ULTIMATE Plumbing Tips & Hacks You'll ALWAYS Use!

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ULTIMATE Plumbing Tips & Hacks You'll ALWAYS Use!
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@wowtech999 3 ай бұрын

Hello, we have read many of your comments and realized errors in the content. Especially in the tip about combining vinegar and baking soda. We will improve in the following videos, thank you for your comments!

@samuelsungstabtu7527 3 ай бұрын

And also that bit about welding copper with material of "much hugher melting point"...

@rickhunt3183 2 ай бұрын

when a base and acid mix they neutralize each other.perhaps the title should read plumbing click bait for dummies.

@jeffeverde1 4 ай бұрын

Vinegar and baking soda neutralize each other (vinegar is an acid and baking soda is a base). To dissolve mineral buildup, use vinegar alone.

@joserpa8015 4 ай бұрын

Well, the difference is the time you spend in each method (people DECIDES) Is it really dumb or faster???

@SUPERMAR10312 4 ай бұрын

@@joserpa8015it's edited. It's not faster it's slower. Get two pieces of egg shell in two separate containers. Put just vinegar in one and vinegar baking soda in the other. Tell me which is faster at dissolving the calcium egg shell. Calcium like the build up on the shower head.

@loverlyme 3 ай бұрын

Easier to use CLR (calcium, lime, rust). I'm pretty sure it's available in most parts of the world. It's been around for a long time.

@Angels_Are_Vengeful 2 ай бұрын

I'm glad that was within the first minute. Saved myself 22 minutes by not watching the rest.

@Tricknologyinc 2 ай бұрын

@@joserpa8015- People decide? Chemistry is NOT ANARCHY OR DEMOCRACY! DUH!

@garyschultz253 4 ай бұрын

What happened to the heat exchangers that brought me to watch this in the first place ?

@phillyvoodoo 2 ай бұрын

That's what I was wanting for.....lol

@DaisyAzuras 2 ай бұрын

Same

@MW-us3sv 2 ай бұрын

I'm pretty bloody annoyed about this. Oh well, another channel that I will make sure YT doesn't show me ever again.

@PlaneReality 2 ай бұрын

That shows up in the next video... but if ya dont find it there... probably in the next one... or the next... or next.

@quidproquo3933 2 ай бұрын

For real .. cut it short knowing it’s not … thanks for the heads up

@RogueOntheRoad 4 ай бұрын

Actually when you mix baking soda with vinegar the result makes salt. It won't clean as well as using just vinegar. After the cleaning is completed you might use baking soda to neutralize the acid in the vinegar.

@randy-ke8vn 4 ай бұрын

Where is the coiled pipe shown in the thumbnail? 0:57 Also a great way to break it. 6:34 Heat the hose and it will stretch to fit quicker. 18:24 Soldering, not welding.

@duratoke 4 ай бұрын

I did want to see that also.

@randy-ke8vn 4 ай бұрын

@@duratokeClickbait.

@uslanja 2 ай бұрын

Click bait. Hit do not recommend channel. Enough of the dishonest people.

@TheHoneyThief 4 ай бұрын

As someone with 14 years in the trade, many of these 'hacks' are bodge jobs that won't last long. The best DIY jobs can be done properly with a few fittings and a conversation with a shopkeep.

@duratoke 4 ай бұрын

If your going to use your palm to unplug a sink you have to also plug the overflow, otherwise the pressure just comes out there instead of going down the drain.

@kanonierable 3 ай бұрын

All those little detail...

@tonze9829 4 ай бұрын

Instead of the shuttlecock end rather stuff the pipe with stale bread, this will stop the water long enough to complete repair and the bread will soften and flush out of the pipe.

@larrygooch6233 4 ай бұрын

An old plumber i worked for as a kid told me about the bread trick.

@jeffeverde1 14 күн бұрын

Be aware that if you do the bread thing upstream of faucets and shower heads, you'll be cleaning bread out of the aerators when you're done. There are gel pellets that work the same way as a bread plug, or even better, get a set of Jet Swets

@roobtoob2 4 ай бұрын

Nice CRACK in the pipe elbow at 13:41, and what's with the firecracker/carrot/epoxy in the next sequence? What is that is that supposed to accomplish? Perhaps an epoxy-coated carrot canon?

@patsmith6867 4 ай бұрын

. . . . WTF ? I saw that too , Firecracker and a Carrot !

@eddiec2804 3 ай бұрын

And where was the "BOOM"?........ There was supposed to be an Earth shattering "BOOM", 😂

@Paxmax 3 ай бұрын

Evri tyme I tried it, the carrot is long gone b4 I can trim it neatly! 🤣 ...also there is a huge leak indoors now.

@sgct89 4 ай бұрын

12:10 reminds me of when you're impressed at that one log that just won't snap off when you're on the toilet 😂

@OliverKern-zp9iw 4 ай бұрын

My favorite is the carrot seal. What kind of bunglers make videos like this.

@nfr333 2 ай бұрын

i usually use a radish

@JS-ol7jn 2 ай бұрын

Why the lit firework first?

@MrDmadness 2 ай бұрын

Complete and total hacks.

@quackassassin2146 3 ай бұрын

Yes! As a service plumber I love it when people plunge their clogged sinks and blow apart the plastic connections underneath the sink. Or blow fittings apart inside the wall. I get paid good money to tear open and get to those. And you still have to pay me to clear the clogged line I was summoned for in the first place So yes please advise these people to shove pressurized force through their slip joint assembled plumbing fittings. Also the people who make the replacement vanities and cabinetry will love you for it. The people watching your video aren't going to go get a bottle or do it with their hand they're going to grab the plunger which is meant for plunging against a sealed system.

@user-im8yv6ne4f 4 ай бұрын

everybody needs a plumbegr.....ha....thanks for the tips ...i do plumbing on occasion and i learned a few things too...we need more people like you....water on.....

@erichaskell 3 ай бұрын

The problem with heat tape to keep pipes from freezing are twofold: one, the tape or the thermostat controlling it will eventually fail and then your pipe freezes again and two, the heat tape should be plugged in and unplugged seasonally, you'll remember to plug it in after the pipe freezes, again. Solution: find another option such as re- routing the pipes; install shutoff and drains, allow heat to reach the pipes and finally, insulate adequately the pipe from the cold.

@loverlyme 3 ай бұрын

That's not a problem I've ever had. I'm dying of the heat today in Sydney and it's only 27C but the humidity factor is 75%. I'm glad I never have to shovel snow, slip down a driveway or put up with frozen pipes but surely there's a happy medium of almost perfect temperatures and climate somewhere? I think some of the contestants on 'Alone' put it well when they said you have to work WITH nature instead of fighting against it.

@dsandy8110 3 ай бұрын

I don't think the thermostat should be under the insulation on a heat tape or the heat from the tape will shut off the power.

@erichaskell 3 ай бұрын

@@dsandy8110 The thermostat in a house or an apartment is in the heated air.

@TH-eb5ro 3 ай бұрын

I agree with this. Having grown up in the northern hemisphere we do not use this system of heat straps, insulation only as often as it will fail eventually. The weather is getting colder much further south and people are rushing to do this but not doing their homework. Even an insulated pipe can eventually freeze. One building I saw the joints were not cut correctly, that is the area that froze first. Another had installed freeze proof spigots but not angled the valve stems, again frozen burst. Another hose bibb is on the roof, pipe goes through an unheated stairwell with no shut off option. Another the heat straps were plugged into a temperature activated thermostat at the garage wall to leave them plugged in all the time. According to the contractor who installed them is was a 'set and forget' option on the documentation which of course eventually failed. All these little mistakes can cost thousands to repair. An honest contractor will present all options and warn of the risks in each.

@A1Skeptic 4 ай бұрын

@14:37 The narrator is clueless about sweating copper pipe fittings. “To solder copper you need to melt it with materials that have much higher melting points” -No, that would melt the copper pipe! 😂

@gazs7237 3 ай бұрын

As an actual plumber I can safely say that the only good tip in this is the vinegar and shower head.... You don't want or need the baking soda.

@davidhoward5586 3 ай бұрын

Just turn on the water for the shower head and use your thumb to rub the rubber jet tips and this will take care of most problems with partially blocked shower head tips. That’s why they were made with rubber tips in the first place. Easy clean.

@waterbug1135 4 ай бұрын

Baking soda AND vinegar is dumb. People just like to see the fizzing. The vinegar alone, overnight is enough.

@M_Ladd 4 ай бұрын

Yes, I can't wait to see all that fizzing. I can sit there for hours watching it fizz

@larrymead151 4 ай бұрын

@@far_outlooknobody's holding a pipe at 2:35.

@markrainford1219 4 ай бұрын

@@far_outlook It's a bottle of coke pipe.

@omarjassar4650 4 ай бұрын

Baking soda and vinegar = salt and water

@omarjassar4650 4 ай бұрын

@@far_outlook I don't think salt water will clear a drain

@markrainford1219 4 ай бұрын

Why the baking soda in the vinegar? Surely that just neutralises the acid that dissolves the calcium.

@roobtoob2 4 ай бұрын

Use just the vinegar - The acid in the vinegar will dissolve calcium/lime deposits.

@joserpa8015 4 ай бұрын

Well, the difference is the time you spend in each method (people DECIDES) Is it really dumb or faster???

@SUPERMAR10312 4 ай бұрын

@@joserpa8015you're dumb. Baking soda mix is slower

@MrDmadness 2 ай бұрын

@@joserpa8015it's dumb. You only need the vinnegar

@user-dv7hb2sc9m Ай бұрын

As a heating -n- a/c mechanic I often must deal w/ WATER ..... lol, there's a bit of scuttlebutt between these tradesmen but I must tell you that Plumbers are the gods of water/pipes and solutions for one of the toughest things to deal with. I've seen folks berate men of this trade & heard guys within my trade try to bash them as less than another in intelligence = WRONG! The innovations of plumbers is astounding & some of the wittiest I've seen are in Asia whereas they do some real tricks w/ plastic bottles. My hats off to them ALL..... peace & GB ALL

@elisabethellis8851 2 ай бұрын

The wooden plug fix is genius!!!

@quazi.shahin 4 ай бұрын

Nice sharing👍 This is a great upload👍 Thanks a lot for sharing great content👍 I'm Looking forward to watching the next upload👍👍

@hsc-moments-before-disaster 4 ай бұрын

This interesting video is really a great resource for us in handling various situations in life

@nikolap.9963 4 ай бұрын

When replacing the valve on a copper pipe .... disassemble the valve assy. to prevent burning the seal when soldering new valve onto copper pipe. Valve will last much longer than the pre- cooked unit !!!

@redjohnson4859 3 ай бұрын

How does that work on a ball valve?

@nikolap.9963 3 ай бұрын

@@redjohnson4859 same way.... disassemble the valve & solder it ...

@Americal1970 Ай бұрын

I am a retired Pipefitter / Fire Sprinkler Fitter Union. When you use Teflon Tape, you only need to wrap the first 3-4 threads a few wraps to hold the tape in place. Its a complete waist of tape, time, and money. Any tape you can see does nothing. Keep in mind these threads are. TAPERED *. pipe and fittings. The best thread will be one that will using a new fitting and a new thread pipe. By hand screw the fitting on the pipe as soon as the fitting catches the thread.... The fitting should turn by hand 2-2 1/2 turns before it stops (where you have to use a wrench). FYI ELECTRIC CONDUIT THREADS are "STRAIGHT" threads they ARE all the same geometric shape all the same dimension. TAPERED are changing start to finish. Now the bad news. Are you going to go to the hardware store and find pipe and fittings with 2-2 1/2 hand tight start. Not on your life, when you thread your own pipe shoot for the above. Good luck.

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@markwalden4992 4 ай бұрын

I knew this was a click bait from the thumbnail. Copper pipe running in a big circle that would cost a LOT money no not on the video.

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@BoogieChap42 4 ай бұрын

Thanks, a few nice tricks. But stay away from rubber seals. They deteriorate over the years and then roots get in and you make yourself an awful lot of unpleasant work...use butt joints and a ring glued over the joint.

@klevykirkirill9657 4 ай бұрын

😅😅

@michaelheurkens4538 4 ай бұрын

18:25: you are not WELDING copper pipe and fittings, you solder them. These are two completely different processes with different heat requirements and joint "fusion". That's why the silvery stuff is called solder not welding rod.

@eddiec2804 3 ай бұрын

A lot of people keep saying this, but actually it is both. Yes soldering is the process used to connect the two separate pieces permanently(one hopes) together. However, the permanent connection of any two separate components is a weld, regardless of the process used. This includes any process using electrical bonding, chemical and thermal combination. The gluing process for PVC and all variations of such is welding, as is soldering.

@pcno2832 4 ай бұрын

What would a 23 minute 1970s disco party be without ... lots of pipe fitting!!

@ChrisSmith-zm7kg 4 ай бұрын

You show a garden hose being used in plumbing repair. That's a good way to make someone sick in a potable water system. Momma taught us not to drink from a hose when we were little.

@gillihansmobilewelding6318 4 ай бұрын

The only reason drinking from a garden hose would make you sick, is due to the stagnant water sitting in the hose before you turn on the running water. A new hose pipe is harmless or everyone's plants would be dead.

@billycox475 4 ай бұрын

So that's my problem 😂 my mom didn't teach me that

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@paulbaker3144 3 ай бұрын

I see a lot of tools I did not know about. Thanks

@daviddiehl-gy2sq 4 ай бұрын

Put geothermal under the asphalt driveway. Water hot as hell in summer, no snow on the driveway in winter.

@greggbenson8880 3 ай бұрын

The aluminum ball trick made permanent scratches in my faucet

@mavamQ 3 ай бұрын

Wouldn't the baking soda neutralize the acidic nature of vinegar? The acidic nature is what dissolves the Calcium.

@Perfectly_Satisfied 4 ай бұрын

These videos are amazing! We spend hours watching them, when we should be working 😁

@chiliboom6140 4 ай бұрын

What’s with the firework in the pipe before the carrot at 13:50?

@btchpants 4 ай бұрын

I've got a shit-ton of old shuttlecocks lying around! Thanks for the tip!

@wellshutchins6885 3 ай бұрын

6:50 in Forming the PVC with a coil of wire keeps the hose from coming off but leaves a continuous channel for water to leak past

@SUPERMAR10312 4 ай бұрын

I wish these idiots would stop neutralizing the vinegar with baking soda. Plain vinegar is faster. If you want to make quicker progress get the vinegar hot. And it takes no time at all if you just put the vinegar in the bag secure it to the head with a rubberband and then go to bed. When you wake to shower scrub it then. No time wasted. And then you have the bot JOSERPA spouting nonsense in every comment mentioning the stupidity of mixing the vinegar with baking soda.

@vintageringsGarry 4 ай бұрын

Is there a break in event of wind storm? If not looking at shorter life span than normal wind generator which can control direction to null position of blades

@everythingtv1910 2 ай бұрын

it is amazing video thank you for share to view i like it and i wish your channel more success

@FirstName-nf4fx 4 ай бұрын

Insurance companies hare these tricks but plumbers love them.

@hoperules8874 3 ай бұрын

@9:00 if you add salt and lemon peels to the ice cubes in the garbage disposal, it removes 90% of the mold amd sludge

@miguelhokama Ай бұрын

THANK SO MUCH

@rontarr4661 4 ай бұрын

Some of these tips are helpful but so far many of them are totally wrong and harmful to your plumbing

@SCARLETBIRDS 2 ай бұрын

don't use shark bite fittings unless last resort, you can get a crimper, cutter and bag of 100 crimps for like 50 bucks, shark bites are prone to failure after a while and have a weaker connection overall plus cost a lot, they are however good for temporary repairs if you have to wait for real parts

@corinneyeager 4 ай бұрын

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@buzzedalldrink9131 2 ай бұрын

twisted wire wrapped tightly around a hose IS a clamp!!!! instead of a balloon trick to keep cockroaches from going down the drain I think I would try to get rid of the cockroaches!!!!!!

@coreyg3228 2 ай бұрын

Most plumbing videos like this are ridiculous but there are a couple of tricks in here that I actually might use. The pex pipe used to remove a sharkbite fitting. That looks like it would actually work and those small plastic ones are always getting lost. Lifting the toilet with the clamp & using a pencil for the plumbers tape in hard to reach places.

@AmigaA-or2hj 4 ай бұрын

Some good tips, but Funk FPV might like to add a few chats. There you go!

@retiredtom1654 4 ай бұрын

Great ideas... many so easy, but clever solutions to "common" problem hat many DIY'er get into. Thanks!

@1pcmedic 4 ай бұрын

14:43 Much lower melting points, don't want to melt the Copper...

@ranger178 2 ай бұрын

if you don't have a tool to remove tub drain you can take a piece of iron pipe 6 inches or so that fits in the drain and cut notches for cross bars on end of pipe with a grinder and cutoff wheel or hacksaw, then stick it in drain and turn it out with pipe wrench on the top of the tool you just made.

@Spiegelradtransformation 4 ай бұрын

These Hacks, hacks life.

@willemh3319 3 ай бұрын

pls tell me where to get aluminum😮

@bigdipper620 3 ай бұрын

A WRENCH...on a tub drain?? Good way to break them! Also, raw fiberglass insulation on a heat tape?

@donmitchell566 2 ай бұрын

could have lived without the gay bar music

@Brandon-7357 Ай бұрын

How do you know what they play at a gay bar🤔😂

@dividedwefall5382 4 ай бұрын

Coke ALONE didn't do that... It's obviously a pretty new drain first off.. second, it can be a great first or second cleaning act... But you gotta rinse it at least once or twice after the fact, and unless that was brand new (fake rust) coke alone didn't do that if you applied it 10 times, then cleaned AND rinsed...

@loverlyme 3 ай бұрын

Yep, I've tried using coke to clean a toilet bowl and a carpark platform. The usual 'hints' you see online. None of these 'coke' hacks work.

@crabber9368 4 ай бұрын

WOW!!!!

@michaelsohocki1573 4 ай бұрын

"Copper is popular among plumbers for its durability, non corrosion, and nontoxicity!" (and springs come out my ears)

@hartleyhubbard3827 Ай бұрын

"using aluminum is both effective & harmless... and costly, since you're going to do a final rub with a cloth anyway." why didn't you say that? Greg (garden grove, CA usa)

@youngchoi2277 4 ай бұрын

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@corystevenson2041 3 ай бұрын

Put a few copper fittings in strainer for pool and no need for chlorine!!!

@Fjdwucjish 4 ай бұрын

Good 😊

@mayorb3366 2 ай бұрын

Years ago I tried all kinds of rust removers on old farm implements. The most effective one I used was Coca-Cola.

@peanutbutter2597 4 ай бұрын

Dumb dumb ideas don’t use baking soda ??? Just vinegar

@joserpa8015 4 ай бұрын

@waterbug1135 Well, the difference is the time you spend in each method (people DECIDES) Is it really dumb or faster???

@SUPERMAR10312 4 ай бұрын

@@joserpa8015vinegar is faster

@FrustratedBaboon 2 ай бұрын

The green check mark means that if you do it the wrong way it is correct.

@RazaXML 25 күн бұрын

if you melded copper with materials with much higher melting points wouldn't the copper melt?

@martyreaves4955 4 ай бұрын

I see most of the material you're working with is plastic...any tips for copper pipes leaking at a straight junction??

@MrDmadness 2 ай бұрын

Temp fix band clamp and a peice of rubber under

@martyreaves4955 2 ай бұрын

@@MrDmadnessAny tips for proper/permanent repair on same???

@MrDmadness 2 ай бұрын

@@martyreaves4955 replace the compromised section

@Denbot.Gaming Ай бұрын

13:56 yeah and leaves a carrot rotting away in your water supply 🚫

@devinseals8697 Ай бұрын

When putting pipe tape on pipe you need to do 4 wraps by code..... not sure what it would be in your local county.

@samuelsungstabtu7527 3 ай бұрын

Whats with the fire cracker and carrot trick?

@--Mike-- 3 ай бұрын

4:31 NEVER EVER DO THIS!!! I'm a plumper with about 30 years in the trade. The amount of times i went to a customer to reseal these drains, after they removed them for cleaning is uncountable. You risk severe waterdamage to your (or your landlords) property if you just unsrew that drain and screw it right back.

@wowtech999 3 ай бұрын

Thank you for your valuable comments! This is the first time we have researched and made a video on this topic, so there may be many shortcomings. We will take note of your comments for the following videos.

@dessertbooger9397 3 ай бұрын

The only couple things here that can be useful 1 is the clamp spreader inside the bowl as a handle can be useful in tight spaces and the piece of wire to cut piping. Most every thing else is pretty common stuff. Lastly before I’d ever want to jam something into a running water line it’d first use some bread, then some other stuff after. Several of those so called tricks are potentially going to make your situation worse unless you’re a very handy with plumbing and trades in general.

@wowtech999 3 ай бұрын

Thanks for sharing

@user-iu5dh7kd7i 2 ай бұрын

Compression fittings should not get tape or any kind of sealent

@faramarzakbari6933 4 ай бұрын

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@bryangardner4370 2 ай бұрын

Wow...If you need or rely on any part of this video /your already in trouble, if you,ve hired a "professional " and they use a carrot forcibly remove them from your premises

@lonewolf1401 2 ай бұрын

please make lots more videos like this young people of today need them ...

@FloridaMeng 2 ай бұрын

Do not heat pvc without immaculate ventilation.

@user-el3ub1ym4r 4 ай бұрын

these do not work

@RitinPali 4 ай бұрын

@15:15 Any better way to remove the broken tap part from the pipe?

@undrline 4 ай бұрын

if the part you're trying to remove is plastic, and the thing it's stuck inside is metal, like their first example, you could just cut the plastic part all the way through (turning an O into a C) and pry up one of the edges.

@RitinPali 4 ай бұрын

@@undrline Thanks. No its metal like shown in the video

@ErickVeldhuis 4 ай бұрын

Haha 6:50 you are turning it the wrong way haha

@golffoxtrotyankeehooligan222 3 ай бұрын

I’m trying to understand what the hell the purpose of throwing the firecracker up in the pipe, then shoving a carrot into it, and then using an AB compound to seal the pipe, again why did you throw a firecracker in there?

@user-jo4cz9cq2g 4 ай бұрын

🙏

@elisabethellis8851 2 ай бұрын

Need more explanation on whats even going on at times

@disson3nce196 Ай бұрын

Did anyone notice that at 1347 there's a piece of dynamite thrown into a tube and then plugged with a carrot and then nothing happens what happened to the dynamite

@gaylonrose6713 3 ай бұрын

😂I waited all the way thru to see & hear what the copper coils on the wall were for. Instead, nothing

@Kshrc1 4 ай бұрын

I found most of these "hacks" useless and won't work or pointless. I mean get some plumber's tape if you have to go get a balloon and cut it up. DUH!!

@matthewp5242 21 күн бұрын

As a real plumber. Don’t do most of these things. There is a reason we don’t. Unless you want to call a plumber to inevitability come fix it correctly. Most of this stuff is for after the apocalypse has happened lol. However still entertaining to watch. So thank you for that.