Darren Okafor
Lead heating engineer · since 2011
Has fitted more than 1,400 boilers and still checks every flue twice.
About us
One van in 2009. Fourteen today.
Phil Garside started Tapgrove with a simple rule: turn up when you said you would, and charge what you said you would. We still run it that way.
- 4.9from 1,240 reviews
- 47 minaverage emergency arrival
- 9,800+jobs since 2009
The people in your home
Ryan Hartley
Plumbing engineer · since 2017
Leaks, low pressure and impossible taps. Started with us as an apprentice.
Phil Garside
Founder and gas engineer · since 2009
Started Tapgrove with one van and a promise to always turn up when he said.
Qualifications
Properly qualified
Gas Safe Register
Every gas engineer is registered and carries their ID card.
OFTEC trained
Two engineers are qualified for oil boilers in rural homes.
Heat pump installers
Trained to design and fit air source heat pumps.
DBS checked
Every engineer, because they work in your home.
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Apprentices
Training the next generation
Two places a year for school leavers in Sheffield, paid from day one, with college fees covered. Half of our engineers started this way.
- Four-year plumbing and heating apprenticeship
- A mentor engineer and your own tools in year two
- A job at the end, if you want it
Recent jobs
What customers say
Rated 5 out of 5
“Boiler died on a Friday night in January. Darren was here by 9 and we had heat again before 11. Fair price too.”
Rated 5 out of 5
“The online quote matched the final bill exactly. New combi fitted in a day and they left the kitchen cleaner than they found it.”
Rated 5 out of 5
“Ryan found a leak two other plumbers had missed. Explained everything and did not try to sell me anything I did not need.”