The joys of macerators, well done with that one Mark, you deserve a 🏅 for getting that going, the pipes around it were a right mess, the joys of plumbing 🚽👍

Way to hang in there brother, real world plumbing for sure. Retired Plumbing Contractor (32 yrs.) mostly new construction, but have done a bit of this sort of work. I appreciate this vid because although I have installed a few of these units, I have never had to service one. I am going to put one in our addition and I want to be sure I'm up to speed on servicing them. thanks for your video, gives me a bit more confidence when the time comes.

Great job done Mark, huge respect from a colleague plumber from The Netherlands.

Excellent content and love to see you help out all your regular customer in every way that you can. I love that Unilite SLR1750 but only use that one in the loft or somewhere darker and mainly use the inspection lights all the time… I think is IL375..

A great mix of jobs. It looked as though you almost went to scratch your nose a couple of times while doing the Saniflow!!!!! But stopped yourself in time. Always useful content, thank you 👍😊

Mark, absolute admiration buddy. I did one myself recently as the woman couldn't get it done so I said yes. Absolutely dreadful job. Made me admire you doing this one. Well done Mark.

Brill video dude , I’ve only fitted a few saniflos in my 20 years bathroom fitting , never had to go back to one yet ! Our work certainly stops you biting your finger nails 😉 .I use a led head torch all the time now as it’s usb rechargeable and gives amazing beam for those awkward jobs . Loving your honest plumbing channel 👍

Top job as always Mark. I had to repair a saniflow about 10 or 12 years ago!! worst job ever. I wore a mask and wrapped a jumper around my face and covered them both in TCP! I don’t have a very good gag reflex 😂

Excellent content as usual Mark I could smell that saniflo from Yorkshire when you took the top of it 🤣

Stumbled across this channel about 4hrs ago now can’t stop watching.

Top tip from a pathologist mate of mine… vix vapour rub under the nose (just a dab)! Always have some in the van as I’ve got awful gag reflex, even caused by pan connector swaps

I have a few of these on my rentals. Used correctly they are fine, but I have had all sorts of stuff jam them. Pants, hair bands, sanitary towels 😱 Never a nice job Mark. Well done for fixing it. Top man.

Tearing sh1t up, definitely an after lunch job, had a call yesterday "do you repair macerators", er no i said. she said: "no one seems to do them I've rang loads of plumbers" . ROFL love the channel pal

i,ve had one similar to that mark and in the one i done there was a sanitary towel in there hanging to say the least great content again as usual keep up the good work 👌👏👍

Love coming home from a sunday afternoon in the pub to a mj tiff video🙌

Every year we were changing Saniflows at student lets rather than fix them. In the end we just had the letting agency put of signs of what can go in and can't. No pads, no tampons, wet wipes/butt wipes, condoms etc etc otherwise you're subject to the cost of the engineer replacing the unit. Bloody hate them and I'm glad our work no longer has many Saniflow calls. Good on you for tackling it, despite the mess and smell it's actually one of the single biggest health hazards to a plumber.

Cracking job mate, them dudley flush valves are expensive mind, I find the Viva £5 ones to be spot on. Extra few quid in your pocket aswell!

Nice video Mark🤢 we did one a few weeks ago, where a plumber had fitted a new radiator and decided to empty his bucket down the toilet ,complete with screws and plastic plugs.The customer pulled him up on it as the macerator wouldn’t work after,he had a look then chucked £40 to the customer and said he was never coming back! We had to fit a new one 🤦🏻‍♂️😔

Well done mark for tackling that job, not many would, you certainly got the owner out of the "sh*t" again. Can't beat a bit of splashback on the walls😊. Real world plumbing, that's why I love your content. Where did you get your telescopic ladders from, they look great for spacesaving and what heigh are they 😊

Thanks for the vid. Got a blocked one to deal with tomorrow. Great guidelines - nasty job though. Thanks again

Hi Mark, a classic case of what a wet wipe does to a Saniflow. The harder yo pull them, the tighter they get, and as you said, it almost turns it to rope. Saniflows in hotels or student houses are a massive no go,

Fair play to you mate I worked in drains for 10 years before coming back to plumbing and wet wipes are a nightmare. Well done for not chundering. Top man. Dust mask with wd40 works well 👍

Really impressive work - especially the Saniflo, which looked a dreadful job, but somehow you managed it! Think I would throw that towel away - would be unfortunate if it got mixed in with your bath towels 😱

Surprised he didn't offer you a biscuit with that coffee 😊. Well done fella. Great job.

Great job first time seen inside one just fit them good on you for doing it 👍

Saniflo's!!🤮🤮🤮 Had to service my own once as my daughter dropped a necklace (not expensive, but sentimental) down the pan. Although it was relatively clean, the stench🤮was horrendous. I looked like some ancient Egyptian mummy, wrapped up in towels around my face, doing my best to clean it.Got the job done and it performed as new! Great video mate, keep them coming.

nice vid again m8 ,,, begging to get to 10k before january lol now your nearly 11k keeps getting better m8

Hi Mark, I love to see the day to day smaller jobs you do, the saniflow was something else. Is there an associated smell with removing the saniflow lid? During the film I was not sure if you was coughing of heaving from the odour. Well done for tackling that job, I’m sure the customer appreciated it and you charged accordingly. Brilliant film as always as you rightly say, real world plumbing, it certainly is. Have a great week, take care, regards, Chris. 👍👍👍👍

Great work, Mark. Macerator ... brave man! Solvent waste fittings - I always try and use swept bends rather than knuckle bends - less likely to block and easier to rod.

Absolute trooper sorting that one out fair play 👍

One job i hate doing! Made me laugh when you coughed and wretched alittle 😅

Great content mate👍🏻 Is it weird that I could smell the air when that saniflow lid came off?! Hats off to you bud I’d have binned it!

Really want to do a 👎 when that saniflow was on, I gagged when you did lol, I remember doing one many years ago and the toilet was full with just brown water, ended up following the pipe to a 4" floor socket and just changed it to 4" pipe, prefer to drill 2 5" holes through walls that tackle that, and every time you were wiggling your tongue. I was worried a flick of s..t 🤣🤣 good video mate.

The upmarket plumber had it hard today but he got through it well done.👍👍👍🍺🍺🍺

Spot on again Mark the saniflo was quite a challenge with all the pipes in the way but you got it sorted now its nearly time to watch the darts on itv4 have a good week

Fairplay for taking on the saniflo Mark I hate those things, thought you was going to hurl at one stage 🤣🤣

Great video - gotta love your honesty !! Hey - not sure what the code is over there but should that saniflo have been put next to a bed ?? are you allowed to but hot and cold water pipes anywhere near one of those things ?? and did you enjoy your cup of tea of coffee on the saniflo job ?? Cheers.

like the music when doing saniflow very appropriate 😁

Well done sorting that sani out . I was gagging here watching , As you say need good money to do that work , all your tools cleaned & vac after . Fair play not for the faint hearted or people that gag easily 😂😂😂😂

Great video Mark! Take my hat off to you for that work with the Saniflo 🤢 just a thought with that flush pipe job, instead of trying to take that nut off, why don’t you reuse the same nut?

Good video mate

It’s a tampon, had one in mine no one listens so have a big sign on wall now it’s cost a fortune to get fixed they are nightmare,great job

Good work mark can't beat a high level cistern for giving a good fast flush, as for macerators they are the work of the devil, who knows what was stuck inside it an-l beads 😆😆😆 don't forget your safety glasses when working on them things so you don't get any splatter in your eyes

I used to do the maintenance for an estate agent. One day got a call about this house converted into flats, all the toilets were backing up. I lifted the main hole on the drive & it was full to the brim with shitty water. I got a bucket down & emptied it out to find, someone had obviously upset them, as I found a 2 litre coke bottle jammed in the soil pipe, removed the bottle & job sorted. Worst job I ever did, nearly sick at times with the smell.

Finally got chance to catch up on this video! Brave brave man opening that up, but fair play, wasn't that bad in the end, looked like a mashed up sanitary product. I wear goggles and a mask when working in poopoo areas just incase it flicks off like it has here! Be careful mate and nice little repairs on the other 2 jobs and like you said, have to charge accordingly How you getting on with the thermal imaging?

That brought back some pleasant memories (not!). About 20 years ago I rented a Gite in the Vendee - second day macerator making a helluva noise and toilet backing up. Owner not contactable! On holiday no tools and the macerator lid is held on with Torx fastenings. So one hour drive to DIY store to get tools and then a pleasant three hours on a very hot afternoon turd burgling fighting back the chundering. Cause - my missus had put nappy liners down there and they were bar taught around the macerator. Great start to the holiday.🤦‍♂️ On a separate not the plumber who installed that lot needs shooting. If he had stood the macerator on a platform with a couple of battens supporting on the floor - then all the plumbing could have been run underneath the Saniflo.🙄

Great video I'm installing a downstairs toilet no choice but a macerator would you go for a saniflow or I think you have installed a Grundfos

I went to a saniflo, the first time I found mud and stones from a flower pot, so I warned them of all the pit falls and they said they would be more careful. The next time it was a shampoo bottle cap, so I fixed it and increased the charge. The third time it was a curtain tie back the big thistle shaped thing from the end of the rope, how the f#@k do you get one of those down a toilet. The forth time I told them they needed a new plumber

Hi Mark Great video 👍 I'm not a great fan of the saniflo 😝 From my own experience it's usually tampons and bloody wet wipes that are culprits 😒 Good honest Plumbing at its best, Great stuff. Keep up with the videos content is spot on 👍👌

Never, ever do I have a cup of tea when there is a job with sh!t about. I'm the same normally tell people it needs replacing, tell em how much and then don't hear from them again. But I have too been in your situation where its a good customer and had to be done lol

I have a sani flo up. No issues but sounds like out flow pip in studd wall is ‘knocking’ when pumping out. Maybe not clipped in ?

It’s a tampon or sanitary towel in the Saniflow, we have one in our house, which I’ve had to open up a couple of times due to idiot visitors . It’s 15 years old and still going strong but it’s essential that any visitors are told that only toilet paper can go down it, no wet wipes , no tampons, no earbuds, baby wipes. I suggest the B&B owner makes a sign to stick on the toilet and even a print label sign on the flusher.

I have just pulled my Saniflo XR to bits after 10 years. My problem is that the motor was just sitting there buzzing. There were no obstructions. I am guessing either the start winding or a blown capacitor. Have you any history on which it might be. Will it more likely be the cap? They are cheap, a motor will be a fortune. I don't mind doing my own but not someone else's!!

What is your view on push-fit soil pipe ??? Which do you prefer ? Yes, it's quick and easy, but I've found so many problems with it ...

Macerators yuk but can i ask about plugged end tees through a wall for all waste pipes, don,t we have to fit them anymore,basically they just make sense, when I were doing work for the council many years ago round the elephant,and castle area they were very hot on waste pipe connections to soil pipes.

Got the roast beef for tea on the go let's see what all the fuss is about. 😁

Well done mate. How you wasn’t sick there god knows🤮🤮

Hi MJ, it's me again and I followed most of that but what was it you were saying that sounded like aaaruurrrgh. Just asking as it might have been important 🤣🤣🤣.

Its a pity more plumbers don't have your work ethic Mark. If you lived near me - I could keep you in work for a month!

Who ever installed that saniflo should be ashamed 😂 must have been a rush job , I've installed 3 saniflos but only ever the commercial models in basement conversions luckily I've never had to open one up rather you than me mate there so sensitive to anything other than toilet roll , ideally he would be better with a larger type like the sanicubic even though it's just for the loo as its a b&b there's people renting the room that doesn't understand how the saniflos work or what can block them so easily as shown in your video was it a chewed up tampax ? 😂😅 , either way you've saved him some money on a replacement and he can continue to book out the room which is the best result really , top job!

Horrible job Mark, 10 out of 10 for delving in there mate!

Thanks for the video. It was a bit crap 💩 to be fair 😂

Who makes the blue and black nitrile gloves they look like good uns. Your poor milwaukee wet vac lol. I'd return it under warranty now! 😂 I remember your first video on that saniflo. Sounds like it nearly got you a couple of times. Horrible things but good money to be made, gimme a nice long drop any day though 😊👍

Use the mechanical boss straps from Screwfix, they don't require any solvent, they're amazing!

There’s one in my mum and dads house…it conks out if things other than the p’s go down it, we’ve had it apart a few times to remove whatever was jamming it up…makes you feel 🤮🤮

The sewage pipe on the outside, wouldn't give problems when its freezing outside? I know that there won't be any waste in it permanently, but still.

Wow, I see pluming is different in the UK. The way that drain line is ran would fail inspection in the US.

Sorted out mine a couple of times - I pour most of a bottle of bleach into it and leave it fora day!

lol - good old saniflo - i do work for a letting agent do 6 of these a month - they don’t listen - by the looks of it ( is wipes mark) - they can sometimes be removed from removing toilet - and a long set of needle nose pliers to remove - don’t always have to take top off

Good video mate, what’s the purpose of the Saniflow ? I always guessed it’s to pump out when the room is below drain level? This looks like it’s upstairs. I’m only guessing btw

Nah that's the one job I will never do again. Had to do one when I first started had the lid open customer pressed the bottom 🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮 so like you said I'll install it but I'll never service it ...

its a sanitary towe, il work on these alot, should always spin the blades after clearing the blockage, normally tampax strings or cleaning/makeup wipes

Am I wierd if I say I've never been fazed by poo or urinals whilst plumbing ......But, I remember when I was working for the NHS and I had to unblock the trap on an autopsy table..... That was a good one too.

Saniflo is convenient but nightmare to clean out. Done it twice once for a peach stone and second as cement had got down the toilet and jammed the blade.

The new Covid test. I’ve done a few, always a surprise inside. The plumbers kinder egg.

Hi, Is the out let a 22mm copper pipe ???

Did you burn the wet vac after that mate 😂💩. Crap to work on ain’t they, quite literally. Been there washed the tee shirt 😂.

big wipes mark..yer weapon of choice...not to be beaten

You gagging made me gag! Ha ha been there and hate it!

Just as you get to the tricky part getting the lid off, spalttered in crap , in walks the customer and asks "How's it going Mark! Fixed it yet? Want a coffee" ? ----------

Not a plumber so be gentle with me, when you did the boss repair on the waste (first job) is there a reason why you never just dropped it straight down into the big pipe that ran underneath, just curious.

The infamous white mouse😅🤣😂

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Whoever fit those heating pipes above that unit wants them shoving up his arse. Used to do a bit with sewage treatment plants, as the tanker guys say “it’s only chewed food” 😂😂 can’t believe they have used 22mil on the outlet ( or is it 28?)

I was surprised at how small the outlet pipe is on a macerator.

No no no no I would definitely swerved that saniflo job. Had some bad experiences in the past and feel it's just not for me ever!

Im with you mate renew /replace everytime Graham plumber Edinburgh

did you call huey and ralph while doing this job?

'We'll just get this out of there' - Blurp🤮 - did you nearly vomit there Mark. Kudos buddy - they're not nice things to work on thats for certain..

Great video love the shit splatter lol . Dont find that bad compared to stripping a blocked dishwasher that nearly made me vomit lol

Nice job boss. What total animal stuffed all that pipework straight overhead to create the virtually impossible "service" 😂😂😂😂

I hope you cleaned that vac 🤣👍

Nightmare Mark. Mother in law has one. Young nephew put a toothbrush down one time. Another time someone put sanitary towels down. Another job the hang on air freshener cleaning blue stuff plastic holder when down. Had to take the saniflo out on all occasions and totally clean awful job

It's tampon strings. The blades don't cut them up and they find there way around the shaft.

Get stuck in, fair play 👏👍

Why did you wear gloves I can't figure it out.

Had to service one of these in the past, the customers son had managed to flush a white sock and a ping pong ball into it🤢

That first repair would never fly in America

15:00 This is what you're all here for. Now all he needs to do is stand-up.

Why does the customer always want to tell you their life story when you’re knee deep in shit