This Could Have Been A Disaster! - A Day In The Life Of A Gas Engineer 68

This could have been a disaster! We'd just finished piping up a big system when I was doing a walkthrough of the job and realised I'd left an open end! Had I started filling up, that could have gotten very messy very quickly!
The job itself was to remove 2 combi boilers and instead replace them with 1 system boiler and a low loss header to provide better circulation around the system and let it work more efficiently overall.
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  • @archielever
    @archielever6 ай бұрын

    Excellent job..done well to get that done in 2 days...even long days..sort of job i would dread but also want the the challenge.👍🏻

  • @cputilitysolutions

    @cputilitysolutions

    6 ай бұрын

    Thank you! 🙌🏾

  • @Derekm-ls7jr
    @Derekm-ls7jr2 ай бұрын

    very good job chirag could only work out pump overrun through LLH because if 2 motorised valves shut external pump had no circuit unless i missed something 🙂

  • @cputilitysolutions

    @cputilitysolutions

    2 ай бұрын

    Yup just through the LLH 👍🏾

  • @alan_edwards_404
    @alan_edwards_4046 ай бұрын

    What a difference, I mainly do service and repair now but still get customers asking what to do in this scenario so thanks for sharing at least I can give them some sort of starting point when speaking to the installer!! Love customers reaction "woop woop" 😂

  • @cputilitysolutions

    @cputilitysolutions

    6 ай бұрын

    Always satisfying when it works out 🙌🏾

  • @fionnan2811
    @fionnan28115 ай бұрын

    I couldn't face tracing all that pipework 😅

  • @cputilitysolutions

    @cputilitysolutions

    5 ай бұрын

    😂

  • @CommercialGasEngineerVideos
    @CommercialGasEngineerVideos9 ай бұрын

    Wow you reply to every message. You're a proper youtuber. Good stuff. Thanks for finding the time whilst you do your day job and family life. Onwards and upwards.

  • @cputilitysolutions

    @cputilitysolutions

    9 ай бұрын

    I try my best!

  • @delboy6384
    @delboy63849 ай бұрын

    Awesome job

  • @cputilitysolutions

    @cputilitysolutions

    9 ай бұрын

    Thanks man 👊🏾

  • @owsi2297
    @owsi22979 ай бұрын

    Great job mate 👏

  • @cputilitysolutions

    @cputilitysolutions

    9 ай бұрын

    Nice one mate 👊🏾

  • @b1h2u3p4
    @b1h2u3p49 ай бұрын

    Nice job 👏

  • @cputilitysolutions

    @cputilitysolutions

    9 ай бұрын

    Thank you 🙏🏾

  • @kevj1964
    @kevj19649 ай бұрын

    great job

  • @cputilitysolutions

    @cputilitysolutions

    9 ай бұрын

    Thank you 🙌🏾

  • @tonymurff5234
    @tonymurff52349 ай бұрын

    Cracking job mate, well explained, The customers look very happy also, 👍👍🤜

  • @cputilitysolutions

    @cputilitysolutions

    9 ай бұрын

    Cheers mate 👊🏾

  • @130unleashed
    @130unleashed9 ай бұрын

    Wicked piece of work 🎉.

  • @cputilitysolutions

    @cputilitysolutions

    9 ай бұрын

    Thanks man 🙏🏾

  • @paulsmith2931
    @paulsmith29319 ай бұрын

    Nice job the only thing I would have done is put a gate valve on either flow or return to the cylinder, just to tweak down the flow going through the cylinder, will help the heating circulate better and be pushing full belt against the heating return.

  • @cputilitysolutions

    @cputilitysolutions

    9 ай бұрын

    Ah yes good shout!

  • @simontyler1773
    @simontyler17738 ай бұрын

    System working better than before ? Is it all working ok to best of your knowledge ? Your leak free systems happy your happy customers happy sounds like job well done to me 🤷🏻‍♂️ well done

  • @cputilitysolutions

    @cputilitysolutions

    8 ай бұрын

    Thanks 👍🏾

  • @peterbeck493
    @peterbeck4939 ай бұрын

    Nice job mate. I made the same mistake with the return on a cylinder easy mistake i found out the hard way🤣

  • @cputilitysolutions

    @cputilitysolutions

    9 ай бұрын

    Always happens when you got so many different pipes to tie in 🤣

  • @actorlyric
    @actorlyric9 ай бұрын

    Great install . Only thing I noticed was the safety discharge pipe. Should be high temp , typically push fit polypropylene or copper. ABS isn't high temp so when the cylinder temp relief opens at say 90° c the pipe won't carry that temp . Not too sure about the condense being run into it . Having said that it looks impressive & one happy punter 👍

  • @cputilitysolutions

    @cputilitysolutions

    9 ай бұрын

    Cheers mate 👍🏾

  • @cathyoshea3844
    @cathyoshea38449 ай бұрын

    Brilliant workmanship just one comment the house that size surely requires a secondary return pump fitted somehow ? But as long as the customer is happy well done again.

  • @cputilitysolutions

    @cputilitysolutions

    9 ай бұрын

    Ideally yes, but we didn't have provisions to run a secondary return unfortunately

  • @fionnan2811
    @fionnan28115 ай бұрын

    Do you ever use automatic filler valves instead of the filler loop?

  • @cputilitysolutions

    @cputilitysolutions

    5 ай бұрын

    I've not used them myself personally

  • @fionnan2811

    @fionnan2811

    5 ай бұрын

    @cputilitysolutions they are handy to fill a system while you are venting it and so on.

  • @antoniogalluccio4213
    @antoniogalluccio42138 ай бұрын

    Does the boiler need any clearance from the wall?

  • @cputilitysolutions

    @cputilitysolutions

    8 ай бұрын

    5mm

  • @andymav3023
    @andymav30239 ай бұрын

    Good job mate ….when the boiler is circulating within the low loss header I take it the external pump stays off whilst this is going on ? Then when the customer calls for heat the boiler tells that pump to come on ? This may sound silly but how does the boiler know just to do that small circuit.

  • @cputilitysolutions

    @cputilitysolutions

    9 ай бұрын

    Thanks mate, so both pumps will only come on when the customer calls for a demand. The boiler circuit will always take the path of least resistance so it will naturally just circulate through the LLH. Hope that makes sense

  • @Handymandavid
    @Handymandavid9 ай бұрын

    Great job, thanks, what a stupid installation they had, two combi? What was the issue with them that need replacing?

  • @cputilitysolutions

    @cputilitysolutions

    9 ай бұрын

    I think the heat exchangers had gone, it was my mate's install so he'd been there initially to diagnose the issues. The system wasn't fit for purpose regardless so it was screaming to be sorted 🙌🏾

  • @jackclowry9644
    @jackclowry96449 ай бұрын

    Aha I am guessing 2 x ecomax with condense collectors gone I have changed a good few of them over the years... 😂😂

  • @cputilitysolutions

    @cputilitysolutions

    9 ай бұрын

    🤣

  • @no-ic3rg
    @no-ic3rg9 ай бұрын

    Great job m8. Why the 2 combis?

  • @cputilitysolutions

    @cputilitysolutions

    9 ай бұрын

    Thanks man, I have no idea why there were 2 combis in the first place 🤦🏾‍♂️

  • @effervescence5664
    @effervescence56649 ай бұрын

    LLH acts as a bypass and a buffer to stop a system side pump robbing the water too fast out of a boiler causing lack of temperature rise and wasting gas/electricity. Sadly I come across a lot of double 30kw boilers shoved in and domestic engineers forget that it straddles that commercial line and can't be treated as 2 separate appliances. I spotted one of the other commenters picked up on the pressure relief, they're correct - the only other ways round it is sizing up (2 or 3 or 4 inch pipe) or look up the temperature rating of the plastic waste pipes for water flow per meter. As if it's fast enough over a short enough distance that's the only other way of doing it. I don't know if the tables are current though or even allowed to be used anymore. If you even know the manufacturer/type of plastic pipe currently installed. Side note, you can have the condense go into it if the boiler has it's own condense trap which won't get effected (condense sucked out) should the tank relief go. Cracking install and your understanding is definitely getting up there. 👍

  • @cputilitysolutions

    @cputilitysolutions

    9 ай бұрын

    Thanks for the feedback mate and thanks for watching, much appreciated 👍🏾

  • @wolvolad25
    @wolvolad259 ай бұрын

    Whats the low loss header do mate

  • @wolvolad25

    @wolvolad25

    9 ай бұрын

    You actually explain at the end 😂

  • @cputilitysolutions

    @cputilitysolutions

    9 ай бұрын

    👍🏾

  • @MrSandeepseanbrad
    @MrSandeepseanbrad9 ай бұрын

    Were did u park your van in southall lol 😂

  • @cputilitysolutions

    @cputilitysolutions

    9 ай бұрын

    At my cousin's

  • @thebear4740
    @thebear47409 ай бұрын

    Blow off from the cylinder wrong sorry 😇

  • @cputilitysolutions

    @cputilitysolutions

    9 ай бұрын

    Thanks 👍🏾