HARDEST JOB! How To Install Kitchen Kickboard Fan Heater

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[@quadtwist]

As a DIYer, there was a certain joy in watching a highly skilled plumber have a serious moment of self contemplation around life choices when doing this install. Well done!

[@Arachnoid_of_the_underverse]

I suggest you make a large removable panel on the base of the cupboard so you can access the pipework and make it easier to service.

[@r44heliflyer]

Yep, that's exactly what I did, far easier.

[@smitcher]

Yes this is probably the way to go. I suggested an access hole in the left hand side which would be hidden by the fridge but a spare shelf resting on the bottom would be perfect to cover a large hole.

[@tzo2008]

Although they're pain to go through these jobs are the best ones to showcase as there's nothing worse than watching someone do it smooth as then you end up in the mud when it comes to having a go yourself! Great vid!

[@Treeburnify]

Fitted one of these earlier in the year in my own kitchen with its own dedicated programmable wall stat wired into the kickspace heater electric feed, so it only runs if the kitchen needs heat and heating water is circulating - of course, had to chase the cable for the wall stat, which adds to the work and making good….

[@steventunstall4838]

Put one in my kitchen 8 years ago John guest push fits plastic pipe no probs a lot easier.😊

[@redsnappa7837]

Nice work James! Next time you'll take the whole wall unit RIGHT OUT first

[@richard_in_rayleigh]

I replaced the broken one in the house I purchased with an upgraded model. The flow and return were already in place, I just had to switch the plumbing and electrical. I did add compression elbows at the rear of the unit too. Works amazingly and the fan noise just doesn't bother me (less than a rotating summer fan). Warm feet and room outway any noise. 😊 There's loads of brands out there, just do your research and get one with lower decibels. x

[@colingoode3702]

Great vid James. The epitome of how most of my DIY project go. I did one of these years ago in our kitchen. A Myson one I think & I used similar long braded flexy pipes fed from 10mm micro bore from an old rad so I could pull the whole fan unit out the front for cleaning. I was forever having to vacuum the dust out of it (no air filter) to keep it working at full capacity. The fan was a bit noisy as well. It got ditched a few years ago when we had the kitchen refitted & I installed a big radiator elsewhere in the kitchen, far easier to live with. BTW, I'm impressed by your Lotus position sitting capability. My old bones won't allow that sort of thing anymore. 🤣

[@chrisardern4594]

Should have insta electric one. I absolutely hate working in my own home. But watching you struggle is a joyous experience to me oh did I ever mention I'm a Sparkie. Lol

[@rabk5702]

His expression at the end just says it all why did he not remove the cupboard? lol .👍👍

[@johnadams1976]

My thought exactly!!!! After 'underfloor heating'

[@dubpynchon1]

I was wondering about that

[@rmower3428]

Oh my word, that was soooooo entertaining. Master James, you never fail me 😂 Exceptional quality video

[@Miley.coombes]

Never fail to put a smile on my face mate. Not in the trade anymore but your videos instantly take me back to the “why did I agree to do this job” moments 😂

[@sajidsardar5439]

Hi. Dear James I am also plumber.but I like your plumbing work. You are great job. I am learning a lots from you. I watch all videos. Am from pakistan.and I want online plumbing course

[@toepoke_co_uk]

Your best video yet James. I started out thinking, "Oooh, that's cool. Wouldn't need rads in our kitchen refurb, more cabinet space", ended up thinking "I need to delete this video from the internet, wife can never see it, I'm never fitting one of them" :😆

[@plumberparts]

Ha cheers man!

[@simongreenidge6454]

I do like the idea and look of "open plan" with lots of glass - but - when it's winter, making that space feel cosy on a budget can be a challenge. I've just re-fitted a two-way swinging interior door to my kitchen / dining to help make it feel more comfortable; without a door, most of the heat of the kitchen was lost through the doorway, which was then replaced with colder air from the corridor.

[@grahamwoodier5066]

I was planning a similar job in my kitchen to add a bit more heat for those really cold days in winter. It hasn't happened yet so will probably be next year now. One thing though, I will not be soldering at arm/s length under a kitchen unit! Well done though.

[@DALEYPLUMBING]

These heaters are great and pump out loads of heat, I ended up putting in a digi stat to control the heat in one kitchen job.. Ditch the flexi hoses, though, as they eventually block. Use some push fit would be my advice.

[@Korlissltd-u2z]

grate install! just thinking out loud … with an underfloor heating and wall hang radiators, we might still be required to have one of those guys… food for thoughts i suppose . great video by the way, as always!

[@worthexcellence9163]

a lovely piece of pipework there, mate, good job

[@samuelverrinder5847]

Jimmy was it worth the hassle? As a plumber and watching the video i can confirm i think its too much agro to do in my house

[@davideyres955]

Put the face and a little sound player that says “hold tight” when the toilet opens.

[@brianfalconer9499]

I planned to add one of these heaters to my new kitchen renovation, but before I committed to it I upgraded the size of radiators in the kitchen to see if that was sufficient for our heating needs. I fitted the pipework required for the plinth heater at the time of doing the radiator upgrade in case I ended up needing the extra BTU. Just stuck a couple of isolating valves on and was going to use flexible hose to do the final connections to the plinth heater if I required one. But thank god for global warming (even up here in Scotland), I've not needed one. 😄😃

[@bigKDL]

Life is so easy these days I remember fitting them when we didn't have flexi pipes all hard piped then no thermal cameras you had to hold the pipe to feel if if was getting warm.

[@nerd8192]

I thought you did underfloor heating in that kitchen, Jim? Anyway, glad you got it in , does sound like its a bit loud though!

[@davidharris8885]

Nice work. Random question but what Watch strap is that, is it a protective case?

[@gezski]

It’s a bit late, but the Smiths version of the plinth heater has the flow and return along the side, within the dimension of the width, so is slightly easier to access and pipe up :)

[@edmundeverett2938]

Another brilliantly entertaining video, thanks, James. I am definitely looking forward to your next swimming pool video, too (when you get a chance to make it) 😊👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@Karlhumphries-wz7cv]

The pool looking good

[@FrankWoodPhotography]

You crack me up! Nice Beatles singing!

[@jamesowen7609]

This is one of them scenarios where push fit is your friend

[@allseeingeye1]

I would have ripped out that corner unit too . 😂

[@allymac3446]

Kiev 2018 😉 I was there too - YNWA x ally mac x

[@declancullinan4876]

I'm not the biggest lover of pushfit stuff, but surely this was one of those occasions where it would have been 3 million percent easier, plus no fighting to get daft press fit tools in or having to tighten up the iso valves?!

[@PeterOConnl]

20:08 The face of “read the fucking room”

[@michaelchapman4269]

I feel your pain, fitted one to an ikea kitchen 80mm plinths, had to cut cupboard out and make a box. Absolute dogs dinner I don’t mind admitting. Never again! Found the dan was clicking and noisy like yours, fan cylinder was out of whack inside. Customer moans the pitch of the motor changes as the voltage in the house fluctuates slightly (and it does) horrendous!!

[@richardp1481]

Very entertaining, thanks for a good laugh and I did feel your pain😂😂 just a suggestion, why did you not slot the kickboard and have the unit sit on spacers off the floor - neater look. Thanks agsin

[@deanofakesie8153]

tanacity 👍 am i missing a trick, could you not pull the unit,to get your pipework in

[@karlclowes3359]

Great video. I don't think I could cope with the noise

[@Gixer750pilot]

Max missed many opportunities to Tea Bag Jimbo here! 😂

[@c42cly]

Nice, frustrating little hole to work in! Would it have been possible to just do your connection for the Flexi pipes behind the fridge. If you needed to remove the unit then you could pull the fridge out, undo the compression connector and remove the unit pulling the pipes out from behind the fridge as you pull it forwards.......

[@sidonaldson]

Should an used flexis for the whole install

[@ranzwocket3119]

Should've used pushfit and flexis ;)

[@MichaelPitman-n6o]

I enjoy your videos wouldn’t it be easier to remove the cupboard to make life easier for yourself then install the cupboard back?

[@Stormin_Mike]

Why have you connected them both in parallel and not series, do you want to use it when the tado closes the rad?

[@gadgetboy38]

Got one of these in the kitchen but it never seems to give out a lot of heat unless the boiler is on MAX.

[@robertrice3763]

What press gun do u use?

[@Nick3DvB]

This must have seemed like a good idea at the time, but you know they do all electric kick-space heaters?

[@Noxer77]

Is pex a thing in the UK I would of just used pex

[@DennisWall-j7l]

Will it dehumidifier the room. Do you have dehumidifier in your hose plumberparts

[@JohnnyMotel99]

It will only change the relative humidity.

[@colinmoody1646]

Just use flexible pipes

[@SuperVitz]

The lengths you go to to avoid using Speedfit 😂

[@Howt-ooo]

Pool update? 😊😊😊

[@lesmoor001]

what happend to all that underfloor heating ?

[@plumberparts]

Still going just takes an age and I don’t run it all year.

[@5084204]

Press makes us LAZY - that is the fact. Dripping pipe - press, time running out - press... stupid customer behind the shoulder - press.. With rapidly rising press counter, I will have to re-learn how to solder very soon!

[@smitcher]

Why not just either remove the cupboard or just multitool an access square in the side (which would be hidden by the fridge) so you can get your hand in and push the fitting on tighten it with the wrench? Would have made life a whole lot easier...

[@davidstevens1547]

Not a job you want to do for a customer with such a maze of pipework. I thought it would have been a good idea to put some sort of padding under the bottom of the unit to stop it making so much noise as it sits on the tiles and makes more noise as a consequence. You could still do that one would think? Anyway job done with a number of changes. Love the facial expressions. How many did you cut out?😀👍👍

[@neiltitmus9744]

I usually,y put a couple of sheets of plaster board underneath then it's quiet easy to cut cheap ans holds it up enough to get a decent cut on the plinth

[@MrBeats44]

Plumbing pays 😮

[@marciaedwardscrown]

How's the pool, is it full of leaves now 😁

[@Gixer750pilot]

You need a fancy Dyson fan heater

[@neiltitmus9744]

You know you got a bad leak when you have to stand on a hop up

[@davidstevens1547]

Not a job you want in a customers house. Thought you should have put a piece of padding under the radiator fan thing to lessen the noise of the fan on the tiles. What a job!!!

[@ilricettario]

Definitely would’ve been a lot easier just to take the cupboard out.

[@sunnybeachwalks4k2022]

It’s called a “fan coil unit” James

[@richardwilliams8953]

James, you could always give up plumbing and become a gynaecologist....🙂

[@dinendale666]

ISO valves are better on pipework side in case you need to change the hoses.

[@andy0175]

Should have used a leccy one!

[@zulfqarali905]

Hi well done you keep it up you are doing a great job and having fun making some brilliant videos superstar Ali Walsall west midlands england junction 10 m6 Walsall churckery up the walsall

[@UnlimitedStone]

Why not lay some masking tape, line up the unit, remove the wall cabinet, and work on it with far more space then re-fit the cabinet. Good video tho.

[@murrayblyth3932]

Could have saved all the hassle and fitted an electric fan convector heater 😂😂

[@UNORTHODOXONETOO]

I wouldnt have even bothered going to all that extent, i would have just bought plug in heaters.

[@JohnnyMotel99]

Electric plinth heaters waaay cheaper!

[@gwen0437]

It would have been easier to size those radiators right first day.

[@johnadams1976]

2 words.... Underfloor. Heating! 😂🤣😂🤣

[@richierich4175]

That looked like a pain in the arse. You gotta swear alot when it fights you till the end 😂

[@mickblower]

Ah Ah………now I know why I retired in 2015, I was a C/H heating installer/house basher much easier than this plinth install 😂😂😂

[@DeeIrvine]

Would it not have been hell of a lot easier to just fit the flexi and iso behind the fridge.

[@JohnnyMotel99]

Honestly, vertical panels are pretty much a waste of time, they look nice but heat output is not that good. I think it’s Stelrad who make a vertical panel that really puts out heat, just doesn’t look terribly fashionable.

[@sipa436]

Hmmmm could you not measure up and then take the unit out It will only be attended to the wall with screws. Or cut a hole in the bottom of the cupboard and then cover the hole with a piece of laminate covering the entire cupboard bottom? You could then use the hole as an access point to service the heater.

[@nigelsmith1198]

You can tell you’re a plumber.! Size of the kitchen.!!! You could get my house in there…..

[@Mymo83]

You changed clothes lol how many days did it take 🤣

[@ryanharriss7950]

Language Jim!

[@scottsparky1]

Just fit an electric one

[@SuperRobread]

I miss Big G

[@plumberparts]

Same!

[@lesmoor001]

cheaper fitting fan heater

[@davedavis4269]

Jg all the way 😂

[@sunnybeachwalks4k2022]

Is that heater from 1985

[@DeCSSData]

Nice work. Why did you not consider to move the cupboard out of place, work all the pipes from the top and after that put it back over it? Just some small and later not seen cutouts in the wood would be needed for that...

[@mikemotorbike4283]

It might be easier, quieter, more accessible to simply install it in the basement ceiling and make it blow through a hole under the counter, with some sound insulation. It's annoyingly and unnecessarily noisy, and most heavy dust hovers around the floor level, making the fan and element a great dirt collector. This location is impossible to maintain for the fitness level of average people, You will not get the average hefty prince or princess resident in their good clothes flailing about on the dirty dog-tracked floor like a beached walrus straining and grunting reaching for the screwdriver, squinting his eyes in the blinding dark for the screw holes, burying their nose in dust bunnies and last seasons mouldy dog treats, then reaching in to brave leaping poisonous spiders sailing past their nose and nesting in their beard. This location collects debris like a vacuum which blocks airflow, limiting efficiency, and as such is an unintentional fire hazard. It is unconscionable it has no filter; every highly-mounted wall mini split has a filter. Many small fan ceramic heaters have a filter for good reason. It's lovely warm on frozen tootsies, but I am surprised they are not outlawed. At least, install it in the easily accessible basement ceiling with a floor register hole - and enjoy quiet, safe, filtered, easily maintainable warm floor air. With no spiders creeping out of your beard while you sleep to drink the water out of your eyes.

[@djhvideo]

Terrible idea.? I put a fan convector heater (Myson) in my dining room. No pipe benders. No press fittings. No flexes. My advantage was a suspended floor with about 2 feet clearance. Easy job compared to yours by working under the floor. (I'm not a plumber. I don't think I would have attempted your project)

[@neiltitmus9744]

Push fit lol

[@markshellard5894]

You can barley hear it 😂

[@Robwakefieldcreative]

this would be an awesome way to fill my kitchen with the smell of burnt dog hair.

[@wernerhoogeveen8088]

🤞🙏🙌👌

[@royshaft]

Silly wet boy , I’m an electrician and would have fitted an electric one in an hour . OOF !

[@neiltitmus9744]

So annoyingly noisy

[@neiltitmus9744]

Just for views

[@plumberparts]

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[@Powertoyah32]

@@plumberparts😂😂you tell him Jim!!!

[@ian..s400]

Isn't all produced videos for views you spanner... It wasn't click bait so what more do you want?! Like James said unsubscribe 👍

[@davidharris8885]

Nice work. Random question but what Watch strap is that, is it a protective case?