I use to do so much plumbing work on toilets and unclogging pipes in the basement but now I just do the clean work and let the other guys deal with the basements and stuff.You are a great handyman.
It's either that or you spend your time finding tradesmen to do small jobs which takes longer than doing it yourself! (as well as costing lots of money). Many thanks for watching Bill.
@@BensWorkshop Yours look simplified and a lot more durable than the stuff we have here. I thought about a link but I don't want to accidentally advertise a store while doing it.
@@BensWorkshop Sure: Fluidmaster Universal Fit Toilet Repair Kit Model #400CAR3 I don't mind saying I like Lowes best, just don't know the rules about adding a link straight to their site.
@@GuysPlayingWithTools From this side of the pond that looks really odd. The whole syphon flush unit is around £10, or $12.50 ish but that doesn't include the ball valve affair. How much is yours unit?
Haha, the amount of times I've had to do that job!!!! I worked in a public venue for a few years doing maintenance - I joined when the building was just the right age for everything like this to fail - the toilets were typical commercial building ones with the tank hidden behind a pretty panel, so the job started with dismantling the back wall of the cubicle, then you had to get into the tank with very little access due to the framework for the pretty panels. After that, I'd be working in a dimly lit space, trying not to drop my tools into the void below, otherwise the job would become even better!!! Then, just when I was really concentrating, I'd be plunged into total darkness because the PIR lights had timed out, and then it was a case of stumbling back to the vestibule where the PIR sensor was to get the lights to come back on!!!! Oh the joys!!!!! Great little fix Ben, it's such a common problem, and not THAT difficult to fix, although it can often throw a bit of a curve ball, so I don't blame people for avoiding it. Bizarrely, most people I spoke to didn't want to work on toilets because "it's all horrible yucky water" and I'd have to explain that the tank is filled with the same lovely clean water that you put in your kettle to make your coffee!!!!!
Ah the joys of working with concealed tanks and irritating lighting! Adds to the joy of the job. The waters is as you say clean. Only issue is you get a bit of humidity around the tanks which can make the area damp and also spider webs. Not a problem though. Many thanks for watching.
@@BensWorkshop Yep, I'm not a fan of concealed tanks - they will always go wrong sooner or later, and they're much more hassle if you can't even get to them! Spiders - not a problem, although they are for a great many people.
Sorry about that. Can be tricky to keep an eye on both what you are doing and what the camera is seeing. Hopefully it will see you through the job though. Many thanks for watching, please like, share and if you like the channel, subscribe!
Apart from saying that it was split, you can see it is split badley at 5:36 Many thanks for watching, please like, share and if you like the channel, subscribe!
The bit that was done off camera was trimming the syphon washer I had to fit. There are chapter markers so you can skip bits. Many thanks for watching.
I use to do so much plumbing work on toilets and unclogging pipes in the basement but now I just do the clean work and let the other guys deal with the basements and stuff.You are a great handyman.
I did manage to skew the pipe going in which results in a drip every time it's flushed though.... Will fix another time.
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Videos like these could help those who maybe dont know how to do it or be afraid of getting their hands on them.
That is the plan! It isn't a difficult job, but one I fear people will often just not do.
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Please get someone to help with the camera. The key part of your video was done off camera. Please upload a redo video. Good class anyway
Its funny how quick you become a plumber, an electrician , construction worker , carpenter , all around handyman when you become a homeowner !
It's either that or you spend your time finding tradesmen to do small jobs which takes longer than doing it yourself! (as well as costing lots of money).
Many thanks for watching Bill.
Very well done jack of all trades I see
There's all sorts that need doing. Many thanks for watching!
Interesting setup, nothing like what you see over here at all.
Interesting. I wonder what it is like in the US then.
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@@BensWorkshop Yours look simplified and a lot more durable than the stuff we have here. I thought about a link but I don't want to accidentally advertise a store while doing it.
@@GuysPlayingWithTools Fair enough. Got a search term?
@@BensWorkshop Sure: Fluidmaster
Universal Fit Toilet Repair Kit
Model #400CAR3
I don't mind saying I like Lowes best, just don't know the rules about adding a link straight to their site.
@@GuysPlayingWithTools From this side of the pond that looks really odd. The whole syphon flush unit is around £10, or $12.50 ish but that doesn't include the ball valve affair. How much is yours unit?
👍👍👍That reminds me Ben, got one to do👍👍👍 i will add it to the ever expanding list of to do's
cheers
Kev
It isn't a difficult job, and to be fair, new syphons from ToolStation are cheap too. It will get you brownie points!
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Leave it to the master..... good work Ben.
Very grateful John. Many thank for watching.
Anytime brother
Haha, the amount of times I've had to do that job!!!! I worked in a public venue for a few years doing maintenance - I joined when the building was just the right age for everything like this to fail - the toilets were typical commercial building ones with the tank hidden behind a pretty panel, so the job started with dismantling the back wall of the cubicle, then you had to get into the tank with very little access due to the framework for the pretty panels. After that, I'd be working in a dimly lit space, trying not to drop my tools into the void below, otherwise the job would become even better!!! Then, just when I was really concentrating, I'd be plunged into total darkness because the PIR lights had timed out, and then it was a case of stumbling back to the vestibule where the PIR sensor was to get the lights to come back on!!!! Oh the joys!!!!!
Great little fix Ben, it's such a common problem, and not THAT difficult to fix, although it can often throw a bit of a curve ball, so I don't blame people for avoiding it. Bizarrely, most people I spoke to didn't want to work on toilets because "it's all horrible yucky water" and I'd have to explain that the tank is filled with the same lovely clean water that you put in your kettle to make your coffee!!!!!
Ah the joys of working with concealed tanks and irritating lighting! Adds to the joy of the job.
The waters is as you say clean. Only issue is you get a bit of humidity around the tanks which can make the area damp and also spider webs. Not a problem though.
Many thanks for watching.
@@BensWorkshop Yep, I'm not a fan of concealed tanks - they will always go wrong sooner or later, and they're much more hassle if you can't even get to them! Spiders - not a problem, although they are for a great many people.
I don't mind spiders at all.
@@BensWorkshop Me neither, but I've had to rescue many a person from the horror of a spider encounter!!!!!
I normally rescue the spider from the horrors of a person....
A good job done Ben...
Many thanks Paul, and thanls for watching!
Hi ben, impressive job as a tutorial, Cheers, Fabrizio Like four
You are very kind.
@@BensWorkshop Thanks for posting dear Ben!
I've had to do this nice job and video ben
Many thanks and many thanks for watching!
I used to make new 'washers' from a roll of DPC, (useful if you can't find a spare) 🛠👍😊
Yes, damp proof coarse or similar would do the job.
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Me too and it's lasted twenty years!
I used a thin sausage of plumbers mait under the washer. No leak.
Could well work though I didn't have any.
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Cheers Ben
Thanks for watching.
Your camera not giving full coverage
You need to zoom out on the camera so that the viewer can see what you are doing
Instructions good but please reposition your camera!
Sorry about that. Can be tricky to keep an eye on both what you are doing and what the camera is seeing. Hopefully it will see you through the job though.
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May help if you show more on camera next time.
“There you can see the problem”
Nope.
Apart from saying that it was split, you can see it is split badley at 5:36
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Just improve your camera focusing
Most of this was done off camera, so we could hear you but not see what you are doing. Also the video was way too long.
The bit that was done off camera was trimming the syphon washer I had to fit. There are chapter markers so you can skip bits.
Many thanks for watching.