Please hit the link and get the petition signed to get this passed through parliament petition.parliament.uk/petitions/659019

Signed it, thanks for the heads up. Keep up the good work Mark.

Great video! Also, thanks for the heads up on the petition - signed!

Petition signed - thanks for all the great content Mark.

Great vid Mark ,petition signed.👍👍

Petition signed, fantastic idea Mark 👏👏

Great video Mark.... Signed!

Signed the petition. Great idea and I hope it gets to parliament for a chance to make a difference 👍🏻

Petition signed! Live the video really educating!

Great video Mark and I loved the chuckle when it worked loose. I had one once where I had to use heat to get it to shift, they can be an absolute pig at times. Looked a lot neater when it was all completed. Petition all signed and shared 😃👍

Petition is signed and I have shared it on my socials. Had to install a power shower this week. Was shitting myself that I didn't twist the cylinder but it all worked out well in the end. Great vid as always 👍👍

Love the "before and after" clips.

Enjoyed it...I loved it Mark! A brilliant in-depth video, keep more of the same coming 👍and bye the way I've signed the petition.

Nice job Mark.

Brilliant job 👍

Never signed a petition so fast. Had all my tools nicked its heart wrenching. Lets hope something gets done

Plumbing is sweet and sour always. That was SWEET!😊

Partition shared and signed and another useful video many thanks

Great video Mark. I,m signed.

Signed. Tidy job Mark!

Signed!!! 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

Petition signed… great video

Great job as always Mr Tiff. Personally I prefer Stuart Turner pumps, they're quieter and I've far less issues with ST. Probably would've mounted the pump on a piece of 18mm ply to improve stability. Interestingly most pump manufacturers will not honour their unless fitted correctly, which includes an S Flange. So you did the right thing there, mate. Loving your work 👏🏻. Thanks for the video 👍🏻 🌟

Great idea - signed 👍

Neat job Mark, learned a lot here 👍🏻

nice job love your content have learned a lot from the channel

Great work m8

well done Mark your still the best on youtube

Thanks for the video Mark, I've got one of them to do next month and I'm already having sleepless nights.... Petition signed, let's hope this has the desired effect and helps prevent tool theft..........

Nice one Mark. I wasn't aware you could use the power pump for multiple outlets. Every day's a school day. Thanks mate...Petetion signed 👍👍

Petition all signed. Another great video, thanks Mark.

Petition signed no problem, had my van broken into about 10 years ago cost a lot as you know. 😢

Nice one

I have forwarded that link to many trades people, that I know off , I will support this petition and help you out .

That's it signed Mark. 👍

Hi Mark, a great looking job there, I am a big fan of the Salamander pumps, a massive increase in the water pressure for the customer. I’m sure they will be made up now that pump is installed, well done. I sighed up too, have a great week and take care, regards Chris. 👍👍👍

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Great job,petiton signed,my van got stolen from outside my house they dumped it 2 miles away,but I'd raised my van floor 8" and cut out and opening in floor to hide power tools, covered compartment with dust sheet,they got my work bags and old drill i left out.

All signed mark keep up the good work

Was once doing an upgrade to a heating system for a friend who was a detective constable. On the Monday morning as we started he told me he and his wife had been to a Sunday market where he’d seen one stall holder with around 20 lawnmowers for sale. With a knowing look between him and me we both new they weren’t honestly acquired.

Signed!

Lovely and quiet original pump 😂

Petition done 👍🏼

All signed Mark 👍🏼

Signed

All signed Matt 👍🏻

9:56 that was nerve wracking. petition signed, had my tools nicked two years ago almost to the day, massive ball ache.

Petition signed ✔️

I split a tank once wile changing the immersion heater, had to do a temp fix until I could get round to replace it! Quick question, why use the grips all the time, especially on flange nuts and compression fittings? The reason I ask is as your gripping and especially on tight ones like that, you squash the nut wall against the thread and make it harder to undo, but if you was to use a spanner or adjustable it pushes against the tips of the flats and creates more of a turning motion.

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Hi mark great video. Well done for perseverance on removing cylinder fitting. In the end in the loft, did you tee off from the hot shower pump outlet directly onto the hot pipe feeding the taps? Ive not seen a shower pump used to also boost the gravity hot water. Im impressed. Presumably doing it this way doesn't void pump warrenty. Keep up the great content 👍👍

Nice job, as a chippie working for Warwick district council years ago my old plumber mate Nigel Barnett told me to keep the cylinder full when cracking an immersion heater, Nigel lived in Southam do you ever see him at plumbers merchants around Warwick or Leamington?

Neat job Mark those modern taps are no good for gravity fed systems. That hot outlet fitting looked really tight i always heat them with a blowlamp first usually come loose with less effort and less strain on the cylinder

The only problem with using Loctite 55 is it has a resin in it that hardens and can make it difficult to remove in the future. Personally I would use the paste, gasket ptfe and a ptfe grommet against the shoulder so it compresses between the two faces.

Great job it certainly looked an effort to get that old valve out, what happens if you cant? New cylinder?

I was the before and after flow rate out of interest Signed 👍

Great video Mark really enjoy watching your videos. Is that the same pump that you put in your sons? Do they vary then? Thanks again.

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You need a bigger pair of grips Mark appliance of science i say to my lads! Great informative video i own a crawl loft i feel your pain

Showaddywaddy! 💪

If its too hard mark try and use your hammer to turn the grips round 😊😊

I always use a small Stilson and leave a stub of 22mm in top of tee to hold onto to steady.

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A few comments from me 1) if you gently sand the top of the cylinder to make it smooth and flat where the s flange goes in, then the fibre washer is generally sufficient to seal, just a little bit of PTFE around the threads to reduce friction (not to make the seal) and it works absolutely great with a gentle snug down. My understanding is the threads are parallel so they aren’t designed to make the seal. 2) Salamander universal pumps are terrible, they eventually become very slow to switch on after a year or so and this gets progressively worse. I appreciate the customers are to a budget but at the very least they should have gone for a Stuart Turner. Wouldn’t touch a salamander pump with a barge pole anymore.

Great job. Although it really should have an anti gravity loop piped in after the s flange with the pump sitting above the cylinder. Either way looks like the customer will be made up. Ps, that loft looked crazy tight 😳

Petition signed

Signed previously on Nick Bundy's link, think all us tradesmen need to stick together on this a teach those thieving scumbags enough is enough 👍 Really enjoy your blogs to mate 👍

Did the new pump run quieter with the s flange fitted

Hi Mark, thanks for the video. As a keen DIYer I have struggled removing immersers from hot water tanks and I was looking forward to the "little trick " you mentioned at 5:27 in your video - did I miss something? Petition signed BTW

Always squeaky bum time when doing a surrey flange!🤣

Great video Mark. Am I right in saying the cylinder still had its own cold feed still in place and the pipe you videoed with the elbow was the original separate cold supply to the old pump. Keep up the great work excellent learnt a lot Thankyou. Soak

Ive never seen the hot water plumbed in like that on the original 3 sinks.. It looks like it goes up the air vent in to the loft and tyen must go back down again because there was only one draw off from the top of that tank that went in the original positive pressure pump but you reckon only the shower was pumped

Had similar issue with hot water pressure, plumber fitted a single pump on hot water system, fixed pressure issue but was so noisy had to have it removed after six weeks. Resigned to low hot water flow can you recommend a quiet pump. Petition signed

Would it not have been prudent to replace the gate valve on the cold feed to the cylinder for a lever valve whilst you had the system drained down ?

Hi Mark Which wet vacuum do you use and would you recommend it? Cheers

I'm confused, you can not use vent pipe to feed taps , can someone please explain

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My van and all my tools where nicked last week

I always heat it up lol

Why not use bigger grips or spanner to give you more leverage?

Apprentice plumber here! Why should you never touch the gate valves?

Hmm. Salamander hot water entry comes from the top of the cylinder and is linked to the vent (don't remember now, but there is a substantial air gap to the water storage tank). I'm interested in another aspect: is there a risk that the HW pump intake will start drawing air from the vent (which is T'd: cylinder+vent+salamander)? Only just started level 2 CH systems and it is a bit mind boggling sometimes.

Was a combi or unvented cylinder not an option, bet that pump cost a few quid?

A bigger spanner might of helped

Signed. Something really does need to be done.

Ive been turned over more than once, so i signed. He never fitted pump in loft because it is the least prefered position, and no Wd40 wont help

How was the cylinder full when you got the flange in if you drained it all down via the shower and taps?

Did you not consider replacing the cylinder with a pressurised cylinder

Mark, why did you choose a centrifugal pump?

Are all their hots on the right on all taps 😂

fit an essex flange no need to risk trying to get fitting off

What about the tools which aren't stolen ?

good practice to fit a salamander 3port mixer into them pumps incase stat fails salamander pumps are garbage

could be one hell of a vibration on those batons mark

Salamander pumps are rubbish I always use Stuart turner pumps they are brilliant 👍

Is wd40 no good

Why not just stick the pump up in the loft? It would be a lot quieter!

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Get water out and heat it up

just want your credit card to come out and the st less temperamental just better less call backs had more problems just pay the difference over forty years less ag better service. salamander need to take note as there neg pumps don't last as long.