch you do this though. Thank you

I wish I could ever get an old cast iron flange off that easy

You da man steve!!!

That was cool!

Love the old-school lead work. Oakum and smoke 'em!

Great vid Steve. I got a question for you. Which one you prefer the wax ring or non wax ring for flanges? Thanks

You are really good l lerned alot to see it your video

You have the perfect smoke detector protector...your blue latex gloves.

They didn't clean up downstairs to take advantage of old people. Pretty sad.

Why didn’t you use silicone on top of the lead and around the flange to stop anything from getting stuck in there

Why do you not use the wax ring that has the self-centering plastic rings? I've been using those for a long time in my own house and had great luck with them. You can even use sealant on the bottom of them if you're unsure.

It takes some talent to fix that !

Redressing of mushroomed chisel heads prevents pieces from breaking off and putting your eye out.

Good job

Damn fine job sir

Im curious why not use the cast iron flange that sits on the inside and has adjustable gasket seams like it would be alot easier? Nice video I never seen anyone go back with lead

Steve, I have cast iron drain pipe in my house and allways wondered how the lead joints were done! Especially on the horizontal joints.

can you just use the PVC to cast iron flange ?

Why is everyone so enamored with his gloves? The guy likes clean hands! Who cares!

Steve you should have been wearing your demolition gloves. Steve when you retire I want to buy your lead and oakum tools. I will take care of them and I will make you proud. Great video. Peace brother and Molly

100% Better in every way than the "This Old Mansion" video.

What are the benefits of using lead and oakum vs one of those cast iron closet flanges? I recently replaced an old lead sealed flange but didn’t know how to replace it with lead, so I used a new closet flange instead. Is lead more durable?

I remember my dad having a big sheet of lead in the back of the van .

Why do you fasten the flange to the floor after you pour the lead and not before ? just curious 🤔

I'm old school use to have to cut cast iron with hammer and chisel pour joints with lead I've used deep brass heavy grade flanges on cast iron pipe poured lead around them you can solder the closest bolts to brass flange to hold them in place 😉

bought some them bolts for myself,nice...i always buy calking irons at tag sales,they are easy to resell...never done lead but maybe someday,never???,,,,would be temped to screw it down first

Next level next level

An awful lot of metal and stuff went down that drain. I can't believe he didn't put a rag in it. Maybe I missed it?

Leaded or unleaded? Great video.

21:55 That's how it's done, beautiful.

Hi Steve, so I’m watching this video thinking to myself there is most likely only a handful of people that still know how to do this type of flange. Everyone is all about PVC and some glue.

Steve I was laughing out loud when you were stabbing her floor with your screwdriver telling her how bad her floor was. That was so hilarious whether or not you meant it to be 😂

how many days later did you come back after the new floor went in? Did she have to get a new sub floor? Watching you put in a cast iron flange is amazing. The best way for sure.

Watching the video you contributed much to the mess on the basement floor. Granted they should have cleaned it up.

Watched my father do it once long time ago in my first home had to move a pipe cut “snapped it” the cast iron Then placed it back together with a fitting and using this same method now I know what that metal tool he was using is for my father had two of them. I use them for every thing else then what they were made for funny.

I remember you saying that you started out in the trade doing lead and oakum Steve. I wonder how long much longer those irons were when they were new? Haha! I love seeing this stuff. Real plumbing!

Glad to see you did cast to cast and not a PVC flange maybe different screws thou

I enjoyed the video. Ii would have cut the cast iron in the basement and cut the cast iron. I would have ran PVC connected with a rubber boot. I have not seen cast iron repair like this in years. Great job Steve. Watch those red lights.

Nice lead & okam job.

Steve's mobile smelting operation!

Would it work if you pour silicone instead of lead ?

what do you think about those wax free rings that don't get sticky?

Steve Why do you prefer using a wax ring WITHOUT a funnel versus a wax ring WITH one? What’s the difference ?

A lot of plumbers today would run from that job! What a shit show! Nice job Steve!

Why would you use the outside iron for the inside? It is tapered so that it mushes the lead in the right direction. That's why you have an inside and outside iron... other than that great job