A website for a plumber — be the one who answers
When a pipe bursts, the customer does not compare three websites. They call the first plumber who looks real and local. Sorted Online writes and publishes that kind of website for you in minutes — your own domain and forwarding email included, £15 a month by UK Direct Debit, nothing to pay today.
Two kinds of plumbing customer
Your website has to serve both, and they want different things:
- Emergency work — leaks, burst pipes, blocked drains, no hot water. They want a phone number, an area, and a promise about how fast you can get there. Make the number big and tappable.
- Planned work — boiler replacement, bathroom fitting, a new heating system. They want to see previous jobs, brands you work with, and a clear way to ask for a quote. They will take a few days to decide.
A good plumbing site answers the emergency question in the first screen and the planned-work question further down.
What a plumber's website actually needs
- Your phone number, front and centre. Tap-to-call on mobile.
- The areas you cover. "Covering [town] and [town]." People search locally.
- Gas Safe registration if you work on gas, with your number.
- Emergency and out-of-hours arrangements. Say what you can and cannot do.
- The jobs you take on. Boilers, bathrooms, leaks, drains, heating, landlord certificates, and any commercial work.
- A short quote form for the planned work that is not urgent.
- Reviews, because plumbing is a let-a-stranger-into-my-house purchase.
What customers type before they call you
"Emergency plumber [town]", "boiler repair near me", "bathroom fitter [city]", "blocked drain [town]". They search for the problem and the place, not for "plumbing and heating services". Put those words on the page in the same order a customer would say them.
What it costs
£15 a month for your website, your own domain, and forwarding email on that domain, billed by UK Direct Debit through GoCardless. Nothing to pay at sign-up and your site does not wait for the first payment. Compare against an agency build in how much a small business website costs.
How it works
- Tell us about the business: the work, the area, your registrations, your hours.
- We write and publish the site for you.
- Choose your domain; we register and connect it.
- Add a Direct Debit and you are live.
Change your hours, your rate, or a boiler brand later? Tell us and we update it.
Next step
Start your website. It takes a few minutes. If a call comes in while you are filling it in, finish the job first — the form will wait.
See also a website for an electrician and how to get your business on Google.