3 PLUMBING TRICKS YOU MUST KNOW!

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[jimmywhispers]

Never in my life have I heard someone call it aluminum paper

[DougPoker]

Get a fire blanket, don't use aluminum foil. You can burn right through foil if the flame touches it (notice how he put the flame to the wood in the first clip but didn't touch it to the foil in the second?) Also, don't erase the writing on the valve handle, it sometimes contains the valve ratings or certifications. Just hang a tag on the handle to label it.

[dg]

My boss caught me heating my lunch 🍱 with his torch, I am a carpenter now.

[sbeemer]

Plumbing 45 + never tried the C-clamp. Good one!

[richardwooley]

The c clamp trick is a good one, thank you. Foil in my soldering kit has been a necessary tool for years.

[Astrnauted]

Actually knew the first tip but we don’t use a C clamp. We have a guy at work we call clamp or Larry(don’t ask where Larry came from when he does something we’re proud of we say in a country accent oh that’s a bad Larry) but anyways I shit you not this guy uses a pry bar and some ancient leverage technique to get new work boxes in renovations we’re doing in between studs. Truly is a miraculous feat to see.

[SSGTVolken]

3/3 for acutal helpul tips. That nail clip one is brilliant!

[poppy]

Great tips I thought I’ve done it all plumbing 30 plus years. You showed this old dog a few new tips.

[Ingcivilcarlos]

I used a wet rag as a heat shield last time lol. I was thinking of using aluminum foil but I thought it'd be too thin, didnt occur to me to fold it in multiple layers, brilliant!

[davidelliott]

I used the clamp technique 40 years ago. I also used an opened out bean can to stop soldering flame burning timbers.

[reynaldomorales]

I loved watching your video it's educational and I learn new things. Thank you .

[samspicer]

Sharpies fade off of valve handles. Paint markers are probably better.

[biggdogg]

Three good tips!! I already know the second one; but the other two are new. You can wet the wood a little with a spray bottle too .

[jobama]

As a new construction plumber, I got a piece of hardy panel a while back, and I use that. For a heat shield

For the first one, I use a pair of channel locks. They're more convenient since they're in my bag already

[Zdott]

Wow I’ve been in this situation soooo many times and this would have helped immensely.

[douglasdailey]

Some great ideas that i didn't know about.

[Backyardmech]

I did something similar with the copper pipe soldering, but used a sheet of .030 aluminum sheet stock. 😅 I was a 17 year old kid who was interested in doing some handy work around the house. Drilled a hole in a copper water line hanging cabinets (thankfully) in the garage, made the repair, and finished hanging the cabinets.

EDIT: If you have water constantly dribbling into the area you’re trying to solder that messing up your flux. Mash some bread into the pipe ends you’re connecting. It’ll absorb the water long enough to make the connection and soften up enough to pass through an outside faucet.

[donaldshimkus]

I've used flat bars, linesman's pliers, but mostly a pair of channel lock pliers. And it's ALWAYS a good idea to keep a spray bottle of water handy when you're going to use a torch near wood. Even a plastic drink bottle with a small hole drilled in the cap.

[Irvingstine]

Be careful removing the label on anything that's gas related in Canada it will be red tagged and you will have to replace the entire valve.