This week, we announced our 2024 regional winners as well as the finalists for our Rising Star, HVAC and Most Sustainable Installer categories.
The shortlists have been decided by a panel of experts including representatives from the awards’ partners CIPHE, The IPG, Polypipe Building Products, Samsung Climate Solutions and Stelrad, who recently scored all of the entries on problem solving, product knowledge and stand-out work.
The panel was also joined by the 2023 Heating Installer Awards national winner, James Bowen from Integral Plumbing, Heating & Renewables Ltd and Most Sustainable winner, Liam Barry from Custom Renewables, who scored their respective categories.
Now in our ninth year, the awards recognise the achievements and raises the credibility of plumbers and heating installers across the country who deliver excellent work on a daily basis.
Targeting every region across the UK, the awards encourage plumbers and installers to nominate a project they’re particularly proud of, which demonstrates high technicality, outstanding professionalism and exceptional service – all resulting in a happy customer.
The judges said that this year the entries received were of a higher standard than ever before, with an increasingly outstanding quality of projects submitted, so selecting the best was no easy feat.
The regional winners are:
- East Midlands: Omar Taib
- East Midlands Highly Commended: Glen Wakeling
- East of England: Mark Denman
- North East: Craig Gilhome
- North East Highly Commended: Nic Pearse
- North West: Nick Irlam
- Scotland: Arran Donald
- South East: Liam Barry
- South East Highly Commended: Michael Paini
- South West: Huw Jenkins
- Wales & Northern Ireland: Daniel Davies
- West Midlands: Billy Reece
- Yorkshire and the Humber: Damon Blakemore
The sustainability winners are:
- Sustainability Midlands: Daniel Davies
- Sustainability North: Damon Blakemore
- Sustainability South: Michael Paini
Rising Star shortlist:
- Daisy Andrews
- Joe Styles
- Luke Neale
HVAC shortlist:
- Dean Franklin
- Nick Irlam
- Oliver Ball
The regional winners and category finalists will now go through to the next stage of the awards, which involves a technical challenge and a public vote, with some money-can’t-buy prizes up for grabs for the winners.
To get behind an installer and vote for them to be crowned the national winner, the Rising Star, HVAC or the Most Sustainable Installer, you can place your vote here.
The public vote will make up a third of the overall scores, alongside the judges’ scores and the scores from a technical challenge. The winners will be announced on 26th June at InstallerSHOW in Birmingham NEC – see you there!