By Grant UK
The podcast currently has 13 episodes available.
Join Matthew Beales, Regional Sales Manager at Grant UK, and Rob Muldoon from the Mind Your Head Podcast as they talk about the important subject of mental health and wellbeing in the heating sector and wider construction industry. Matthew and Rob openly discuss the stresses faced by professionals working in these sectors as well the support available.
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A wide range of help and support is available, whether you need someone to listen and talk to or want to access online resources. Follow the links below to view the extensive resources available to help mental health in the workspace:
Rob Muldoon has been involved in the construction industry for 24 years, starting his career as an apprentice brick layer and now working as Project Manager. Rob founded the Mind Your Heat Podcast to help everyone who is working in the construction industry, whatever sector. Through his podcast and his nationwide talks, Rob strives to raise awareness about mental health, giving hope to listeners and letting people know they are not alone.
This episode was recorded on 22nd May 2024.
Join Terry Townend, Area Sales Manager at Grant UK, as he welcomes Griff Thomas from GTEC and Jez Climas from City Plumbing Supplies to discuss how the heat pump sector will achieve the installation targets set for the coming years. Terry, Griff and Jez discuss the opportunities and challenges around upscaling air source heat pump installations for heating engineers and merchants.
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Grant UK supply the award winning Aerona³ R32 air source heat pump range, the innovative Aerona Smart Controller and heat pump installation accessories. Discover their products here: www.grantuk.com/professional/products/air-source-heat-pumps.
To access further information about the courses delivered by Grant UK’s Training Academy, please visit www.grantuk.com/professional/training.
Griff Thomas is a renewables expert having overseen the development of many national renewable technology standards. He is the Managing Director at GTEC, a leading renewables training provider, delivering courses for heat pumps, solar and much more. Griff is also the MD for Heatly, an app which is in development that will provide a one-stop solution for the survey, design, installation and commissioning of heat pump systems.
Jez Climas is the Head of Business Development for Renewables at City Plumbing Supplies. His career in renewables includes being a Building Services Consultant for 15 years before joining the merchant sector where he strives to make the lives of installers much easier when it comes to heat pump and renewable installations.
This episode was recorded on 28th May 2024.
Join Matthew Beales, Regional Sales Manager at Grant UK, who talks to Paul Williams from Homely and Neil Sawers, Commercial Technical Manager at Grant UK, to discuss Homely optimisation controls and their compatibility with Grant Aerona³ R32 air source heat pumps. During this episode, Matt, Paul and Neil discuss the heat pump controls and their role in setting up and managing an efficient heat pump system.
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To help heating professionals learn more about installing Homely controls with Aerona³ R32 heat pumps, a free online training course is available via the Grant eLearning Academy – simply visit www.grantelearning.com to login or create a new account, use the enrolment key PODCAST22. To learn more about Grant’s air source heat pump range, please visit www.grantuk.com/products/air-source-heat-pumps.
Paul Williams is the Business Development Manager at Homely and has over 24 years experience in the HVAC industry, starting as an apprentice installer and progressing into sales and business development roles with HVAC manufacturers. Paul is responsible for the key strategic partnerships across the UK and Europe for Homely.
This episode was recorded on 20th September 2023.
Join Helen Rishworth, Content and Communications Manager at Grant UK, along with Stuart McWhinnie and Steve Burton from Grant UK’s in-house Design and Specification Team as they talk about all things relating to underfloor heating. Stuart and Steve discuss the features and benefits of underfloor heating systems as well as exploring the key factors relating to designing and installing this type of heat emitter.
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Grant UK supply a broad range of UFH systems, accessories and controls so view the full Uflex offering here: www.grantuk.com/professional/products/underfloor-heating. To support customers with planning, specifying and designing underfloor heating systems, please contact their Design Team here - www.grantuk.com/professional/support/design.
Stuart McWhinnie is Technical Design Manager at Grant UK and heads their Design and Specification Team. Stuart’s background is in electromechanical engineering and he has been working in the heating industry for over 20 years.
Steve Burton is the Assistant Design Manager at Grant UK and works alongside Stuart and the team of Specification Technical Advisors. Steve ran a plumbing and heating company for 20 years installing gas, oil and renewable heating systems and laid his first UFH system over two decades ago.
This episode was recorded on 29th March 2023.
Join Matthew Beales, Regional Sales Manager at Grant UK, as he interviews one of the leading female figures in the sustainable heating sector – Emma Morris, Underfloor Heating and Renewables Sales Consultant at E. Tupling distributors. In this episode, Matthew chats with Emma to learn more about her career, some of the challenges she has faced and her outlook on the industry in the years to come.
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Grant UK deliver an extensive range of free online training for merchants and other heating professionals via the Grant eLearning Academy – follow the link here to read more: www.grantuk.com/professional/training/elearning-academy. And to discover their full range of sustainable heating products, please visit www.grantuk.com/professional/products.
Emma Morris started working in the heating sector in 2017 and now specialises in renewables in her role at Tuplings where she provides support to merchants and their customers on air source heat pumps and renewable installation projects. She is currently training to be a gas engineer and is also aiming to be a fully qualified renewable heating engineer within the next eighteen months.
This episode was recorded on 31st March 2023.
Join Matthew Beales, Regional Sales Manager at Grant UK, Rich Cartwright, Director and Innovator at Heat Engineer Software Ltd, and Neil Sawers, Grant UK’s Commercial Technical Manager, to explore the retrofit market, discussing the energy saving measures existing housing stock can adopt as well as looking at heat pump and hybrid solutions for retrofit installations.
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Grant UK deliver a range of resources to help homeowners and installers learn more about renewable heating. Homeowners can visit www.grantuk.com/knowledge-hub and heating professionals can head to www.grantuk.com/professional/training.
Rich Cartwright has 15 years of heat pump experience within different engineering roles and he is Director and Innovator for Heat Engineer Software Ltd who develop software which is user friendly, helping installers with heat pump sizing and heating designs.
This episode was recorded on 31st October 2022.
This episode explores a selection of common myths and misconceptions about air source heat pumps. Kevin Ellis, Renewables Sales Manager at Grant UK, picks up this conversation with Roly Gurner from Oceanair Distribution and Neil Sawers, Grant UK’s Commercial Technical Manager, who discuss the facts when it comes to heat pump technology.
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For support specifying and designing heat pump systems, please visit www.grantuk.com/professional/support/design. To read more about heat pumps, legislation and more, visit our Home Heating Blog: www.grantuk.com/about/blog.
Roly Gurner has been involved in the heat pump and renewables sector for 12 years, working for an installation and maintenance company before joining Oceanair Distribution, an Air to Water Specialist who support installers with heat pump designs, installation and technical support.
This episode was recorded on 31st October 2022.
In this episode, part of Series II of the Net Zero Heating Show, Kevin Ellis, Grant UK’s Renewables Sales Manager, is joined by Steve Alldritt, Technical Director for the City Plumbing Energy Efficiency Team, and Jack McGovern, Managing Director of Lincolnshire installation company The Glow Group Ltd, to discuss the challenges and opportunities in the heating sector.
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To complete online training about renewable heating and more, join Grant UK’s eLearning Academy: www.grantuk.com/professional/training/elearning-academy. For specification resources for Grant renewable heating products, head to: www.grantuk.com/professional/specificationhub.
Steve Alldritt has been involved in the heating industry for 35 years, specialising in renewables and underfloor heating systems for the last two decades, and working within the City Plumbing Supplies business for 10 years.
Jack McGovern has been installing heating systems for over 15 years and is the Founder and Business Owner of The Grow Group Ltd who are an installation and servicing company working with heat pumps and boilers.
This episode was recorded on 13th October 2022.
In this episode, Matthew Beales, Regional Sales Manager at Grant UK, is joined by Ken Bone from Your Energy Your Way to discuss how to maximise the potential of an air source heat pump installation. We chat to Ken about system design and the benefits of combining technologies as well as learning more about some of his recent heat pump installations.
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Subscribe to Grant UK’s YouTube Channel and watch their video tutorials on heat pumps and more here - www.youtube.com/MyGrantUK. To join the low carbon heating conversation, join us on our social channels by searching @mygrantuk.
Ken Bone has been involved in the heating industry for thirty years and has been installing heat pumps for around fifteen years. Ken has extensive experience working with air source heat pumps and other renewables and is passionate about promoting the benefits of all types of renewables.
This episode was recorded on 31st January 2022.
This episode of the Net Zero Heating Show explores an alternative low carbon heating solution – biofuels. Helen Rishworth, Grant UK’s Assistant Marketing Manager, is joined by Neil Sawers, Commercial Technical Manager at Grant UK, Malcolm Farrow, Head of Public Affairs at OFTEC, and John Weedon, Director of Mitchell & Webber Ltd, to discuss the role biofuels can play in helping decarbonise hard to heat homes.
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To read more about the trials researching the use of HVO, please visit www.grantuk.com/about/blog. You can also access additional resources about biofuels here: www.grantuk.com/support/biofuelheating.
Malcolm Farrow is part of OFTEC’s strategic management team and is closely involved in their heat policy work and oversees OFTEC’s online, PR, marketing and publishing activity.
Mitchell & Webber Ltd are a fuel distribution company based in the South West of England who also have a heating services division and John has been actively involved in the HVO trials for the Oil industry, being on the UKIFDA & OFTEC steering team since the start in 2018.
This episode was recorded on 26th January 2022.
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