Hey Derek, genuinely thankfully for these. I've got my ACS in a few weeks and these are helping greatly with my preparation. I'm in for 2 days training before hand, but reading books can be very dull. Just a comment you probably won't even see as it's an old video. Just thought I'd let you know your work is really appreciated by us engineers. 🙏
THANK YOU. very very helpful!!! you are not only a professional gas engineer , but you are also a good teacher who make me understand unclear things i had...lucky to watch the videos free of charge
Hi Derek I’ve noticed at 15 minutes when explaining open flue ventilation in a room , your final calculations are( 135 cm free area ) you didn’t take off the 7kw adventatious air! Shouldn’t it be 100.13 cm squared Love your dedication to educate new & old timers like me. very clear explanation of the regulations and why there implemented. All the best Rob👍🏻
Thank you for your help your video was very helpful! but on the example you gave us for the open flu cross boiler 30kw, the calculation doesn't seem right because 20.02 x 5= 100.13
Derek thank you very much for taking time to make this video for us. I was doing ventilation yesterday and could not get my head around it but after watching your amazing video i have a better understanging now you made it look so simple . I can not thank you egnough for your efforts 👍your a champian mate dnt let tail bearers put you down they are selfish people who dont want people to learn once again thank you sir👍.
Derek you are the best teacher anyone can come across i am very lucky to come across your video i was in the middle of my gas training and i was so confuse and i almost gave up from continuing the training and i told my centre i dont want to continue with gas rather i want to plumbing instead but they refuse and i had to continue with very little courage on the training but watching your video for the first time has restored my confidence as every thing is very clear with your explanation. Bless u man
Precise and clear explanation. I wish tutorials like this were about when I 1st sat my Acs. Flueing and ventilation was a pretty heavy subject as was pipe sizing 👌. The more you practice the easier it becomes. Like learning how to ride a bike, 2nd. nature. Plenty heating engineers use apps or vent calculation gauges now. 👍
Excellent much easier to watch your videos than trolling through technical manuals. This subject is less relevant than it used to be with less open flues about so its good to get a refresher with an inspection looming.
Very helpful and made it easy to understand, but not sure how the calculation on the first example added up. Open flue ventilation. The 20.02 x 5= 100.13. On your example it added up to 135.13cm2. Which ones correct please. Keep up the good work as its very informative and helps with my training no end.
These videos are helping so much. Using them to try and get ahead for my classes. Just need to find an engineer in my area. Looking for anyone in the Edinburgh area who are willing to to take me out.
Great video. Very helpful to understand why you would require an outside vent. Whilst it’s important to understand the figures, I’m assuming in 2021, most people will be looking to purchase an appliance that does not require an external vent, especially in Winer!
Most water heating appliances now are room sealed so no need to put holes in walls ! The conflict is trying to insulate your house as much as possible which does not support putting big holes in the walls so there is nice cold fresh air coming in for a gas appliacne ! But those type, though still to be found in older instatllation, are no longer made. Gas fires however can demand a lot of air, so it may be necessary to put vents in to the outside.
Another well presented video with valuable and well explained information, always enjoy watching these videos as helps us to gain more knowledge through your explanation rather than reading and trying to understand it in the book, your explanation is much more understandable.. 👍👍😁😁
Fantastic thanks Derick doing my re sit at M65 (company's choice not mine) your explanation is far easier and less confusing keep the great videos coming 😎
Hi Bro you explain everything proper way and nicely, Many of the instructors out their don't explain the hole Sanario like in this video you explain number 5 where it's coming from . Thanks Bro for further training I will definitely contact you.
Thank you very much for these videos Derek. I'm filling out home work book and your videos are so helpful no rather copy but to learn and take in important information. Definitely would recommend TOMKAT GAS for new enteraces. 😁
If your coming into the industry now, open flue appliances with vents are going to be few and far between. The last one I attended was about 4 years ago, In my experience its the cause of the most amount of friction with customers. The one I mentioned was a Baxi Boston boiler installed in a kitchen with no air vent fitted. The customer just about threw me out of the house after saying I didn’t know what I was talking about after I advised him it was unsafe to use the boiler. On another occasion with another customer, I got into another argument after a kitchen fitter had fitted a new kitchen, removing the air vent that had been fitted for the boiler and then boxing the boiler in tightly without any compartment ventilation. The boiler in question was an open flue Glowworm Hideaway. In many respects I don’t miss them.
What a great explanation! Look forward to every Wednesday. Will you do any videos on gas controls or going through filling out documentation on a job for example a service or landlord safety certificates. It's one thing being good at your job but to be able to pass that information on to other people in an easy to understand way is extremely difficult. Please keep up the great work.
Excellent. Very well explained, clear and precise. Only 3 1/2 stars because that music is very irritating, and makes it difficult to concentrate on what you are saying.
is it just me or is the calculation on the board at 12.37 wrong i get 20 decided by 1.11 = 27.02 27.02 minus 7 = 20.02 20.02 times 5 = 100.1cm2 it could just be me
Great help derek just revising for my acs next week and was struggling remembering the ventilation calcs and room vent sizes etc keep up the good work 👍
Many thanks derek I think I need to watch this every week to keep up to scratch with it also never use your phone as it can and does mess up calculations
You mentioned if appliance does not specify if it is gross or net, to take it as Gross, problem we have here is, it means you will make it even smaller by dividing the gross by 1.11. So we should assume its Net not gross. Am i right???
am referring to your calculation you made on free air required, 20.02 * 5 =100.1 cm sq not 135..cm sq, I might be calculating it wrong. (open vent calculation on 30kw gross)
Hi many thank to your great work . some thing to explain : 30/1.11= 27.027 30 - 11%= 26.7 the number should be 1.11 and not 11% please check and correct . then 5 cm2 for every KW after the first 7KW ??? so if we have 9 KW 9 - 7 = 2 * 5 = 10cm2 ????? please correct me . great respect Thank you
i know this is an old video but, if the data badge doesnt state wether its gross or net output, you said assume its gross. shouldnt we assume its net? as not dividing by 1.1 yeilds a higher free air area meaning its the safest option? these videos are excellent. sitting my initial acs this month.
You are correct but I said gross for my trainees because they kept getting a certain question wrong in the exams I didn’t think anyone else would watch my videos. How wrong was I 😂
@@tomkatgastraining no theyve been great. very informative and really helping settle nerves for the assessments this month. any tips for what subjects to really get stuck into would be appriciated.
Hi a little help. You've got the sums on the white board but at the bottom you have 20.02x5 =135.13 but it's 100.1 and when you point at the 0.2 you say it's 25 which doesn't calculate out either
@@Whatsonvinyl the figures don’t matter in the video because you’re numbers will be different so as long as you know the formula that’s what matters. I know you are not being smart it’s just I get lots of comments about it but I did it so I can quiz my trainees to see if they have watched the video👍🏻
Blue Dwarf you measure the smallest part so the inside hole . If the vent is fitted you need a vent gauge to be able to measure them . Thanks for watching
You can get them from gas safe but you pay a yearly subscription for them other than that you can buy them from British standards but they are not cheep . Thanks for watching cheers
@@tomkatgastraining Thank you Is any videos about TPI manometer, gas controls and Flues. I would like to ask where in manufacture instructions can I find how to put boiler in max and min mode. Thank you
The next video on Wednesday is all about the Tpi manometer and analyser I already have videos on flues and testing them and a video soon on controls. All new boilers will have how to put them into max and min for analysis somewhere in the MIs hope that helps and cheers for watching
Hey Derek, genuinely thankfully for these. I've got my ACS in a few weeks and these are helping greatly with my preparation. I'm in for 2 days training before hand, but reading books can be very dull. Just a comment you probably won't even see as it's an old video. Just thought I'd let you know your work is really appreciated by us engineers. 🙏
THANK YOU. very very helpful!!! you are not only a professional gas engineer , but you are also a good teacher who make me understand unclear things i had...lucky to watch the videos free of charge
ARIAN XHEBRAJ thanks for watching cheers
Could at least show vents you can use
Hi Derek
I’ve noticed at 15 minutes when explaining open flue ventilation in a room ,
your final calculations are( 135 cm free area ) you didn’t take off the 7kw adventatious air! Shouldn’t it be 100.13 cm squared
Love your dedication to educate new & old timers like me.
very clear explanation of the regulations and why there implemented.
All the best
Rob👍🏻
Felt like I was losing my mind there 😂
Thank you for your help your video was very helpful! but on the example you gave us for the open flu cross boiler 30kw, the calculation doesn't seem right because 20.02 x 5= 100.13
Correct I did it to see if my trainees understand it but they say nothing and everyone else tells me it’s wrong 🙄😜👍🏻
Derek thank you very much for taking time to make this video for us. I was doing ventilation yesterday and could not get my head around it but after watching your amazing video i have a better understanging now you made it look so simple . I can not thank you egnough for your efforts 👍your a champian mate dnt let tail bearers put you down they are selfish people who dont want people to learn once again thank you sir👍.
Derek you are the best teacher anyone can come across i am very lucky to come across your video i was in the middle of my gas training and i was so confuse and i almost gave up from continuing the training and i told my centre i dont want to continue with gas rather i want to plumbing instead but they refuse and i had to continue with very little courage on the training but watching your video for the first time has restored my confidence as every thing is very clear with your explanation. Bless u man
Thanks for watching cheers
These videos are very much appreciated and very helpful in boosting confidence.
Thanks a lot.
Precise and clear explanation. I wish tutorials like this were about when I 1st sat my Acs. Flueing and ventilation was a pretty heavy subject as was pipe sizing 👌. The more you practice the easier it becomes. Like learning how to ride a bike, 2nd. nature. Plenty heating engineers use apps or vent calculation gauges now. 👍
Excellent much easier to watch your videos than trolling through technical manuals. This subject is less relevant than it used to be with less open flues about so its good to get a refresher with an inspection looming.
Got my ACS reassessment in a month and I found your video extremely thorough and helpful.Carry on.Well done
These training videos help so much and give you a much better understanding than just going through the books only 👍🏻
Very helpful and made it easy to understand, but not sure how the calculation on the first example added up. Open flue ventilation. The 20.02 x 5= 100.13. On your example it added up to 135.13cm2. Which ones correct please. Keep up the good work as its very informative and helps with my training no end.
i was thinking same, i think they've made a mistake. it should def be 100.13
I'm in training at the moment and I struggled with the vent in series your videos are really helping so thanks
These videos are helping so much. Using them to try and get ahead for my classes. Just need to find an engineer in my area. Looking for anyone in the Edinburgh area who are willing to to take me out.
Thanks Derek. I am currently doing ACS course and your videos are brilliant and clearly explained. Thank you so much. Keep up the good work.
Hope you have had a go at winning the tools 😁
I watched this again because it’s brilliant. So easy to follow. Even for people like me. Thanks Derek
Asian Jon. Training.
Great video. Very helpful to understand why you would require an outside vent.
Whilst it’s important to understand the figures, I’m assuming in 2021, most people will be looking to purchase an appliance that does not require an external vent, especially in Winer!
Most water heating appliances now are room sealed so no need to put holes in walls ! The conflict is trying to insulate your house as much as possible which does not support putting big holes in the walls so there is nice cold fresh air coming in for a gas appliacne ! But those type, though still to be found in older instatllation, are no longer made. Gas fires however can demand a lot of air, so it may be necessary to put vents in to the outside.
A very good explanation for new beginners into the gas industry and also for experienced operatives who work on gas.
Another well presented video with valuable and well explained information, always enjoy watching these videos as helps us to gain more knowledge through your explanation rather than reading and trying to understand it in the book, your explanation is much more understandable.. 👍👍😁😁
Excellent video Derek. 😊
Fantastic thanks Derick doing my re sit at M65 (company's choice not mine) your explanation is far easier and less confusing keep the great videos coming 😎
Good luck they are a good bunch at m65 👍🏻
“I might be wrong... but I doubt it” 😂
Great video, moving through them slowly. Clear and well explained, so helpful, thanks!
Ryan Bowers thanks for watching cheers 👍🏻
Hi Bro you explain everything proper way and nicely, Many of the instructors out their don't explain the hole Sanario like in this video you explain number 5 where it's coming from . Thanks Bro for further training I will definitely contact you.
brilliant guidance, so important to know basic when goling to look a gas appliance
Well explained good refresher 👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿
Great video, very useful information and very helpful for us new trainees.
Tomkat gas trainee.
Once again a fantastic video...cheers fella.
Derek watched all ure videos and what a help it was for my acs re assessment which I passed last week keep up the good work 👍
Alex Weir well done with passing and thanks for watching cheers
Unfortunately the math is incorrect.... 20.02 x 5 = 100.10
Thank you very much for these videos Derek. I'm filling out home work book and your videos are so helpful no rather copy but to learn and take in important information. Definitely would recommend TOMKAT GAS for new enteraces. 😁
If your coming into the industry now, open flue appliances with vents are going to be few and far between. The last one I attended was about 4 years ago, In my experience its the cause of the most amount of friction with customers. The one I mentioned was a Baxi Boston boiler installed in a kitchen with no air vent fitted. The customer just about threw me out of the house after saying I didn’t know what I was talking about after I advised him it was unsafe to use the boiler. On another occasion with another customer, I got into another argument after a kitchen fitter had fitted a new kitchen, removing the air vent that had been fitted for the boiler and then boxing the boiler in tightly without any compartment ventilation. The boiler in question was an open flue Glowworm Hideaway. In many respects I don’t miss them.
The shit we go through every 5 years just to be told by an unqualified person that we're wrong... its unreal lol.
god bless you Derek robins 👏💙👏❤️ I learnt a lot
This video is really helpful to clear concepts
Nice and simple explanations. Thanks Derek 👍🏻
Asian Jon. Training
What a great explanation! Look forward to every Wednesday. Will you do any videos on gas controls or going through filling out documentation on a job for example a service or landlord safety certificates.
It's one thing being good at your job but to be able to pass that information on to other people in an easy to understand way is extremely difficult. Please keep up the great work.
1Monaghan great idea I will have a look I am definitely doing a controls one as I have started filming it lol. Thanks for watching
Great tutorial, very well explained!👍Abdi
Absolutely amazing! 🤩
Very very useful tutorial video for new gas students.
Thank you very much sir.
Thanks for watching 👍🏻
Mohammed Nazir. Excellence video.
Excellent. Very well explained, clear and precise. Only 3 1/2 stars because that music is very irritating, and makes it difficult to concentrate on what you are saying.
Evergreen presentation.... well-done Mate
Great vid for revision
Kamal Training 👍
is it just me or is the calculation on the board at 12.37 wrong i get
20 decided by 1.11 = 27.02
27.02 minus 7 = 20.02
20.02 times 5 = 100.1cm2
it could just be me
Great help derek just revising for my acs next week and was struggling remembering the ventilation calcs and room vent sizes etc keep up the good work 👍
Good luck next week with the ACS 👍🏻
@@tomkatgastraining cheers pal
These are great videos. With ducts though what are the rules/regulations regarding gas pipe work run in ducts?
Depends on the size of the duct depends on the vent size. Also needs a vent top and bottom of the duct
Please don’t remove sir
It’s 1000% is best explanation it’s really helping me sir
Many thanks
Thanks for watching cheers
Very useful video. Thanks Derek.
Polish Peter - trainee at TomKat😀
Many thanks derek I think I need to watch this every week to keep up to scratch with it also never use your phone as it can and does mess up calculations
Very informative video, keep up the good work 👍🏽
You are great! Very clear and sound.THANK YOU!
You mentioned if appliance does not specify if it is gross or net, to take it as Gross, problem we have here is, it means you will make it even smaller by dividing the gross by 1.11. So we should assume its Net not gross. Am i right???
20 x 5 isn’t 135? It’s 100. Plus the adventitious air of 35 to get 135cm3.
First class Video ☝️👍Connor
Thank you Derek, Mohamed Hassan
Great Education
am referring to your calculation you made on free air required, 20.02 * 5 =100.1 cm sq not 135..cm sq, I might be calculating it wrong. (open vent calculation on 30kw gross)
Did I say it or write it
Thank you Derek 😊
Hi
many thank to your great work .
some thing to explain :
30/1.11= 27.027
30 - 11%= 26.7
the number should be 1.11 and not 11%
please check and correct .
then 5 cm2 for every KW after the first 7KW ???
so if we have 9 KW
9 - 7 = 2 * 5 = 10cm2 ?????
please correct me .
great respect
Thank you
What did we have before GasSafe ? why and when did gas safety regulations come in ? asking as a non gas safe person , thanks.
@@mike-s8n8y we had corgi before gas safe . engineers have had to be registered from 1991 and gas safe took over from corgi in 2009
@@tomkatgastraining Thanks for reply ,
brilliant, I would have love to renew my ACS with you guys, unfortunately live nearly 300 miles away.
i think the 1st calculation was wrong but I know you did it to check we are watching, well done, enthrawling, cant stop watching, great teacher.
Hi
How we ventilation on flueless tumber dryer.
Hi Derek,
Why should we duct a cavity wall to join an inner and outer vent?
Thank you
So the air passes from outside to inside and not up the cavity
Good tutorial as usual Derek thanks 👍
Good job! Nice tutorial!
Great stuff for helping me with my revision. Mo
Thanks Derek 🙏 Benny
Great video thank you for sharing your experience Bro
Thank you Derek
👍 👍 another brilliant video
thanks mate do you ever link the documentation you use in the videos? stuff like the classifications could be helpful.cheers again
eazyrat sorry no as most have to be paid for so no link can be added. Thanks for watching and your comment cheers
i know this is an old video but, if the data badge doesnt state wether its gross or net output, you said assume its gross. shouldnt we assume its net? as not dividing by 1.1 yeilds a higher free air area meaning its the safest option? these videos are excellent. sitting my initial acs this month.
You are correct but I said gross for my trainees because they kept getting a certain question wrong in the exams I didn’t think anyone else would watch my videos. How wrong was I 😂
@@tomkatgastraining no theyve been great. very informative and really helping settle nerves for the assessments this month. any tips for what subjects to really get stuck into would be appriciated.
@@Mr1anmu77ay we are logic and they have quite a few questions on CO alarms and shared flue systems so have a look at them
Very informative 👍
very informative
Thank you bast teacher ever 🎉🎉
thanks Derek . Ion Vitiu (Nick)
A big thank you to you once again.
Super excellent 10 out of 10
Nice video but just one thing, you state 30kw but the data badge says 23.45 where you getting 30 from?
Brilliant example 👏
Hi a little help. You've got the sums on the white board but at the bottom you have 20.02x5 =135.13 but it's 100.1 and when you point at the 0.2 you say it's 25 which doesn't calculate out either
Yeh I know but thanks anyway
@@tomkatgastraining I wasn't being smart I was just confused I was doing it wrong. Thanks
Videos are great and a lot of help
@@Whatsonvinyl the figures don’t matter in the video because you’re numbers will be different so as long as you know the formula that’s what matters. I know you are not being smart it’s just I get lots of comments about it but I did it so I can quiz my trainees to see if they have watched the video👍🏻
Hey , I like your videos but how is 20.02 x 5 =135.13 ? Ain't it 100.1 ??? 27x5 would be 135 is in it ?
Thanks Derek..
Very well explained 👏
Brilliant 👍👍
At what size is a compartment, no longer a compartment, but a room?
Only becomes a room if it has a window and is habitable. Nothing to do with size
@@tomkatgastraining Thanks. I call where my boiler is a store room. It has a window but is only about 1m x 2m x 2.5 height. Habitable ??
perfect explanation
should that be 20.02 x 5 = 100 cm2
Ray Hurrell fantastic
P.E.R.F.E.C.T ...Thank you a lot !!!
Really helpful video, thank you
Brilliant series of videos as always Derek . Only suggestion is to lose the background music while doing the explanations.
The music has gone in all my new videos 👍🏻
@@tomkatgastraining Nice one Derek. Much appreciate the quick response have a good weekend 😊
👍 Well explained
Useful vid.
When you were measuring the terracotta vent, which side do you measure with the ruler? I'm guessing the smallest holes you measure with a ruler
Blue Dwarf you measure the smallest part so the inside hole . If the vent is fitted you need a vent gauge to be able to measure them . Thanks for watching
Just to confirm you measure the plastic vent on the inside?
No you measure a plastic vent from the front it’s the terracotta from the back
Excellent u should make videos about chimney
How did you get 135 when multiplying 20.02 x 5 I get 100.1 I only get that when I x the 27.02 with 5
This is an old video which I put in mistakes to see if my trainees could see the mistakes. I never thought other people would watch this video.
great videos what website use it to download the documents bs 5440 parts 1,2
You can get them from gas safe but you pay a yearly subscription for them other than that you can buy them from British standards but they are not cheep . Thanks for watching cheers
@@tomkatgastraining
Thank you
Is any videos about TPI manometer, gas controls and Flues.
I would like to ask where in manufacture instructions can I find how to put boiler in max and min mode.
Thank you
The next video on Wednesday is all about the Tpi manometer and analyser I already have videos on flues and testing them and a video soon on controls. All new boilers will have how to put them into max and min for analysis somewhere in the MIs hope that helps and cheers for watching