Plumbing Rough-In Ep.43

This plumbing work was done by my good friend Phil Rokus. He is a fantastic plumber and great all-around mad scientist type. You'll be seeing more of Phil in later plumbing videos in this series.

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[atwells]

I Love Phil. Gets his info from rumors. Lol. My kind of humor.

[williamdegnan]

I'd hire Phil just to talk to me while I did all the work. 😜

[DominicMuren]

Black is totally quieter! The B in ABS is Butadiene, a sub-molecule of the ABS polymer that is fairly elastic (Butadiene rubber is one of the common rubber replacements). This elasticity helps to damp vibrations like sound, making it quieter in general. Loved the video. What a mountain of information is crammed into that old salt's head :)

[aserta]

Once you're done with this project, it would be fantastic if you could catch everyone involved in the project in a circle and have a talk about it. Good things, bad things, expectations, outcomes, above, and under et cetera.

From my perspective as an European (but likely of any viewer, really), it would be awfully interesting to hear everyone talk shop about the project, common US/NA standards, things done right vs things done wrong, maybe a little Q&A with viewer submitted queries.

Something like two episodes, as an epilogue to the story that is the Spec House.

[bobwatkins]

My shoulder is sore from watching Phil use that manual expander.

[JohnDaker_singer]

I like Phil's haircut. Makes me nostalgic for the early 80's.

[nqdz]

Loving the series! One thing as a low voltage guy we use to do in drilling into the joists I found many times the knock out wold not line up. Running long runs with many wires in them would cause a ton of issues for the jackets besides it looked crappy. What I would like to do is drill one hole at the beginning of the run, then get a laser level shoot it through the first hole and it would shine to the next joist. Because its lever and it shows the laser light point it shows me exactly where it put my drill bit point no measuring and marking. this was a hug time saver. All my holes were laser straight and correct placement within the web of the engineered joist my GC's loved it. Now because everything was on the same plane and in a row the runs went SUPER fast with no damage to my wires. Just a tip I use to use when I was in the trades.

[shandala]

Phil is a deceptively sharp fella, Scott-as well as interesting and funny.

[roars]

Okay, now you're an expert!
LOL
This guy should have his own channel.
I'd watch it.

[kdrdhlarry]

I worked for a plumber for years, pride makes the jobs look as good as they work, pvc cement fumes make plumber sense of humor entertaining.

[kwagmire]

"That's when plumbers were men" Phil is awesome!

[DanielinLaTuna]

Okay, here’s the real dope on why the larger diameter pipe wants to push back apart: the “glue” isn’t a glue, it’s actually a solvent. And what he’s doing isn’t gluing, but solvent welding. So what happens is that the plastic melts— gets a little mushy — and expands in volume. That’s why you have to hold it together for about thirty seconds. (It’s good practice to do the same with the smaller diameter pipe, too.)
By the way, that’s why you should ALWAYS give the pipe a twist while pressing them (pipe, fittings, etc) together — it assures better distribution of the solvent and mixing of the two surfaces. Best practice is to dry-fit the parts, mark the orientations, take them apart and “glue”, twisting to the orientation mark.
Also, primer isn’t a waste of time. It dries quickly (in fact you can apply the solvent as soon as you’ve primed, because the pieces are ready by the time you’ve returned the primer brush to the can and dipped the solvent brush.)
One more tip: don’t overdo the solvent — you don’t want it puddling inside the pipe.

[Nickgowans]

Phil is brilliant, entertaining and very insiteful. Would be nice to see him on your channel again in the future :) maybe he could have his own series of videos.

[Gnuckle]

Real people, doing real jobs. Taking real pride in their work. Love it!

[robertkywildcats]

I get excited when I go into an old house and see a plumber or electricians good work. I really do appreciate it. Most don't find it interesting.

[bob_frazier]

Consider running both hot and cold to the outside hose bib by the garage. Its such a nice touch, and cost little more.

[whitey]

"I was really short then." Best way to say that I've ever heard.

[DeliveryMcGee]

"What's the best water pipe? Inconel X-750. It'd be expensive, though." worth watching just for that joke.

[oldhongkong]

Here in China & HK and probably Taiwan as well, no one use primer on a PVC pipe, be it a waste or fresh water pipe. There's no primer for sale, people in the trade don't even know what a PVC glue primer is. But I hardly heard a waste pipe failure at a joint. I can't speak for the case of fresh water PVC pipe though, since we don't use PVC pipe for fresh water in HK. We are mandated to use only PVC pipes for its superior chemical and UV resistance.

[IggyDalrymple]

Copper is antimicrobial. I remember when refrigerated water fountain manufacturers switched from copper tubing to PEX, the fountains that were not in use on weekends (like schools & offices) could and did have an unhealthy bacterial buildup. Now they probably use a special antimicrobial PEX.

My wife mixes her own soy milk with a special soy power. When she stored the soy milk in a glass decanter in the fridge, it became moldy overnight. We switched to a copper decanter and no more mold. Some hospitals are switching from stainless steel door pulls to copper pulls to reduce the spread of mrsa germs.