Plumbing tips – an easy way of air testing pipe work

In this video Roger Bisby demonstrates a cheap easy way of testing for leaks in your plumbing.

Plumbers often test pipes by puttting water in them which can be a bit of a disaster.

Roger suggests an alternative method of air testing pipe work using a schrader valve and an ordinary foot pump.

There are now kits available for air testing pipe work but if you don’t have one to hand this is a cheap easy alternative.

Roger says it is a method which has saved him a lot of stress over the years.

Roger also provides some key safety tips for the testing process.