Plumbing 101 for apprentices

Finally took the time to make a video of some simple tricks when doing a ground run.

Basic stuff for someone starting out in plumbing.

[rob]

So smart, as an apprentice you notice people have their own way of literally doing everything and it’s interesting to pick up on everyone’s way and use what works best for me

[Squrrillyadams]

I prime the shit out of the pipes I glue together. It starts singing smoke on the water after I'm done with it

[billybs]

Gaffer: Remember to flick some dirt on the freshly glued pipe.

Student: are you sure?

[zac]

"Keep it out of the dirt"

Proceeds to throw dirt on it.

[josephjames]

Hold your level across the bull end of your fitting and use your plumb bubble to set pitch of your wye. Dry fitting the street 90 does not insure it is sitting correctly in the wye. Also, to all the haters of your priming technique, new IPC codes allow for no primer on non pressurized DWV piping 4" and below. Even so, primed fittings will remain softened for some time after application. Try doing slab work in 100° sun. That primer is dry soon as it hits the pipe. 25 year experience, commercial plumbing foreman here.👍

[fataiadigun]

As a plumber this waste setting on foundation is my favourite work
Please keep it up.
I love you watching from Nigeria

[chasebarnard]

I love watching plumber videos you guys are so friggin practical! I wish everyone thought like a plumber.

[logan_e]

Whatever your job is, making an effort to do it well is the mark of competence and a good work ethic. I've never had time for slackers, can't stand them!

[tjgibson]

You would never dry fit that 90 to level the wye. There is too much variation and by the time you glued it up afterwards it would be in a different position. You would glue the 90 into the wye first then level it

[timc]

Old timer lesson: Always clean, prime, and place glue on the female socket first IE: clean socket, then pipe. Prime socket, then pipe, then glue on socket before pipe. This process allows the female fitting (socket) to soften prior to assembling joint. It will make assembly easier and prevent joint failures.

[charlesbettis]

Thank you, this is excellent advice that I am going to take. I am a plumber in my 17th year and this is something I never thought of doing . Chuck

[miked]

Belive it or not, but that's how I used 2 do..the 1st old dude I learned plumbing from was a damn perfectionist! Every letter on the pvc had 2 line up
Copper pipe positioning had 2 be measured out & square...he really taught me some stuff I "copied" working later on my own tho.

[tenkkutn]

I'm glad you explained, at first glance I was wondering if you knew how to use a level

[colewellnitz]

Couple things rarely does a dry fit fitting so square. And usually there's some lack of uniformity on the bell of the fitting you put your level on without some trimming.

[rjlinnovations]

Excellent video tutorials not only for the apprentice but also those who have no idea about plumbing technique. Thanks for sharing your video. Watching here with full support from Canada 🇨🇦

[unanimous]

I like to dig a hole out of the spot, only because sometimes lifting the pipe will allow dirt to fall all under the pipe, then you loose your grade. Then it becomes a lot more work to fix

[Katsuki]

Good idea about the st 90 but I get too worried the fitting isn’t set properly and you won’t get good an accurate level

[sho-meaccountability]

You should also not pre-prime fittings as it is part of the solvent weld and doesn't work well when dried. (35 year 3rd generation plumber licensed in 14 states)

[dustinjohnson]

Why would you stick the dummy piece in there to level, and not just off the y? How do you know the dummy was straight?

[kingplumber]

Put the level up n down on the face of the 2" branch and rotate the Y till it's plumb, then tweak it up just a C hair.