The Dreaded Boilermate! - A Day In The Life Of A Gas Engineer #33

[@cputilitysolutions]

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[@ArifPolicewala]

The dreaded boiler mate. Some fine engineering and experience shining through. Nice work Chirag ❤

[@cputilitysolutions]

Thanks man

[@mvwmark8955]

Fantastic video. I could 100% relate to your elation at not having to drain the Boilermate. A total nightmare scenario. Cannot stand those Boilermates. Swapping one for a slimline unvented cylinder in mid September. If you have a spare couple hours, Chirag, you fancy popping up to Edinburgh and draining it down for us! 😄

[@cputilitysolutions]

Haha send me a fight ticket and I'm there 😂👊🏾

[@richardscott6896]

I hated these things so much... so many boilermates in newbuilds I even recognise the house layout ! I hope you realize how lucky you got when the valves only leaked when turning - those are a nightmare to change.

[@cputilitysolutions]

Tell me about it I was praying they stopped leaking!

[@deepthiwijekoon7283]

Very interesting mixture of jobs which needs different fault finding skills.

[@cputilitysolutions]

Thanks 👍🏽

[@Macron87]

Moved into a house with one of these. Two faults, and two different heating engineers asking me what it was (installed in over 600 new builds 10 years ago in my town… so surprised they’d not stumbled across them) and scratching their heads as to how to progress. Fault number three saw me scrap it.

[@cputilitysolutions]

Yeah they're not the greatest systems and if you can afford to scrap it and convert it then you'll be better off for sure

[@experienceuk1662]

@@cputilitysolutionsgreat vid and explanation on diagnosing the boilermate! Any recommendations what you would replace it with?

[@chriscurran416]

They do sell just the hoses for the condense trap if that helps

[@cputilitysolutions]

Nice one mate 👍🏾

[@davem4131]

I can understand direct thermal stores in flats without gas but Indirect in a house? I know maybe unvented discharge is an issue sometimes but there is always a better solution a than a boiler mate lol

[@cputilitysolutions]

Definitely!

[@Leethetypeofbloke]

I want to get into gas engineering because I’m tired of offshore work, but I worry in case it’s really difficult

[@YoutubeHero666]

took a boilermate 2000 out last week, they are so heavy to get out a small cupboard and take down the stairs!

[@cputilitysolutions]

Tell me about it, took a few out when on the social housing contract and we used to strip them down as much as possible

[@charliefox6987]

Great content 👌👍

[@cputilitysolutions]

Thank you 👍🏾

[@martinmcguinness9482]

Removed a few of these and replaced with a combi customers have noticed a saving in there gas bills so not efficient

[@cputilitysolutions]

Yeah I'm not a fan of them!

[@kapilsammy]

Haters will hate but I love the music to the video when changing pump,tap and rad valve lol very good video bro

[@cputilitysolutions]

Nice one 👍🏽

[@joncoke8208]

Worked on one earlier they were moaning like mad about the elec bills over complicated cylinder

[@cputilitysolutions]

Typical

[@stevenjohnson6082]

you should have taken the suppression lead off when changing pump on gledhill

[@cputilitysolutions]

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[@SmartPipePlumbing]

Great video pal 🙌

[@cputilitysolutions]

Thanks mate 👊🏽

[@joncoke8208]

From my limited knowledge on them, the pumps are the wrong ones as they should be non adjustable, also u wont get 240 necessary as the ntcs control pump speed

[@cputilitysolutions]

Thanks 👍🏾

[@colinfleming2244]

So many types of boilermates first one was simplest and easiest to fix. Range imi think made them first then Pott /baxi took them over

[@colinfleming2244]

Hate ballofix type pump valves as well always a lottery if they'll leak or not

[@commentscorner617]

any advice on completing the gas Write up parts, once you've gone out with a competent engineer and taken some pics.

[@cputilitysolutions]

Best thing is to speak to your college as they may have specific criteria they want you to complete

[@b1h2u3p4]

Nice job

[@cputilitysolutions]

Thanks mate!

[@martinmcguinness9482]

Good to see a conscientious person I go behind a lot of guys and cringe at what I see I quite often get why are you doing that no one else has ever had that off or taken that off make you worry

[@cputilitysolutions]

Cheers mate 👍🏾

[@macpatel7810]

Remember .. the boiler mate is not your mate, mate

[@cputilitysolutions]

🤣

[@HaydenLees-f4q]

How do u top up radiators with one of these

[@cputilitysolutions]

They're open vented so you either have a ball valve or you have to manual fill

[@normanboyes4983]

What benefits does the Gledhill Boiler Mate offer to offset the apparent complexity?

[@cputilitysolutions]

Don't quite understand your question, care to elaborate?

[@normanboyes4983]

@@cputilitysolutions OK in simple terms. It appears a hot water cylinder coupled with an NTC that communicated with the system boiler could achieve the same purpose than the Boiler Mate is. So what extra functionality is the Boiler Mate providing?

[@cputilitysolutions]

@@normanboyes4983 the boilermate works opposite to a normal cylinder where in a normal cylinder the stored water is for domestic use and the system water goes through the coil to heat it up. Whereas with a thermal store the stored water is the system water and requires it to be up to a certain temp before it can start circulating around the heating system. Regarding domestic hot water, it provides the benefit of the customer being able to get mains pressure hot water delivery as the external plate heats up the water in the same way as a plate hex would in a combi. It's also good for situations where you can't run a discharge like you would for an unvented as the thermal store doesn't require one. I still feel an unvented cylinder on hot water priority with a system boiler would be a better option overall if provisions allow

[@normanboyes4983]

@@cputilitysolutions thanks.

[@deanmais886]

Haven’t the boiler downstairs be on maximum for these heap of junk.

[@Rik5tar]

What a monster 😮

[@cputilitysolutions]

💯

[@Bestofthebest383]

Why Gas people always drill through out wiring and after call electrician to say that every time they turn on new boiler via spur its tripping the MCB and this is wasn't a case when old boiler was in use 😜

[@cputilitysolutions]

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[@strongbow310]

Quality vid

[@davecavaghan7889]

God forbid you come across a gulfstream 2000

[@jerzyszczachor724]

Hahahahaha that's by boiler also yellow on the bottom

[@cputilitysolutions]

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[@strongbow310]

Boilermates are the worst walk away

[@strongbow310]

Pcb mate

[@tonymurff5234]

😎👍👍🤜

[@cputilitysolutions]

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[@livmm947]

DONT USE THE BRUSH ON A VAILLANT HEAT EXCHANGER

[@livmm947]

The worst thing you can do

[@strongbow310]

Spin it with a screwdriver

[@jockster5525]

Nice one ..

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