01 Nov
Uncategorized

Spreading Trade Only Joy

It’s been a polarising year in our industry across the nation. While some states have flourished, others have seen major declines in consumer spending and new home starts, making things tough for plumbers.

As we approach a reset and turn the page to the next chapter in 2027, we want to thank all the plumbers who supported us throughout the year. We hope that we’ve delivered some plumbing joy to you along the way.

2026 was a big year for Plumbers Choice; we opened our third location in Brisbane and expanded our service and offerings to our Queensland customers.

Looking ahead to 2027, we’re excited about what’s to come. Regardless of what the market throws our way, we’ll continue doing what we do best, supporting plumbers with our Trade Only mission, giving great service and providing innovative products. Thanks again for your support, enjoy a well-earned break over Christmas and here’s to a bigger and better 2027!

CLINTON THOMAS
GENERAL MANAGER, PLUMBERS CHOICE

01 Jul
Uncategorized

Proudly Trade Only

Plumbers Choice has been proudly Trade Only since we first opened back in 1996. Shortly after that we started to produce the Plumbers Choice Trade Only Newsletter.

176 Editions later and it has become a staple to plumbers Australia wide, a regular on the dunny floor, a frequent on trade counters. While we have no doubt some may end up in the bin, too many of you it has become a ritual to flick through once you grab it out of your letterbox. Despite so many religiously reading it, the message is still not clear, we still do not have a Trade Only industry.

We’d love to hear from you all, from those of you who support Trade Only but also from those of you who are happy to pay your licence fees and are subject to the bureaucratic overheads that plumbers have to deal with, just so you can support a supplier who will still sell to the public (Who not only  costs you work but also profits by selling products to your potential customer.)

So we’d love to hear why you support trade only or why you don’t and if so what more could be done?

01 May
Plumbers Choice Editorial, Uncategorized

HOW GOOD WOULD IT BE IF THE ‘NEW NORMAL’ IN PLUMBING WAS TRADE ONLY?

Imagine a world where you needed to be a plumber to buy plumbing supplies. There would be significantly fewer jobs that did not comply with our current standards. This would mean safer gas installations, safer drinking water and safer sanitation. Our creeks and waterways would be cleaner as there would be less illegal trade waste and sewage entering these systems.

A plumbing licence would be an asset worth having. Plumbing businesses would be more profitable and would be able to pay their staff higher wages.

Thanks to the support of plumbers, Plumbers Choice is the fastest growing plumbing supplies in Australia. Our goal is to change the way plumbing supplies are sold in Australia to a Trade Only industry.

Maybe one day we will not need to imagine a Trade Only industry?

LUKE BOLTON – DIRECTOR, PLUMBERS CHOICE