Find Your Social Media Tribe as a Plumber or a Heating Engineer

When you first start out as a plumber or heating engineer, one of the first things you will want to do (after you’ve secured a job and all the paperwork of course) is try and find the best social media accounts and influencers to follow. These will be your tribe, your people. They will help educate you, support you and entertain you. By following these accounts, you can stay up to date on the latest news and trends in the plumbing industry, learn new skills, connect with other plumbers and in some case, get extra leads on clients. We’ve put together a list of practical social media accounts and influencers you might want to follow*.

Practical Plumbing & Heating Related Social Media Accounts

Here are some of the practical social media accounts that you can follow as a plumber or heating engineer here in the UK:

• APHC: The Association of Plumbing & Heating Contractors is the leading trade body for the plumbing and heating industry in England and Wales.

• CIPHE:The professional body for the plumbing and heating industry.

• Gas Safety: Official page of the Gas Safe Register, these guys also share updates for the gas engineer community.

Top Industry Influencers

Influencers can be some of the best accounts for you to follow. They are building a community within the industry, provide current product information and educational posts. Here are some of the top industry influencers to follow as a plumber in the UK:

• Plumberparts: James is a font of knowledge in all things plumbing and heating. He shares educational and sometimes mind boggling videos on most social platforms.

• Drew Styles: Drew is a plumber who shares videos of his work and gives tips and advice on plumbing.

• The Blonde Plumber: With 18 year’s experience in the industry, Carly adds a bit of glamour to a male dominated industry whilst sharing installation tips and plumbing advice.

• The Peaky Plumber: Yorkshire born and bred, Lee uses his social platforms to keep you up to date on their top products and provide plumbing tips for all.

• Plumbing by Rach: Rachel shares content on boiler installs and repairs, her favourite tools, and her own home renovations.

Top Brands a plumber or heating engineer should be following

It would be a bit much to list all the key players in the plumbing and heating supplier and manufacturing industry so we’ve cherry picked a few. Whilst every tradesperson has preferred brands, we would suggest you follow your personal favourites. Not picked a favourite brand to work with? Then here’s a tiny snippet of the brands we at Mr Central Heating work with:

• The big boiler brands: Baxi, Vaillant, Vokera, Ideal, Glow-worm, Worcester Bosch,

• Milwaukee: Milwaukee often share informative content around their tool range so if you’re a Milwaukee fan, you should give these a follow.

• Adey: Adey share in our fights against the sludge. They believe in educating the masses in the benefits of their product range and make for a good follow.

• Flexigas: A great brand to keep an eye on. They’re very active both online and in the community.

• Grundfos: Grundfos have an account for their installers which is worth a follow if you use their products. They’re building a community of plumbers and heating engineers and often share content they’re tagged in.

• tadoº: Whilst they’re fairly new to the UK, tadoº are leaders in home climate controls and are certainly one to watch.

• Mr Central Heating: Okay, so a cheeky self-plug and obviously we’re a bit bias but you should definitely be following us too. We regularly share advice for plumbers and homeowners alike. We will keep you up to date of the latest products in our range and our fantastic deals. You will find us on most social platforms including TikTok and LinkedIn.

There are many more influencers and brands we think you should be following too but simply too many to list. If you find any influencers you think should have been mentioned, drop us a DM over on Instagram and we will take a look.

*This post has not been sponsored by any of the above influencers and brands. We are not affliated with any of these brands in any way and this blog post is simply a suggestion.