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@@charliewillis8527 yea that’s right - accidentally said 2mm

@RJHeating I was only joking with you but yes it is 2.5 for some reason I remember it's 2.5 and 4mm but I can't remember the wife's name lol

@@charliewillis8527 I have heard that, but to be honest, always test after and tests perfectly. It’s mad how bad they get!

@RJHeating yes iv always done what you do but my mate did that then he had a problem afterwards and he phoned ideal and they told him not todo that he then had to change the injector and it was fine

@@hamzaparvais3948 thanks for watching!!

@@ryandow3954 yep! Makes sense, out of interest, how comes you don’t use the retaining nut?

@RJHeating I can never get it to sit right so I can get the fan in 🤣 so I just use a nut on its own and that way the retaining plate doesn't get in the way. I've just always found that way easier 😎

@ yeah that’s fair! It’s nice we all find our little quirks that work. I even find things in the comments that are useful from ways others do things!

@@johnburns5966 haha I did think that, but thought I’d take the gamble - luckily held nicely! Someone must like me up there!

@@ian.M440 HATE bath taps! And sink taps. Tolerate basin taps 🤣🤣 always glad to have you!

Usually I do, this time I just felt like living dangerously 🤣🤣 usually I don’t even bother with the internal stopcock and head straight to the one in the road 😂

@@russellbaldry5095 haha stretch Armstrong! Wouldn’t have minded as much if I’d known what I was walking into and specifically said is the access ok! This set is pretty decent to be fair, check out MacDonald Plumbing Supply they have them!

Haha you know it! See, we have our perks 😑 you’re right about plumbing making better content though 🤣

@ good luck! 🤣

@@Heatkingyou have to be trim to do them bath taps guys😁👍🏼

@Heatking that one was a baptism of fire 🤣

I believe so!

Not that I know of, to be honest, I don’t do much plumbing at all! @Heatking is your plumbing man to ask!

@@anthonygreenwood4486 man after my own heart!

@@ian.M440 haha it’s great! Just need a pink on now too!

Ya, that’s right, I actually have a video short on this somewhere on here!

@@onefortheroad1 not had that yet - let you know if it happens

@@ian.M440 so much nicer to fit. Even better to replace as you literally just need to undo the grub screw, pull one off and push the other on! Bristan started them.

@@Qualityservicesbcs best way - proven by this video 🤣 thanks for watching 🙏🏽

@@KickThuBucket haha I guess it is a little!

@@Antonio-gq6fx 🤣 what’s flapping around and leaking? What are you even talking about?!

@@bane8722 I get direct from ATAG - I think that’s the only place you can get them now!

@RJHeating thanks a lot bud. Need to do a service next week. Also sort out the plate heat exchanger

@ they’re lovely to service. You’ll need a 4mm Allen key to take the burner out but nice and easy! Don’t pour water down the HEX though!

@@tomstrutton4351 useful isn’t it haha!

@@jackhoskins722 thank you! Appreciate it! A nice milestone to hit - never thought I’d get there to be honest!

@@robgraham1204 thank you so much for giving the info! I’m way out of my depth with it and to be honest, only had a look as it’s a regular client - I’ve sucked out the water in the tray and it’s been fine for a week. She said the doors not been left open and usually, if it is, an alarm goes off to alert you which she’s not had. I’m keen to learn more and FGas is definitely on the cards for the hopefukky near future! It’s been there for a year or two with no issues so presume installation and ventilation is all ok for it but you’d definitely know more than me!

You heating guys will be quing up for the f gas what with the influx of heat pumps Note these fridges run on hydrocarbon refrigerants Which are highly flammable F gas will be OK for the heat pumps But to work on units like this with hydrocarbons you will need another course normally a day I would stay away from this if fridge work is only something you will occasionally do Entirely up to you though

@ nope, I’m in agreement, happy to steer well clear 🤣🤣 I would ideally just like to service and repair air con units 🤣

@@macpatel7810 ahh thank you! Really appreciate that, and your support over the last 9 months or so!

​@@RJHeating no worries . Enjoying the content .. keep it going . You'll hit big numbers soon.. also why do you not like those expansion vessels ? You know you can swing the tray round right ? Take the igniter off with the screws and swing the collector tray round and get to it easy..

@ ​​⁠fingers crossed! Funnily enough, I have none of these boilers on my books at all, and had 2 new customers today, same boiler, different clients! I pulled on the tray on the first one because I thought that but it felt a little tight so I didn’t want to break it. I’m pretty sure I’ve just taken the front screw out the bracket before and wedged it up to replace though!

@@muhammadAli-kd2zp thanks for watching!!

@@hali5341 it wasn’t through testing, I was just moving the wires about with my screwdriver and saw it was loose - I’d knocked it out when replacing the CH zone valve last week. When putting back in, the DHW neutral had gone behind terminal rather than in it so looked in - and naively didn’t check the water as I was working on the CH circuit! Also, when live testing, I generally test earth to lives unless I’m checking polarity

@@madshepsreef282 thanks for watching my man!

@@ian.M440 thank you Ian! And thank you for all your support, was nice to wake up to on Sunday morning haha, the last hundred or so seemed never ending 🤣 I don’t know how these people end up with millions 🤣

@@lostinthoughtscalminsilenc8167 hi, thanks for watching! I don’t often fit Hive anymore, funnily enough had one a week before Christmas, I do actually have one at home so will see what I can do! Stay tuned!!

@ nice mate!

@ I’ll put it on the list! They used to all wire in similarly but the EPH & ESi have changed their terminals now! If it’s helpful at all, you’ll have N, L, 1 is your common (you can put a link into the live for this), then 3 is your switch live back to the boiler (CH ON), or on a 2 channel, 3 is your DHW on and 4 is your CH on!

@@RJHeating why do sometimes you need to link mate?

@ often just easier putting a link between the L & Common/1 rather than trying to fit an extra wire into the L terminal back at the boiler. Some boilers have a live out/LS like the Worcesters but some don’t like Vaillant which only has an RT which is the switch live back to the boiler (3 in most controllers)

@@Helixplumbingandheating cheers mate! Haha you’ll be happy to know the breakdown bag in the other video is a Veto. To give credit where it’s due, they’re both great bags! A few adjustments I’d make but nothing major! I love being able to keep the analyser probe out the way on this one - nothing worse than that getting tangled in your tools!

@@SteveN-pw4dj SoS is great stuff! I used to use that but switched to One Shot which works well too. This time I didn’t have any on me and nowhere local had any 😩 to be fair, this one seemed to work aswell! Appreciate you watching!

New laws have reduced Spirits of salt down to 10% content, making it bloody useless ! I have found a new supplier where I can buy good old 36% SOS's but you have to show that you are a business user and sign declarations of usage and safe storage 😁

@@davecavaghan7889 it’s a Fluke multimeter branded by BG which I was given 18 years ago when I worked there

@@davecavaghan7889 it’s been amazing - only ever had one battery replacement and gets used pretty much most days in 18 years! Touch wood it lives for quite a few years more!

you must have been good mates with your service manager,did you get the sprint as well🤔🤔

@ na, had to give back the analyser but everything else I was allowed to keep. Even the A Frame extending ladder but leant that to someone which that mysteriously went missing 🙄 even got a socket n see somewhere just have no idea if I still have it!

@@macpatel7810 funnily enough they didn’t even offer a boiler quote so I think just trying to sting the client! Would have been a pain of an install, vertical flue on the 6th floor! On average I can do the vessel with boiler off the wall in around 45 mins - 1 hour and will replace the PRV and usually whip the plate off and give it a clean out whilst it’s exposed too!

@@customhoused4335 I didn’t have one on me or anywhere local to get one from so clean out was the best option. If was showing all the signs of a blocked plate so jumped straight in - thankfully, all good since! Thanks for watching!

@@Carl-re6zb oh nice, I’ll check it out. This surprisingly worked well though haha! Thanks for watching!

@@madshepsreef282 how are you? One thing I’d say is always make your own diagnosis!

@ I’m going hard with ordering hand tools a little to hard 😅

@@madshepsreef282 haha anything exciting?? Checked out www.supremehandtools.co.uk yet??

@@ian.M440 cheers Ian! Hope you’re well!

@@gasfitter78 you’d think a little bit of actual work would have gone into a paid diagnosis though, well I would! Still, a new client gained for me! I’ll check out his video - thank you! Unfortunately, often when you work for companies it’s all time based and never enough to do your job properly!

@@russellbaldry5095 sounds like it, especially quoting £1k for it. I’m all for making money but then there’s raking the proverbial! Hope you’re good mate! Thank you for watching!

@ absolutely! Yeah all good mate. Had to inform a customer they need a new heat exchanger(ideal logic) warranty literally ran out 4 months ago! Logics one of my favs but not seen this before, pin hole on the outside of the main block😵

@ ooh I’ve not seen that either! Any chance Ideal will honour it? May just get someone decent on the phone that helps them out! Spirit of Christmas still lingering and all that 🤞🏽

@ they did call Ideal but they didn’t know how bad it was at the time. Think Ideal just offered to send an engineer out at a cost but customer called me instead. Maybe if it was like a week out of warranty maybe they would have honoured still. New heat engine £435😵🙈

@ jeez!! Have you looked at used/recon? A place local to me does the vaillant ones so I’m sure ideal too and charge £100-150 which is a bit easier for the customer to swallow!

@@zali1457 I usually use One Shot which works in seconds but didn’t have any on me

Used to use that before as well as one shot. Spirits of salts is now really diluted and has virtually no acidic content anymore and is utterly useless even for drains..

@ interesting! I’ve not used it in ages, since switching to One Shot which has always been really good for me! Lethal if you breathe too close though!!

@@martinwright7093 crazy how you can become the bad guy sometimes isn’t it! Always the “handyman” 🤣 thanks for watching!!

@@kimmythesparks happy new year to you too Kim! Hope you’re good! Thanks for watching!

@@alunt2003 always interesting to see the other ways people do things! Will give it a go! I knew the thermistor could stay but always remove more just to get the wire out the way 🤣

@@russellbaldry5095 it does with the electrodes, but if you don’t need the electrodes, you can get it in with the gas tube from city plumbing and it’s cheaper than buying it on its own! £7!

@@RJHeatingcool👊🏼

@ appreciate you watching!

@@Carl-re6zb haha natural progression! The Karcher is a game changer, especially because it folds! Thanks for watching my man!

@@jasonoliver9549 yes! Definitely grab one, they’re currently on sale I believe from @supremehandtools - go check out his instagram (@supreme_handtools)

Parts plus your labour..

@@charliewillis8527 usually £145 on these. What about you?

@@JordanCarling-z9l I thought that at first but it was all good

How you determine if it’s good? I would say that the crust is the indicator that it’s gone(honest question).

needs changing 100% mate hex leaking on weld

why else would that crust be there 🤔 changed loads for this reason

@@AlanJones-f5l it’s leaked in the past at some point but currently holding - clients obviously been advised but doesn’t want to replace due to the cost. Annoyingly, all we can do is provide best advice and act report accordingly 😞