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Hackney & East London mike@fosterplumbing.co.uk
About

Hi, I'm Mike.
Plumber. Hackney. Since 2011.

Family-run. Gas Safe registered. CIPHE member. Public liability insurance to £2m. The kind of plumber my own mum would have called if I weren't her son.

Mike Foster, founder of Foster Plumbing & Heating
The story

Twelve years on the tools. Three years running my own thing.

I started plumbing in 2011 when I was twenty-two. Worked for two larger outfits in north and east London for nine years. Saw too many jobs rushed, too many customers padded, too many promises broken. Decided I could do it differently.

Foster Plumbing & Heating started in 2022 from a workshop on Mare Street. Same crew Dad and I built up over the years still on every job, plus a couple of younger apprentices we're training up. We turn down work we can't do well rather than stretching ourselves thin.

If you call this number, you get me, not a call centre. If you book the work, I do the survey. If there's a problem after, I come and fix it.

What I carry

The qualifications and registrations behind every job.

Every certificate gets checked against the public register before we launch a website. Nothing is invented, nothing is implied.

614237

Gas Safe registered

Legal requirement for any gas work in the UK. Verify the number on the Gas Safe public register before we touch anything with gas in it.

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14 yrs

On the tools in East London

Twelve years employed at two larger plumbing firms, then three years running Foster. Most jobs in this postcode I've been to twice, on similar issues, ten years apart.

£2m

Public liability cover

The figure most homeowners filter for. Renewed annually with Hiscox. The certificate is available before any work, just ask.

CIPHE

Member of the Chartered Institute

Chartered Institute of Plumbing & Heating Engineering. Annual CPD, code of conduct, professional standards. Worth the badge.

WaterSafe

Approved Contractors Scheme

Only around 5% of UK plumbers are on the WaterSafe register. National accreditation backed by every UK water company.

12 yr

Worcester Bosch Accredited Installer

Accredited Installer status unlocks the full 12-year customer warranty on qualifying boiler systems. Registered for every install I do.

Where I work

Hackney and the bits next door.

Hackney Stoke Newington Dalston Shoreditch Clapton Hoxton Leyton Homerton

If your postcode is nearby and not listed, give me a ring. I keep my round tight so I can get to people quickly. If I can't help, I'll point you to someone who can.

Mike Foster standing by his work van on a Hackney street E1 · E2 · E5 E8 · E9 · N1 · N16 Postcodes covered

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