For UK plumbers & heating engineers
Run your plumbing business without the paperwork pile-up
Plumbing work swings between five-minute call-outs and week-long bathroom installs, and the admin has to cope with both. Tradie Business Base gives you a call-out and day-rate calculator, quote and invoice templates you can send from your phone between jobs, and a customer history so you know exactly what you fitted at number 42 three winters ago.
Price call-outs, send the invoice before you leave the drive.
All 10 tools · Nothing to pay for 7 days · from £9 a month after · Cancel any time
The admin problems plumbers tell us about
Emergency call-outs priced on the spot
Work out a call-out fee, labour and parts markup in seconds instead of guessing at the kerbside and losing margin on the drive home.
Parts and merchant receipts everywhere
Log copper, fittings and boiler parts against the job they belong to so materials never quietly eat the profit on a fixed-price install.
Service records you actually need later
Keep boiler makes, models and last service dates against each customer so annual service reminders and repeat work are easy to chase.
How a plumbing business uses Tradie Business Base
- 1Price the call-out or install with the Job Pricing & Profit Calculator before you quote.
- 2Send a branded quote from the van, then convert it to an invoice the moment the job is signed off.
- 3Log parts and merchant spend against the job so your VAT and profit figures stay honest.
- 4Book the next service in the Job Schedule and let the customer record remind you a year later.
Best tools for plumbers
Every tool below is included in every plan, from £9 a month.
Job Pricing & Profit Calculator
Calculate job costs and profits
Quote & Invoice Pack
Professional quote and invoice templates
Customer & Job Management
Manage customers and jobs
Expenses Tracker
Log expenses and VAT
Try before you subscribe
Our free day rate calculator and free invoice & quote template are open to everyone — no account needed.
Plumbers — common questions
- Can I price emergency call-outs differently from planned work?
- Yes — set a separate call-out rate, out-of-hours uplift and materials markup in the pricing calculator and save it as your standard.
- Does it handle VAT on plumbing work?
- Quotes and invoices show net, VAT and gross totals, and the expenses tracker separates VAT on your purchases so quarter-end is a lot less painful.
Best value
Everything a plumbing business needs from £9 a month
Price call-outs, send the invoice before you leave the drive — free for the first 7 days.
- All ten tools unlocked from day one
- Nothing to pay for 7 days — from £9 a month after, no VAT added
- Cancel any time from account settings
Takes about a minute to set up. Cancel before day 7 and you pay nothing.