Episodes
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
Andy Cam and Todd Glister talk to Fraser Hoehle, well known on social media about what he charges for certain jobs and why. Fraser talks about the high end customers he gets and how he communicates pricing to him, What he says to customers and other tradespeople that say he's too expensive and more
Andy and Todd talk about tool theft and van break-ins as it's anti tool theft week on Fix Radio. John Argyle a Carpenter and Builder joins to talk about his amazing story of actually tracking down his stolen tools and securing a conviction for the people that stole them
Andy Cam and Todd Glister talk about all the aspects of the trade that they love and why. They talk about how to motivate apprentices, what you should know about the trade if you're at college and also what options are available for those of you that aren't enjoying your time on the tools
Andy Cam and Todd Glister talk about tricky customers and how to handle them. This is everything from strange things customers say and do, to last minute cancellations, indecisiveness, following you around on a job and more
Andy Cam talks to Sam AKA Professor Plumb, who has over 30 thousand follows on TikTok. Andy asks how to build an audience on the platform, what kind of content works best, how to get the most out of TikTok as a tradesperson and what some of the benefits are that you might not be aware of
Andy Cam plays some interviews recorded at Installer in Birmingham earlier this year. Andy and Todd talk to Michael Abbott about tool theft and van break ins. Gareth from Hoskins Heating on being a third generation plumbing and heating engineer. Billy Boardman talks about leaving the army and joining the trade and producing video content for social media
Andy and Todd talk about leasing vans, buying fans up front and in instalments. Can you spend too much on vans and Andy also talks about experiences selling vans
Andy Cam and Todd Glister talk about finding stuff down drains and pipes. Andy has been put off doing aspects of the work and Todd avoids it entirely so to share some stories they've got Steve from Flowtech and another Steve from Yates jetting to share some stories
Andy and Todd are joined by Tommy Lee Zmuda, founder of The Boiler Business to talk about what Installers should be doing with their pricing during the cost of living crisis