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@infusion_andy @RichMWPHS @EsicontrolsLtd Been to a fair few over the last year. Heat link failures mainly which result in no heating or hot water and you can't override it manually. That, and the fact they send out BOXT to replace their stuff, means I will never fit another nest.

@RichMWPHS @EsicontrolsLtd Don’t know with this one, customer was sick to the back teeth with it so wanted new…..finding alarming number failing now that I fitted -many (tbf) replaced free of charge although the replacement process is a bit of a drag and lengthy phone calls to get to that point

Another failed 🪹 nest …..@EsicontrolsLtd in!!!👌

@ATAG_Ian @LondonGAS2 @atag_matt Honest question, if Atag can sell new boilers with these bits installed, why aren't they available to installers and ultimately customers that have already spent a considerable amount of money on one?

Call me to discuss the most efficient range of boilers in Europe, 07713711064, if you are in DA ME CT TN SE CR SW TW RH BN

@jenningshtg @worcester_bosch @RichMWPHS I was told by Ideal technical helpline last week that POCs blowing out of a heat engine and damage to adjacent surface is fine unless it affects FGA flue reading as their burner gaskets are porous. Cleared up by Head of Technical,but still,nobody should be getting that wrong

Just been told by @worcester_bosch that pump head and HEX resistance is not important for system design - well bugger me sideways... What have we been worrying about all these years @RichMWPHS ?

@HeatCalculation @CosyWarmPlumber @SmailesBen @PaulRHull @carbonsaveruk @ThePeakyPlumber @phpi @betateach @Installermag @Stopcocks @CommonsBEIS @APHC_UK New blood is definitely needed but you'll have a substantial void in time between them being effective and our short term/immediate requirement for engineers. My cousin is mid 40s,left BG,life long career,and he's gone onto an offshore rig now or just about to #outtahere

@CosyWarmPlumber @SmailesBen @PaulRHull @carbonsaveruk @ThePeakyPlumber @phpi @betateach @Installermag @Stopcocks @CommonsBEIS @APHC_UK The worrying thing is, 62% of the current 130k registered gas engineers are over 50 years old. How do we attract, ‘new blood’ to fill the time bomb?

Took my daughter to work yesterday (15). I’m just wondering how many teenagers never try any practical work? And blindly follow into the university trap ? #apprenticeships #boilers #University

@HeatCalculation @PaulRHull @carbonsaveruk @CosyWarmPlumber @ThePeakyPlumber @phpi @betateach @Installermag @Stopcocks @CommonsBEIS @APHC_UK I have no idea mate, the big guns like BG have engineers on less money now with worse terms etc. Apparently we're in demand and needing to train X thousand engineers, won't happen with such little incentive.

@dlmgas @PaulRHull @carbonsaveruk @CosyWarmPlumber @ThePeakyPlumber @phpi @betateach @Installermag @Stopcocks @CommonsBEIS @APHC_UK When you put it like that, yes. How do we turn that around, especially now?

@HeatLogic_ @HeliosGas Just wanted to clarify as you said wind around the thread, sounded like 55 thats all. 55 thread id fully recommend, but I won't go near 577 again. If you get it you'll want the SF cleaner and activator for it too IMO,hassle.

@dlmgas @HeliosGas 577

I’ve just seen a video clip by a trainer/assessor using Loctite 577 instead of PTFE tape on the threads of radiator unions - anybody tried it? I might plumb a couple of old rads on a test rig and see what pressure I can get it up to!

@HeatCalculation @PaulRHull @carbonsaveruk @CosyWarmPlumber @ThePeakyPlumber @phpi @betateach @Installermag @Stopcocks @CommonsBEIS @APHC_UK Qualified at 18/19, improver wage £26k 19-20, full wage by 21, basic was £34.5k even then as newly qualified, plus London weighting, plus OT in abundance etc. A quick Google shows average GSR jobs are £32-36k basic. No wonder the industry is what it is IMO. I'm now 36.

@dlmgas @PaulRHull @carbonsaveruk @CosyWarmPlumber @ThePeakyPlumber @phpi @betateach @Installermag @Stopcocks @CommonsBEIS @APHC_UK Is that really the case in relation to salary? If so, wow.

@HeatLogic_ @HeliosGas Are you talking about loctite 55 thread or 577?

@HeliosGas I guess it’s so good that it winds along the threads as you tighten them up.

@HeatLogic_ 577 is only WRAS approved up to 30 something degrees now I think. Plus I've experienced leaks using it on heating systems, a year down the line. I'm not the only one. I happily use Rocol Rapidseal now, much better

@HeatCalculation @PaulRHull @carbonsaveruk @CosyWarmPlumber @ThePeakyPlumber @phpi @betateach @Installermag @Stopcocks @CommonsBEIS @APHC_UK I'm no plumber, and I say that out of respect for plumbers. My NVQ Level 3 is in gas, my apprenticeship, was gas, all my experience, is in gas. I dont touch general plumbing ever, never have.

@PaulRHull @carbonsaveruk @CosyWarmPlumber @ThePeakyPlumber @phpi @betateach @Installermag @Stopcocks @CommonsBEIS @APHC_UK What is the difference between a heating engineer and a plumber and in fact, why is there a perceived difference? Both are crucial in health and wellbeing and without either disciplines, our health system would truly be overloaded! Think about that when you try to knock £20!!!

@ATAG_Ian @Installermag Its my exercise 💪 lol

@ATAG_Ian @Installermag A logic weighs less than my toolbox. The day I cant lift a logic is the day I should've retired a decade ago.

@StevePeckandson @steveheating @IMIHydronicUK So same TRV as such

@dlmgas @steveheating @IMIHydronicUK I just buy a new trv about £12. Fit new insert and new head. So all moving parts replaced takes 5 mins no air locks etc.

Friday afternoon rad valve change with @IMIHydronicUK

@StevePeckandson @steveheating @IMIHydronicUK Do you need the same inserts for the one you're removing or have you found one/some that are a bit more universal?

@dlmgas @steveheating @IMIHydronicUK I use mine loads. Doesn’t fit Honeywell but fits a lot of others. I come across a lot of Caleffi cos that’s what my local sells and it fits those.

@steveheating @StevePeckandson @IMIHydronicUK Certainly is...I've had mine about 2 years and never used it lol

@StevePeckandson @IMIHydronicUK Is it only compatible with certain valves .

@AllenHart999 @HeatCalculation I hate this industry now.

I have just been to a new build house ( very small), it’s got a 35kw combi in it, my guess is a heat loss of around 3kw, ( sorry @HeatCalculation I guessed 😂 ) min modulation is around 8kw on this boiler 😳😳😳absolutely shocking tbh.

@Damon_BPHR @IanPlumbing @idealheating @CraigLane16 @BIGIFA Its runs sooooooo hot, my heating is soooooo efficient now lol

@IanPlumbing @idealheating @CraigLane16 @BIGIFA Had to put vents in to deal with the super efficiency being created by the illogic and hive combo 😂

Finished up this @idealheating boiler installation done with @CraigLane16 & @BIGIFA Hit a bit of a snag on the pipe work in the concrete screed only being protected with hair felt lagging 🤬🤬. Which meant a repipe yesterday and today

I've now got the owner of the company round saying its fine even though there's visual evidence, and a reading with the FGA, that its leaking POCs from the combustion circuit into the air box. Leaking between combustion chamber and heat exchanger,high temp silicone failed.FFS LOL

@betateach Their installs are usually solid, I say this as a breakdown engineer that knew I was in for an easy job when going back to service these installs, daily. Efficiency won't become a thing for them until its mandated, they still don't test water quality on a "service" even. /end

It's a tough one this. THREAD I know a few engineers who think this but if your elderly relative's boiler broke then they come into their own & are exactly who you'd want to repair it...they are extremely familiar with the makes/models (there's many) out there. Conversly...1/n