Quick answer
TEJ builds mobile first websites for plumbers, with click to call above the fold, service and area pages, and review display, starting from around €1,299 ex VAT.
Most plumbing enquiries come from a phone, often while someone has water on the floor. This page covers what plumber website design needs to get right, what it costs, and how the project runs from first call to launch.
Website design for plumbers
This page is for plumbing businesses in Dublin and across Ireland who need a site that gets the phone ringing, not one that just looks tidy in a folder of screenshots. Sole trader covering a few counties or a small firm with a van or two, this is who TEJ builds plumber website design for.
A plumbing website has one job above everything else: turn a person with a leak, a blocked drain, or a boiler that has died into a phone call, fast, on whatever phone they have in their hand.
The problem with most plumbing websites
We see the same handful of issues on repeat.
- The site was built for a desktop screen years ago and looks cramped or broken on a phone, which is where almost all plumbing search traffic comes from.
- The phone number is buried in a footer instead of sitting at the top of the screen where a thumb can hit it.
- There are no reviews on show, so a stranger has no reason to trust the business over the next name on the results.
- There is no clear sense of the areas covered or the jobs handled, so people bounce to a competitor who spells it out.
The thing that makes plumbing different from most other trades is urgency. Someone searching “emergency plumber Dublin” at eleven at night is not going to read your about page. They are going to call whoever makes it obvious, fast, that they fix this problem and can be reached right now. A slow site or a hidden number loses that job before the phone rings.
What TEJ builds for a plumbing business
Websites for plumbers need to work as a tool for getting hired, not as a brochure. That means a specific set of things, built in, not bolted on afterwards.
- Mobile first build. Designed for a phone screen first, then checked on tablet and desktop, because that is the order your customers use.
- Click to call above the fold. Your number is visible and tappable the moment the page loads, no scrolling required.
- Service pages. Separate pages for emergency plumbing, boiler repair, drain unblocking, bathroom fit outs, each able to rank for its own searches.
- Area pages. Pages built around the towns you cover, so someone searching “plumber Dun Laoghaire” finds a page that speaks to their area, not a generic homepage.
- Review display. Your Google reviews shown on the site itself, not just linked off elsewhere, because that trust signal needs to be visible at the point of decision.
- Job photo gallery. Real photos of finished work. A neat pipe run or a clean bathroom install does more to convince someone than a paragraph of copy.
- Simple quote request. A short form for non-urgent work, so people who are not in a hurry can still get in touch without calling.
- Google Business Profile tied in. Your site and your Business Profile pointing at each other, which matters for how you show up in local search and maps results.
- Fast on mobile data. Built light, so it loads on a 4G connection in a house with poor signal, not just office wifi.
If you already have a website and need it rebuilt properly, that is a website redesign rather than a new build, and it starts from a look at what the current site is losing you before anything gets rebuilt.
How the project runs
The process is deliberately short. Plumbers do not have spare hours for a long back and forth about a website.
- A short call. We talk about the services you offer, the areas you cover, and what your current site is doing wrong, if you have one.
- A fixed quote. You get a price and a scope in writing before anything starts, no vague estimate that grows later.
- Build and review. We build the site, send it over for your review, and make changes based on what you send back.
- Launch and handover. The site goes live, connected to your Google Business Profile and analytics, and you are shown how to make small edits yourself if you want to.
What it costs
Small commercial sites start from around €1,299 ex VAT. That covers a straightforward site with a handful of pages, built mobile first with click to call in place.
The number moves for reasons worth being upfront about. Area pages for six towns cost more to build than two. A photo gallery that needs proper editing takes time. A booking or quote system that does more than send an email is more work than a simple form. None of that is padding, it is the actual scope of the job, and you will see it broken out in the quote rather than folded into one unexplained figure.
What is included, and what is extra
To keep this plain:
| Included in the build | Usually extra |
|---|---|
| Mobile first design and build | Ongoing content writing after launch |
| Click to call, review display, photo gallery | Professional photography of jobs and premises |
| Google Business Profile connection | Paid advertising or ongoing SEO work |
| Launch and basic handover training | Hosting and maintenance, billed separately on an ongoing basis |
Hosting and maintenance keep the site online, backed up, and patched after launch, and are quoted as a separate ongoing item rather than hidden inside the build price. If you want us to write the service and area page copy for you rather than supplying it yourself, that is scoped in at the quote stage too.
Why TEJ
TEJ is a Dublin studio based in Blackrock. We build and maintain real client sites, including sites for local service businesses that live or die on whether the phone rings. See examples of the work at our work, and more on the Dublin side of things at web design Dublin.
We are not a template factory. Every plumbing website design project starts from what your business does and where your customers are, not a generic trades template with your logo dropped in.
Common questions
How long does a plumber website take to build?
A straightforward small commercial site usually takes a small number of weeks from the fixed quote to launch, depending on how quickly you turn around review feedback and supply photos or content.
Do you handle Google Business Profile setup as well?
Yes. We connect your existing Google Business Profile to the new site as part of the build, and can help set one up from scratch if you do not have one yet.
Can you add my existing reviews to the new site?
Yes, your Google reviews can be pulled through and displayed on the site itself rather than just linked off to Google.
Is the €1,299 figure the final price?
It is the starting point, ex VAT, for a small commercial site. The final figure depends on the number of service and area pages, the photo gallery, and any forms or booking tools you need, and you will see all of that in the fixed quote before work starts.
Do you also build sites for other trades, not just plumbers?
Yes. The same approach, mobile first, click to call, service and area pages, review display, applies to electricians, builders, and other local service businesses. The websites and web apps page covers the wider range of work.
Next step
If your current site is losing calls because it is slow, hard to read on a phone, or missing the basics a plumbing customer looks for, get in touch and we will look at what it needs and give you a fixed quote.