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Thoughts on architecture's disrespect for the potential beauty of plumbing.
Essentially, this video is a big complaint that typical residential plumbing, probably 99% of residential plumbing, is designed such that it's built into walls and floors that must be destroyed in order to maintain or repair the plumbing. I understand that there are reasons plumbing is typically installed behind walls and under floors. Gotta keep pipes from freezing; it's cheaper to destroy a sheetrock wall than to fundamentally redesign plumbing conventions to allow ready access to pipes; plumbing is relatively low maintenance, and to build access to pipes is way less cost-effective than to demolish walls and floors when needed. Also, I imagine, there's building codes that require specific plumbing conventions.
But we've had a bunch of plumbing emergencies at this house, and each time we do, it seems the heavy-lift of the repair is the inaccessibility of the pipes. On one occasion, the plumbers had to bring in a skinny 16 year-old nephew in order to fit beneath the house to access some pipes.
I do not accept that there is NO WAY to design plumbing differently from its current incarnation, as this video demonstrates. I first saw the Pompidou Center in Paris when I was 21, and it's had a lasting effect on me.
The drone rescue is in here because drone rescue videos are a bit of a cliche now, so i didn't want to make a stand-alone drone rescue video, AND I found those tree guys so incredible that i couldn't resist. I wanted you to witness how they work. You should see them with chainsaws...
Sprinklers installed by Matt at West Valley Sprinkler Co: (818) 883-1400
Drone Rescue by the guys at Natural Wonders Trees: https://www.facebook.com/naturalwonderstrees/
Thoughts on architecture's disrespect for the potential beauty of plumbing.
Essentially, this video is a big complaint that typical residential plumbing, probably 99% of residential plumbing, is designed such that it's built into walls and floors that must be destroyed in order to maintain or repair the plumbing. I understand that there are reasons plumbing is typically installed behind walls and under floors. Gotta keep pipes from freezing; it's cheaper to destroy a sheetrock wall than to fundamentally redesign plumbing conventions to allow ready access to pipes; plumbing is relatively low maintenance, and to build access to pipes is way less cost-effective than to demolish walls and floors when needed. Also, I imagine, there's building codes that require specific plumbing conventions.
But we've had a bunch of plumbing emergencies at this house, and each time we do, it seems the heavy-lift of the repair is the inaccessibility of the pipes. On one occasion, the plumbers had to bring in a skinny 16 year-old nephew in order to fit beneath the house to access some pipes.
I do not accept that there is NO WAY to design plumbing differently from its current incarnation, as this video demonstrates. I first saw the Pompidou Center in Paris when I was 21, and it's had a lasting effect on me.
The drone rescue is in here because drone rescue videos are a bit of a cliche now, so i didn't want to make a stand-alone drone rescue video, AND I found those tree guys so incredible that i couldn't resist. I wanted you to witness how they work. You should see them with chainsaws...
Sprinklers installed by Matt at West Valley Sprinkler Co: (818) 883-1400
Drone Rescue by the guys at Natural Wonders Trees: https://www.facebook.com/naturalwonderstrees/
Laughs, it's hard to point out. So if you look in this camera right here, i have it aimed with this gigantic lens be careful yeah right! The rainy season has not yet come to la, but the check's in the mail. That's for sure till then we use our freshly installed sprinkler system to water, the plants installed by a professional with craftsmanship and aesthetic sensitivity. The system just looks right straight forward.
These little drip valves get punched into the main line, pretty readily simple, to install simple, to modify simple to maintain, unlike plumbing in general. This spirited man has a fundamental problem with plumbing in general, and the problem is this: why the hell are the pipes still built into the buildings inside the walls such that the walls must be destroyed in order to access the pipes when the pipes need service or Modification pipes don't freeze around here. This is southern california. You can see the light coming in from outside.
We've destroyed this soaked wall accessing burst, pipes, we've destroyed this soaked, wall accessing burst pipes and the sprinkler man in order to access some plumbing was forced to diamond blade and sledgehammer through about six inches of pavers and concrete. I've asked him not to build the pipe and conduit back into the terrace to let us figure out how to cover this hole without building the pipes into concrete and brick. Here's the solution. Hopefully it's the solution that we've come up with.
I love plumbers. It's plumbing! I've got a beef with plumbing design, architects, it's as if plumbing is an afterthought, but plumbing can be beautiful. It can be done. I've seen it have you ever heard.
Noam chomsky talk about indoor plumbing, he says the arrival of indoor plumbing as a technology makes. The arrival of the smartphone seem a trifle completely transformed human life on planet earth. Plumbing did where's the respect for it. Besides paris, i mean where, besides paris um.
Bravo, the rainy season has not yet come, but the check is in the mail. That's for sure you.
To those concerned bretheren, in the California state capitol, Sacramento, it rained yesterday. It was the first rain in Sacramento in 212 days. A new record. Yes it rains in California, it rains in hard, intense, torrents. But stops pretty quickly and then is dry for ten months. Mold and mildew happen, of course, but they are not a thing. Like being concerned about hurricanes in Kansas. It IS possible…but…
For those who wonder this is Renzo Piano's centre Pompidou. Called Beaubourg by parisians. Museum and exhibition of modern art. Van your plumbing is beautiful.
Mr. Plumber on board!
Great video Van!
Don't blame these plumbers, they did their job as they were taught 🙂
You have no idea how much the current way we lay pipe annoys me.
One day when i get to the point of being able to build my own home every place where there is pipe or wire in my house is going to have a push panel so you can access the pipes/wires in a pinch.
I'm watching this the day AFTER over, yes, over 1000 bolts of lightning and RAIN graced Los Angeles. T'was on Monday, October 4th 2021!!!
LOL. Never learned about filling a hole with rocks and a tarp while plumbing. FYI wood doesn't hold up to water well. Libs always talking about science LOL
What exactly is the point of the tarp? It surely won't keep water from getting into the foundation. This is a hack job.
Amazing Video just like an Artist 🎨 Well thought out and then some⚡ So glad your brother Casey sent me here Many Moons Ago!! 🤠👍
As a plumber for an irrigation company in the Midwest seeing pipes exposed and above ground is so weird to me
that check may bounce. another el nina they say, little rain predicted. hoping otherwise though
You would love visiting my Utah Valley University, all exposed plumbing painted in bright colors.
If he'd put that cork upside down, it would have celebrated the Spirited Woman living with him.
This spirited man says that the tarp won't hold up because the spirited man before him used tarps in unconventional ways in the house he bought before last.