Going self employed as a plumber is straightforward enough. The actual plumbing — you’ve got that. The business side is the bit that catches most people out.

Nobody tells you about mileage claims. Nobody explains that your Gas Safe registration fee is a fully claimable business expense. Nobody mentions that most sole trader plumbers underclaim by £1,000 or more every year simply because they never logged the journeys they made or the parts they bought along the way.

That’s what this blog is for. Plain English advice written specifically for plumbers working alone — not for plumbing companies, not for accountants, not for people who already know this stuff. Just practical guidance for the person in the van who’d rather be fixing a leak than reading about tax.

Every article is written by the team behind PlumberLog. We built the app because we couldn’t find a job tracker built specifically for sole trader plumbers — and we write the blog for the same reason. Everything here is aimed at one person: you.