Episodes
Andy Cam and Todd Glister talk to installers and also get the latest data from MCS with regards to whether Heat Pumps are seeing an increase in popularity in 2024
Dan Draper covers for Andy and Todd while they take a week off for holiday. Dan is joined by three show regulars to discuss why they love the trade
Andy Cam and Todd Glister talk to fellow Plumvbing & Heating Engineers about their driving nightmares, getting around crowded city roads with a variety of rules, restrictions and useless road users
Andy Cam and Todd Glister talk to Plumbing & Heating Engineers about seasonal changes and how they adapt their business for each season
Andy Cam and Todd Glister are joined by Becky Bates from BB Plumbing to talk about her experiences in the trade since starting her business back in 2008. Becky talks about her bathroom installs, customers, experiences as a women in the trade and getting involved with skills competitions
Andy Cam and Todd Glister invite James Anderson onto the show so that he can address criticism he's faced about how he runs Depher CPH CIC
Stephanos Yohannes oversees more than 20 appprentices in his role at ESG, as well as having set up an academy and getting involved with skills competitions. But his life hasn't been easy and he's had to overcome a lot, both in his formative years and also having to challenge attitudes once he got into the construction industry with regards to race
Andy Cam and Todd Glister react to the recent news that the Clean Heat Market Mechanism is looking likely to be scrapped. Andy and Todd invite two guests from the first show (Adam Chapman and Mike Foster) back onto the show to react to the news and also invite Tim Pollard to share his thoughts on the ongoing situation
Billy Boardman shares his experiences in the army and how that led him into plumbing & heating
Billy Boardman, well known plumbing & heating engineer on social media joins Andy and Todd to talk about being broken into not once but TWICE in as many weeks. Billy talks about how it happened, what it meant for him and his business, how the trade helped him out and Billy, Todd and Andy give you some sound advice for protecting your van
Andy Cam and Todd Glister are joined by John Cruickshank so that he can explain his approach to making purchases for his business and managing his finances. Craig Wilkinson from the Trades Freedom Club gives advice around buying and leasing vans, protecting profit, paying subbies and more
Andy Cam and Todd Glister talk to a variety of voices from the industry about the Clean Heat Market Mechanism to get their thoughts on it and whether it's a positive change or not. Adam Chapman, The Heat Geek comments from a renewables perspective, Grant Gundelfinger talks about what it means for him, the installer. Mike Foster, CEO of the Energy & Utilities Alliance shares his thoughts
Adam Hoyland, a young plumber, joins Andy Cam and Todd Glister in-studio to talk about his experiences on the tools, thoughts on the trade and talks about TheTradeHub, a new App he's developing
Alex Hughes, Head of Schemes at MCS joins Andy Cam and Todd Glister to explain all of the reform coming to the MCS accreditation this year. Alex explains how they came to the desicion to make these changes, gives a timeline on when aspects of the reform will be rolled out and how these changes will affect those that are part of the scheme
Andy Cam and Todd Glister are joined by three plumbing and heating engineers who are at different stages of their business ownership journey, so that they can share their experiences and advice from what they've learnt along the way
Andy Cam and Todd Glister are joined by Jimmy Hnedry so that they can predict what 2024 could be like for the trade as a whole, Award winning Plumbing & Heating Engineer, Grant Gundelfinger talks from his perspective about the year ahead and Si Poskett from Heat Geek talks about what 2024 could be like for the renewables sector
Andy Cam and Todd Glister talk about what 2023 has been like for them professionally and the year as a whole
Andy Cam and Todd Glister bring you a first look at training and education in the trade with two guests who have re-trained and joined the trade later in life
Andy Cam and Todd Glister follow up last week's show, where they shared their pumbing nightmares, with guests from Plumbing & Heating world that are willing to share some of the their most embarressing and expensive mistakes
Andy Cam and Todd Glister share their nightmare moments from their time on the tools. They also read out some listener messages about nightmare people the listeners have worked with on-site
Andy Cam and Todd Glister talk about what they have in their vans. They also ask Sam Blakeney from Nippychecks to join them to discuss how he maintains his fleet of vans and also the bike he uses for Nippychecks. Pointy Plumber also makes a 'long awaited' return to talk about his van
Andy Cam and Todd Glister are joined by Stephen Blair from Men's Talk to explain how you can start a conversation about mental health with co-workers, Sam Blakeney, a Plumbing & Heating Engineer with a Ltd company shares his mental health experiences and Tim Balcon, The Chief Exec of the CITB joins us to discuss how mental health has impacted his family and how CITB support the construction industry with regards to mental health
Andy Cam and Todd Glister talk about all their favourite aspects of the trade. From favourite jobs to favourite tools and people they've met over the course of their careers
Andy Cam and Todd Glister are joined on the show by Dan Tempest, Luke Stanyer and Tom Bluck, who've all been shortlisted for the On the Tools, plumber of the year award. The guys talk about their customer focus, what they love about the trade and why they might win.
Andy Cam and Todd Glister have invited various people from the plumbing & heating and renewables community to share their thoughts on some of the changes made recently to the government's net zero targets.
Andy Cam and Todd Glister take part in a 'fill in the blanks' exercise about their trade
Andy and Todd are both very involved with property development and they believe that being a plumbing & heating engineer, more than any other trade, sets you up to get into this and make some money. On this episode, Todd talks through his experiences as he's currently on his second house build and Andy talks about buying to let and how he approaches renting out his properties
Andy talks about the recent projects he's done with Warriors of Warmth on his own doorstop and James Anderson from Depher comes onto the show to discuss what 2023 has been like for the charity and what concerns he has as we head into the winter
Andy and Todd discuss whether they give customers quotes or estimates and explain how they approaching quoting for work. Todd talks terms and conditions and Andy talks about software you can use to help get your quotes and invoices done
A recent study found that the number of new businesses set up by those under 25 has shot up by 300% so Andy and Todd felt like they should give some advice to any young people in the trade going into business for themselves. Award winning plumbing and heating engineer and Dave Smith (Condensate/Primary Pro) also join the show to give some advice and discuss their experiences as successful businessmen in the industry