Thanks for the support as always David, it certainly was some proper real world stuff, thanks for watching 👍

It's time to get rid of vented systems. .

Thanks for the support as always mate, I never like walking away from jobs, sometimes the job can be challenging but it makes the days go fast and getting the best possible result for the customer is always rewarding, thanks for watching 👍

You are not wrong there mate, some jobs are just tough and you just have to get stuck in and get them sorted, thanks for watching

Thanks for the support Andy, it was a tough job, I was pleased to get it all done and sorted for the customer, thanks for watching mate

Thanks for the support as always mate, hopefully your day wasn't too bad, it can be tough out there sometimes, thanks for watching 👍

Thanks for the support mate, glad you enjoyed the video

Thanks for the support mate 👍

Do you get them customers too, "everything was fine before you started", thanks for the support mate

@@PlumbLikeTom every day… booked a boiler service after 10 years and expecting me to fix everything

It was a tough one for sure, it's the stuff they don't teach you in college, squeezing down tight spaces trying to sort problems, thanks for watching as always mate

Thanks for watching Adam, it's funny how things from the past come back, I haven't seen the show in years

Thanks for the support as always mate, I try to show the jobs how they are, plumbing isn't always glamorous and it can be a hard job at times, thanks for watching, it is greatly appreciated

Thanks for the support mate, it's the problem with them flaps, forever getting caught on stuff

It certainly was a head scratcher, thanks for the support as always mate

If there was ever a DIY job this was it, thanks for watching as always Gary

I think there are one pipe systems that plumb the radiators in series, that's the only way I can make sense of what I've seen in countless videos from Russia. You've got a block of flats and the pipe goes from the basement into one radiator in the ground floor flat, out of the radiator and up to the first floor, etc.. If you turn off one rad, you kill all the other flats on that line. They still sometimes plumb it like that but when they replace rads, they add a bypass pipe with two valves. As a result, flats are always baking hot in winter and people open the windows to regulate the temperature, at least that's what I've read.

Thanks for watching Ian, so glad you enjoyed the video

Thanks for watching mate

That's exactly how is was piped mate, through one radiator and then on to the next, It was certainly a new one on me, thanks for the support, it is greatly appreciated

Thanks for watching mate, I'm so glad you enjoyed the video so much

Thanks for the support as always mate, I couldn't have done it without Harry

It's always a tough decision to make to damage a customers property, some jobs are just sent to try us, like you say it should be fairly easy to patch, thanks for watching as always mate 👍

It's when you're leg cramps up on the way back out, I don't think I could live with the embarrassment of being rescued by the fire brigade, I would never live that one down, thanks for watching as always mate 👍

I don't mind spiders to be honest, wasps on the other hand and I would be out of there, thanks for watching mate

Thanks for watching mate, you need a never say die attitude in this job

This one certainly took me by surprise, you sort of take things for granted as being right, especially when I got told it used to work fine, thanks for the support as always mate

Thanks for the support as always mate, it was certainly a tight squeeze 👍

Sometimes you just have to just get stuck in, I'm not a massive fan of heights, but the job always comes first, thanks for watching Wayne

Thanks for the support as always mate, it certainly was some real world stuff, I don't remember ever having to squeeze through crawl spaces at college, all in a days work for a plumber, thanks for watching 👍

I used to love the show to be fair, Tom Baker in the watch tower, they just don't make them like they used to, thanks for watching as always mate 👍

Thanks for the support as always Ryan, the spider did seem to be pointing me in the right direction, I don't think he was expecting to see a person crawling through his web, my platering skills aren't the best to be honest, I am going to try and plaster my extension out when I finally get it built, thanks for watching 👍

Thanks for the support, glad you enjoyed

Your not wrong there David, thanks for watching mate

Thanks as always Chris, we always get there in the end, I'm so pleased you enjoyed the video, thanks for watching

You could well be right mate, it made me laugh they had used all tee's, and then just capped off the spare port, it probably would have been cheaper to get a plumber in with the cost of fittings

Thanks for the support as always Peter, I think you hit the nail on the head there, plastic does tend to lead itself towards this sort or work, I'm not saying I don't use it, and plastic can be used to great effect on some projects but you do see stuff like this with it also, hope your keeping well mate, thanks for watching as always 👍

Thanks for the support as always Norman, I enjoyed filming this one, I'm so pleased you enjoyed it

Thanks for the support as always Keith, plumbing can be a challenge at times, tracing lead pipes is a tricky job, often they would run all the services in the same trench, hope all goes well, thanks for watching 👍

Thanks for the support as always Colin, hopefully they do appreciate it, it sometimes it's the stuff they don't see that takes all the time, thanks for watching as always mate 👍

It certainly took me by surprise, I just never think it would have been done like that, I think that towel rad that I couldn't unblock the other week might have been done the same, I turned the lock shield off on the working one and couldn't blow down it, we'll never know for sure though, thanks for watching as always mate 👍

Thanks for the support as always mate, it is greatly appreciated

Thanks for the support as always mate, plumbing is never easy especially when the last person didn't quite do things right

Thanks for watching mate, glad you enjoyed the video

Thanks for watching Ben, glad you enjoyed

It just might scare a few, at least they will know what they are letting themselves in for, I love the job to be fair and days like this although are a pain go by really fast, thanks for watching as always Peter

😂😂😂😂 Actually half way through my gas engineer course. And yep cutting holes in customers walls, does scare the shit out of me 😂😂😂

I do love me flaps, thanks for the support as always, it is greatly appreciated 👍

It's always the way, blame the last person to touch anything, thanks for watching as always mate

Thanks for watching as always mate 👍

Thanks for the support as always Davis, sometimes the tough jobs make for the best content, it might not seem like it when I'm on the jobs though, I just like showing things how they are

Thanks for the support as always mate, I went to look at one today, even I wouldnt touch it, it was by far the biggest mess ive ever seen, to put it politely the toilet had been broken for a while and they had been using everything else, I don't walk away from many but that was next level

@@PlumbLikeTom I've walked away from a few Tom over the years, problems find us in life without taking them on.

Thanks for the support as always Jim, it should say on the first page of every plumbing book this job ain't going to be easy, it's all the stuff you don't normally see that can be tough, hope you had a great Easter mate, I'm back to the grind tomorrow as well, its going to a very busy few weeks 👍

It was a tight squeeze for sure, Harry is terrified of spiders to be honest, there's no way he would have gone through there with spiders, thanks for watching as always mate

I've had a run of a few stinkers, I'm due a good run now, thanks for watching as always mate 👍

There can be a nightmare when they block on the coil, hope you got it all sorted mate, thanks for watching

Thanks for the support as always James, it was a tough one for sure, especially in the crawl space

Thanks for the support mate, if I'm honest it all needed ripping out and replacing, like most jobs the customer just wants stuff working and aren't to bothered about what pipes look like if they can't be seen, as a plumber, it pains me to see plastic pipes lashed in

That's it mate, they were linked together, the water was passing through each radiator to get to the next, not a good way of plumbing, thanks for watching as always

Thanks for the support as always Steve, it was a tight squeeze for sure, not the best place to work but it had to be done, thanks for watching mate 👍

It certainly took me by surprise, thanks for the support as always mate 👍

Thanks for the support Peter, plumbing is one tough job some days, I wouldn't change it for the world though

Thanks for the support as always Paul, it is so greatly appreciated

It was a tough one mate, at least it wasn't the middle of summer, it would have been super hot in there, thanks for watching as always Charles 👍

Thanks for watching as always Bill, it is greatly appreciated

It did look a bit dodgy didn't it, thanks for watching as always Andy

Thanks for the support as always Tony, running away only wears your shoes out faster, it could well have been the builder that did it, it does make you wonder what everything else is like, thanks for watching mate 👍

You could well be right mate, thanks for watching 👍

It's a tough trade to be in, nowhere to hide, I still love the job though, thanks for watching as always Danny 👍

A cold shower normally does the trick, it washes it all off without opening the pores in your skin which makes it more itchy, thanks for watching as always 👍

Blockages on heating can be a nightmare, thanks for watching as always Keith

I did actually get offered a chance to go on the show a few years back, they contacted me looking for local trades, I was super busy at the time, but I know a few people who helped, the actual episode never got shown as the person died before it was aired, thanks for watching as always mate

Thanks for the support as always mate, I should have censored that bit out, It certainly was a tight squeeze in the crawl space though, thanks for watching 👍

Thanks for the support as always Peter, these jobs are sent to try us, I wish I has spotted the problem earlier but you sometimes just assume the last person did a competent job, thanks for watching mate 👍

Oh wow, that is bad, thanks for watching as always mate

That wasn't a one pipe system, it was just wrongly piped on a two, a one pipe system has feeds taken off the same pipe and then into the radiator, this had two pipes but was looped in series, a weird way of piping it for sure, thanks for watching

Thanks for the support as always Tom, I never give up, even if it takes me all day I will get the job done

Thanks for watching mate, the support is greatly appreciated 👍

@@PlumbLikeTom no worries Tom it was entertaining watching you struggle 😂. Only knobbling mate ,we’ve all been there (well I have anyway ) and the fact that you stayed positive and saw it through and even saw the funny side is a credit to ye ! Good advocate to the young ens for this industry .well done 👏 👍

It wouldn't be the first time mate, thanks for watching as always Darren

Thanks for the support Craig, it was a tough one

There are far more worthy people than me, I'm just a plumber trying to earn a living, thanks for the support John

Sorry about that mate, thanks for watching

Thanks for the support as always Josh, I tend to try and do the difficult jobs myself, I don't want to be accused of doing all the easy jobs, It's difficult trying to keep everyone happy, when I was an apprentice I used to get sent to all the stuff nobody else wanted, often they would be jobs where other people had been and just ordered parts, they were the hardest as often you were left to deal with everything, I do get some easier jobs but I tend not to film them.

@@PlumbLikeTom fair play man, funny how as soon as you got back there you knew what it was 😂 could've technically been about an hour or two job, but this is plumbing 😂😂

It certainly was a tough job, thanks for watching Michael

Thanks for the support Barry, I will have to see if I can get hold of one

Thanks for the support as always Wayne👍

@@PlumbLikeTom Great content as always 👍👍

@@SuperWayneyb I apprecaite that mate, it really means a lot

Good vid

Thanks for the support as always mate, have a great weekend 👍

Thanks for the support as always mate, I used to love the crystal maze as well, work trousers with the hanging pockets are a pain when crawling, the pockets snag it pulls the trouser down, I'm sure all trades have experienced this at some point, thanks for watching as always

I think you might be right, I don't actually think they used one elbow, they were all tees with caps, an expensive way of plumbing, thanks for watching mate

Thanks for the support mate, it certainly was a challenge, the thing with this trade is you never stop learning, the tough jobs certainly build character 👍

It certainly was a bodge job that's for sure, it struck me more as DIY because of the lack of clips and the use of tee's with cap ends, my boss would have killed me if I had been wasting more expensive fittings, thanks for watching

Thanks for the support as always Brian, I was certainly pleased to get that one sorted

It certainly was mate, we got it sorted in the end though

I love it mate, it's particularly nice on a really hot day, seriously though it can be nasty stuff, thanks for watching as always 👍

Thanks for the support as always Kevin, I defiantly need to do that