Williams Plumbing & Heating
Williams Plumbing & Heating
We're Williams: Montana’s largest plumbing and civil contractor. On this channel, we share plumbing and heating tips, DIY dos and don'ts, pros and cons of everything from PEX to hydronic systems, and cutting-edge technology like the Moen Flo and the HoloLens 2. If you're a homeowner, DIYer, or simply interested in the trades, subscribe to our channel to learn trade trips from a pro.
Williams has been family-owned and -operated since 1980, serving the communities of Bozeman, Billings, and Big Sky in Montana. We We offer a comprehensive line of quality plumbing, civil construction, HVAC, green energy, consulting, and service solutions to meet the needs of just about any building project.
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OMG, Thank you so much!!!
Thank you for making a great video that is clear, informative, and efficient!
Good work 😊
Excellent, thank you.
The best explanation on how to fix the Hose bib on KZread. Clear, concise and simple to understand. Thank you soo much
Mine leaks only when the hose is attached. Any ideas?
Great Motivational Video. I own a mid sized Plumbing Company and everything you touched on hit a chord with me. I look for the same quality's in new candidates. Plumbing is in the blood! It's a Great Trade! It brought me back to where i began the journey!
Why if you don't have workspace?
Excellent, Excellent video. Thank you!
Wow the "plumber" didn't even debur or even clean the pipe before installing the propress fittings. That's a leak waiting to happen. Sloppy sloppy sloppy!
Great video and information. So many other videos are not clear on tools, PEX A and B and the pro's and con's. Finally good usable information.
Am I crazy for wanting to start this at the age of 44
I am a bit surprised that the fittings are plastic.
My hose bib is obstructed? No water when turn on. No the water isn’t turned off somewhere in the house. This bib is only used in the summer to water the garden. I’ve always had problems getting water out of this bib. Turn on off several times or run a wire up into the bib would get the water flowing. Not this summer. I’ll follow your disassembly instructions to see if the house contractor inadvertently left debris in the water line.
Great job fellas. Excellent tutorial on jetting.
Dont use frost proof hose bibs. They are awful. Use a regular one ,A gate valve is the best Pitch the pipe down from your line turnoff inside. Open so all the water drains from the shutoff in the line outside.
Great video, thank you. Can you address the claim that Uponor's blue/red PEX pipe is more likely to fail than its white pipe, due to the heating process that is required to adhere the blue and red paint to the pipe? Wondering if it's just safer to go with the white.
why go through all this trouble, why not just replace the whole unit?
Thanks for this. I was worried about breaking it while removing the cover. Still, I'm not sure why this thing has batteries. Im pretty sure I am hardwired to A/C power. I changed them anyway.
nice, the system I've been working on worked out intutitively. Now to learn more about clean outs.
Great video that explained exactly what I needed to know. Thanks!
Great
Hi Thank you for the video , can you give example of sizing by using LPG and extracting sizing data from NFPA 58
Just found your video on the pex pipes . I noticed on the type B you were showing plastic fittings do they not have the copper fittings for the type B an if they do is the ID bigger with using the copper fittings. ???. Thanks
Cool, when doing longest length I’ve always sized the main first and then went back and sized the branches but this is a good way to do it
As a DIYer, what if you don't size according to code? In your example, say you connected 3/4" pipe from your water meter instead of the 1" that you're "supposed" to use? Or you use 1/2" pipe when code says 3/4". Are there actual safety concerns with this, or just a reduction in flow? I ask because I am finishing my basement and want to add a bathroom. I can easily tee off an existing 1/2" pex pipe that is currently going to a hose bib at the back of the house, however code says that I should tee off of 3/4" pipe closer to the water meter since I "can't" supply the entire bathroom with a single 1/2" pipe. This would involve >30' of 3/4" pipe installation vs 10' of 1/2" pipe. If it's a safety concern I will bite the bullet and do it by the book, however I want to minimize complexity if I can.
Why have u got a hard hat on , that's not neat, what happens if the battery runs out, how you going to get to a PowerPoint, because u can't push it can you,
I want to add fireplace log set which is 65,000 at about 60ft. There is currently a 1/2" pipe feeding a basement fireplace and my stovetop. If is not possible for me to get into the ceiling and change out the pipe to 3/4" . If I don't plan to cook and have the basement fireplace on when using the log set, would I be ok to install it?
Jumping back into plumbing/gas fitting after a 9 year hiatus and hoping to challenge my Gas B exam. This breakdown is an incredibly good refresher man. Much appreciated.
After doing some test on my own, I replaced the hot water lines to my sinks with 3/8 pex.(they were 1/2 copper) That made a world of difference, the hot water gets to the sink much faster, and I save a lot of hot water. 2 sinks are about 15 ft from the water heater, one is about 40 ft, and no problems with flow. I even had a master plumber say it would not work, but it works great. I did run an individual line back to the water heater for each as I know trying to run 2 sinks off of a 3/8 line could be a problem. Sometime you have to think outside the box to make things better, I did, and now I save money and time every time I need hot water at the sink.
Thank you for this, very very good!
Awesome as a remodeler I’ve been doing plumbing for yrs and used standard configuration I run the mains as 3/4 then to 1/2. This really opened my eyes to the calculations really needed. Thanx very helpful video
does everything stay the same if you had a manifold this all ran off of?
Man I’m 27 and I’m just worried about being judged for not being 18-20 lol but I’m about to take this leap with my local union I’m done working at these terrible jobs
Can you make them all 3 inch if you want?
On this old house they showed copper pipe and sharkbite fitting, they put it under extremely high water pressure,the pipe split the sharkbite was fine, their master Plumber still prefers soldering,
After determining the correct pipe size I need 1" 1/2" for the main however the pipe coming off the meter is only 1" is normal. I have upgraded the meter according to our gas company to a 450.
Im 15 and really interested in becoming a plumbing engineer, i want to learn new construction and then possibly go into service, this video has helped me alot in terms of feeling more prepared to go into an apprenticeship once i finish secondary school :), thankyou lots.
What if the vacuum breaker won't budge?? I can see the gasket looking like it's prolapsed 😅 so I know that's the problem, but it will NOT back out of the spigot.
How do you get the pex-b crimp ring to fit over the thicker walled pex-a tubing? Are there pex-a specific crimp rings available, HD doesn't seem to have them. Or, can you crimp a pex-b barbed insert, and on the "b side" a crimp ring, and on the "a side" an expansion ring?
Great and thoughtful video . Thanks If you have any time and want to extend that subject, can you make a video on gas pressure and pressure regulators. Thanks again
Do these calculations change when using a viega mana block?
I live in Bigfork and my last name is Williams! I’m about to start my plumbing apprenticeship, thank you guys for all the tips so far hopefully I’ll run into you guys sometime 🙏🏼🙏🏼
Super Helpful THANKS!! As a DIYer it's nice to have a comprehensive how to video and Sweet diagrams!
mister williams very very very good thanks a lot god bless .
I have had a sharkbite on my 5th wheel for 8 years no leaks.
Thank you 🙏
GreatKZread channel. Question; when repiping a small house, can I use a small water manifold,say 5 outlets off the main line and use one 1/2” line to an entire bathroom (example), then add another manifold to supply all water faucets to that specific bathroom? Essentially one main manifold and x number of sub manifolds in each required room. Should I use 3/4” or 1/2” for the run to each room? Thanks.
the mustache doesn't make you look nearly as gay as most guys with a stache like that.
How do elbows effect the calculation? Is there a table for that?