I love how no matter the Nation, Plumbers always have beef with the electricians. Here in Germany, we call them Cable apes. Even here we believe we have the bigger brains, even though we only do that to tease them, they do the same to us but in reality, we get along well.
I love how plumbers and electricians hate each other. They fight to be the first in a house so they dont have to work around the other guys wiring or plumbing
I asked my dad why he taught me plumbing asking if he wanted be to take up his trade. He said "hell no I taught you so you can do it yourself and not pay anyone for it."
I've found that as I've gotten older, I can deal with the cold easier than the heat. You can dress for the cold, but you can only do so much in the heat.
As a fellow Missouri plumber-I would happily sweat my balls off everyday for the rest of my career than put up with numb finger and toes. The chapped lips and 45 min showers to get the cold out of you is too much
Sound advise Roger, it's a good job in the UK that central heating servicing, breakdown repairs is a job in itself. Doesn't require much physical strength but requires years of knowlege and if you are good your phone will never stop ringing. It's 50/50 plumbing V electronics
im not a plumber or an electrician really i don't have work yet but my thing is networking and i.t. but i have a lot of respect for plumber and electricians without ether and everybody's world falls apart
I am a retired plumber who worked in a hospital for many years. You haven't lived until you come across a plumbing stack that is backing up out of a toilet with 10 floors above you feeding into it.
My father told me of a story when you was a plumber early on when he came into the bathroom he was freaked out he said the people had been using the bathtub for a toilet for I'm not sure how long but it seemed like it was way longer than it should have been and I got a feeling that that's one of the top shity stories of all time
Heard and done this job before, absolutely disgusting, and thought I couldn’t get paid enough for it, but she was mentally handicapped and in the end you just feel bad. Sometimes, this job takes brains and a big heart.
Sound advice Roger. 6" cast up a 10' ladder? Dang! Hurts to even think about that. That's coming from a guy with 5 years in plumbing and 10 years in concrete and masonry!
Worst thing I experienced, although I’m not a plumber just a dabbler. A long sweep 90 on a toilet broke and they kept using the toilet. Even while it was repaired. And using a toilet that isn’t mine is a real phobia. I avoid eating just to not have to drop the deuce. If my digestion system is acting up, a no shit pill is instantly on the menu
I work doing new construction but sometimes my boss sends us to do service call for people he knows. Some of them are rich people that have valuables all over the house and my biggest fear is being accused of stealing something one day because I heard stories of people being wrongfully accused.
I went through apprentice technical training for wiring and electrical work in the Navy. The class was very easy and I actually graduated early, yet I didn't learn anything. Definitely can't be an electrician. I don't retain all that stuff.
Oh yeah, Number four is so true. I remember to have worked for a company on a construction near Frankfurt and the apprentice was... not the sharpest tool in the box. The plumber leading the team showed me this by putting two lose lengths of copper pipe in a curved fitting in the vice, both ends leading to nothing but air and asking the apprentice to tell when the water comes out of the lower end. I kid you not, the apprentice stared for five minutes at the lower end and waited for water to come out of it. ^^ For the 5: I am glad to work mostly on heating and airconditioning. Less poop.
@@chief5981 Since I do mostly service and not construction it is not very hard on the body. You need a minimum of experience with these units to do service (so you can find errors or identify potential to improve). Construction can be more demanding, but only if you do it wrong. There are many tools to make your live easier if you use them. So heavy lifting etc. is not as usual as it was in the past.
@@vanderzarth well keep working smart. I got accepted into my local UA and just waiting to start work now. Hoping to get hvac but I’m sure that will be all industrial so still going to contact some non union shops. Any advice or opinions?
@@chief5981 Sorry, I work and live in Germany, so I can Give you no advice for the Trades in the US. Just keep watching the vids on this channel. They are packed with info how to get into the trades in the US.
I can relate to the Pains of getting under cabinets but you would think that professional plumbers would have a 3/4 inch Gap piece of foam rubber that would make laying down in a cabinet just go swimmingly
Plumbing apprentice in iowa just a few months ago we were trying to squeeze in ground works with frozen ground while working in freezing conditions and drilling out buildings while it’s 10 degrees can make for some pretty shitty days
Lol I always ask to use a customer’s restroom. Our company is small me and my boss. But we have 3000 customers we do work for. We haven’t taken new customers in 6 years. We have that type of relationship with our customers
I have three compressed discs in my neck. This is going to be a life long issue. I had to quit concrete work because of this. Would entering the plumbing trade be idiotic knowing I have this issue?
I love your calm and honest demeanor you seem like a really really down to earth dude. If I'm ever in the Dallas area we should go for a pint. Absolutely love your Channel
8:26 i don't wanna deal with poop beacuse i have other options but for my first job i started searching a bit too late after highschool in the summer so most of the summer jobs were taken so i took the first things which was bascially cleaning toilets in an autocamp, didn't really have a problem with it but don't want to ever do it again haha
I really liked it but my journeyman was a dumbass who didn’t teach me anything. He did everything wrong. I asked to be moved but they wouldn’t do it. My foreman was cool and really good at what he did.
I think I’m gonna give this trade a shot. I don’t plan on retiring because I’d just get this career to get some money and a useful skill under my belt just incase I need to fall back on it. I plan on having and raising babies with my husband but want a job worth a damn in the meantime. Just in case I need a available and worthwhile skill/job to use if God forbid something happens to my family or husband or kids.
@@asbestosfibers1325 the point I made is that he says 30 degrees is cold, England is usually half that, in short saying he would have a way worse time.
Take care of your body, do what you can as safety as possible. And that includes for the health of your body. Put money away, when you’re 48 with no retirement started it’s going to be to late to not die on the job
Im in my 7th year... though to be fair my time between plumbing jobs working wherever to pay bills prob equates to about a year. So Ive guess Ive got about 6 years. If I need to go to the bathroom bad, I wont even ask, I just go. Yes I try to do my BMs between jobs but to call someone to your home to work for 1-2 maybe 3-6 hrs and expect them not to have to do a NORMAL THING WE ALL DO IS RIDICULOUS. I had to remove a backwater device lid one time -that rubber seal did NOT stop the poo water, they never do- and after being literally elbow deep in SOMEONE ELSE'S shit water, they hesitated when I asked to use the bathroom. 1130pm saturday night kinda far away from any 24hr place. I politely reminded them I was just elbow deep in THEIR waste and the least they could do is let me use the restroom. Some people would watch you dive head first into a septic tank, but God forbid you have to use their bathroom. I say fuck those people. Ive been running into a lot of jobs the past couple weeks that have taken me longer than the first time I ever did one by myself...double stud directly behind shower valve...trying to do a waste and overflow on a cast iron tub with an acrylic liner with a screw on over flow ring with tabs that was OVER the cast tub but BEHIND the acrylic. Yea i had to silicone tf out of the overflow. What else could I do aside from a partial remodel? And also hes a vip customer. Shits been so rough I feel like im going backwards.
In my personal opinion you need to workout and stretch if you work a trade because you need to stay in good shape and be strong in awkward positions and while doing awkward lifts and shit I do HVAC so I’m an air plumber lol and I understand what he’s saying shits not easy on the body
I’m going to school to be an electrician and I can tell from what I’ve been taught( lack there of ) this probably ain’t the trade for me, so thinking giving plumbing a shot.
@@RogerWakefield honestly I believe it’s the school I’m in, my school teaches us 90% theory and like 2% hands on and that has killed some of my momentum learning the electrical field
I began the trade at 32. Got two herniated discs as a second year apprentice, not sure if it was from carrying a cast iron boiler section, or a powerlifting injury. Back acts up once every year or two, but I'm still in the trade, 20 plus years later. Of course, I had to give up powerlifting. Being able to earn a living is more important. Don't be a hero, work smart and you should be okay.
Have you ever had an employee leave a job because it was too bad? Im asking this because i was a restoration technician at a site where it was a trauama/sewer backup. The plumber that showed up quit on the spot. It kind of made me chuckle and thats when i knew that i could be a plumber.
I've walked out on a job before! I has just started as a plumber and I got a call to unclog a toilet...I show up and there is a 1' PILE of fecal matter on the toilet and all over the bathroom...It was bad
Dont care for unions. We do perfectly fine with out them. But you are correct I should be investigating to my future. Invest in myself and it will benefit me and our company.
I use a half inflated leather football to prop myself when I work under a sink. You should see the looks I get when a homeowner sees me walk into the home with my toolbox and a football!! And oh the questions I get. But after they see me laying on that football instead of the toe kick of a cabinet I get nothing but praise for how ingenious I am. The football is the most comfortable prop I have ever used ( the key is to have it half inflated)
I’m an electrician and I love watching roger’s videos when he takes cheap shots at us haha. Deep down he knows it’s us and the plumbers who are the smartest ones on any job site.
Eh I make $435 per hour. $166 travel to and $166 travel from even if it’s 30 mins away. $200 if I stop at the store. Most guys bill out at $30-$50 per hour in this trade. Folks it’s not what you do…..it’s how you do it. No I’m not a plumber or electrician
Not only a good job, an essential job. I'm so proud of myself: I changed the seat on the cold water faucet. Successfully. If you have a plumbing problem, Roger has the answer.
I was an electrician up here in Saskatchewan, Canada. One winter I had to work outside at the airport in -45c(-49f) changing out lights, which required working with very delicate little screws, which meant you couldn't wear gloves. Within 5 minutes your hands would go numb and you'd have to run inside to warm up your hands, which was excruciatingly painful. Needless to say that winter I decided to make a career change and am now planning on going to university. Trades aren't easy people, know the challenges before you start.
I’ve been a union plumber for 2 weeks now, no plumbing experience prior to my employment. Gotta day, I love your videos! Super helpful to a first year apprentice
Lol I suck a plumbing because I’m not a plumber, But let me tell you Roger, I’ve been a subscriber since July 2019 and yoo guys had like 500 subs - Now you’re at almosta 40,000!!! You gonna be the top dog in plumbing you tube before u know it man! Good job 👏
@@eyellgeteven9928 my coworker’s hands are fucked up from never wearing gloves, always using electrical tape to cover his fingers when they crack and start bleeding because “gloves aren’t for men”🤣🤣
He said it was “cold” it was 30 degrees! 🤣 I’m an electrician in the north east. We were running 800ft of 4in parallel when it was negative 10. We both are in the same boat. We beat the shit outta our bodies and we do the stuff no one wants to. One of the good things is I never pay for plumbing work and my plumber buddies never pay for electrical work. Gotta scratch each other’s back!
Take care of yourself!! Physically and mentally. Great advice. I've been a plumber for 37yrs, stretching out and think about what your doing. 57yrs young, I'm in decent shape 5'11" 180lbs. Really can't convey enough.... Take care of yourself! Be safe. I like plumbing, my work is play.... mostly 🖖💰
I use go to a plumbing job at 7am after being at a hot working fire for 8 hours the night before.. and put 4 daughters and son through college and one through law school.. So at age 68 I'm all fucking wore out but it was well worth it..
My husband is a plumber and he says poop smells like money! The worst job for him was working under a kitchen sink, on the faucet, and roaches falling down on him. He had his helper remove the tool bag so they didn’t’ t come home with him! Yuck! Here in Louisiana it’s not the cold that’s hard, it’s the insufferable, oppressive heat that he has to work in, 100 plus degrees with 6 million % humidity!
I can think of a few common additions or modifications to your list; Crawling into tight and awkward spaces requires the skills of a contortionist, but sometimes those spaces are dangerous enough that you need to suit-up with a HAZMAT suit, goggles, gloves, boots and a respirator to protect your health. The SH*TY jobs are not only gross and repugnant, they also can expose you to E-Coli and a variety of other germs and bacteria, which in some cases have been career ending. As a plumber, your working with water....so expect to get wet. Getting soaked at 9:00 AM makes the rest of your day pretty uncomfortable, especially if it's adding to your sweat in a very hot environment or you begin to see your clothing start to freeze hard in the extreme cold. Assembling a coupling that's 20 inches below the water surface in a flooded pit can ruin your day. People complain about what a plumber charges to change a few washers, but when the real plumbing needs to be done, the experienced plumber is worth his weight in gold.
using a snap cutter on a piece of 4 inch cast on a renovation job and having decade old dried shit dust slowly float its way down and land itself all over your forehead is fun
Service plumbing is the worst. I guarantee you'll come across a homeowner that imported some fancy foreign shower valve or faucet & humiliate you by saying " aren't you a plumber? What can't you fix my shower from Spain? "
I did drain cleaning and plumbing on the side for 3 years while working as a mechanic at a local Glassworks factory. I worked at the factory almost 16 years until they closed the doors. I am solo now and completely on my own with the business. I am 40 years old and I haul my 300 lb drain cleaning machine in and out of basements. I feel this more than I used to. I need to teach my son the trade and hopefully get him to help me as I get older.
Nah, we still carry 6 inch pipe on our shoulders and hold it for a welder half up a ladder with no harness. Unless the GC says OSHA is coming, and then we all hide.
I love how no matter the Nation, Plumbers always have beef with the electricians. Here in Germany, we call them Cable apes. Even here we believe we have the bigger brains, even though we only do that to tease them, they do the same to us but in reality, we get along well.
That is so true to bad I am both
CABLE APES! I LOVE IT! BOOWAHAHAHA!
Cable apes, I love it! In Australia they are called sparkys
I love how plumbers and electricians hate each other. They fight to be the first in a house so they dont have to work around the other guys wiring or plumbing
Plumbers in first! I do both, I can bend a cable around a 4" pipe, I can not bend a 4" pipe around a cable!
Same thing working in the shipyard. A gang of sparky's came in one day and hung a big old electrical panel right where I was going to run some pipe 🙄
I asked my dad why he taught me plumbing asking if he wanted be to take up his trade. He said "hell no I taught you so you can do it yourself and not pay anyone for it."
Facts
Yes! My dad did this too. I now rough plumb his new construction. And he bought my house through his company. I scratch his back and he scratches mine
@@jakel.1724 sounds fucking cherry
Yeah because that will save you sooooooo much money!!!? How often do you need a plumber? Seriously, that is idiotic.
Any sucky days ive had as a plumber only made me a better plumber. I embrace those days
We learn from the tough jobs
Roger, being from Missouri, I laughed when you said "30 degrees". I stopped laughing when you said "113 degrees".
Lol
Montana here. Same reaction at both points lol. We have summer highs of around 105 ish. And that's too damned hot for me.
I've found that as I've gotten older, I can deal with the cold easier than the heat. You can dress for the cold, but you can only do so much in the heat.
ya, florida doesnt get as hot or cold, but its so humid, that it feels 120-130 in summer
Same. As an Ohioan, I thought "30°F? That's not bad. Why's he complaining?" Then he said "113°F" and got that respect back 😂
As a fellow Missouri plumber-I would happily sweat my balls off everyday for the rest of my career than put up with numb finger and toes. The chapped lips and 45 min showers to get the cold out of you is too much
That was a life mentor straight talk. We need more people like you in the world.
As a plumber.. Ive been taking shits in buckets in the truck before it was cool to complain about peeing in bottles working for amazon.
I want to be a plumber but i will fill myself with knowledge, read, listen and ask questions. Retirement plan.
As a plumber one of the things I hate the most going to the house with lots of dog and cat feces and the ammonia burns my eyes.
You are such a wonderful mentor!!! Thanks to all the plumbers who serve our communities!!!
Plumbers are the water benders,
Electricians are the fire benders.
Lawn guys are the earth benders
Refrigeration and Heating guys are the air benders.
are carpenters the wood benders?
@@TheGuzdar that sounds dirty
@@TheGuzdar prob earth too?
@@TheGuzdarearth benders
Sound advise Roger, it's a good job in the UK that central heating servicing, breakdown repairs is a job in itself. Doesn't require much physical strength but requires years of knowlege and if you are good your phone will never stop ringing. It's 50/50 plumbing V electronics
im not a plumber or an electrician really i don't have work yet but my thing is networking and i.t. but i have a lot of respect for plumber and electricians without ether and everybody's world falls apart
I am a retired plumber who worked in a hospital for many years. You haven't lived until you come across a plumbing stack that is backing up out of a toilet with 10 floors above you feeding into it.
My father told me of a story when you was a plumber early on when he came into the bathroom he was freaked out he said the people had been using the bathtub for a toilet for I'm not sure how long but it seemed like it was way longer than it should have been and I got a feeling that that's one of the top shity stories of all time
My fears as a.young apprentice, I think I would walk out on that job and refuse
There’s some jobs you just have to walk away from
sometimes its best to not know
If my uncle told me of a story one time he was under a house and saw an army of cockroaches. He said I'm a plumber not a damn exterminator lmao
Heard and done this job before, absolutely disgusting, and thought I couldn’t get paid enough for it, but she was mentally handicapped and in the end you just feel bad. Sometimes, this job takes brains and a big heart.
Sound advice Roger. 6" cast up a 10' ladder? Dang! Hurts to even think about that. That's coming from a guy with 5 years in plumbing and 10 years in concrete and masonry!
Worst thing I experienced, although I’m not a plumber just a dabbler. A long sweep 90 on a toilet broke and they kept using the toilet. Even while it was repaired.
And using a toilet that isn’t mine is a real phobia. I avoid eating just to not have to drop the deuce. If my digestion system is acting up, a no shit pill is instantly on the menu
#6 If you are a service repair company, sometimes customers can be hard to work for. Just have to maintain a professional attitude and do your best.
I work doing new construction but sometimes my boss sends us to do service call for people he knows. Some of them are rich people that have valuables all over the house and my biggest fear is being accused of stealing something one day because I heard stories of people being wrongfully accused.
I went through apprentice technical training for wiring and electrical work in the Navy. The class was very easy and I actually graduated early, yet I didn't learn anything. Definitely can't be an electrician. I don't retain all that stuff.
Oh yeah, Number four is so true. I remember to have worked for a company on a construction near Frankfurt and the apprentice was... not the sharpest tool in the box. The plumber leading the team showed me this by putting two lose lengths of copper pipe in a curved fitting in the vice, both ends leading to nothing but air and asking the apprentice to tell when the water comes out of the lower end. I kid you not, the apprentice stared for five minutes at the lower end and waited for water to come out of it. ^^
For the 5: I am glad to work mostly on heating and airconditioning. Less poop.
Is hvac pretty hard on your body?? I’m
37, was in the infantry for 10 years so my body hurts pretty bad, but I want to learn hvac.
@@chief5981 Since I do mostly service and not construction it is not very hard on the body. You need a minimum of experience with these units to do service (so you can find errors or identify potential to improve). Construction can be more demanding, but only if you do it wrong. There are many tools to make your live easier if you use them. So heavy lifting etc. is not as usual as it was in the past.
@@vanderzarth well keep working smart. I got accepted into my local UA and just waiting to start work now. Hoping to get hvac but I’m sure that will be all industrial so still going to contact some non union shops.
Any advice or opinions?
@@chief5981 Sorry, I work and live in Germany, so I can Give you no advice for the Trades in the US. Just keep watching the vids on this channel. They are packed with info how to get into the trades in the US.
After 30 years in the business I can say you nailed it!
As a Truck driver, I've learned that 30 degrees is warm compared to 15 and below.
6. Your princess is always in another castle.
I can relate to the Pains of getting under cabinets but you would think that professional plumbers would have a 3/4 inch Gap piece of foam rubber that would make laying down in a cabinet just go swimmingly
one more thing to drag back and forth from the truck, but yeah i guess
Every job has something that sucks thank you for always sharing your widome my man!
Besides the various working conditions, the thing the sucked most for me was dealing with customers.
I have done some diy plumbing and it's hard! Lots of respect for the plumbers.
Great video. I have a 4 year degree and I make a better living plumbing than using my degree.
What was your degree in?
Plumbing apprentice in iowa just a few months ago we were trying to squeeze in ground works with frozen ground while working in freezing conditions and drilling out buildings while it’s 10 degrees can make for some pretty shitty days
I thought it would be:
1. Shitty customer
2. Shitty house
3. Shitty neighborhood
4. Shitty job
5. Shit load of work
I can imagine the electricians watching this haha
"Couldn't pour water out of a boot, if you wrote the directions on the bottom." 😂😂😂
Well said, Roger. To the point and honest.
Lol I always ask to use a customer’s restroom. Our company is small me and my boss. But we have 3000 customers we do work for. We haven’t taken new customers in 6 years. We have that type of relationship with our customers
When i was apprenticeing my journeymen always told me id learn the most about the trade once im a journeyman, boy were they right.
I have three compressed discs in my neck. This is going to be a life long issue. I had to quit concrete work because of this. Would entering the plumbing trade be idiotic knowing I have this issue?
You ask the homeowners if you can test their plumbing ( commode)
I love your calm and honest demeanor you seem like a really really down to earth dude. If I'm ever in the Dallas area we should go for a pint.
Absolutely love your Channel
8:26 i don't wanna deal with poop beacuse i have other options but for my first job i started searching a bit too late after highschool in the summer so most of the summer jobs were taken so i took the first things which was bascially cleaning toilets in an autocamp, didn't really have a problem with it but don't want to ever do it again haha
I work in -22 degrees outside for 4 months out of the year 30 degrees is perfect weather for me lol sweater weather.
I really liked it but my journeyman was a dumbass who didn’t teach me anything. He did everything wrong. I asked to be moved but they wouldn’t do it. My foreman was cool and really good at what he did.
I think I’m gonna give this trade a shot. I don’t plan on retiring because I’d just get this career to get some money and a useful skill under my belt just incase I need to fall back on it. I plan on having and raising babies with my husband but want a job worth a damn in the meantime. Just in case I need a available and worthwhile skill/job to use if God forbid something happens to my family or husband or kids.
"It was 30 degrees"
Me: have you been to England my friend?
@@asbestosfibers1325 the point I made is that he says 30 degrees is cold, England is usually half that, in short saying he would have a way worse time.
Take care of your body, do what you can as safety as possible. And that includes for the health of your body.
Put money away, when you’re 48 with no retirement started it’s going to be to late to not die on the job
Yup did union for 15 years and I working on my business Seven7Pain Plumbing but right now I'm service only
Great advice!
Greek plumbers,we have to climb at roofs for solar panels service and installation
Im in my 7th year... though to be fair my time between plumbing jobs working wherever to pay bills prob equates to about a year. So Ive guess Ive got about 6 years.
If I need to go to the bathroom bad, I wont even ask, I just go. Yes I try to do my BMs between jobs but to call someone to your home to work for 1-2 maybe 3-6 hrs and expect them not to have to do a NORMAL THING WE ALL DO IS RIDICULOUS.
I had to remove a backwater device lid one time -that rubber seal did NOT stop the poo water, they never do- and after being literally elbow deep in SOMEONE ELSE'S shit water, they hesitated when I asked to use the bathroom. 1130pm saturday night kinda far away from any 24hr place. I politely reminded them I was just elbow deep in THEIR waste and the least they could do is let me use the restroom.
Some people would watch you dive head first into a septic tank, but God forbid you have to use their bathroom. I say fuck those people.
Ive been running into a lot of jobs the past couple weeks that have taken me longer than the first time I ever did one by myself...double stud directly behind shower valve...trying to do a waste and overflow on a cast iron tub with an acrylic liner with a screw on over flow ring with tabs that was OVER the cast tub but BEHIND the acrylic. Yea i had to silicone tf out of the overflow. What else could I do aside from a partial remodel? And also hes a vip customer.
Shits been so rough I feel like im going backwards.
im an electricien.....its funny you make fun of electriciens but....im not in a shitty position XD
Two things I hate about plumbing #1 digging. #2 boom lifts. I won't get on a boom lift
Poop=money.
Hell im 38 and crawling in my crawl space wears me out. Can’t stand having to do it.
you are a master thank you.
Only thing that sucks about being a plumber is unclogging the nastiest toilet, and having to clean up the poop. Other than that it’s pretty cool!
I laughed loudly at the 8:40 mark
We plumbers are always picking on the electricians and the HVAC are always in the way
“Take care of yourself”
Me who boxes and destroys my body for the love of my sport and does plumbing. Yeah my body’s gonna be screwed later lol
Love your videos!
Thank you!
In my personal opinion you need to workout and stretch if you work a trade because you need to stay in good shape and be strong in awkward positions and while doing awkward lifts and shit I do HVAC so I’m an air plumber lol and I understand what he’s saying shits not easy on the body
Nothings perfect in life
Very well said.
Man we work out in negative temps and I ha e worked in over 100 degrees and it’s terrible!
I’m going to school to be an electrician and I can tell from what I’ve been taught( lack there of ) this probably ain’t the trade for me, so thinking giving plumbing a shot.
Plumbing is way better than being a sparky...what made you want to get out of electrical other than being too smart for it?
@@RogerWakefield honestly I believe it’s the school I’m in, my school teaches us 90% theory and like 2% hands on and that has killed some of my momentum learning the electrical field
That’s unfortunate, what school are you at? Is it a trade or technical school?
@@RogerWakefield technical
People.
Just remember. If you look around your shop at the 10 other people you work with and you can't pick out the dumb ones, well...
If I have slight lower back pain I guess going for a plumber at 34 would not be a good idea then?
stretch twice a day you should be good, build up lower back , working out
I began the trade at 32. Got two herniated discs as a second year apprentice, not sure if it was from carrying a cast iron boiler section, or a powerlifting injury. Back acts up once every year or two, but I'm still in the trade, 20 plus years later. Of course, I had to give up powerlifting. Being able to earn a living is more important. Don't be a hero, work smart and you should be okay.
great vid thank you.
thanks for doing this job so I don't have to, respect
It so funny seeing Roger swear like that. Wish he did it mire often in his recent videos. Really puts force into what he's trying to convey
Driven away from many clients homes who are not gracious enough to let me or my workers use the toilet.
I alway go though that when i want to use the bathroom sometime i want to ask the customer that i want to use the bathroom
Doctors have to deal with poop too and worse!
Have you ever had an employee leave a job because it was too bad? Im asking this because i was a restoration technician at a site where it was a trauama/sewer backup. The plumber that showed up quit on the spot. It kind of made me chuckle and thats when i knew that i could be a plumber.
I've walked out on a job before! I has just started as a plumber and I got a call to unclog a toilet...I show up and there is a 1' PILE of fecal matter on the toilet and all over the bathroom...It was bad
i love this channel
5:36 feels a bit like a cheap shot although I agree
30° 🤣🤣 come up upper Michigan you can try out -30° roger!
What’s wrong with electricians???
Looking around in the trades there are some idiots in it. LOL
Dont care for unions. We do perfectly fine with out them. But you are correct I should be investigating to my future. Invest in myself and it will benefit me and our company.
30degrees that's swimming weather here in sd
I use a half inflated leather football to prop myself when I work under a sink. You should see the looks I get when a homeowner sees me walk into the home with my toolbox and a football!! And oh the questions I get. But after they see me laying on that football instead of the toe kick of a cabinet I get nothing but praise for how ingenious I am. The football is the most comfortable prop I have ever used ( the key is to have it half inflated)
I’m an electrician and I love watching roger’s videos when he takes cheap shots at us haha. Deep down he knows it’s us and the plumbers who are the smartest ones on any job site.
If electricians are so smart why can’t they pick up their trash
We are just jealous cause you walk out the jobsites as clean as you walked in.
N these 2 trades make the most
You are right, but I would add HVAC to it as well.
Eh
I make $435 per hour.
$166 travel to and $166 travel from even if it’s 30 mins away.
$200 if I stop at the store.
Most guys bill out at $30-$50 per hour in this trade.
Folks it’s not what you do…..it’s how you do it.
No I’m not a plumber or electrician
Plumbing doesn't suck,..... it's just draining !
-knee slap- Ha
Lol😂
Not only a good job, an essential job. I'm so proud of myself: I changed the seat on the cold water faucet. Successfully. If you have a plumbing problem, Roger has the answer.
I was an electrician up here in Saskatchewan, Canada. One winter I had to work outside at the airport in -45c(-49f) changing out lights, which required working with very delicate little screws, which meant you couldn't wear gloves. Within 5 minutes your hands would go numb and you'd have to run inside to warm up your hands, which was excruciatingly painful. Needless to say that winter I decided to make a career change and am now planning on going to university. Trades aren't easy people, know the challenges before you start.
Update bro?
@@SOUR_OG he’s dead 😢
Just like the end of "Good Will Hunting" he made something of himself.
It’s bittersweet at times but just about 9 times out of 10 it’s good to be a plumber~
could you elaborate? I am interested...
Torakashi basically everything he just said in the video. Plumbing is good stuff, but sometimes you can open a can of worms.
Eric Saldana very true
I Feel the same way about Being HVAC. Im also glad I got a job on the HVAC team of a massive government facility.
Yeah, but I haven’t missed a day through this mess. Let the snowflakes stay home.
I’ve been a union plumber for 2 weeks now, no plumbing experience prior to my employment. Gotta day, I love your videos! Super helpful to a first year apprentice
Gotta say*
What local?
Man, how did you go straight into apprenticeship? Don’t you have to complete a certain amount of vocational courses?
@@swisscheeseplease97 I got sponsored by the company I work for
@@Bchizzlethemc 582
Lol I suck a plumbing because I’m not a plumber, But let me tell you Roger, I’ve been a subscriber since July 2019 and yoo guys had like 500 subs - Now you’re at almosta 40,000!!! You gonna be the top dog in plumbing you tube before u know it man! Good job 👏
I wish when I entered the trades safety was more of a thing like it is today. I "Manned up" far too much.
Me too...and I have the bad back, neck, lungs, ears and knees to prove it.
@@eyellgeteven9928 my coworker’s hands are fucked up from never wearing gloves, always using electrical tape to cover his fingers when they crack and start bleeding because “gloves aren’t for men”🤣🤣
@@benjamintorres9211 Yeah, mine too...lots of scars, but then I have scars all over my body from work, lol.
@@eyellgeteven9928 tradesmen always have fat/ thick hands and fingers too
He said it was “cold” it was 30 degrees! 🤣 I’m an electrician in the north east. We were running 800ft of 4in parallel when it was negative 10. We both are in the same boat. We beat the shit outta our bodies and we do the stuff no one wants to. One of the good things is I never pay for plumbing work and my plumber buddies never pay for electrical work. Gotta scratch each other’s back!
Take care of yourself!!
Physically and mentally. Great advice. I've been a plumber for 37yrs, stretching out and think about what your doing. 57yrs young, I'm in decent shape 5'11" 180lbs.
Really can't convey enough.... Take care of yourself! Be safe. I like plumbing, my work is play.... mostly 🖖💰
I use go to a plumbing job at 7am after being at a hot working fire for 8 hours the night before.. and put 4 daughters and son through college and one through law school.. So at age 68 I'm all fucking wore out but it was well worth it..
My husband is a plumber and he says poop smells like money! The worst job for him was working under a kitchen sink, on the faucet, and roaches falling down on him. He had his helper remove the tool bag so they didn’t’ t come home with him! Yuck! Here in Louisiana it’s not the cold that’s hard, it’s the insufferable, oppressive heat that he has to work in, 100 plus degrees with 6 million % humidity!
He said....”My hurt HURTS!” 😂🤣💀💯 #lovethisguy #plumbingbrother
this got me
I can think of a few common additions or modifications to your list; Crawling into tight and awkward spaces requires the skills of a contortionist, but sometimes those spaces are dangerous enough that you need to suit-up with a HAZMAT suit, goggles, gloves, boots and a respirator to protect your health. The SH*TY jobs are not only gross and repugnant, they also can expose you to E-Coli and a variety of other germs and bacteria, which in some cases have been career ending. As a plumber, your working with water....so expect to get wet. Getting soaked at 9:00 AM makes the rest of your day pretty uncomfortable, especially if it's adding to your sweat in a very hot environment or you begin to see your clothing start to freeze hard in the extreme cold. Assembling a coupling that's 20 inches below the water surface in a flooded pit can ruin your day. People complain about what a plumber charges to change a few washers, but when the real plumbing needs to be done, the experienced plumber is worth his weight in gold.
using a snap cutter on a piece of 4 inch cast on a renovation job and having decade old dried shit dust slowly float its way down and land itself all over your forehead is fun
This made me laugh out loud
Been there bro
LOL best comment right here!
Service plumbing is the worst.
I guarantee you'll come across a homeowner that imported some fancy foreign shower valve or faucet & humiliate you by saying " aren't you a plumber? What can't you fix my shower from Spain? "
I did drain cleaning and plumbing on the side for 3 years while working as a mechanic at a local Glassworks factory. I worked at the factory almost 16 years until they closed the doors. I am solo now and completely on my own with the business. I am 40 years old and I haul my 300 lb drain cleaning machine in and out of basements. I feel this more than I used to. I need to teach my son the trade and hopefully get him to help me as I get older.
5:29 aaaahh. The classical plumber electrician fight. We actually get along just fine in my country so im gonna let that slide :)
Nah, we still carry 6 inch pipe on our shoulders and hold it for a welder half up a ladder with no harness. Unless the GC says OSHA is coming, and then we all hide.
lmao "my hurt hurts" Am 70 and a little skinny guy and stuff still hurts. Especially under that cabinet.