The saga of the Honeywell Mid Position Valves finally gets sorted......

It's because you care so much, that you get so stressed out. That's the way you think and your real world plumbing does that. Great honesty in your vblogs. Thanks

And as it's your mate you've got to make the trip! Oh I feel your pain and frustration.......Massive respect for keeping your cool and once again getting the Job Done!

Thanks a lot mate just changed a replacment head this made it so straight forward

Agree with other comments that say your stressed because it shows how much you care which being honest seems to be a rare trait these days. Like Phill Collins says hey think twice it’s just another day for you in real world plumbing paradise. The amount of people who have said to me sure plumbings easy aye yeah of course it is. Thanks for the video great job.

Genuine video Mark as you say real life plumbing

A joy to watch your video once again great work 👍

I hate days like this, to see it happens to another plumber makes me feel a lot lot better.....Sorry you had a bad day thanks for sharing

Real world plumbing at it's best mate, haf a similar day today, back at the same job with a fresh pair of eyes nd a clear head

Doesn't rain it pours mate. Real world plumbing 👍👍👍

Keep up the great videos learning loads drill bits for £6 10 were brilliant great advice 👍

All that sounds stressful mate, as you say it’s real world plumbing, you will get past it and move on. I hope things are settling down for you now and stress levels are reducing??? Still was a great film for me as always, it is what it is!!! If it’s any consolation, I’m having a crap week as well, but just keep going. Take care, I hope the week improves, regards, Chris 👍👍👍👍

Would also check the voltage, had a few valve issues lately with not enough voltage and they play up.👍

The rough with the smooth an all that 👍

I’ve worked it out now!…………..as you’ve mentioned them loads recently, Honeywell is the new channel sponsor?!😂

Real world plumbing 💪🏻

great video ive had a few of those Honeywell valves do that I use Drayton seem ok used for yrs but I am really interested in those valves especially if there is a Honeywell valve with a faulty head thanks Mark

Chin up Mark you will be laughing about this one day.. happens to us all one way or another.. Great video as always

so sorry had days like that, seem more often nowadays keep smiling

Our installer fitted drayton valves as he mentioned loads of issues with honeywell.

video was great mate. :) never going to fit Honeywell again that's for sure, if they can not make reliable valves it gives me no confidence in anything else they make so I'll give them a wide birth...

Hate these types of days ! Hate this saying even more .. ‘it is was it is’ .. but it is completely true !👍 just need to get head down and crack on 👍x

I feel your pain mate. Eph are fantastic and do replacement actuators for Myson also.

I once had a Honeywell causing trouble with a Worcester Greenstar Ri. It was giving out an odd voltage to the switch live, can’t remember what, but maybe something like 120V. I replaced the complete valve for another Honeywell but the boiler still wasn’t liking it and the same low voltage. Spent a lot of time looking for the fault. Checking electrics. Had eliminated it being the valve because I’d just fitted a new one. Just couldn’t figure it out. Was at the point where I started to renew all the electrics thinking that there might be damaged wires or something. Fortunately I called Worcester and, thank goodness, he seemed to recognize the problem. He said the low voltage was a problem specific to Honeywell valves when used with a Worcester boiler. Following his advice I fitted a new valve - a Siemens - and it worked fine. It was ‘one of those jobs’ if you know what I mean! Fortunately it was on my Dad’s system, so not so annoying as it could have been. Wanted to share, in case it helps anyone else. Love it that we can all help each other easier these days. Happy plumbing!

Great vid, need these types of vids, I changed a float valve on a back to the wall pan, nice easy job right, WRONG The cistern to pan bolts broke off, the donut washer leaked and needed replacing and the flush unit needed changing after I put it back together 😡 bloody nightmare

I’ve changed so many few year old Honeywell 2 ports recently gone to Danfoss now

I feel your pain mate!

So I see from the comments it's a Honeywell EvoHome fitted, Honeywell recommend going pumped to avoid issues (listed in the literature with the Evo). Also if it has a 3 port valve on it, shouldn't it already be fully pumped, if it was gravity hot water I'd expect a second set of F/R to the cylinder in 28mm. The issue with the clicking on the head is the arm has bumped over the micro switch so wants bending down, it's just a misalignment and it happens on the 2 ports as well.

Don’t apologise mate. You do some cracking videos. I mean this one wasn’t great but you can’t be amazing all the time can ya 😉 Well done as always Mr

Few weeks back I had the same clicking noise from a Honeywell 3 port. What I found was when I took it off the valve it made this clicking as the motor was over shooting the arm pass the micro switches and would not return back unless I turned of heating and hot water off BUT when I put it on the valve it functioned fine. It’s been few weeks and still working. There must be something not right still as I’ve always fitted honeywells and not come across this till recently

Mate we only get stressed because we actually care about the job. If we ripped people off & never went to call backs the stress would go & the bank account would grow. I’ve had customers who shelled out good money to bad trades & never got the problem solved, then I’ve got to the job, solved the problem & charged a sensible amount . Might have earned less, but can sleep at night with a clear conscience . Good on you for sorting your mates place out, & always good to have decent supplier in your corner when products go bad!! Just need to learn how to use your satnav now & the world will be a better place! 😉

Honeywell Quality control has been shady of late. We've had new Honeywell actuators fail on install. They used to be bullet proof. By the way they usually jump back like that when not fitted to a valve body. The ones I looked at were switch and soldering issues on the valve pcb.

Love your videos mate. Glad you chose to wear gloves. I wouldn’t want to touch anyone else’s toilet 😂😂😂😂😂bet you see some real horrors!!

I hope the next load of jobs go well for you mark as you don't need the aggravation. Looks like a bad batch of motors in them valves you got honeywell stuff is junk now I normally stick to salus and have never had any bother. Is that heating system been converted as normally a gravity system wouldn't have a 3 port on it and the pump would only operate if heating was called, hot water via gravity from the boiler on 28 primaries. Keep up the good work bud 👍

Real world plumbing. A lot different from showing people how something's done on a nice clean bench with everything to hand !

Take the good with the bad jobs mate. Keep the videos coming, every day is a school day for me. Was it M1 J15 - 14 you missed? I’ve missed that a couple of times 😂😂 a few choice words on each occasion

I'm not a plumber but a competent diyer I have replaced 3 honeywell valves in 10 years as a engineer myself is it a case of unnecessarily messing about with design that does not need improving just go back to basics love the videos my goto for advice thank you

Question where do you get your custom floor Matts from ?I’m in need of some cheers great vid 👍🏻

You think you have had a bad day ? My thermos flask leaked today whilst I was fishing and ruined my sausage roll ! Honeywell used to be top quality back in my day, is it just the valve or have you had problems with other Honeywell kit ? Thanks for taking time to share your day .

I think the hot water off wiring is incorrect, if the hive receiver is in gravity mode the light will be dark blue in the top corner.

I’ve started to come away from Honeywell zone valves almost have to buy an additional synchronous motor or buy a Drayton one for half the price and more reliable

i use Molybdenum Wire to cut silicon sealant

Real world plumbing

A quick question for you pal. Which do you are the best boilers. I was told Baxi and Vailant as it’s easy to fit replacement parts. Apparently Worcester Bosch are a nightmare. Interested in your opinion.

Hope you seen that the orange and grey are different on Eph M valves ,

Guess what I'm doing with the two shonky, throw a six to start, Honeywell actuators on my Central heating system this summer? Never realised there was a direct replacement that went on the same valve?

Drayton every time for me

Any else having problems with honeywell trv making noises at the min? Had several in last few weeks doing it. Multi directional ones but still noisey, fitted hundreds over last few years and no problems till some recently fitted ones. Alwsys used em as they are "the best" despite costing far more than cheap ones.

Hi Mark, where do you get those quick connectors from ?

Had 2, honey well 2 port valves go within 2 weeks of each other in the same house. It’s annoying because I look like the arse going back to fix it twice

Aah mate it looks like maybe u were wanting to get off at J15 Northampton if u miss it it’s quite a distance to J14 MK. If u do that again can u just carry in to my house in MK please 😆🙏

It’s a real ball ache stuff like that but you don’t really have a choice but to do it. There should be some way to get recompense which I dare say you could fight Honeywell for but it wouldn’t be easy.

Can they ever cause air in the radiators if faulty ?

You should try finding some address off Oxford Street in London sat hav' at not 100%

Hi mate , where do you get your quick connectors from ?

You’d think being plumbers we were all loaded and had easy days just changing taps for £500 and going home to our mansions. It’s never the flipping case is it 😂.

Honeywell were bomb proof when the valves were made in Canada but now made in the EU they are crap, their programmers are even worse, I now use Drayton, And yes days like that are real world plumbing it's good to see that we all have the same shit.

Mark honey well used to be a great company but there trying to change the wheel and failing miserably

What a pain in the arse that valve has been 🤘😎🤘

What a run of bad luck mark .Not what you need . See how this one goes if it go faulty again might be a good idea to get the wiring checked out 😯😯 We all get those days not to often thou 😂

Honeywell switched product production from Canada to Poland and that is when the problems started , it’s not only valves but dodgy programmer screens as well , I don’t fit any Honeywell products anymore as you carn’t trust it , shame really as it was top notch gear back in the day.... 👍

The Honeywell heads have to be fitted to the valve to work properly otherwise the drive slips off the motor cog as it was doing in the Baxi fellas video. Removing any Honeywell valve head and activating it will result in it clicking like this.

Should of got Clayton plumbing to do it for you Mark that's his neck of the woods aint it?

Dave should have thrown in a free Bristan shower 😂😂😂

Surprised you didn't manually operate the valve before fitting the replacement head . Have had some being very stiff .

There’s a junction like that on m4. Be aware.

Nightmare mate but you get them days.

HAHAHA just a bad day i have a week like that mate we are in the wrong trade mate was driving past Jenners in edinburgh couple of year ago ,,,, a guy was doing the long reach window cleaning i seen it was a guy i used to go to school wth ( thick as mince ) anyhow he invited me to his house that night for a catch up i rocked up to the Grange in Edinburgh nothing under 3 mil electronic gates couple of mercs in the drive he works from 5 till 11 then golf course .... and then he says so G how is life treating you ..............didnt know if to laugh or cry

So the sponsorship you recently signed and soon to announce isn’t Honeywell then? 😬

crazy shame you can't claim against Honeywell for the mileage and time. Especially with the price of diesel. Real world plumbing real world pain and frustration. Hope the rest of the week is better. Look after yourself Mark

What a headache this issue has been .

Who put the bog handle on the wall 😂😂😂🤪

E,E,EPH 🤣🤣🤣

The valve is phuqued which burns the motor out.

Never fit any 3 port valves

Bound to be wired wrong. Surly there is no way 3 valves have been bad

Thank god that job is over. Definitely stress ppl out when you have to do the job twice and even this job has you for third time.

Where are the valves made China..

Why didnt the baxi engineer change the head would have saver you a lot of time and stress nothing worse than running around and not much to show for your efforts

All had shit days, and it always seems when your working for mates they are the shitest

Hate honey well gronfos all the way are delta