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plumbing people Plumbing is one of those things that falls firmly in the ‘out of sight, out of mind’ category. But while during the course of any given day we might not give it a second thought, when it fails, then it instantly becomes the centre of attention, taking pride of place at the top of anyone’s ‘to do’ list. This is because it’s an essential service and, be it a repair requiring instant attention or an installation, plumbing needs to be done quickly, efficiently and correctly. What this means is the safe bet is to get people who know what they’re doing; people like Plumbing Services (2007) Limited. It’s a company that’s grown from being a small residential plumber into a large provider
of turnkey plumbing and drainage solutions to both residential and commercial clients. Plumbing Services was formed in 2002 as a residential business employing just a few staff. The company was sold in 2007 and has experienced rapid growth since, now employing 22 staff from its premises in Goodshed Road, Upper Hutt.
Commercial plumbing and drainage Plumbing Services offers a complete range of plumbing and drainage services, including commercial and residential plumbing, drainage, solar installations and gas installation. General manager Brendon Verry says the mix of works between residential and commercial varies depending on market conditions. At present two thirds of the company’s business is commercial, with the remaining third involving residential housing. “With our commercial work we do projects worth anything from $10,000 up to $1 million,” Verry says. “We prefer the larger projects that are longer running and lately we’ve done a lot that are in the $100,000 to $300,000 range.”
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Plumbing Services undertakes a lot of education work and is currently doing a $300,000 drainage project at Heretaunga College. The company recently worked on the Wellington Girls’ Pipitea Block, an upgrade to
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Plant room pre-lagging at Te Aro Towers in Wellington.
the Wellington High School gymnasium and the new library at Wellesley College. Another big job for Plumbing Services was the completion of four new facilities at Wellington Zoo, including the Hub, the Nest and the Roost. “Our relationship with the zoo is really good and we’ve done a lot of work for it in the past,” Verry says. “We also do a lot of hospitals and retirement villages, including the upgrading of Elderslea Retirement Village and the St Joseph’s Dementia Unit. We are currently working on the upgrade of Aroha Retirement Village for Peryer Construction.” Plumbing Services is also a specialist in large housing projects and apartment blocks. It is currently working on Te Aro Towers apartments, which is a 108-apartment block being built by Arrow International. The 10-storey building has only just been completed and has run to budget and under time.
Residential projects Plumbing Services undertakes 150-200 residential plumbing and drainage projects a year on new homes. “We have become a ‘one-stop shop’ for numerous housing companies as we can handle all facets of the plumbing, drainage, central heating and solar installations, which helps both the housing builder as well as there custome,r as they only have to deal with one company providing many solutions”. Due to the company’s location and the increase in people moving to rural areas, Plumbing Services offers packaged solutions to rural block housing projects that require onsite sewer disposal and water collection. “Our relationships with our suppliers and knowledge from our staff enable us to provide energy saving, waste, and water service solutions,” says Verry. “This includes providing designs and installation for on-site sewer disposal, European central heating design and install, and solar hot water.” Plumbing Services covers the greater Wellington area through to the Wairarapa. Despite the economic downturn, the company has experienced quite a large growth in the past few years. However, the industry in
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general is proving slow to recover. “This year I thought it would be a year where things would be coming right for the industry and things would start improving, but that hasn’t been the case,” Verry says. “I’ve had to re-look at different projects and our business base. We’re having to continually improve ourselves and the way we do things and as a result we’re still experiencing growth. There is work out there but there are a lot more players in our area coming from different regions, which makes work for us a little bit harder.”