Plumbing Franchise

Retrain as an PlumbLocal plumber and
beat the credit crunch! 

Essential maintenance simply can’t be avoided, pipes burst and drains still block regardless of the economic climate. With its woeful reputation for reliability and service and with only 2,000 new plumbers replacing the 5,000 that retire each year, the time to make that career change and become a professional, customer focused plumber is now!
 
PlumbLocal along with ElecLocal, GasLocal, TileLocal and DecorateLocal is part of Local Services a network of independently owned franchised businesses offering consistently reliable trade services to business and the home.

Local Services has established itself as the UK’s leading provider of fast response and planned building maintenance.

Our combination of established, trusted brands and national infrastructure make us the benchmark for the industry.Please see below for other Local brands.

• GasLocal
• ElecLocal
• TileLocal
• DecorateLocal

Whilst each business develops it's own local commercial and domestic customer base they also operate together to form a national planned and reactive contractor. National blue chip companies with sites across the UK choose us over other suppliers because of the convenience of having a single contact for all building maintenance. They also have the security and assurance that our fully branded service offers. Franchisees benefit from the opportunity to offer a regular service to some of the largest companies in the UK as well as a solid reputation with local domestic customers.
 
PlumbLocal offers a complete one stop service to cater for all the plumbing requirements of the domestic, commercial and insurance plumbing and drainage market.
 
From 24 hour emergency response to planned maintenance and new installations, professional qualified PlumbLocal franchisees can be relied upon to attend every appointment in a timely manner equipped with the correct tools and materials to get the job done. If you are a practical, 'hands on' person PlumbLocal is offering the chance to retrain and build yourself a successful and rewarding new business.  
 
Like many of our existing franchisees, as your business develops we will help you to expand in to a multi-van operation although you are still free to remain as a single van operation should you choose.

Whilst each business develops it's own local commercial and domestic customer base they also operate together to form a national planned and reactive contractor. National blue chip companies with sites across the UK choose us over other suppliers because of the convenience of having a single contact for all building maintenance. They also have the security and assurance that our fully branded service offers.

Franchisees benefit from the opportunity to offer a regular service to some of the largest companies in the UK as well as a solid reputation with local domestic customers.  From 24 hour emergency response to planned maintenance and new installations, professional qualified PlumbLocal franchisees can be relied upon to attend every appointment in a timely manner equipped with the correct tools and materials to get the job done.

If you are a practical, 'hands on' person PlumbLocal is offering the chance to retrain and build yourself a successful and rewarding new business.   Like many of our existing franchisees, as your business develops we will help you to expand in to a multi-van operation although you are still free to remain as a single van operation should you choose.

It's not only the re-training, advertising and branding we take care of - As a part of Local Services, PlumbLocal have contracts with some of the UK's largest blue chip companies so we make sure you keep busy!
 
Our wide portfolio of blue chip corporate clients provide a large amount of regular planned and reactive maintenance works which in many cases has enabled franchisees to become multi van operations within a few months of launch. An example of our current national clients are;

• British Gas 
• William Hill
• Scottish & Newcastle breweries
• Laura Ashley
• Scottish & Southern Energy
• Taylor Woodrow
• Dixons
• PC World
• Carillion Spar 
• TK Max
• PlumbLocal Training 

PlumbLocal prides itself on its outstanding City & Guilds 6129 NVQ 2 training programme.  As the C&G 6129, the PlumbLocal training programme is the only franchise training course to include the NVQ level 2 qualification (C&G 6089) together with the on-site assessments that will actually enable you to achieve the NVQ Level 2 the only recognised qualification to become a qualified plumber in the UK. You will also achieve ‘Unvented Water Heating’ certificate and BPEC Water Regs.

Your training will cover... 

• Health & Safety: Legislation and good working practices
• Cold Water Supply: The water cycle and domestic supply including systems found in domestic premises
• Basic electrical: How to install electric showers and fault-find on emersion heaters and pumps etc
• Hot Water Supply: Types of domestic hot water installation
• Hot Water Heating: Types of heating systems and domestic installations
• Hot & Cold Water Supplies: Combines previous subjects to complete domestic installations
• Drainage: Above ground drainage systems, connections to the public waste system.
• Sheet Lead: Sheet lead weathering, lead welding techniques 
• Bathroom installation: How to install a complete bathroom suite 

Your 12 week training programme will begin at our training centre. During your training, you will attend both practical workshop training and also theory based classroom training. This is an intensive course so you will also be expected to carry out additional tasks every evening.
 
Once you have passed your final exams and received your qualifications you will accompany one of our team of Tech Support Franchisees or ‘TSF’s’ for ‘hands on’ training with real customers. TSF’s are our most experienced franchisees and have each been independently assessed by a CORGI Plumbing Inspector. After training your appointed TSF will go on to become your ‘mentor’ offering support and guidance whenever it’s needed. They will also carry out a periodic assessment of your work and skills development.
 
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