About us

The Waterworks Studio is owned by Nigel Fryer. He has worked as a plumber in Barrow in Furness for 30+ years and decided to expand his business to include a small showroom on Walney Island in 2003.

As the business continued to thrive the Waterworks Studio moved to the current, larger premises on Ashburner Way, still managing to maintain the personal approach to customer service which distinguishes it from many of its competitors.

Nigel is supported by a growing team of loyal staff:

Brad is a fellow director who has worked with Nigel since leaving school. As well as being a very experienced plumber he increasingly spends time in the showroom, visits customers, creates beautiful design proposals, line manages the installation team and generally keeps everything and everyone well organised and up-to-date; Emma works full time in the showroom during the week along with Annemarie who is employed part time to cover weekends and holidays; George, Ben, Jordan and Blain lead the plumbing and installation teams; James, Daniel, Brad, Zac and Jacob are serving their apprenticeships with the company which includes attending Kendal College one day each week.

On the home page you might have also noticed Dave the dog. He occasionally visits the showroom but largely has a backroom role in promoting the business.