Handyman strikes again! Life of a jobbing plumber
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Handyman strikes again! Life of a jobbing plumber
In this episode.. I have a basin tap to replace, using the today tools tap kit, then an emergency call out to a boiler not holding pressure..turns out a handyman had been doing a job there the day before.. whats he done!
And finally a Rf thermostat to replace...
00:00 Introduction
02:51 Replacing a basin tap
08:07 Boiler not holding pressure
15:06 Replacing a RF Thermostat
20:45 Outro
Пікірлер: 108
This is by no way or means a dig at handymen or women.. it’s aimed purely at the one that did this in this video, and is a joke ❤😂 #pleaselikeshareandsubscribe
@CommercialGasEngineerVideos
Ай бұрын
It wasn't me ok. I'm a man but there's nothing handy about me.
@Heatking
Ай бұрын
@@CommercialGasEngineerVideos 😂😂😂😂
i have no idea why this has just dawned on me, that as a gas engineer myself, for some reason i enjoy watching all of these youtube channels of various people doing the same things i do day in day out... have no idea why... thought id have had enough of it during the day... clearly not 🤣🤣
@Heatking
Ай бұрын
Haha, I’d be lying if I said I didn’t do the same mate. We are a strange breed haha.
@charliewillis8527
Ай бұрын
You just like Dan and his pressfit Gun.its nice to see how other people do things you can pick up tips and ideas I love the fold up buckets use them all the time .the jobs so much easier than when I started the power tools etc
@Heatking
Ай бұрын
@@charliewillis8527 😂😂 the folding bucket is wicked to be fair. I’d have to use a rubble sack if i didn’t have one! Cheers for the support buddy
Great content Dan.....EPH controls are excellent
@Heatking
Ай бұрын
Cheers mate. Yeh I do like the EpH controls. Very reliable!
Great video pal,I enjoy tap changes ect ,all different and some easy and some hard to change
@Heatking
Ай бұрын
Yeh I enjoy the reactive type jobs, normally in and out and paid 😂
Thanks
@Heatking
Ай бұрын
Thank you so much Alex!!! Legend! ♥️♥️♥️
@AlexRocks24-7
Ай бұрын
@@Heatking you welcome. Great video and super fun to watch 🤓👌🏼
You done well getting the press head in mate, looked very tight. 😎👍
@Heatking
Ай бұрын
Was mate to be fair. Only just got it in 🤦🏽♂️
That’s going to be a difficult floor to sort out. Amazed at the number of customers changing our perfectly good taps when they could easily fit replacement cartridges themselves.
@Heatking
Ай бұрын
Keeps us in jobs haha. Yeh it is going to be difficult, I advised they put some protection around the pipes and cement it level. Not sure whether that’s the best like.
May is a quieter month! Make the most of it 🎉
@Heatking
Ай бұрын
You’re right, I should be haha!
We’re quiet Aswel corporate company, doing 2 jobs a day at min, max I’ve dine in last month is 4 jobs!
‘Scrap’ has gone right up again……copper is over 5 grand a ton! Took in 2 bags of copper and 1 brass not even that heavy and got £170!
@Heatking
Ай бұрын
It’s times like this I wish I had plenty 😂😂😂
I feel you big time. Been on my own 3 years always had plenty of work booked in advance. Struggling to even pay my bills recently, no idea what's going on, or what I'm going to do! Hopefully stuff picks up sharpish, and I hope your work picks up mate.
@tomstrutton4351
Ай бұрын
I was quiet jan and feb….slowly started to pick up again
@Heatking
Ай бұрын
Glad it’s starting to pick up Tom!
@Heatking
Ай бұрын
Hope it does for you too Zach! If you can ride it out until Winter I’m sure it’ll all be fine! 🙏🏽
😮😮, another good un Dan.
@Heatking
Ай бұрын
Cheers Paul
This is outrageous. 3 follow throughs on same run of pipe.🙄. Top job Dan❤ handy man needs to go to school. Absolute tool
@Heatking
Ай бұрын
I couldn’t believe it myself either mate 😂😂 cheers for the support as always mate
@user-li8gr8ur8l
Ай бұрын
I have that Temu wire stripper. It ain’t too bad❤
Sometimes you have to suck those services/LLord jobs up. You know shit will hit the fan soon as you think it's quiet, back into breakdowns and new stuff you will battle with. You and Tiff need to do a collab. Proper renovation.
@Heatking
Ай бұрын
Haha I’d love that, will have to ask him! Yeh I can’t wait for back into breakdowns etc some actual interesting content 😂😂 cheers for the support Russ!
Dan it happens mate. You’re a great plumber so I’m sure it will pick up pal!!
@Heatking
Ай бұрын
Cheers mate. Appreciate that. Hopefully you’re right haha
Work wise up here in Stockport is really quiet. Been SE jobbing plumber for 18 years now and never not been busy. This week I’ve got 2 jobs booked in, I normally have 4-6 a day.
@Heatking
Ай бұрын
Cheers Ian, it seems to be a requiring comment tonight that. :( we are all feeling it! 😞
@Ian20232
Ай бұрын
@@Heatking even the merchants are feeling it. One of the main suppliers to the merchants up here normally does around £12M a month but they are down 35% already
@5084204
Ай бұрын
Southampton, mybuilder - single cistern valve replacement. 4 interested within 20 minutes (!)
Same here. Mainly routine and reactive work. Larger projects are in the pipeline. Booked, but being deferred by customers. Both private householders and landlord work. Somehow, things are getting more expensive. I wonder why?
@Heatking
Ай бұрын
Yeh I wonder why too! Glad it’s not just me mate!
@loafersheffield
Ай бұрын
@@Heatking Inflation. I could go into details... it's a long story.
@Heatking
Ай бұрын
@@loafersheffield haha. I feel you’re on the right lines
Hope it picksup for you soon Dan i have seen some bad times 1990 -1992 was bad then it picked up
@Heatking
Ай бұрын
Cheers Charlie! Showing your age there haha! I was only born in 1990!
Don't trust a handyman to do plumbing just get a plumber to do the work
@Heatking
Ай бұрын
True! ♥️
Taps are scrap and brass is great money at the minute 😂
@Heatking
Ай бұрын
Haha true that mate!
Great vid! Feel your pain on the work front 😫 and the content running out 😭 same boat! That middle one was a gem of a job though! The first 2 screws, he’s a donkey, the 3rd I feel bad for him as he probably couldn’t do that again if he tried 😂 surely when you put a board down that you’ve just had up and see 2 pipes running below, you give it a second thought…?!
@Heatking
Ай бұрын
Haha, he was just having a bad day mate I think 😂, Yeh work and content is slim on the ground at the minute! Hopefully it’ll improve come winter! Thanks for the comment Richie 🙏🏽
Gone pretty quiet for me as well unfortunately. Got a few bits booked in but haven’t got a full week next week and I’m usually 2-4 weeks in advance. Bloody hate being quiet!
@Heatking
Ай бұрын
It seems from the comments there’s quite a few of us in the same boat mate :(
We work on site and for the last three years end of May to middle of June is always quite not sure why
@Heatking
Ай бұрын
Do you think it’s cause people are saving to go on holidays?
@KingPongFish
Ай бұрын
@@Heatking maybe not really thought of that mate
There’s ya problem 9:05 😂😂😂😂 hope work picks up for ya fella
@Heatking
Ай бұрын
Cheers Matt! I’m sure it will 🙏🏽
Surely that’s some of record for screwing into heating pipe work?
@Heatking
Ай бұрын
Haha it probably is! Dont think any didn’t miss! 😂😂
hey mate...jobbing plumber here in antrim...dead as last few days
@Heatking
Ай бұрын
Cheers Dave, it’s a strange time at the minute. Quiestest I’ve known it for years!
Been self employed for 20 years and April and May are always quiet months, think the handyman is going to be seeing your bill😃, out of interest how much do you charge for a tap change I charge £60
@Heatking
Ай бұрын
I think you’re right there mate with April and May always being quiet! And £70 to replace a tap buddy.
@5084204
Ай бұрын
@@Heatking Is it the same for a bathtub taps?
@Heatking
Ай бұрын
@@5084204 yeh 👍🏼
I think it's just the fact that everything is so expensive
@Heatking
Ай бұрын
Yeh I think that’s definitely one of The reasons mate
Great video again, you say basic jobs etc… how much you roughly charging for tap swaps etc and basic repairs Do you feel like these basic jobs inherit cheaper prices. Your in an out in 30/40 mins Do you feel like oh it’s a £20/30 pound job as you feel guilty or do you have a minimum charge not matter what the job is
@Heatking
Ай бұрын
Hi mate, thanks for the comment. I have a flat hourly rate for tap changes, toilet repairs and the likes, and it’s £70 The only time I’d charge £20-£30 would be if I was doing something like topping up the pressure on a regular customers boiler
If it's not the handyman it's the dad especially on a Saturday morning 😩
@Heatking
Ай бұрын
😂 had one of them this weekend
Another great video mate, I can neither confirm nor deny doing runs to the scrapyard in my last job 😂. How’s the new van?
@Heatking
Ай бұрын
Hahaha absolutely brilliant comment 😂 Cheers mate, and loving the new van 😍
Dont you just love trying to explain the new stuff to the oldies lol
@Heatking
Ай бұрын
😂😂 it’s the worst! I’d rather core a flue hole 😂😂😂
Next time you fit a CP4 and you’re not using open therm, pop that black terminal block out and it’ll make life much easier getting cables in especially when it’s tight. 😁
@Heatking
Ай бұрын
Why didn’t I think of that! 😆😞 Thanks mate, great shout!
Where do you get your work from? How much do you charge for a tap change
@Heatking
Ай бұрын
Recommendations and £70
Keep up the great videos...i have the todays tools 2 piece tap.spanner set. But dont have the sockets for the mononlocks...do you have a link please
@Heatking
Ай бұрын
Cheers Paul appreciate that! Here’s the link. :) they’re quite short but only the same as the tapex kit directplumbingsupplies.com/product/mono-tap-10-11-12-13mm-1-3-drive-63mm-deep-sockets?gad_source=1&gclid=CjwKCAjwgdayBhBQEiwAXhMxtj8Q4U2f5hkTU74WPQzKEAxh2EOexMp_6aX2QCxi7oGxFhylmcyrURoClxAQAvD_BwE
@pault3705
Ай бұрын
Cheers
@btmanbirdman1
21 күн бұрын
Do you have a link to buy the 2 piece tap full spanner set, cheers keep the video's coming
@Heatking
20 күн бұрын
@@btmanbirdman1 if you click on the above link, and search todays tools, you’ll find them mate ♥️
Dear god, I made my comment then pressed play and its another hole 12:13 , what f@@@ calamity 😂😮
@Heatking
Ай бұрын
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
I call my scrap MONEY 💰 Lee
@Heatking
Ай бұрын
Hahaha that’s true mate! 😍
New build is dead maybe that's why it's quiet?
@Heatking
Ай бұрын
Could be that Neil! Didn’t think of that!
Hi mate see you use the m12 I’m think of getting it is it worth? I your content good 👍
@Heatking
Ай бұрын
Hey mate thank you. And do you mean the m12 combi drill? Or the press gun?
@ieuanhughes8521
Ай бұрын
@@Heatking all of m12 line of tools in general 👍
@Heatking
Ай бұрын
@@ieuanhughes8521 to be honest I can’t fault them, bigger than a 2.0amp battery would be advised, as they don’t last long hahaha
🤘😎🤘🫖☕️🍪🎥👍
@Heatking
Ай бұрын
Cheers Wayne ❤❤❤
Gotta earn back my 1st title !!
@Heatking
Ай бұрын
Haha yesssssss♥️
@thegrinch295
Ай бұрын
@@Heatking OMG bruh !! Splinters mate SPLINTERS !!! Also I wanna say a big thank you for helping me sort out my Franke sink problem I had. Bought the parts and replaced the whole basket. Turns out the old one had the nut fused on to the long screw. Who would’ve thought this would happened within 2 years. Thanks Dan for another great job
@Heatking
Ай бұрын
@@thegrinch295 yeh I wouldn’t have thought it would have happened in such a short time. Do you use aggressive cleaners on it? And you’re more than welcome! It’s payback for the support you give me on here!
@thegrinch295
Ай бұрын
@@Heatking probably once just as a yearly maintenance. But I never thought it would do that. Good to know
@Heatking
Ай бұрын
@@thegrinch295 it shouldn’t do that but it does haha
if you did not use pressfit what woukld you use? solder? comp fitting?
@Heatking
Ай бұрын
Solder mate, I’d of spent a bit of time clearing the water 👍🏼
We’re quiet Aswel corporate company, doing 2 jobs a day at min, max I’ve dine in last month is 4 jobs!
@Heatking
Ай бұрын
It’s strange times at the moment. Glad it’s not just me!