Joshua Bond from Porkellis in Cornwall has been announced as the Best Heating Installer in the South West by judges from the industry-leading Heating Installer Awards 2025.

Joshua specialises in heating and plumbing across Cornwall and the South West with his company Off Grid Plumbing and Heating Ltd.

Joshua’s winning entry featured work completed for an 1800’s cottage heating system which he brought into the 21st century. The existing property had no central heating, and so Joshua recommended Hydrated Vegetable Oil (HVO) boilers for an efficient and environmentally friendly heating system.

Speaking of Joshua’s win, his customer said: “The service was amazing, he told me exactly what he was going to do and why and there were no surprises because he’d highlighted things that might be an issue before hand.

“His work was very neat and tidy even in an empty house, and he put everything back perfectly. The installation is so neat I get comments from every other contractor who attends. He was also very honest about what would work and not for me, designing my system to what I needed.”

The nationwide awards scheme, now in its tenth year, recognises the achievements and raises the credibility of plumbers and heating installers across the country who deliver excellent customer service on a daily basis. Representatives from the awards’ partners and sponsors CIPHE, The IPG, Polypipe Building Products, Refresh, Samsung Climate Solutions, Stelrad and Powered Now, as well as a team of previous winning installers, judged the entries on problem solving, product knowledge and stand out work.

To mark its tenth anniversary, the award’s organisers have appointed a brand-new Board of Trustees, making it the only awards scheme in the industry that is run and judged by installers themselves. Each trustee will be heavily involved in the judging of the categories relevant to their individual areas of expertise.

Trustees include previous winners: Phil Metcalf of Metcalf Cooling and Heating Services, Huw Jenkins of Thornhill Plumbing and Heating, Nick Irlam of Irlam UK, Rising Star Winner Carl Ladd, and CIPHE member Karen Matthews of Mayfly Group.

You can help Joshua to be crowned the National 2025 Heating Installer Awards winner by visiting the Heating Installer Awards website and casting your vote.

Voting closes at midnight on 27th May 2025. Public votes will contribute to a quarter of the installer’s overall scores, and will be added to the judges’ scores and the scores from a technical challenge set for all of the regional and highly commended winners.

The winners will be announced on 25th June 2025 at InstallerSHOW, taking place at Birmingham NEC.