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Thank you for all of your videos, beautifully informative, I admire your passion and knowledge on this subject. You have helped immeasurably in my kitchen, cloakroom & now bathroom refit. Cheers 🍻

Hi James, I have been following stuff on your channel for a while now, providing enough to give me confidence to do a bathroom refit last year and more recently a cloakroom. Imagine my surprise when the supplier of the vanity furniture and sink etc linked me to this video on how to do the install of the resin sink I bought. First class job as usual, keep up the great work.

@plumberparts

Жыл бұрын

Haha! Thanks very much man! 😂

At the moment I’m in college studying plumbing and your vids have helped me a lot like to say thanks mate

Hi - I've seen a few of your videos over the years. I'm fitting a vanity sink for my daughter and her partner this weekend - great video, lots of useful tips as usual. And I didn't know you could get digital spirit levels - gonna put that on my Christmas list!

Very, very helpful. Doing my own bathroom and this is great stuff for me as an amature. 👍👍👋

Well done James Text book excellent 👍 “ your as mad as the Brush” Keep them coming Mark B

Best way to finish my Saturday evening. Great video James 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼

I wish I found this video before I started trying to do the job myself. It’s so helpful!!

James I usually do the waste up dry and put corresponding marks on each pipe or fitting then glue them.

I can smell the solvent weld through the screen 😅 Loved this series, thanks mate

Solvent weld also goes off pretty much immediately so don't stop putting the joint together.

Love your videos. Always thought plumbers mate was for diy didn't realise proper plumbers use it

@johnbrookshull

2 жыл бұрын

They havent for about 10 years!

Just done 19 bathrooms in a little block, 40yo plumber here, used clear silicone on the 1 1/4 and the 1 1/2 for the shower waste!! 😢😭 lol. Needs must lol

I personally always fit my flexi onto a isolation valve, but see a lot of plumbers saying you shouldn’t as isolation valve not flat and ruins the rubber in the flexi? Great video

Another quality video, my go to guide bar none

Great video James happy Saturday.

Not long finished fitting one of those exact vanity units (from Wholesale Direct) . Never again! The fact that the drawers are not removable forced me to do the entire underside plumbing, then fit the sink last. Annoyed, because I had to get all my fittings measured to within a millimeter. Took ages compared to a unit with removable drawers. Also, I used a quality double-sided mounting tape instead of glue to stick the sink to the unit. Worked a charm. Good video. Avoid Wholesale Direct is the message. Oh, and I used a basin mate kit instead of plumbers mait. You absolutely positively have to use something, as the seals it comes with are about as useful as a chocolate fireguard.

Thanks 🙏🏼 enjoyed your video and learnt a lot 😊

Hi, what silicon or glue do i use to add more security when attaching wall mount bathroom cabinet?

Great vids mate, you have helped me out enormously.

What a pukka channel. So refreshing to see a real guy doing real shizzle 😊. Great work dude.

If we have vanities that don’t fit flush and they are timber we plane a bit off the bottom of the vanity makes for a perfect fit

My hot water pipe is on the right I’m in the uk does it matter if my hot water tap is on the right going through

All my years I’ve never seen someone use plumbers mate on a waste

Really good job, Where did you get the vanity unit from? Any links

Thanks

@plumberparts

2 жыл бұрын

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u do ma heid in but ensure i never need a plumber!

Shouldn't you wait for the solvent weld to dry before running water through it?

Hiya mate, could you point me in the direction of a video where you have to hang a radiator to suit the pipe/valves already there? Like the heating pipes in your bathroom now, the process you go through to find where you put your brackets on the wall so the rad hangs exactly in position for those valves to go straight onto it. Thank you 👍

Should you use tap tails on the service valves to give a flat seal as opposed to connecting flexi straight onto valves bevelled edge ?

@sdgelectronics

2 жыл бұрын

yes!

@sergiofernandez3725

2 жыл бұрын

Can use the spare parts from a radiator kit when customer asks for TRV's to be fitted. Flexi will screw onto part and smooth end can go into service valve. Alternatively get service valves with flat edge/face

James quality vid again mate - can you let us know where you got the sink and vanity unit from and the make please? Just what we’re looking for

@plumberparts

2 жыл бұрын

Hi Wayne, Can't actually remember where I originally bought it from but you can find it on Amazon here: amzn.to/3uM0H6b

Top job 👌

I am amazed that the syphon is not made to fit next to the wall instead of under the basin. I modified mine and now have a drawer without a big cavity in the centre.

@plumberparts

2 жыл бұрын

Answering in the next comments vid!

Take the draws out if you want to make the job easier🤣

Where did you buy the vanity unit from?

@plumberparts

2 жыл бұрын

Answering in the next comments vid!

Could u do a video on how to size a radiator for a room or do u use a app

Where did you source them tap isolators? I couldn't find them anywhere at the weekend.

So I installed mine and it’s great but the water drains very very very slowly it’s really annoying, it’s all new install so it’s not a clog, how do I fix this?

but how do you change the tap on one thats already fitted : tap connection not visible . .

What was the "glue" used to fix the basin to the vanity unit?

@geoffwoollen

2 жыл бұрын

In my opinion it's best not to glue sink to vanity unit this way. If you ever need to remove it you'll destroy unit. Better to use kitchen fitter practice... place the sink on loose, then run a bead of silicone around the inside top edge (and maybe outside). This fixes it. If you ever need to remove just run a knife through the silicone and sink comes off without damage to vanity unit. But that's just my opinion.😉

Sausage fest around James👍👍

@user-zv7lm8uk7h

2 жыл бұрын

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How long do you have to leave the solvent weld glue to set before you test it?

@dononebullen

2 жыл бұрын

Solvent weld doesn't take long I expect it will say on the bottle but usually done in 5 minutes. Solvent weld is used for waste pipe not a water feed I usually run the tap after 15 minutes

@waldnol7138

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks

@plumberparts

2 жыл бұрын

Answering in the next comments vid!

This is a carpenters job🤔(that's what my builders plumbers keep telling me🤪) C'mon James I'm still trying to get in touch with you🤞

James... quick question. Watching many (way too many) of your videos... you seem to frown on the use of the isolation valves you've used here. What's the crack with their use then? Also was this carried out on a Friday... a Flexi-friday! 😅

@plumberparts

2 жыл бұрын

Cheaper than levers! that's about it though, they are prone to leaking and going wrong though....

@Sparks1Plumbers0

2 жыл бұрын

@@plumberparts Aren't they just. Trying to get any in our own property swapped out to F/B lever valves. One thing then about these horrid little compression valves... is there any decent one's out there or are they all prone to being 'leaky-leaky' valves? BTW.. loving your extended series on this bathroom refurb. And as Emily might be heard saying... "get on with it"🤣

@plumberparts

2 жыл бұрын

Answering in the next comments vid!

Which manufacturer is that bottle trap? McAlpine? My bathroom fitter fitted an S trap to a down pipe and I struggled with bad odours in the bathroom. I bought one from B&Q which leaked like mad, then tried a Wirquin which is much better but not quite perfect and has the worst nut ever!

@markyheth

2 жыл бұрын

Yep it's a McAlpine. I was so pleased with the one in my ensuite that I have got another for my main bathroom that I'm on with now. Mine came from Screwfix.

Nice camera work. Same vanity unit I'll be buying. Would you also use bottle trap on kitchen sink waste rather than a U-bend? Thanks

@daleprosser350

2 жыл бұрын

If you use a bottle trap for the kitchen sink it’ll have more of a chance to block than a normal P trap due to the way they are shaped inside

@elfidge1

2 жыл бұрын

@@daleprosser350 P trap all the way then unless space is in issue?

@daleprosser350

2 жыл бұрын

@@elfidge1 yeah P trap is the standard, or you can get specifically a kitchen sink trap with connections for a washing machine/dishwasher waste to connect onto if you need it

@daleprosser350

2 жыл бұрын

I should’ve mentioned it’s food that would block up the bottle trap

@elfidge1

2 жыл бұрын

@@daleprosser350 Nice one in that case only thing I took from this video was to get the anti-syphon valve simply to stop gurgling. Appreciate the replies fella, thank you

I used it in a bus for special trips

What's that tool called on your drill you use to clean up the pipe 🤔 also what's the name of that roll of squared metal Sanding strip please

@user-zv7lm8uk7h

2 жыл бұрын

A biggie slip.

@user-zv7lm8uk7h

2 жыл бұрын

Or a “rubber.”

Where’s the vanity sink from?

I'd of liked to see how the draws come off and on as I only do repairs and no installs

@Lyndalewinder

2 жыл бұрын

You pull them out and up at the same time and the whole drawer lifts out. I just bought one of these units!

@tirvplumbing

2 жыл бұрын

Similar to kitchen units some of them will have a bit on the rail you have to press to release as well.

@bartoszchmal572

2 жыл бұрын

on the side of the drawer there are some blanks, pop them off and there are adjustments to drawer high and also 2 small levers to realise drawer from rails

You don't even allow a few minutes for the solvent weld to set? Or you just sped up the video?

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Silicone sealant the worst thing you can use, definitely plumbers mate far better.... The amount of problems with people have used silicone sealant , that have started leaking, it's a bad idea...

I'd of liked to see how the draws come off and on. Always struggle with this as I do repairs and no installs.

@bodyblow

2 жыл бұрын

Either just pull it out and lift or screws underneath

@user-zv7lm8uk7h

2 жыл бұрын

Reach in about three inches and curve your finger up.

Silicone is top job. Plumbers mate disintegrates

totally unrelated - why plumbers insist on getting 200L cylinders from their suppliers for like 2k when I can get one fully fitted with accessories needed for under £800!!!! am I being taken for a ride as the profession enables them to? yes I am frustrated having to pay 6.9k (2k for cylinder) to get a vented cylinder replaced with an unvented cylinder!

I wish you had fitted our new sink and cabinet. The sink moved and pulled off the cold water feed and flooded the bathroom, hallway and kitchen ceiling and floor...😡 It was fitted by a so called plumber...

Don’t get why I spent years training to do my job when videos like this and the whole purpose of your channel is to encourage people to DIY plumbing and inform them how to do it step by step. Ridiculous really, it’s like a doctor training then making videos saying this is how you do open heart surgery yourself, don’t need to pay me to do it when I can tell you how to step by step for free.

@plumberparts

2 жыл бұрын

Answering in the next comments vid!

@sugarpuff2978

Жыл бұрын

Do you actually pay fully qualified car mechanics, barbers etc or do you get someone to try and do it "cheap"? I bet you don't pay qualified people the whole time. They have also been through training to earn money too just like you.

Where's the vanity basin from?