Love Letter to Plumbers
Published September 30, 2021 · 8:34 · 152,152 views
About This Video
Van has a fundamental problem with plumbing. Why are the pipes still built into the walls, such that the walls must be destroyed to access them? He has destroyed soaked walls accessing burst pipes. Twice. The sprinkler man had to diamond-blade and sledgehammer through six inches of pavers and concrete to reach some plumbing. Van asked him not to build the pipe back into the terrace.
He loves plumbers. It's plumbing design he has a beef with. Plumbing can be beautiful. He has seen it. Noam Chomsky said it best: the arrival of indoor plumbing as a technology makes the arrival of the smartphone seem a trifle, that plumbing completely transformed human life on planet Earth. Where is the respect for it? Besides Paris. That is the question. Eight minutes, and the freshly installed sprinkler system, with its direct drip valves punched into the mainline, is the counterargument: simple to install, simple to modify, simple to maintain.
Transcript
that's 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 with that yeah [Applause] 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 straightforward these little drip valves
get punched into the mainline 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 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 sledg Hammer through about 6 in of pavers and [Applause] 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 [Music] 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 gome 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 [Music] for for [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] Bravo [Music] oh the rainy season has not yet come but the check is in the mail that's for sure [Music]
Products & Tools Mentioned
- DJI Mavic Air 2 drone uses — filming tool
- sprinkler system uses — home maintenance
People Referenced
Noam Chomsky