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

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

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

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

Im an apprentice watching your videos really help Thank you

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.

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.

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. 😊

That’s a great looking house mate!👍

Great video James❤

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

Great tip

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

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 👍

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

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

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. 👍

A very good Friday afternoon to you sir from Wellington Somerset

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

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 !!” 😂

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

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 👍

No silicone or plumbers mait on taps when fitting?

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

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?

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..

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

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

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!!! 😂

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 ??

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

First because I am a legend PS great vid 👍🏼

How did I get transported to Britain?

Buy a today's tools spanner kit ❤❤❤❤❤

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

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

🤔 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😂

No top hat's??😮😂

The Tap Spanner is a nightmare to use :(

Flooding 😂😂what are you like.

Next plumber parts video: how to suck eggs

that basin is dirty and needs a good wash underneath

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!

slow down when talking, breath. People will appreciate it!

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