DIY Plumbing

[mylittlehouse]

Hi there
is there a course or good diy book that i can study that will teach me all of the plumbing skills needed for at home?
i want to be able to happily remove rad's and move heating pipes without calling anyone in?
thanks all

 

[adlplumbing]

jtl city and guilds level 2, is proably your best lots of good pics

 

[HERTS P&D]

Try looking on youtube, you can find videos of people doing plumbing work with them showing you how to do it.

Tomplumb has good videos.

Andy

 

[mylittlehouse]

good idea thanks.
i will attempt to change this soon for the winter.

 

[Whitespirit66]

Check your local tech college. Many do short evening courses aimed at diyers.

Yes, tomplumb on Youtube is a star!

 

[picbits]

Make sure you read the comments on the videos before you assume that they are doing things the correct way.

There are some absolutely hilarious ones out there from "professional" companies where they are doing lots of things rather wrong.

One of my favourites is a woman installing a radiator valve using 3 turns of PTFE tape on the stem that goes into the radiator, winding it the wrong way onto the threads then tightening things up with what looks like a pump spanner .....

 

[Hufty]

I would avoid your local technical college unless you want loads of health and safety twaddle, a bit of plumbing from the seventies, and hours spent braying chimney flashings out of lead.