Good fit
- You run a UK plumbing or heating business
- You have engineers or subcontractors on the road
- You want better pricing, margin, and team rhythm
- You are ready to be challenged by another operator
Plumbing business coach UK
Plumbing business coach for UK plumbers ready to scale past £1m.
Help from someone still running a plumbing firm, not someone who sold up years ago.
Book a 15-min intro call
Free, no pitch
£1m+
Annual revenue at SD Plumbing
8 engineers
Still in the diary every week
Since 2015
Operating, not retired
Who it is for
For plumbing owners past the early chaos.
This is built for owners with real demand, real team pressure, and a business that needs sharper decisions rather than more motivation.
Wrong fit
- You are looking for a magic marketing trick
- You want a big group programme
- You are not willing to change how the business runs
- You want the cheapest answer rather than the right one
The difference
Coaching from a still-operating plumber, not an ex-plumber.
The plumbing business coach keyword matters less than the operating reality behind it. Shaun is still running SD Plumbing & Heating today.
Generic plumbing business coaching
- Advice built from old playbooks
- Large groups with limited operator context
- Broad tactics that ignore your team and numbers
Dunn Right Trades
- Still pricing, hiring, managing, and learning
- 1:1 support for a small client base
- Real SOPs and decisions from a live plumbing firm
Plumbing-specific work
The problems are usually operational, not motivational.
A plumbing business can be busy and still be leaking margin, time, and good people.
Pricing boilers blind
Margin leaks when quoting runs on habit. We look at job costing, labour, materials, and the real cost of getting it wrong.
Keeping good engineers
Retention is not just pay. It is standards, workload, callbacks, and whether the owner has built a place engineers want to stay.
Installs versus servicing
A firm can look healthy while the mix of installs, servicing, and remedials pulls margin in different directions.
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Why Shaun
A plumbing business coach who is still in the business.
Shaun founded SD Plumbing & Heating in Edinburgh in 2015. Today it is a £1m+ business with eight engineers, and he is still involved in the operating detail. The advice comes from a live firm, not a retired story.
Read Shaun's story →Plumbing FAQ
Questions about plumbing business coaching.
Plain answers for UK plumbers and heating engineers considering the free intro call.
What is a plumbing business coach?
A plumbing business coach helps a plumbing or heating business owner make better operational decisions around pricing, margin, hiring, systems, and growth. At Dunn Right Trades, the work is 1:1 and led by a still-operating plumbing business owner.
Who is the right fit for this plumbing business coach support?
The best fit is usually a UK plumbing or heating business past the sole-trader stage, with engineers on the books, revenue building, and an owner who wants senior operator input rather than a generic course.
Is this group coaching or 1:1 support?
It is 1:1 support. Shaun works with a small number of clients at a time so the advice can be specific to the business rather than general advice for a crowd.
Do you work with heating engineers?
Yes, the first focus is plumbing and heating because Shaun still runs SD Plumbing & Heating. Heating engineers are part of that world, especially where boiler installs, servicing, maintenance, and engineer management are involved.
Can the plumbing business coaching be remote?
Most conversations can happen remotely through calls and WhatsApp. That keeps the work practical for owners who are already busy running jobs and teams.
What if I run a different trade?
The main fit today is plumbing and heating. Other trades may still book an intro call, but Shaun will be direct about whether the support is relevant or not.
Do you show pricing on the site?
No. The first step is a free 15-minute intro call. If there is a fit and a reason to go deeper, the next step can be discussed clearly without a public price list.
Free intro call
Talk to a still-operating plumbing business owner.
A 15-minute conversation. No slides, no pitch. We'll see if there's something here, or there isn't.
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Free, no pitch