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This is a very quick video, we're going to be
looking at the overflow pipes outside of a house.
We've got a house here that we're at now.
The overflow pipes are dripping, there's two sticking out,
so we're going to have a look at them,
we're going to ascertain what the overflow pipe goes to,
and then we're going to fix the problem
which usually is a ball valve, okay?
A ball valve is letting by or it needs
a little bit of bending down or something like that.
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Remember, boom selector, oh yeah and also, hold tight!
Right, so I don't know if you can see it very well,
but up there we've got two overflow pipes, right?
One of them is leaking and as you can see on the wall
we've got like this patch here of poo
that's been created by loads of damp.
We're going to go up there and find out what it is.
Alright, so because the two pumps that we're looking at
were sticking out just underneath the soffits like they were
I've basically come to the conclusion that it's pretty much
going to be something to do with the tanks.
Now here they have a feed and expansion tank
for the heating and they also have a feed and expansion tank
for the hot water.
The hot water's the real big one, the heating one
is the real small one.
They're in this cupboard here,
which is the smallest cupboard I've ever seen,
and I'm not exactly a big lad,
and I'm having trouble fitting.
Anyway, I'm not exactly a big lad,
but even I can't fit in there very easily.
So anyway, let's pop in there and have a look,
I'm pretty sure we're gonna find the problem in here.
(hums)
So, here we are, and as you can see
we've got a lovely sloped roof just going down here.
Now, number one, I'm pretty sure it's this here,
it's this ball valve.
Just letting by a little bit and also
it could probably do
with a little bend down on the arm as well.
We've got the water off for the moment,
so I'm pretty sure it's this one here.
We've got our overflow pipe here, okay?
Look how close that is to the level of that.
You know, we've got the water off at the moment, like I say,
but when the water's on, that pretty much constantly drips.
The other tank which is just down here,
the water level in that I've checked, and that's like,
so low, it's never even come up very high,
so I'm pretty happy with that, I don't think
there's any problems.
So that's the first part of the job out of the way,
basically figuring out which one of these ball valves
we need to work on.
And it's definitely this one here.
So what I'm going to do is I'm going to strip out the
ball valve part just there, we're going to lay it out
on the floor, we're going to put a new nozzle in it,
and also redo the ball valve washer as well.
Basically the first thing we're gonna do now
is get ourselves a nice set of grips
basically get them gripped on around the outside here.
What you don't want to do is drop your grips (laughs).
That's the last thing you want to do right now.
And also because it's such a tight space
we're gonna want to get
our adjustable spanner on here like that.
Now we're gonna get that nicely so that's on there like so.
Now we're just gonna undo this here, like so,
did you see that?
Alright should be hand tight now.
As you can see, it's now hand tight we'll take this off
there will be a little washer in here,
if you can, try and keep it.
So this now is the bit that we need to work on just here.
So now this where it gets pretty interesting.
What we've got to do is we've got to strip down
this beast here, okay.
So basically as we look at this you can see
that as the arm moves up and down it works a little washer
onto the nozzle just here, okay. And these can let by,
the washers can get old and the nozzles can also get
a little bit of limescale in them and they can start
to score up and bascially start leaking.
So, what we're gonna do is strip this down,
pop a new nozzle in, pop a new washer in,
and probably also pop a new washer
on the end here as well.
So, then number one is, we've got to get rid of this
little clip here.
What I'm gonna do is, flatten that out.
I should just be able to pull that out.
Just like so.
And that bit can pull out now.
That bit's out of the way.
Now we want to grab our set of grips on here,
get our gimungo grips on here (laughs),
and undo this little end right here, okay?
So we take that off like that.
Then we should, with all luck be able to take out
this small bit here.
Now here is the first washer that we're going to change.
When you look at it closely it's pretty knackered,
it's got a little dimple in it, it's just not gonna be
sealing properly, so we're gonna take that out.
What we need to do is get our plumber's ball valve
prepare box, and that has all the washers you'll need
for these, basically.
You've got new nozzles, new clips as well,
so you know, you've got everything you've need
to basically finish this job off.
So what I'm going to do is get a small knife
or a screwdriver and we're just gonna push this out
often because they're so old and knackered,
they'll just fall to bits.
Just a matter of getting this out now.
As you can see there's the old one,
it's all split and horrible.
So, pick a new rubber washer that is roughly the same size
and we'll just push that nicely into that slot there
and that will house itself nicely just there.
So that's part one done.
The next bit we're going to want to do
is actually change over this nozzle.
We take our this old nozzle here,
that's seen better days as well by the looks of it.
We're gonna put a red one in
because we haven't got any small white ones,
a red one is basically a bit larger
and also it delivers a lot more water.
We're gonna put that in there like so.
The way these work - we have done a video
of how these work - is that the ball moves up
and as it moves up it slides itself into here and
pushes onto that and that's what creates
a watertight seal.
What we do is we pop our new one on it in here
if you can put a white replacement in, really,
I mean a red one's probably a little bit too much
for this system,
but for the demonstration purposes of this video it's fine.
Also I'm gonna pop a new washer in here as well,
and we'll split the old one off from the other side.
The next thing to do is to get your cartridge back in.
Make sure this slot is facing this slot here
for the reason being we're gonna put that in there like so.
Then we're gonna get our ball arm,
pop that in there, and that should slot right in,
then we can put our split pin back in.
Once that's back in there like that we'll just
split that out again, so it doesn't come out,
not too far, just a little bit.
Then pop on our little end nut again.
Really you don't want to really overtighten that
I'd just tighten that up just like that.
Basically we're ready to put this in now,
but to make it easier, you don't want the water level
really high in the tank because it will start
pushing this about, it could push this piece out here,
because if that goes out, you see that,
that's pushing that out all the time.
So that makes it a bit more grave.
If I was you, just run off the hot water,
or run off the water in whatever tank you're working in
even if it's a toilet.
Just make sure the water level drops
and it will be a lot easier for you to do
the next stage of the job.
Also because the water level,
even when this was up it was pretty high,
I'm just probably going to put this across my knee
and get this a tiny little bend.
The ball valve then is a little lower down.
Get my muscles ready, give it a little bend,
across my knee
(sings)
♫ across my knee
A little bend like that. Beautiful.
Now we're ready to roll and put the beast back in.
Now the water level in our tank has dropped down nicely.
First thing I'm gonna do is keeping my finger
over the end of this so we don't lose our new nozzle
or our new washer.
Let's try and marry these two.
Just like that.
And do up this nut again.
We see there, all I've done is pop that back on.
Pop that nut back on there.
Now I'll grab my grips again, my adjustables,
and tighten this up, give this a good nippin' up there.
Right, there we go.
Now I'm gonna go turn the water back on.
Just be a minute. Just here.
As you can see you've got loads of water coming out.
Coming out at a lovely rate.
That will shut it off nicely as well.
We're just gonna watch that shut off now,
make sure it comes up to a decent water level.
When it does we'll know it's nowhere near our overflow.
That will fix that problem then.
Well, boom, there we go, all done.
Nice and happy, ball valve shuts off
and comes on beautifully, doesn't drip,
is nowhere near our overflow,
but if we wanna bend it down a bit more we can.
That'd be fine.
So, there we go, all done. Very, very good indeed.
Boom. So there we go, it's another plumbing problem
mixed by "moi".
We've got an overflow that's run in,
a few simple steps.
Ascertain which tank is overflowing first,
if it's really high up
it's probably gonna be one of your loft tanks.
If your sticking out of the ground floor
it's probably gonna be a loo, usually,
it's probably a toilet.
You wanna have a look in your systems there,
then obviously turn your water off,
strip down your ball valve, maybe you sometimes
need to bend it.
Check that the ball isn't full of water.
Sometimes that can be an issue.
An obviously while you're at it,
if you are stripping it down
change your washer and also your nozzle,
and just change everything on it
using one of those little boxes.
You can get them from most plumbing merchants
also your big DIY stores, really handy to have in the shed.
You never know when it's going to come in handy,
and it can save you the cost of getting a plumber out.
Because people like me cost much monies, isn't it?
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and remember everybody, one thing you've got to do
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