The Heating and Plumbing Show
Andy Cam gives you the week's rundown from the world of plumbing with all the best stories, tips and interviews with some of the world's best plumbers.The Heating & Plumbing Show on Fix Radio is brought to you in partnership with Wolseley.
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Episodes
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Andy and Todd talk to Plumbing & Heating Engineers at Installer about Heat Pumps
Wednesday, June 29th, 2022
Andy and Todd are at the Installer Show in Birmingham and track down four Plumbing & Heating engineers from across the country to get their opinions on Heat Pumps
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Andy talks to Tim Pollard about the cost of living crisis
Wednesday, June 22nd, 2022
Andy Cam is at Installer in Birmingham and chats to Sustainability Expert Tim Pollard about the cost of living crisis currently affecting the UK. He looks at ways Plumbing & Heating Engineers can protect themselves from the oncoming recession and what...
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Andy and Todd On-Site Pranks
Wednesday, June 15th, 2022
Andy & Todd talk about on-site pranks. They share the best pranks they've pulled on other people or seen played on people on-site. Pranks that have done them and ones that have maybe gone a little too far. The lads get a caller, Lee from Huddersfield...
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Andy and Todd discuss boiler warranties & remedial work
Wednesday, June 8th, 2022
Andy and Todd talk about boiler warranties and whether longer ones are doing installers out of work. When a customer calls and says something you've installed has gone wrong what are the rules for going back and setting it right?
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Andy and Todd discuss the trials and tribulations of quoting for work
Wednesday, June 1st, 2022
Andy and Todd discuss the trials and tribulations of quoting for work. They talk through terms and conditions that you should add to quotes if you haven't already, deposits and payment structure, dealing with time wasters and more.
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Andy and Todd discuss their seven Heating & Plumbing sins
Wednesday, May 25th, 2022
Andy and Todd give their seven Heating & Plumbing sins. These are all the cardinal sins of plumbing & heating that some in the trade are guilty of. From turning up late and not showing up at all to leaving the site and van in a mess
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95. The boys talk ACS training and what they'd change about Gas Safe
Wednesday, May 18th, 2022
Andy Cam and Todd Glister talk about training. Richard Firth from Viva Training joins the lads to talk about ACS training and training in air source heat pumps. The boys also discuss what aspects of Gas Safe they'd like to change if they were given...
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94. Andy Cam - Nightmares
Wednesday, May 11th, 2022
Todd is still off with COVID so Andy takes the time to talk about nightmares. Nightmare jobs, moments, customers and other trades on-site that sometimes make work a nightmare for plumbing & heating installers
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93. Andy & Todd - Tools
Wednesday, May 4th, 2022
Andy Cam is joined by Todd Glister via phone after Todd has picked up COVID to talk about tools. They talk about traditional vs. modern innovations, Maintenance & inventions
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92. Andy & Todd - Bringing New Blood Into The Trade
Wednesday, April 27th, 2022
Andy Cam & Todd Glister talk about the skills shortage in Heating & Plumbing. They look at why this is happening and what can be done to address the problem. Hattie Hassan MBE joined them to talk about bringing more women into the trade and the...
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91. Andy & Todd - Running A Heating & Plumbing Business
Wednesday, April 20th, 2022
Andy Cam and Todd Glister talk through their experiences setting up and developing their businesses. It's something Andy and Todd get asked all the time on social media so they thought they'd bring it to the show and talk through every aspect from the...
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90. Andy & Todd - Mental Health
Wednesday, April 13th, 2022
Andy Cam and Todd Glister are joined by Stephen Blair from Men Talk to talk about mental health. Stephen is a plumbing & heating engineer whose struggles with mental health led him to co-found Men Talk, a mental health community for men on social...
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89. Andy & Todd - Installers With Talent
Wednesday, April 6th, 2022
Andy Cam & Todd Glister talk about Installers with talent. Pete Withers an Installer that's moved into stand up comedy joins the lads to talk about his experiences in stand up so far. Andy talks about some famous plumbers and Todd talks about the...
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88. Andy & Todd - Dan Mills From TYDE
Wednesday, March 30th, 2022
Andy Cam & Todd Glister talk to Dan Mills from TYDE about some of the biggest challenges facing installers in 2022
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87. Andy & Todd - Adam Chapman, Heat Geek (Renewables)
Wednesday, March 23rd, 2022
Andy Cam & Todd Glister are joined by Adam Chapman (Heat Geek) to discuss renewables. A recent study showed that 3/4 installers are planning on moving into renewables in the next three years. Is the infrastructure ready, Will those that don't be left...
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86. Andy Cam & Todd Glister - Customer Management
Wednesday, March 16th, 2022
Andy Cam & Todd Glister talk about how they manage customers from the initial meeting right the way through to the conclusion of the work
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85. Andy Cam & Todd Glister - Vans
Wednesday, March 9th, 2022
Andy Cam & Todd Glister talk about work vans. Should you get your work van sign written, how can you prevent break-ins and some good tips for keeping your van tidy
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84. Andy Cam & Todd Glister - Social Media
Wednesday, March 2nd, 2022
Andy Cam is joined by Todd Glister to discuss their experience building a presence in the trade social media community. Todd & Andy talk about how using social media has changed the way they work as well as the positives and negatives of social media...
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83. Matt O'Gorman - Soldier That Re-Trained In Gas
Wednesday, February 23rd, 2022
Andy talks to Matt - a soldier that served two tours in Afghanistan - about re-training in gas. Matt talks about his journey into the trade, how he found the right course for him and when he knew he was ready to work by himself
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82. John Cruickshank On Tool Theft
Wednesday, February 16th, 2022
John Cruickshank joins Andy Cam to talks about his recent experience with a van break-in and tool theft. John talks about what happened, how the trade supported him in the following weeks and the wider issue surrounding tool theft and van break-ins...
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81. Andy Cam - Quickfire Q&A
Wednesday, February 9th, 2022
Andy Cam answers some listener questions about his experience in the trade, tool theft, working for famous people, nightmare co-workers, taking on apprentices and advice for those starting out in the trade
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80. Dan Tempest - How To Price Combi Boiler Installs & More!
Wednesday, February 2nd, 2022
Dan Tempest from ST Plumbing & Heating joins Andy Cam to discuss how you should properly price combi swaps as well as steps you can take to come out on top of the quote pile without undercutting the competition. Why the quality of installs shouldn't...
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79. Gary Mellor - London GAS
Wednesday, January 26th, 2022
Gary Mellor joins Andy Cam to discuss the other side of working in London and why he'll no longer accept any jobs in central London. Gary outlines the key issues affecting tradespeople in the capital when it comes to travelling to work and what would...
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78. Dylan - DK Plumbing & Heating
Wednesday, January 19th, 2022
Andy Cam is joined by Dylan from DK Plumbing & Heating to discuss his experiences working in Central London
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77. Jimmy Hendry Talks To Andy Cam About His Petition
Wednesday, January 12th, 2022
Master Plumber & Lecturer, Jimmy Hendry talks about his petition to limit the sale of gas appliances to gas safe engineers. Jimmy talks about the reaction from people in the trade, why he thinks it's so important to make this a recognised regulation...
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76. Andy Cam vs. Nick Bundy - Heating & Plumbing vs. Electrical
Wednesday, December 8th, 2021
Andy Cam battles it out with Electrician and YouTuber Nick Bundy. Which trade is the best, which is strongest, which is more deadly. Why don't plumbers and electricians get along and can Andy and Nick settle their differences.
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75. David Palmer - Geberit
Wednesday, December 1st, 2021
David Palmer, A Business Development Manager from Geberit joins Andy Cam to discuss the massive opportunity for Plumbing & Heating Installers that are considering making the move from domestic to commercial and how Geberit can help
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74. Robert Miller - R A Miller Plumbing & Heating
Wednesday, November 24th, 2021
Robert Miller joins Andy to discuss his experience re-training at the age of 31 in the 1990s. His experiences in the trade since re-training, advice for people wanting to do the same thing in the 2020s and what to consider when picking courses to re-train
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73. Nathan Gambling - Betateach
Wednesday, November 17th, 2021
Podcaster, Lecturer & Consultant Nathan Gambling joins Andy to discuss renewable energy and the role it'll play in the development of Heating & Plumbing Engineers. They talk about Hydrogen boilers, Heat pumps & Nathan's experiences at COP26
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72. Captain Backflow - Paul Daley
Wednesday, November 10th, 2021
Captain Backflow talks to Andy Cam about the large scale commercial work he does, Water quality, Who should be responsible for regulating and checking on sub-standard work, what can be done about this, favourite tools and more
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