The Professional Plumber Podcast

In today's episode, Willem will be chatting with Coenie van der Merwe, Product Manager for Standard Hidraulica SA, about their brand and products, as well as some new products recently launched.

In this episode, Willem sits down with Stephane Cloud from Novopress and Elton Panizza from Integrated Pipe Solutions, to chat about their products. It is a fast-growing trend. It's quick and easy, and strangely enough, as effective as soldering pipes together. What are the benefits? What are the different types? And how do plumbers choose?

Having the right tools for the job, is as important as having the correct knowledge and skills. Upat South Africa represents several international companies, to bring a variety of top-quality products to the building industry, at market related prices, ensuring that our tradespersons are supplied with almost everything they need to do their daily jobs. Joining Willem in studio to expand on this, is Ryan Bankier and Werner Koch.

In today's episode, Willem catches up with Craig Miller from Saniflo to discuss what's been happening since their last podcast together, followed by an exciting product demo/showcasing.

In this episode, Willem chats with Richard Wiederhold, founder and owner of Advanced Valves, about their new and exciting products. During the show, Richard also does a few quick product demonstrations, showcasing the ingenuity behind their brand.

In this episode, Willem sits down with Stephane Cloud, sales manager of Novopress South Africa, to discuss their brand, its footprint around the globe, and the process of establishing brand awareness in South Africa.

In this episode, Willem sits down with Herman Strauss, Audit Manager at the PIRB, to discuss compliance and insurance in the workplace. In many instances of insurance work, there are pre-existing non-compliances, and neither the insurance or the customer wants to pay for getting the installation compliant. What is the plumber's responsibility in such instances? When do they note pre-existing non-compliances and how do these compare with non-compliances?

In today's episode, Willem sits down with Rothenberger MD Adler Tuebes to discuss their products, the innovation that goes behind manufacturing these products, as well as what value their products can add to the plumbers out there.

South Africa faces a leadership bankruptcy. People occupy leadership positions, but are either corrupt or incompetent, or they are not good leaders. They may even be leaders who lead well, but do not lead with good intentions. Leadership may start at the top, at government, but it filters right down through our businesses and into our personal lives. There is much that can be said about leaders and leadership, especially about the shortage that we have of good leaders in South Africa. And in all spheres of life, including the plumbing trade and industry, we need good leaders. Joining Willem to unpack this topic, is Asanda Khoza and Jason Bosman from the School of Leadership.

Taking technical initiative - although it might sound strange, this is something that's really fascinating, and can be explored from many angles. However, "technical" is the word of the day, here. To be a plumber, one needs to be technical. But, what exactly does it mean to take technical initiative? Let's find out!