Gas Engineer Podcast

There's a faster way to grow a heating business than hiring one engineer and hoping it all works out. Three years into running Phoenix Gas Home Care as a sole trader, he acquired the customer base of another local gas business, brought their engineers over, and used it to fundamentally change the shape of his company overnight. It's not something you hear about often in the trades, but in this episode he explains how it actually worked, what he'd do differently, and why more engineers should be thinking about it.

Most engineers have strong opinions about their flue gas analyser. Very few have thought about what it looks like from the manufacturer's side. Kieran Carter is an account manager at Anton by Crowcon, the team behind Sprint Pro, and he speaks to engineers every day. In this episode, he covers how engineers actually choose their analyser, the features most people don't know they have, how engineer feedback shapes what gets built next, and where FGA technology is heading in the next few years. 

Brent Songhurst joined the British Army at 16, did demolitions and bridge building in Africa, and left at 24 with a mortgage, a child, and a plan to go self-employed. Six weeks later JJS Gas and Heating was in business. Nearly 11 years on he's running a team of 6 with his sights set on 7 figures. This episode covers the whole journey, what the early days actually looked like, the moment he decided to grow beyond sole trader, how he's built his team, and the ceiling he's working to break through next. 

There is more to this trade than airing cupboards and boiler swaps. Daisy Turner went halfway around the world with a handful of tools, a language barrier, and the same plumbing principles she uses every day, and left a village in Nepal with clean running water for the first time. This episode covers the project in full, what it did for the community, and why Daisy thinks every engineer should be thinking beyond their day job. The opportunities are out there if you just put your name in the hat. https://www.ciphe.org.uk/professional/careers--trainees/PlumbingProfessionalDvelopmentScheme/ https://plumberscompany.org.uk/

Solicitors and dentists don't discount their rates to win customers. So why are gas engineers constantly undercutting each other? Dean Jones has built his business by refusing to race to the bottom, and in this episode he explains why lowering your prices doesn't solve the problem, what it does to your reputation long-term, and how engineers end up busy but broke without ever realising why.