About WIAPS
WIAPS is the largest of the four UK Approved Contractors’ Schemes, approving plumbers and other water professionals on behalf of 18 UK water companies.
It provides water industry backed accreditation to qualified plumbers and other sector workers, including groundworkers.
Why use a WIAPS installer?
Qualifications verified
Supported by 18 water companies
Installers are subject to audit check compliance
All approved businesses must have a complaints process and public liability insurance
Our top tips for selecting and using an approved installer:
We recommend that you ask in advance, whether there is a charge for giving a quote.
We recommend that you obtain at least 3 quotes to give you a comparison of the likely cost of the work.
Check the work is carried out or witnessed by a named contractor listed as being approved for that company. Our website lists all approved contractors for each approved business.
Make sure receive a certificate of compliance on completion of the work. This document gives you a legal defence provided that the approved contractor is approved for the scope of work completed.
Please note:
Your contract will be with the approved contractor or their employer and not WIAPS, so we cannot give assurance of their availability or guarantee their work.
Approved businesses employ qualified operatives. It is an individual not the business that become approved contractors for a specific scope of work
The checks made on members focus on technical competency and to ensure they adhere to WIAPS's requirements. For example approved contractor’s have been vetted to ensure they hold recognised qualifications. You may wish to conduct further checks of your own
We will not get involved in any contractual disputes between you and the contractor. However if you believe that the work completed may not comply with water fittings regulations then we have a customer complaints process.
WIAPS and Water Industry Approved Plumbers’ Scheme are trading names of Water Regs UK limited.