Episodes
Have prices returned to how they were? Are materials more available and has availability for parts improved? Will the boom in the construction industry end?
Dan Tempest and Sam Blakley join Andy Cam and Todd Glister to discuss the four-day-week and ask whether it can work for your business.
With the government setting a deadline of 2025 for no more gas boilers here in the UK, Andy and Todd look into electric boilers and ask whether they're ready to be installed in properties across the country
Mark and Carl return to share stories working together and also discuss the plans for both of them in the industry going forward
Andy Cam and Todd Glister are joined by Mark and Carl who have worked together as master and apprentice. Carl talks about what led him to join the trade from a background in Joinery, Mark talks about what it's like having a mature apprentice join the business, the lads talk about the banter they have working together and what they plan to train in going forward
RJ Fenton is currently re-training and joining the trade as a mature student. Andy and Todd ask her what led her to take on this challenge, what it's like re-training as a single parent, the costs involved, what the courses are like, what her plans are for the future and more
Andy and Todd have heard other shows on Fix Radio talk about what it's like working with Plumbing & Heating Engineers, so on this show they turn the tables on them and talk about what it's like working with Plasterers, Electricians, Carpenters, Scaffolders, Builders and many more from their perspective
A recent survey found that Plumbing & Heating Engineers are one of the least likely trades to adopt eco-friendly practices. Why is this? Is this a missed oppertunity for some? Allan Hart, well known in the trade on social media shares his thoughts
Andy Cam and Todd Glister talk about the stress that comes with working in the trade and how they've managed stress over the years. Pointy Plumber also talks about some of the stress he's experienced in the last six months in the trade and what the causes of that have been
Becky Bates joins Andy Cam and Todd Glister to discuss her experiences on the tools over 13 years in the trade. Becky talks about why she re-trained and why she picked this industry as well as what it's been like as a female in a male dominated trade and what the future looks like for other women joining in the years to come
Andy Cam and Todd Glister take part in a Q&A and answer questions about social media, places they won't work, how to win work and what celebrities they've worked for as well as many other questions about their time on the tools
Jerry Whiteley, technical manager at the Chartered Institute of Plumbing & Heating Engineering talks about his experiences on the tools, taking a role teaching, the benefits of teaching the trade and his role now spreading the message about net zero and supporting training acamedies and colleges
Andy and Todd are joined in the studio by Head Judge of the HIP Magazine Female Skills competition, Jerry Whiteley. Jerry talks about how the earlier rounds of the competition have gone, what the women have been expected to do and what will happen at the finals on Thursday 30th March. Becky Bates from BB Plumbing also joins Andy & Todd to discuss her experiences as a judge and talks about why this competition is so important for the industry and the women looking to join it
Everyone knows that Andy's catchphrase is 'And that's why I love plumbing!' but did you know that it was actually born out of frustrating with aspects of the trade. On this episode Andy and Todd moan about what aspects of the job frustrate them and also situations that they've been in that have been frustrating to deal with
Karen Harrison, a nutritionist with a masters in nuitrigenomics joins Andy Cam and Todd Glister to answer some questions about how to approach your diet as a busy tradesperson that does a lot of physical labour over the course of a day
Plumbing & Heating can be pretty dangerous at times for yourself, those working with you and even your customers. Andy Cam and Todd Glister talk about some basic rules and implementation of health and safety that they practice. They also discuss injuries they've had, how to work with gas and water safely, injuries they've seen and hear about other tradespeople having and even some unfortunate customer accidents
It seems like there's more inventors in Plumbing & Heating than almost any other trade here in the UK. Andy Cam and Todd Glister talk about ideas they've had for inventions in the past and get two well known inventors onto the show to ask some questions about how to get your invention from an idea into reality. Russ Armstrong, creator of Hotun Tundish talks about the early stages of getting your invention patented and investing in R&D. Mike Horsfall from Vanguardian talks about the manufacturing process and getting your invention onto the market
Andy Cam and Todd Glister are joined by Kimbo Betty from the Heating Academy to talk about the current state of heat pump training here in the UK and what kind of mindset you need to approach training in heat pumps with. Rob Berridge from Heat Engineer to discuss Part L and training in heat loss calculation
Andy Cam and Todd Glister talk to Mike Horsfall about recently appearing on Dragon's Den to seek further investment for VanGuardian. Mike created VanGuardian as a way to protect his van after being fed up of being targetted by tool theives
It's National Apprenticeship Week here in the UK so Andy and Todd talk to Kevin Bates about training apprentices at Oxford Energy Academy. Kevin talks about why he got into training apprentices, working with them on-site and what an apprentices perception is of the programme coming in versus the reality once they actually start the course
Andy Cam and Todd Glister have had lots of experience working with apprentices on-site, so in the run up to National Apprenticeship Week they have a chat about how to manage apprentices, get the most out of them and get them invested in the trade. Andy and Todd share some memorable stories and lessons they've learnt from working with apprentices
Andy and Todd talk about what we eat on site and why. Todd has some strong opinions on what you should be putting into your body and drinking water. Andy and Todd get some insight from Dan Tempest, installer and MMA fighter about what he eats and preps for himself for a day of work. Army veteran and plumbing and heating engineer John Woods also shares some advice and insight into diet on-site
Andy Cam and Todd Glister are joined in the studio by Dave Smith, creator of Condensate Pro and Primary Pro. The trio discuss attracting more school leavers into plumbing, heat pump training and getting the installation basics right
Andy and Todd talk about areas of the trade that they think will grow in 2023. They take a look a new tools, boilers and training on offer. Dan Tempest from ST Plumbing & Heating joins Andy and Todd to discuss what he's going to focus on and why
Andy Cam and Todd Glister return for their first show of 2023 and discuss how to make your money work for you in the trade and creating partnerships. You might make a lot of money on the tools - or you might not - so it's important to make your money work for your business and lifestyle
Andy and Todd talk about how 2022 has been for the trade and what they're predicting might happen next year
Andy Cam is joined by Dave Smith once again, this time to discuss air source heat pumps. Also joining the conversation is Damian Walters from The British Institute of Kitchen, Bedroom & Bathroom Installation. They talk about why there's not enough uptake in renewables, what support the industry should get from the government and how to make heat pumps work in a greater variety of properties
Andy Cam is joined by Dave Smith from Condensate Pro and Damian Walters, CEO of The British Institute of Kitchen, Bedroom and Bathroom Installation to talk about the impact of brexit, cost of living, energy crisis on his end of the market. Dave and Damian talk from a suppliers and manufacturing point of view about supply issues and there's some words of advice for the coming year for installers
Master Plumber, Lecturer at Inverness College and fellow of the Chartered Institute of Heating and Plumbing Engineers joins Andy and Todd to talk about why there's not enough uptake in renewable training, how we can bring more of the industry into green energy and how we can utilise grey and black water harvesting in the future
Andy Cam and Todd Glister talk about all the skills away from the tools that you need to craft and develop to be successful in plumbing and heating