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Aug 11, 2026 9:52 PM
IliveIdyeIliveagain
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baubabe on IG (Thanks @goofyhsk)
FoamingToad
Very neat work. I bloody hate doing plumbing and am fine with electricals. Reason is, electrics will catastrophically fail pretty much immediately, or work fine. Plumbing on the other hand is far too easy to get almost right, in which case you're just storing up work for the future.
djhash
Understanding 0%
Interest 100%
Gamechanger 👍
jridley
Who would have thought that buying the actual correct plumbing bits made for that unique sink would work better than hacking together a half-assed solution out of whatever Joe the Plumber had in his truck?
MKaiser
whoever did the initial install and didn't fully utilize the overflow drain or plan for the drawer is an idiot
Sensiblyinteresting
It doesn't make sense that they left the drawn out like that for how long?
hellvis
I bet she has free healthcare too.
HackerWithYourUsernameAndPassword
She's speaking german, so healthcare yes, but free no. A part of the salary goes to health insurance and for that we get almost universal healthcare. It's mind boggering for me why this isn't standard for the whole planet.
Daywalker27
I was gonna say I didn’t understand a word she said but at she point she said “game changer”
TheMayorOfTittyCity
Is this an add for that sink? It's literally just installing the part that came with it they way it was supposed to be installed. It does work better than the Jerry rigged plumbing, as one would have expected.
AvidApostate
Love the pink ratchet screwdriver.
raitchison
Plumbing is wizardry
Also, I listened to the audio, even though I don't understand what I suspect is German, I definitely heard the term "game changer" in the middle of all that.
Punkrockpearl
It is, in fact, German.
CrisprCAS
Lady knows her way around pipes.
Munkor350
I bet you got her beat
PineappleLoopsBroether
Ma’am I do my own plumbing
derrymerbles
notifybay151
https://media0.giphy.com/media/v1.Y2lkPWE1NzM3M2U1N3ppNXRzejF1dHR3NGV1YmVkb21rN3VjNTkzOXl4ZWJkM2xiajkxZyZlcD12MV9naWZzX3NlYXJjaCZjdD1n/KUr22eWptjAIM/200w.webp
Spaceboyardee
All that and no plumbers crack
PineappleLoopsBroether
She’s got 3
Beefkins
The ONE time I wouldn't have minded it.
Sheepboop
Sadly
dabydeen
Not a plumber then.
Clockworkdancerobot
A professional installation. Nice.
szpet627
https://imgur.com/1Qrh7Ir.mp4
DaveSamsonite
Ohhh, step-plumber...
B166ERMaximus
stayingalive4life
This is why woman should be more up front with their flirting. Guys don’t get hints very well. But to be fair, men have also been told not to over interpret signs as flirting.
moofunk
He fixes the cable?
Akurei00
"you can imagine what happens next"
IliveIdyeIliveagain
After I submitted this post 'Oh hey, maybe someone would post the video 'My pipe, your pipe', Just maybe. Then,
SuperGeniusPS
GravyEducation
https://media4.giphy.com/media/v1.Y2lkPWE1NzM3M2U1N2J0Y3lrdjl0eHZtcWo1cTR6dnNlMmFydHh5OG43NmY4M25vZHZ4NSZlcD12MV9naWZzX3NlYXJjaCZjdD1n/Mc7glzjN2Ukj4KGvCU/200w.webp
akafluffy
next episode on the autistic plumber, 7 years later he realizes she was in to him.
Allusernamesaretakensoichoosethis
... .... ....ooohhh, damn!!
UnaccomplishedWatcherImNotaBot
Or, as we call them, a normal man with principles
EricAirheart
Oh Scheiße! Ive been wanting to do this to my undersink. Thank you for showing it!
Broken08
I want to believe this is real, but the hands can't lie. Look how clean those nails and hands are..... She's the model, not the worker.
Skitspel
Yes, with those tight clothes she's showing off to get views of course. Nothing is real on the internet anymore.
Broken08
I want an intelligent, beautiful, sexily dressed woman to be great at doing things like this. It's great. But this isn't it.
ThisismyconfessionTherearemanylikeitButthisoneismine
That's some quality work
kershaw
Any Germans recognize where her accent is from? It sounds really strange to me.
DryAgedPopsicle
She speaks quite accent-free Hochdeutsch, but with phonetic trunkations typical for everyday speech. She is from Berlin, but does neither speak Berlinerisch accent nor does she use terms characteristic of Berliner dialect.
emu314159127001
Seems like it would be easier to change the drawer.
lozeldatkm
I have one of those red plastic handeld PVC cutters just like she uses, and they do NOT work that well. No idea why a professional would carry one to a job.
LetThemEatPie
They skipped the part where I push the drawer closed and it still hits the pipe then I start attacking random stuff under the sink with a hammer while the friend helping me calls a real plummer.
OjibwainAlberta
This over BTGG anyway of the week.
stumblinforward
This puts a whole new spin on the old plumber trope.
hereforthememes420
Sayers will fake it's hate.
Swedishbouldering
Meanwhile, all new kitchen sinks are sold with the useless shit thin pipes with "modern" twist ends that clog upp 10 times as fast as the old reliable ones.
Sensiblyinteresting
It kinda looks like that part was already installed in the sink and they removed it and put a crappier one in for the video so they could replace it?
jridley
You think the crappier one got that dirty and stained in a few minutes, and the right one was shiny and new after having been installed for a while?
Sensiblyinteresting
Why would that even be installed like that to Begin with? That attachment she put on looks specifically created for that sink and likely came with it.... No way a sink like that doesn't come with the part that connects the overflow to the drain.
VulcanTourist
I was prepared to make the same observation, but you made it. Something is fishy. There are so many "staged" DIY videos on YouTube. The worst are those cabin-building-in-the-woods types.
armswoldier
She literally said it does not come with it and had to be ordered sperately
Sensiblyinteresting
So they installed a cabinet that didn't close purposely? You said that other piece looked used.. so they just had that open like that for months?
armswoldier
Also I did not say it was used, that was someone else. But if you have eyes you can see that it is used.
armswoldier
Yes, she also explains she is fixing a shoddy job by another person
MayMayz4DayzYo
Would a straight/flat pipe so high up not mess with drainage??
HonoredMule
In Canada, all vertical to horizontal bends carrying waste water (regardless of solid waste) must have a radius of turn at least as large as the nominal pipe diameter. That means use a "long sweep" elbow or two 45s. The national US plumbing code has similar restriction but with explicit exemption for all lines >= 3" and fixture drains <= 2". But if you want smooth flow and definitely no problems, use long sweep at least, or much better to use 45 drop so it's all (nominally) vertical.
Subwayfootlong3
I used to have this but it was going uphill and would constantly get clogged. So one day I just went to the store and bought small radius elbows. Never had a problem since.
fknbastard
It’s a little farther to the p trap but it’s also not a sink design for solids.
HandsomePenguin
In order to be up to code all drainage need a certain amount of slope. It not a hige number and that straight pipe has some.
termi525
Given I have renovated one kitchen myself, including the plumbing, I can tell you what I learned: It's fine at this height!
There is such a thing as too much gradient. Pipes have around a 2–3% drop. Not much more. Since solids need enough water flow to carry them. E.g. this one should be fine.
Also, smallish fun fact: sharp 90° bends are usually avoided in drains. You usually have 87° and 45° bends, and for a 90° turn you can use 2 45° bends to get better flow. At least that is what I learned.
Chagrinnish
Your poo pipe would have a problem with excess gradient. Over 2" (50cm) per foot (30cm) would cause solids *ahem* to get stuck while the water rushes past. In a kitchen sink I'm sure you could create similar problems if a garbage disposal were involved.
HalfSong
The code around here is 1/8th” vertical for every foot horizontal
stumblinforward
No its an overflow drain and acts as an air gap as well. Most bathroom sicks have them formed into the ceramic. This is the first i have seen one in a kitchen sink though, but it make sense to have it.
Clayman8
Is it strange if i say i actually now have one when they redid my kitchen a few years ago? It seems normal to me but maybe its cause im used to having those in bathroom sinks so i didnt really find it out of place
TedNuggetKidSclock
I think when there is a double kitchen sink the middle divider is lower than the top of the sink so the thought is that the second sink is the overflow drain.
ArchaeoEejit
I've never seen a kitchen sink without one, guess they're regional.
mindstorm8191
I've never seen a kitchen sink with one. So... yeah, probably regional
WhichEndDoITypeIntoAgain
I've never seen an overflow drain on a kitchen sink - only in bathrooms. And now I feel like I've been missing out my whole life!
Fentex
Absolutely need one on mine - cats walking about might stand on my ceramic tap lever and start water flowing - and if I've left the plug closed... thankfully I learned this a night I did not leave the plug closed.
akafluffy
I feel the sink plugs that have a tube sticking out the top so if the water goes over that line it just drains straight down the regular drain are just better.
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WhichEndDoITypeIntoAgain
Actually once, yes. But is it worth fixing? Nah, I'm not that chuffed. I'm just excited to see something that's new to me
RatsLiveOnNoEvilStar
All it takes is once to always want a feature like this.
RainierAlt
I did overfill an undermounted sink once. I feel like having this anti-overfill hole is more important on those. Personally I'm not sure I'd ever own one. They look nice from afar, but I just don't trust them.
AK90
Last time I checked it was pretty much standard on all IKEA sinks in Sweden.
CallMeMcGyver
It's a European thing... well, definitely an expensive European thing... at least in the U.S. on high end sinks.
bricePlanetDiver
Standard on about all Ikea sinks, so probably not *that* expensive
armswoldier
Its standard on every sink here
RubbleTrouser
In the US we have dual sinks.
Hollandia2025
Have them too in The Netherlands - anywhere it's a dual sink
Snowman25
So? Dual sinks still need an overflow, do they not?
TheFriggson
typically they overflow into the other basin
Astramancer
I freaking hate dual sinks. Give me one big basin, damn it! My big pans never fit in the half sink. It's definitely on my "some day" list.
plutonium
Dual sink = two basins of equal size. One for washing, the other for rinsing. Then you put the clean pots and pans in the drying cabinet above the sink.
FreaksOnWheels
They suck
plutonium
Talk about being confidently incorrect.
NotTakenImgurAccountName
Common practice to avoid potential water damage in a lot of EU countries. Other people saying "US has double sinks", well that's common in the EU as well, and as you can plug both sinks there will be an overflow hole usually in-between the two sinks.
echonite
My issue is the point where the overflow merges back in is right at the sink drain inlet, clogs typically happen just after that point, rendering the overflow useless.
PhilbertHFZ
I think it's more intended for if you stop up your sink to fill it with soapy water for cleaning dishes and such, but you get distracted/pulled away from the sink and forget you have the water running. You probably aren't going to like your water bill, but at least you won't have water damage to deal with on top of that.
echonite
Ah, that makes sense.
mouthfullofpebbles
I'm in Sweden, apartment built in the 40's, renovated around 70's-80's (I believe). I don't have an overflow hole in the kitchen, but a very common type double sink: one side is larger and pluggable, the other is smaller with a large strainer type bottom, a "rinse sink". The divider is lower than the rest of the stainless steel countertop part, so any overflow from the plugged side would be taken care of by the rinse sink. Never thought about it before reading your comment though!
yamsonyamsonyams
Pfffttt you guys might have cool sinks, but do you have a senile, racist, billionaire pedo president with an iq of 80, thousands of nukes, and nothing to lose?
AsheLake
80 is generous.
TI99Kitty
I was going to say it's an outright exaggeration.
pierrelaplace
Nice but no disposal.
DisUsernameAmsDildos
I was expecting a dishwasher
Tarmaccian
That’s the flexible pipe she reconnects at the end.
droningonaboutsomething
Disposals are more of a North American thing most other countries expect food scraps to go into compost.
But a 90 deg angle going to a straight sideways pipe to another 90 deg angle seems to be asking to be clogged.
lozeldatkm
We're having our kitchen redone right now (in the US) and we have specifically asked for no disposal. I've had them and I hate them.
WilliamHuskerAdama
Never seen one outside of the US. Do you all just toss your garbage into the sinks and flush it down the pipes?
6060scrabble
Garbage goes in the bin (trash), not in the sink
WilliamHuskerAdama
Then what's the point of the garbage disposal?
Punkrockpearl
Germans don't use them.
getthismanabeer
It's bananas that when they move they take their kitchens with them.
schlummi
Mostly because landlords would otherwise be responsible for maintaining the kitchen. So they can dodge responsibility - not their problem if the fridge breaks. On the other hand its understandable. Lots of tenants aren't careful. If your kitchen is destroyed because a tenant hasn't cleaned it in years, put hot pots on wooden surfaces, cut with knifes into the countertop, there is mold in the fridge: yeah...you can either increase rent by 100-200€/month or let tenants install their own kitchen...
salunatics
That is the cleanest, most spacious, and well lit under the sink working space I've ever seen.
Ivalicenyan
German plumbing is the strongest plumbing in the entire world
vampire49
Aziz, light!
frozenlake247
Thank you Aziz.
whoisbatman
Funny because I just replaced my kitchen faucet today, and I can confirm, it's cramped as hell down there. In my house, at least. I also confirm that at least 2 swear words were spoken during the installation.
MechKelly
At least 2? Well that could go up to a lot lot lot. My plumbing usually results in a swear about every 15 seconds. More frequent if something is stuck, cross threaded, or there's still a small leak.
NinjaCongo
Ordnung muß sein.
Frencheeseater
That was the program of the right wing in Hungary for 16 years ! Everywhere else as well.
NinjaCongo
Even a blind squirrel is right twice a day.
Frencheeseater
I knew for a broken clock, but a squirrel ??? Please enlighten me !
NinjaCongo
Well the squirrel certainly can't.
somethingstupidandclever
Where is everyone getting these fun long boi markers? I swear That's the marker.
Samthetrue
Thats where they film the plumbers porn
shameofslate
“What are you doing, step-plumber?”
LeftRightThere
Ma’am, I do my own plumbing
stayingalive4life
7chickens123000
Nothing is corroded, stuck, or stripped. Amazing
mjperk
Someone will chime in and say that's an EU undersink, which is much better than their dirty American counterparts. And I'd probably believe it.
5tradivariuS
well, usually there's more stuff lying around, but you tell people to remove all of that crap before you connect the drain in the kitchen. but rest looks regular for Germany
frozenlake247
I think the lack of crap stored under there is covered by the early bit where it’s shown they were trying to install the sliding cabinet trash can deal. Can’t really store junk where the sliding trash can goes.
somnif
And it is used.... to store a trash can. Trash bin. Trash bucket? Weirdly low volume awkwardly placed trash receptacles.
noReallyIamPrincessBob
Dude, that’s where people typically put their trash receptacle if it’s in a cupboard where I live. #1 spot to look: under the sink.
akafluffy
Weird, that's where I keep dish liquid cleaning supplies etc, y'know things for the sink
mikeatike
I have the drawer trash bin thing too, but its not under the sink, its under the counter next to the sink. This way it doesn't get jammed up on pipes and ahit like happened here.
Like how did they even get this so wrong in the first place. Im convinced this is a stage and this is some kind of odd actually plumbing fetish.
Muffyns
You can store both
FreaksOnWheels
I store both AND a compost bin and dishwasher soap and cleaners and rags and a watering can.
akafluffy
not both under the sink, because that's not a lot of space
DaveSamsonite
That type of trap is not allowed by most building codes in the US as far as I can tell. It's nice snd compact thought.
stayingalive4life
I’m genuinely curious as to why. Can you provide a quick explanation or point to where the information can be found?
theshinobi23
Idk about it not being allowed by code, but the horizontal pieces just need to maintain a slight downward slope to make sure the water flows properly and doesn't stagnate in the pipe. There's no part of the video where it shows her check that with a level, but I'd wager she probably did it off-camera.
bigzz03
old code. the biggest reason is the 90 right out the bottom. old school setups didn't have the bolt holding it in place, so filling sink up and letting it drain would push the 90 with too much force and it'd leak/flood the cabinet. also could cause build at the 90 where the extension pipe screws into it.
DaveSamsonite
A P-type trap is required and this appears ro have a simple U-trap.
Tarmaccian
Look when she adds the extra bit of pipe. It’s pretty clearly a P-trap.
DaveSamsonite
I was a bit distracted