FAMILY-OWNED KEVAN TURNBULL PLUMBING & HEATING IS

IN PLUMB POSITION AS IT CELEBRATES ITS 40TH ANNIVERSARY

tarted by Kevan

Turnbull in

SFebruary 1982,

the business

which is based

in Barnes, Sunderland,

has been listed as one

of Three Best Rated’s

plumbing companies in

the city as it celebrates its

milestone anniversary.

Kevan began operating

as a plumber in the early

1980s and since then

has become a heating

engineer, growing

the business which

now offers all forms

of domestic plumbing

and heating work from

stop tap repairs to full

bathroom renovations

and heating installations.

The reputation of

the business and its

skilled employees

has grown so much

through the decades

that the company has

become Worcester

Bosch Accredited and

Baxi Accredited, has

maintained Gas Safe

registration and has this

month been listed on the

Three Best Rated website

as one of the top three

plumbing companies in

Sunderland.

Originally a one-man

band when he started

40 years ago, Kevan, aged

62 and from Barnes, now

employs seven members

of staff including Neil

Gates, from Moorside,

who was taken on as an

apprentice and has now

worked for the company

for 33 years.

Kevan’s daughter

Monica Trimble, aged 32

and from Fulwell, joined

the company six years

ago and launched a new

side to the business with

her father. K&M Service

Plan offers home owners

monthly cover for their

central heating and

plumbing, and now has

almost 200 customers.

Last year, she also

took joint ownership

of Modec Servicing

with her mother Diane

Turnbull, expanding the

boiler servicing side of

the business and taking

on hundreds more

customers.

As the family-run

company enters its fifth

decade Monica said the

hope is to keep providing

the best quality work to

old and new customers.

Monica said: “My dad

started the business

because he is passionate

about the work he does.

He is still as skilled and

hardworking all of these

years later and that

enthusiasm and dedication

to the job rubs off on all of

us who work with him.”

“We hope that we can

keep providing brilliant

plumbing and heating

work to our customers for

many years to come. We

have been serving some

of our customers for 40

years, while others became

new customers when we

bought Modec last year.”

“We are so proud of

my dad Kevan and the

reputation which the

business has built over

the years. And we are very

grateful to our customers

who we would like to

thank for their continued

business.”

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