Founding Engineers Programme
Free Professional tier for 12 months. In exchange, we ask for honest feedback, a named review, and a short case study — so we can build the right product, with the people who use it on the tools every day.
A straight-up note from the founder
I’m Allan Drummond — accessibility-led technologist, director of ADAI Digital Ltd, and the person who built PipeworkHQ. I am nota gas engineer, and I won’t pretend to be.
PipeworkHQ exists because I watched people I know — heating engineers, one-person businesses — lose hours every week to paperwork, certificates, chasing invoices, and switching between four separate apps. I built a single system to fix that, grounded in the actual UK standards: Gas Safe, BS 6891, Part L, IGEM, MTD.
What I need from founding engineers is the thing I can’t manufacture: honest, daily use by people on the tools. What actually works. What’s missing. What’s just wrong. That feedback shapes the product for everyone else.
This is a genuine exchange — free Professional access for a year, in return for your honest time. No pressure, no lock-in, no contract. If it’s not working for you after a month, you walk away, no questions asked.
What you get — free for 12 months
Full Professional tier. Every engineer on your team included. No card required.
Everything in Professional
- 5 engineer seats included — the full Professional allowance, one flat price
- Released gas records: CP12, CP14, CP17 and Benchmark, with manual scheme submission
- Room-by-room heat-loss surveyor plus 7 on-site engineering calculators
- Indicative heat-pump planning (BS EN 12831-based heat loss, radiator and buffer sizing)
- EPC lookup and Boiler Upgrade Scheme checker
- Smart multi-option quoting with automatic VAT classification
- Invoice and quote card payments via your own Stripe payout account
- Recurring service contracts and annual-service reminders
- Ask Mate — AI assistant grounded in your own jobs and customers
- AI social post drafting (review-first, never auto-posted)
- OCR scan-and-fill for diary and business cards
- Submission Assistant (BUS, MCS, Gas Safe, Building Control portals)
- MTD VAT summary + push to Xero, QuickBooks and FreeAgent (or CSV export)
Built with accessibility in mind
What we ask in return
Three lightweight commitments, on your schedule.
Honest feedback
A short monthly check-in — five minutes on what you used, what broke, and what’s missing. Direct replies to the founder, no survey walls.
A named review
A real review — positive where it’s earned, honest where it isn’t. We will quote your name and trade. No fabricated testimonials.
A short case study
Around month 6, a short written case study (we can draft it from a call and you approve it). Covers: your trade, how you use PipeworkHQ, what changed.
Who this is for
- Working UK domestic heating engineer — Gas Safe registered, actively taking jobs
- Sole trader, small team, or recently qualified — any size welcome
- Willing to give honest feedback (good and bad) over 12 months
- Based in England, Scotland, or Wales (UK Gas Safe registration required)
We have 20 founding places. If demand exceeds that we will maintain a waiting list and open more places as capacity allows.
Ready to apply?
Send an email to office@pipeworkhq.co.uk with a brief intro — your name, trade, and Gas Safe number. The button below pre-fills the subject line for you.
Apply via email