Bathroom design decision made for the basin location and we move onto the bit ive been looking forward to.... the cylinder install

In 35 years of plumbing I can say I’ve only ever had to fit one IKEA basin and that was one too many. I’ve just had to fit a customer supplied bathroom and they got the shower screen/door too large for the opening despite being told the dimensions to order. Fortunately Plumbase came to the rescue and they will have a new bathroom for Christmas. 😂😂😂 I feel your pain Mark.

@jimh4072

7 ай бұрын

“Despite being told the dimensions to order” I just love that, my mate does this all the time with me, I tell him what to buy and he comes back with something else. The story is usually “but it was cheaper and the store said it would be ok” 😂😂😂

@MJTiffPlumbing

7 ай бұрын

Good old Plumbase to the rescue👌🏼👌🏼

@neilgibbs3880

7 ай бұрын

@@jimh4072 I know how you feel. I did a “favour” for my best mate. He wanted a new toilet put in a really small cramped bathroom. I gave him the details and sent him off shopping an hour later he returned “ with a real bargain “. Apparently it was “ really cheap “. I told him it was no good as it was too big. He told me it would be ok. So to teach him I took out the old toilet and made him put the new one in place. Surprise surprise you now couldn’t open the shower door more than 2ft and he’s not the thinnest bloke and couldn’t get in the shower. 🤣🤣🤣 ( he did return it and get the size I’d asked for )

I never like the square basin and oval bath the two diffrent shapes give me ocd... Personal opinion. Great review and from a plumbers experience hopefully customers can see this and ynderstand. Great and thanks

@MJTiffPlumbing

7 ай бұрын

Yep I know exactly what you mean…. Keep it either square or curved

I genuinely get so excited when I’ve got an unvented job booked, I don’t even know why, usually end up just smashing my knees to bits 🤷‍♂️

@MJTiffPlumbing

5 ай бұрын

You know what, so do I….. really enjoy doing them

Hi mark, ikea products oh no, I can’t remember ever seeing flexi pipes with only a 4mm bore 🤔, those products make the job hard work. It all appears to be coming along nicely now, should be a nice job installing the cylinder with plenty space to work in. Hope it all went well for you, take care, regards Chris. 👍👍👍

@MJTiffPlumbing

7 ай бұрын

Yep…. 4mm bore is ridiculous isn’t it. The tiniest bit of dirt and that’s blocked straight away

Throw the trap in the bin where it belongs and install a yellow builders bucket with a note saying empty every day.😂 There is nothing worse than customers doing the tippy tappy on the tintanet. IKEA grrrrrrr

@MJTiffPlumbing

7 ай бұрын

Hahahah brilliant

I agree it must be a nightmare when the customer provides the parts and fittings.

I see that you still having fun and games with the Ikea equipment. 😯😯. The hot water tank looks like its going to be a good job 👍👍

Looking forward to seeing the cylinder install. G3 for me next year once I get the NVQ done 😊

@MJTiffPlumbing

7 ай бұрын

Hopefully will be Sundays video👍🏼👍🏼

Feel your pain Mark, when a customer suggests supplying the goods I always ask where from, followed by past experiences and always carry a shit ton of alternative brochures! 😄

@MJTiffPlumbing

7 ай бұрын

I hear you mate….. unfortunatly they had all ready got all the stuff 🤦🏻‍♂️🤦🏻‍♂️

It’s getting there 👍👍👍👍🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄

@MJTiffPlumbing

7 ай бұрын

Indeed it is

I had to fit something similar what nightmare, I had to use a flexi trap in the end...

@MJTiffPlumbing

7 ай бұрын

Yep that’s one way around it

The Ikea traps are bit nifty. One advice regarding them. The overflow goes to the left or right side pipe. You need to drill 10-12mm hole there first. The top pipe on the trap is reserve for a washing machine connection. And we normally continue the pipe work with 32mm white pipe and fits. But you managed to make it look good, good work!

I’ve fitted a few of those , not too bad once you’ve fitted a couple .

Fitted a small IKEA sink in my daughters bathroom . All I can say is , what an absolute Ball ache!!! The waste had to be spot on in the right place or the drawers wouldn't close. Never again!!!!😢😢

@MJTiffPlumbing

7 ай бұрын

Nightmare ain’t they

You fitted the basins from b&q cant remember the range name. The wastes are very similiar actual ballache 😂

@MJTiffPlumbing

7 ай бұрын

Proper ball ache mate….. these are from IKEA… customer supplied

Good luck Mark

@MJTiffPlumbing

7 ай бұрын

Thanks mate

IKEA specials. What could possibly go wrong😂😂😂

@MJTiffPlumbing

7 ай бұрын

🤣🤣🤣

I fitted replaced some fexis the other day because there was a small leak which appeared to coming down from the end connected to the taps. But even after replacing it there's still a leak! Any tips/advice would mean much appreciated

ikea have all there own sizes like the kitchens and the cookers ect they even keep the same styles down the line but change the sizes again like how thick the doors are ect so if you go later on to replace the part the same style setup wont fit right lol

Would you of considered fitting drain offs on both hot and cold or the mixed feed etc ???

Don't forget to plug in the LED strip light Mark

@MJTiffPlumbing

7 ай бұрын

That’s one for you electricians 🤣🤣🤣….. into that invisible spur

Would it be better to do the tiling first and then fit the suite & rad'?

@MJTiffPlumbing

2 ай бұрын

Yep

Next time a customer asks you if you can install an ikea / bnq bathroom ask em to ask if the supplier also provides a plumber ! I do usually works a treat 👍

@MJTiffPlumbing

7 ай бұрын

Hahahah I like that

@ianjohnson7569

7 ай бұрын

In 44 years of plumbing have fitted 3 bnq bathrooms mainly when I was young n daft but they were a nightmare swore after the last one never to fit another ! Customers want a silk purse after giving you a pigs lug !!

A couple of weeks ago, you did a video when you going to show unvented cylinder job mate ?

@MJTiffPlumbing

7 ай бұрын

Yes I did…. And if you watch this video you will see when it’s coming…

Yet again another good watch, I’m assuming people buy from IKEA for the price? On the first bathroom there was a cable running with the waste what was that for?

@MJTiffPlumbing

7 ай бұрын

That cable is for a strip light on the back wall….. however I don’t know what it’s getting attached to🤣🤦🏻‍♂️🤷🏼‍♂️🤷🏼‍♂️

With those tiny bore flexys, it's going to take a long time to fill that basin! 😭

@MJTiffPlumbing

7 ай бұрын

It’s not too bad to be honest as it’s a fully pressurised system….. more of that to come

Who would be a plumber eh Mark🤔merry christmas

@MJTiffPlumbing

7 ай бұрын

I ask myself that very same question daily 🤣🤣

I fitted my Ikea kitchen about 3yrs ago, kitchen itself was fine until I came to the waste, utter pants! At least that waste you used has a trap, the kitchen ones don't seem to come with them, which is madness as its used more than a bathroom sink! Didn't use ikea tap though as they look nasty, went with a Quooker hot tap. This one fit global fits all sucks nuts at times. Make them to suit each country.

Don’t forget to check boilers got a bypass 👍 IKEA I feel your pain 😣

@MJTiffPlumbing

7 ай бұрын

There’s a bypass on the primary’s mate…. Wait and see😉

@harrisonruss99

7 ай бұрын

@@MJTiffPlumbing never doubted it for a minute mate 😉

Where was the towel rad from please? @10:19

@stuartday1876

7 ай бұрын

Sorry @6:44

@MJTiffPlumbing

7 ай бұрын

QX I think mate 👍🏼

👍

🤘😎🤘 tries the patience of a saint fitting the shit folk supply 🙏

@MJTiffPlumbing

7 ай бұрын

Indeed it does buddy

@SuperWayneyb

7 ай бұрын

@@MJTiffPlumbing That’s why I refuse to do it unless on day rate plus any extra materials. And 100% never for mates 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂🤘😎🤘🫖☕️🍰

Love the bathroom depression session. I refuse to fit customer-supplied materials. I want to make a sale by using my merchant-supplied goods. Plus I have after-sales support and products that actually fit and are manageable.

Any job where the customer has supplied stuff like this has to be subject to the PITA tax. 😉

@MJTiffPlumbing

7 ай бұрын

Hahahah soooo true

How many people have to go back to pick up parts that are missing 😅

@MJTiffPlumbing

7 ай бұрын

Everyone 🤣🤣

I think ikea do kit houses ?!

@MJTiffPlumbing

7 ай бұрын

Wouldn’t surprise me

@jimh4072

7 ай бұрын

Was there not a newspaper story about some a few weeks ago? They were covered in mould I believe. 🙄

@MJTiffPlumbing

7 ай бұрын

😮😮

Can’t believe the customer is letting you install all the downstairs toilet/basin before painting the walls?? Mad considering how much money it looks like there spending in the whole house??!!

Foreign muck 😂

Every thing is made in outer Mongolia lool

@MJTiffPlumbing

7 ай бұрын

Hahahaaa

Hate the ikea stuff. Used compression, push and solvent all together to get them to work. Horrible stuff

@MJTiffPlumbing

7 ай бұрын

Yep…. Complete pain

@tonymcfeisty2478

7 ай бұрын

The best place for that Ikea waste is to fit it in the rubbish bin without even bothering to open the bag it comes in and then replace with proper waste fittings. Mcalpine do an equivalent fitting for everything in the ikea kit, though it may be a little bit bulkier.

@jimh4072

7 ай бұрын

My mate got me to fit an ikea washbasin during Covid, ended up buying a new waste fitting from Screwfix and still had to use a load of silicone around it to stop the leak. 😂

Rubbish taps with about a 4mm supply not very good if tank fed the flexi pipes looked very thin also

@MJTiffPlumbing

7 ай бұрын

Exactly my point mate…… luckily this system is mains and pressurised HW so it’s not too bad. But how rubbish is that bore size

I think them basins look garbage sat on the top of a cupboard

@MJTiffPlumbing

7 ай бұрын

👍🏼👍🏼

IKEA crap always over engineered 🤦‍♂️ 👍👍🤜

Looks unnecessary large for the size of room.

@MJTiffPlumbing

7 ай бұрын

I agree

IKEA just NO

@MJTiffPlumbing

7 ай бұрын

👌🏼👌🏼👏🏼👏🏼

Garbage fitting bin um and fit English gear

Did no one think to tell them they need a smaller basin/unit….?