Deep Dive Plumbing HACK

"Hydraulics are basically plumbing with attitude." That right there is pretty much everything you need to know about this man. Love the content. Keep it coming, shorts or otherwise.

I love how he took the extra time and effort to ensure he has a leak in that compression fitting

20+ years as a plumber, you are correct, absolutely no reason ever to use Teflon or grandma's pubes on a compression fitting. One of my pet peeves

I've been blue collar my whole life. A lot of folks don't appreciate how technically skilled you need to be to do this stuff. I'm always happy to see someone breaking things down.

I recall watching one of your shorts quite some time ago and I was hooked. There's so much trash and B.S. out there and you're here, more than likely, helping a new kid with what not to do. Appreciate your honesty, sense of humor and the fact that you're just like the rest of us who probably made mistakes early on but now have a half way decent sense of doing things the right way. Like this format and crank more out. 👍👍👍

I'm a plumber for over 24 years from NYC, and long Island. You're absolutely nailing it with all your criticisms as far as I can tell👍

My father is a plumber and I've seen him use this thread material all the time. I think it's hemp most often and it seems to be quite popular in Europe. Especially for large steel pipes

I’m a carpenter but work on my truck and do any plumbing repairs on my house myself, so I’m a half ass mechanic / plumber at best. Never stop these videos they are the best. Hilarious 🤙🏽🇺🇸🍻

The microphone stand is the exact kind of character we come for in these videos. Keep up the great work!

"I'm not a plumber. I have been known to lay a little pipe..." Brother, I was not ready for that. -Thank you for reacting to these videos and being a funny teacher without being one. Many of the new kids and people that haven't learned about this stuff, such as I, that watch you... We're definitely learning from this and getting a laugh! And I love your content.

The Mic worked very well. I could clearly hear the humor and sarcasm at the same time. Keep on making these, you're very entertaining.

I am from Poland, not a plumber but I know a few things about fixing leaks, changing taps, renovations etc basic home maintainance. I have spotter right away that he puts that horse hair rhe opposite way... I loved your summary on that video "you have no idea what you are doing". Love your videos ans your sense of humor!

I like how this guy is making people realize how technical these skills really are. aspiring to be a mechanic, plumber, contractor, etc. is totally legitimate. we need these skills, and we need practitioners that are actually skilled. this is so fucking rad, and also super important

I’m a Steamfitter by trade, the collar is actually called a ferrule, the amount of people that I have seen trying to seal a compression fit by wrapping something around the threads is unbelievable 😂

Love these videos as an engineering student. Helps me keep touch with the practical side of design

Swedish plumber here, old school way is still common here. We seal threads using unspun flax and a paste that usually contains talc. Paste should be applied first according to manufacturer but most plumbers can't read so it's usually done the other way around. As long as you tighten it properly when wrapping the flax around the threads it won't move and will give you a water tight connection that you can even reverse slightly after tightening if necessary.

As it's almost my daily assignment at work I can confirm that it is the completely wrong way to apply hemp to threads. In Europe(southern and eastern as far as I am aware) we prefer hemp over teflon tape because it is more reliable. Sometimes we come across threads (on repair jobs) that are 30 years old and the hemp on them is still waterproof. You are right on all the points you made in this video. His thread does not need hemp it already has a seal. You don't apply the paste before the hemp, it goes after. Hemp is correctly applied by starting from the beginning of the thread and filling all the threads. It needs to be held tightly during application and when finished the threads need to be bearly visible. When tightening the thread, if the hemp starts peeling off you stop, remove the hemp and try again. When done properly it does not slip off like in this video. From my research it is not advised to apply hemp on threads which are going to be used for drinking water, anything else is fine, like central heating installation etc. H Greetings from the Balkans😊❤

Love the longer format! Whenever Grandma runs out of landing strip, we use flax fiber!

something is absolutely fascinating about debunking life hacks because you know they're stupid but it's not always clear why from the get go. I've found channels like Ann Reardon and now yourself to be fantastic! thanks for your work :)

I can offer a little insight on this. I worked as a fitter at a fire safety supplies factory for a year. The fibers are probably off hemp rope. That's what we used. We'd unravel it and get some fine straight strands. It looks very similar to that in the video and has that golden luster to it that hemp fiber has. When you unravel it its very easy to break off by hand and quick to apply once you get the hang of it. I also used to take that extra care to make sure no knots or large unprocessed fibers were in the seal. We used soap over the top of it, just pressed a soap bar into the thread and fiber as we spun it in our hand. Never heard of grease being used. We used teflon tape sometimes but only in certain applications and customer requests. This was all on cast iron fittings with tapered threads though. Never seen on done on brass, even though this person is as you say applying it to the wrong type of fitting. The idea behind the hemp is that if water penetrates the thread, the hemp gets wet and expands and seals it. The soap when it interacts with that same leaking water lubricates the fibers so it can do this in the tight confines of a locked tapered thread, the fibers can slip over each other and expand into gaps, and the soap will also stay there over time. (Obviously provided its just a regular leak). It also helps when manufacturing sprinkler piping that has elbows on it. It also allows you to be more forgiving with the number of turns/how far you have to turn it, so you can have a tight fit in the correct orientation. Used on just about every valve and hydrant and sprinkler we built. Or sometimes I'd just get an order for a quantity of hemped fittings. I've been known to be wrong more than once, but that's just what I picked up in my experience. I've worked as a fitter and toolmaker for 15 - 20 years in a wide range of roles. I know you didn't ask for a CV but just giving you an idea of where I come from. Side notes - New to this channel and I like what you do. A David against the Goliath of shitposter's YouTube. This is all part of taking advantage of people wanting to better themselves by learning new things. People are pushed into STEM education because there's a shortage of qualified people in those fields. There's a lot of legitimate popular STEM content out there and that's what they're trying to cash in on and ultimately it's harmful and should be against YouTube guidelines. I think it is, but there's just so much of it that anyone who cares cant keep up.