I 've just worked thru all your videos on you tube from as far back as I can get; I feel I could fault find and repair just about any boiler now! By the way, that half stone half brick house at the start of your video must have the most unreliable system in Britain, because you visit it every week! I must say find your output very interesting and informative, the only trouble is now I can't watch several episodes each night, but will have to wait a week for each one to be released. Your work ethic and workmanship are first class!.
In Italy all of the valves are with hex key and the cap like the one you showed. I mean those one for the return. Because we pipe return at the bottom of the rad an flow at the top
Iv'e been fitting these rads in Hospitals and clinics for a couple of years now , a pain in the arse .you have no play and need to be spot on. Rad valves are the best ones out there
I really like the videos that focus on heating. I like to see the similarities and differences the way you do things and equipment. The terminology is different but I'm figuring it out. Thanks for sharing. Bath, Maine, US
Good evening Pete, please i been spinning my head around the rad bracket installation and i still cnt get it even though i used to be quite good in math. If the C/l of valve to end of rad is 25mm that mean the end of the rad is 25mm below the laser line and end of bracket to end of rad is 15mm so from the end of the rad which is 25mm below the laser line i go up 15mm that will be the end of the bracket so the bracket is still 10mm below the central line and not 10mm above.? I would be very thankful if u can clarify that abit more , (frankly i would be lucky is you even had the chance to read it with almost a 100+ comments? Again very great video as usual,
Great video as always. Interesting one too. Is there any end to the life of a jobbing plumber. What next getting better by the week. Getting P.B bag for birthday soon can’t wait. Nice to see Marcus too working with you. Well done you two
Hey PB have you tried the Schneider Wiser controls? Support is great and for a one off £14.99 you can link it to your smart meter to see consumption related to heat etc. Also lets you mix electric, UFH and conventional heat with the same controls.
If we do a boiler maintenance here in the Netherlands, we must always remove the hood when measuring the flue gases. But great videos as always ! And there are really some differences how our boilers,piping , maintenance and rads are . Great to see! some tricks are quite useful too!
Great content again. I also always test boiler cover on with probe in left hand sample point to check for co in outer flue due to faulty inner flue seals or badly fitted plume kits. Flue seals and problems with plume kits are very common.
Nice Job regarding that remote red Pressure Vessel what with Isolation Valve and Drain Valve fitted onto same great idea for anyone wanting to Pump up same on the Air side for dropping off System pressure out of same, that and for quick change out... Great Upload...
Lol love this video you to are a great comedy act love your work really precise stuff really like the honesty of you like a product or not I did laugh out loud when he sat on the rad but I thought he don’t weigh a bag of sugar Pete you need to get him ripped like your self as the magna filter was a change but what he lacks in strength he’s got in experience I’m not knocking him 😂 thanks for all the videos and one more things really need one of your bags thanks again take care.
I've just had exactly the same issue with one of my customers regarding nest. Boxt swapped it in this instance, and the only reason I know is that she's called for a boiler service. Approximately 30% of all the nests I've fitted have failed over time, so I will never fit one again through choice. To add to that, I will now only install products where the companies actually care about the installer.
I find the differences in the UK and the states absolutely fascinating e.g. wall hung radiators (over here we have baseboard or cast iron radiators or even we have “fan coils” meaning you have a fan blowing over a coil full of hot water coming from a boiler, also called hydro-air) but I absolutely love forced hot water as opposed to forced hot air; which I believe creates dryer air and there is a need for humidifiers in those type of systems. Good job mate keep up the great content!!!
Hmmm. I won't be fitting any more Nests then. Boxt.... What's it all come too? Our industry is about building relationships with customers (apart from the odd one!). I would never price a job without meeting the customer and certainly not from photos. Boxt are just undermining us, making installs as cheap as they can be and the standard of workmaship suffers as a result. It's just not right.
if you leave the cover on so you can measure the air from outside then stick the temp sensor in the hole, you are measuring the roomtemperature right now so your reading will be off
Cover on or off when analysing is 100% on for flue integrity but checking co ect some mi tell you what it is with case off. I personally think with servicing first thing to be done is flue integrity then case off and working pressure.
The only way to get at boxt is to boycott worcester! Worcester own a big percentage of boxt and the guys who only fit worcester boiler are the ones that are being shafted the most. With boiler hard to get hold of at the moment and the merchants unable to supply boxt are still getting boiler ready to fit the next day and under cutting us in the process. I’m a big fan of nest but if they push to have boxt I will boycott them as well!!
HOT TIP WHEN INSTALLING RADS SO TIGHT TO WALL GET THE FOIL BACK AND CUT IT SMALLER THAN RAD SO IT CANT BE SCENE BUT IT HELPS REFLECT HEAT BACK INTO ROOM INSTEAD OF LOSING HEAT INTO A CAVITY WALL … if you get what I mean .. even more important now with a cost of energy
But don’t you want the fabric of the building to get hot I.E the walls? The walls will retain some of the heat when the rad is off thus transmitting heat in to the room??
Are those new rads more efficient or what, or just prettier? Some customers are fussy but just as well as it's all business and keeps people in work as one thing goes out of fashion only to be replaced by a newer fad.
@Time in the uk >>> IF you use any "smart wireless" like nest or boxt for heating or water controls you are just playing with fire.... total POS & not mention over priced POS TOO. Time someone put in tried & tested controls that ain't hooked up to your phone. They last many years longer many times cheaper!!!!
@@PBPlumber Yeah that's what I thought. Cheers Pete. Good to see another quility video. Great to see you and Marcus together. Learned another tip or two. Appreciate the effort and good to see you get little rewards here and there for what you do. Cheers Pete, Look forward to Germany video.
@@craigmcgregor5463 I find with the plumb thumbs they're easier to get tight by hand. You can hold the nut in one hand then rotate the plumb thumb down and get a tight enough seal to stop the water. With caps you have to use tools to get them tight enough. And they are green and cool obviously.
Whoever designed this radiator bracket will be rewarded with having to install radiators on such brackets until the end of time in hell. 😄😄👹 Greeting from Hungary
Agree. Boxt are undercutting everyone. They will have a contract with nest that they will install all there thermostats if nest gives them all the warranty work.
It's an IMEX EL60 level and the one PB is showing on the vid is 600mm wide. Have a google with that above and you will find a few places in the UK with stock. Hope that helps.
You're a more diplomatic man than me PB, I am f*cking livid at Nest trying to force Boxt (of all people) onto other engineers' jobs! I will never recommend Nest again.
Cheeky bastard's at Boxt for the Nest situation. I keep hearing nothing but bad things about nest lately and I've fitted hundreds of the bloody things.
@Kieiran Benfield >>> Well don't say folks never told you so...... Nest (owned by goggle) tobe frank they all are POS to start with. All because someone want to be lazy & turn their heating on/off by their mobile (government spy device) not worth it. I personally have changed a few friends nest controls out for plain jane thermometer/controls that work first time & last many years......WITHOUT REPLACEMENT many years after. All where highly recommended by so called "professionals" *Big laugh!* after % commission total con artists + the manufactures. NEVER USE SMART HEATING CONTROLS....EVER
Had to talk to my partner last night as this was late
I 've just worked thru all your videos on you tube from as far back as I can get; I feel I could fault find and repair just about any boiler now! By the way, that half stone half brick house at the start of your video must have the most unreliable system in Britain, because you visit it every week! I must say find your output very interesting and informative, the only trouble is now I can't watch several episodes each night, but will have to wait a week for each one to be released. Your work ethic and workmanship are first class!.
In Italy all of the valves are with hex key and the cap like the one you showed. I mean those one for the return. Because we pipe return at the bottom of the rad an flow at the top
Iv'e been fitting these rads in Hospitals and clinics for a couple of years now , a pain in the arse .you have no play and need to be spot on. Rad valves are the best ones out there
I really like the videos that focus on heating. I like to see the similarities and differences the way you do things and equipment. The terminology is different but I'm figuring it out. Thanks for sharing. Bath, Maine, US
Good evening Pete, please i been spinning my head around the rad bracket installation and i still cnt get it even though i used to be quite good in math. If the C/l of valve to end of rad is 25mm that mean the end of the rad is 25mm below the laser line and end of bracket to end of rad is 15mm so from the end of the rad which is 25mm below the laser line i go up 15mm that will be the end of the bracket so the bracket is still 10mm below the central line and not 10mm above.?
I would be very thankful if u can clarify that abit more , (frankly i would be lucky is you even had the chance to read it with almost a 100+ comments?
Again very great video as usual,
Nice one.. didn’t know that about the danfoss TRVs bi directional able to change it over.
What a t-shirt 👌
Great video as always 👍 Plumb Tubs are also available from Toolstation now 😊
Great video as always. Interesting one too. Is there any end to the life of a jobbing plumber. What next getting better by the week. Getting P.B bag for birthday soon can’t wait. Nice to see Marcus too working with you. Well done you two
Hey PB have you tried the Schneider Wiser controls? Support is great and for a one off £14.99 you can link it to your smart meter to see consumption related to heat etc. Also lets you mix electric, UFH and conventional heat with the same controls.
If we do a boiler maintenance here in the Netherlands, we must always remove the hood when measuring the flue gases. But great videos as always ! And there are really some differences how our boilers,piping , maintenance and rads are . Great to see! some tricks are quite useful too!
Great content again. I also always test boiler cover on with probe in left hand sample point to check for co in outer flue due to faulty inner flue seals or badly fitted plume kits. Flue seals and problems with plume kits are very common.
Nice Job regarding that remote red Pressure Vessel what with Isolation Valve and Drain Valve fitted onto same great idea for anyone wanting to Pump up same on the Air side for dropping off System pressure out of same, that and for quick change out... Great Upload...
Gotta be the best intro of you're complete series PB
Get the instructions 🤣😂🙂
Lol love this video you to are a great comedy act love your work really precise stuff really like the honesty of you like a product or not I did laugh out loud when he sat on the rad but I thought he don’t weigh a bag of sugar Pete you need to get him ripped like your self as the magna filter was a change but what he lacks in strength he’s got in experience I’m not knocking him 😂 thanks for all the videos and one more things really need one of your bags thanks again take care.
I was waiting for "and that's the bottom line cos PB said so!" Missed a trick fella! Good vid as always 👌
30:46 junk boiler model - I hate all the Vaillant boilers with servo motor gas valve
I've just had exactly the same issue with one of my customers regarding nest. Boxt swapped it in this instance, and the only reason I know is that she's called for a boiler service. Approximately 30% of all the nests I've fitted have failed over time, so I will never fit one again through choice. To add to that, I will now only install products where the companies actually care about the installer.
I find the differences in the UK and the states absolutely fascinating e.g. wall hung radiators (over here we have baseboard or cast iron radiators or even we have “fan coils” meaning you have a fan blowing over a coil full of hot water coming from a boiler, also called hydro-air) but I absolutely love forced hot water as opposed to forced hot air; which I believe creates dryer air and there is a need for humidifiers in those type of systems. Good job mate keep up the great content!!!
Hi Pete. Not sure if you’re aware that the PB5 discount code isn’t working anymore on the powertoolmate site. 👍
Hi Pete
Must have missed this story - why are you on stop at City?
Hmmm. I won't be fitting any more Nests then. Boxt.... What's it all come too? Our industry is about building relationships with customers (apart from the odd one!). I would never price a job without meeting the customer and certainly not from photos. Boxt are just undermining us, making installs as cheap as they can be and the standard of workmaship suffers as a result. It's just not right.
Great work again guys,Marcus how can you kneel down on the fins of a steel rad,my knees hurt kneeling on carpet.
PB packing some guns 💪💪💪😎
Love the passion
Can you send me their the lagging profilers.
Thanks great videos mate. link
Hello PB is the 6.5 bag getting a restock or not as it was a limited edition? I’m in need of a new bag ASAP. Thanks Tom
Heya mate, great videos. Your PB5 discount code doesn't work for powertoolmate? Says expired?
he’s removed it this weekend as they have another big offer on will be back up soon
I forgot how bad those radiators were to fit 🤦 only 9 more to fit 😢
What length are the new wera screwdrivers please
Mint Steve Austin t-shirt!
Hi from Puerto Rico
Can you send the link for the profiles.
Please let me know the name of the tool for the compression ring cutter.
хорошая работа
Did one of those new rads have a socket behind it?
Great Video but how can you adjust gas valve to get correct readings if cover is on ?
if you leave the cover on so you can measure the air from outside then stick the temp sensor in the hole, you are measuring the roomtemperature right now so your reading will be off
how come youre on the stop with City Plumbing?
Loving the Austin 3:16 shirt 💪🏻
Pete!! They've just announced Stone Cold is returning after 19 years & is having a Wrestlemania match against Kevin Owens!!! Gimme a hell yeah!!
Cover on or off when analysing is 100% on for flue integrity but checking co ect some mi tell you what it is with case off.
I personally think with servicing first thing to be done is flue integrity then case off and working pressure.
Plumb tubs are available at Toolstation.
The only way to get at boxt is to boycott worcester! Worcester own a big percentage of boxt and the guys who only fit worcester boiler are the ones that are being shafted the most. With boiler hard to get hold of at the moment and the merchants unable to supply boxt are still getting boiler ready to fit the next day and under cutting us in the process. I’m a big fan of nest but if they push to have boxt I will boycott them as well!!
HOT TIP WHEN INSTALLING RADS SO TIGHT TO WALL GET THE FOIL BACK AND CUT IT SMALLER THAN RAD SO IT CANT BE SCENE BUT IT HELPS REFLECT HEAT BACK INTO ROOM INSTEAD OF LOSING HEAT INTO A CAVITY WALL … if you get what I mean .. even more important now with a cost of energy
Great tip, think I will try that! Thanks
But don’t you want the fabric of the building to get hot I.E the walls? The walls will retain some of the heat when the rad is off thus transmitting heat in to the room??
@@deanchapple1 or transmit it to outside
@@LC-qi5ff well generally it’s best for the fabric of the building to be warm.
@@deanchapple1 true ,otherwise you get damp problems
Are those new rads more efficient or what, or just prettier? Some customers are fussy but just as well as it's all business and keeps people in work as one thing goes out of fashion only to be replaced by a newer fad.
Probably less efficient judging from the flat surface
@@LC-qi5ff
I liked some of the original ones - such a waste of resources.
Is it good practice to work on a boiler when the power is on?
When it comes to tooling and machinery, the German stuff is top notch
what size joker spanner do you use for drain offs?
Lovely Estwing claw hammer! Nice to see professional plumbers struggling with those “stupid” designer radiator brackets……..
Good one 🤙
What level did you use?
Like the idea of the company name on the danfoss valve but can’t find any info. Anyone and info???
I've had a few fail now. Will have to up my charges
@Time in the uk >>> IF you use any "smart wireless" like nest or boxt for heating or water controls you are just playing with fire.... total POS & not mention over priced POS TOO. Time someone put in tried & tested controls that ain't hooked up to your phone. They last many years longer many times cheaper!!!!
Better fitting Hive much better than nest imo.
Did I just hear “On a stop at city plumbing for two years. ?
Great video as always.
Quick question I've been wondering. Why would you use plumb thumbs instead of small caps?
Thanks and take care
i only used them because marcus passed me it, they’re easier to find in your kit bag i guess but yeah you can use a cap instead
@@PBPlumber Yeah that's what I thought. Cheers Pete.
Good to see another quility video. Great to see you and Marcus together. Learned another tip or two.
Appreciate the effort and good to see you get little rewards here and there for what you do.
Cheers Pete, Look forward to Germany video.
@@craigmcgregor5463 I find with the plumb thumbs they're easier to get tight by hand. You can hold the nut in one hand then rotate the plumb thumb down and get a tight enough seal to stop the water. With caps you have to use tools to get them tight enough.
And they are green and cool obviously.
@@robkay3230 and they really are easy to fit
I’ve never understood why rad manufacturers don’t print a template on the packaging????????
Especially when they’re individual brackets
Whoever designed this radiator bracket will be rewarded with having to install radiators on such brackets until the end of time in hell. 😄😄👹
Greeting
from Hungary
You’ve been watching the wrestling ya big kid 🤣
Powertoolmate said pb5 is not a current code... 🤷♂️ Enjoyed the video tho 👍
I've worked for boxt before and they never got me to ever install a Nest ever ? I find that strange that google are saying that ?
"im on stop with city plumbing and i have been for two years." Is there a reason for that hahaha
Won’t be fitting nests in the future they can do 1
Get the instructions 😂
Could you see the bottom of that bracket below the rad in the end? Nice and snug to wall but what an arse ache to fit.
Action starts at 3:48
Boxt needs shutting down it will end us all.....you could be a carl froch look a like
Agree. Boxt are undercutting everyone. They will have a contract with nest that they will install all there thermostats if nest gives them all the warranty work.
I will not be fitting any nests in future if this is there attitude to pass work to this parasite company
Nice professional job apart from that plumber kneeling on the expensive rad!
Hello just wondering has anybody used the Nerrad tap wrench kit wondering if its worth the price.
I've got one, it's bloody expensive but yes it's worth it. You'll get taps that you simply couldn't do without it.
Anyone know the name of that olive splitter tool please or a link. ?
It's an IMEX EL60 level and the one PB is showing on the vid is 600mm wide.
Have a google with that above and you will find a few places in the UK with stock.
Hope that helps.
@@shifty277 cheers Ryan nice one ☝️
Olive splitters are made by Monument, just Google it.
@@martinwright7093 thanks Martin
Marcus is a funny dude
Anyone know where to get the green level?
Google Imex EL120 or EL60, loads of sellers online.
@@slick0074 ok. Thanks a lot
You're a more diplomatic man than me PB, I am f*cking livid at Nest trying to force Boxt (of all people) onto other engineers' jobs! I will never recommend Nest again.
Don't see the point in the plumb thumb gimmick. A blank or even isolation valve nipped on does just fine.
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I can imagine them rad brackets would be a nuisance if the walls were uneven, it would nt lock in 😕
Is every video going to have the same story twice?
Cheeky bastard's at Boxt for the Nest situation.
I keep hearing nothing but bad things about nest lately and I've fitted hundreds of the bloody things.
@Kieiran Benfield >>> Well don't say folks never told you so...... Nest (owned by goggle) tobe frank they all are POS to start with. All because someone want to be lazy & turn their heating on/off by their mobile (government spy device) not worth it. I personally have changed a few friends nest controls out for plain jane thermometer/controls that work first time & last many years......WITHOUT REPLACEMENT many years after. All where highly recommended by so called "professionals" *Big laugh!* after % commission total con artists + the manufactures. NEVER USE SMART HEATING CONTROLS....EVER
Shouldn’t be covering that socket with the rad.
flipping orrible rads to fit...think I'll stick to myson
How is you dad?
Can you atleast get a shirt to fit you ???
Appreciate the gains bro.
2 swole
Are you suggesting it should be removed???