Heating Installer Awards: regional winners and shortlist revealed
The 2025 regional and sustainability winners of the Heating Installer Awards 2025 have been announced, as well as the finalists in the Rising Star and HVAC categories.
The shortlists were decided by a panel of experts at a judging day where they scored all the entries on their technical expertise, problem-solving, product knowledge and outstanding work.
The Heating Installer Awards is celebrating its 10th year anniversary, recognising the achievements and raising the credibility of plumbers and heating installers. In every region, the awards encourage installers to nominate a project of which they are particularly proud. The projects demonstrate high technicality, outstanding professionalism and exceptional service – all resulting in a happy customer.
The regional winners are:
• East Midlands: Max Smith
• East of England: Jon Miles
– Highly commended: Shane Kosic
• North East: Craig Gilhome
• North West: Liam Crossley
• Scotland: Stuart Sugden
• South East: Shaun Bone
– Highly commended: Liam Barry
• South West: Joshua Bond
• Wales & Northern Ireland: Daniel Davies
• West Midlands: Taylor Evans
• Yorkshire and the Humber: Damon Blakemore.
The Best Sustainable Installer winners are:
• Sustainability North: Damon Blakemore
• Sustainability Midlands: Max Smith
– Highly commended: Neil James
• Sustainability South: Shaun Bone
– Highly commended: Wesley Hort and Liam Barry.
The Best HVAC Installer shortlist is:
• Mark Denman
• Dean Franklin
• Craig Gilhome.
The Rising Star shortlist is:
• Kris Main
• Jesssica Rose
• Joe Styles
• Daisy Turner.
The regional and category finalists now go through to the next stage of the awards, which involves a technical challenge and a public vote. Each winner and finalist will be invited to complete a short response-to-scenario test devised by previous Heating Installer Awards winners — Nick Irlam, Carl Ladd and Phil Metcalf — and overseen by the CIPHE.
Now it’s time for you to vote for your favourite to be crowned the National Winner, Rising Star, HVAC or the Most Sustainable Installer. You can cast your vote at the Heating Installer Awards website.
The public vote will make up one-quarter of the overall scores, alongside the judges’ scores and the scores from a technical challenge. The winners will be announced on 25 June 2025 at the InstallerSHOW at Birmingham NEC.
