Monty by Jim Meddick for September 25, 2022

Always watch the video through to the end before following its advice.

youTube has saved us a butt load of money. Dishwasher repair, water heater repair, dryer repair, computer monitor repair, re-keying door locks,……

Never trust an online plumber-video that doesn’t start with the instruction how to loosen the backside of your pants to reveal that certain smile…

Plus now the plumber will want a tip.

I’m a contractor and have done many, many household installations and repairs, and I still watch others do them on YouTube. Maybe I can learn a new trick, or just review a job before tackling it.

Youtube been bery bery good to me.

What’s surprising is how many online instructional videos there are that actually help. I’ve used many from how to recalibrate the Electronic Parking Brake module on a 2014 Jaguar to installing an SSD on a laptop to how to repair a Keurig coffee maker to how to disable the auto door lock feature on a Ford Edge. There are (literally) thousands of DIY videos on YT.

In the last panel I read it as “you may not ice some leakage” and was wondering who ices leakage.

Those videos can be great, but please ditch the music!

“Oh, right, forgot Number 1: Turn off the water…”

The biggest time killer on plumbing projects is replacing all of the failed shutoff valves. A sawzall is the correct tool for removing old plumbing.

the first step in any kind of home repair is to shut down whatever it is you’re fixing. Shut off the water for plumbing, power for electrical, gas for stove or heaters, etc. Also the general rule of thumb is to watch a tutorial video all the way through BEFORE actually following it, just to make sure it applies to your situation and it goes through all the way. I mean, imagine if he dismantled the thing and parts were all over the place only for the video to end with “check out my next video where we’ll do the complex reassembly procedure, see you next week!”

Might have known the final step in the instructions was call a plumber.

First turn off the water.

Noticed the ‘not ice’ part right away

Sigh! I just lately had an “experience” with a plumber, And the outlaid dinero. Ain’t laughing.

Too bad Monty didn’t bother to view the online video all the way through to its end!