Germaine Nelson resides in Silver Spring, Maryland, and has been working in the trade full-time for 21 years. Throughout this time, he has done commercial, residential and new construction plumbing. Now, he is the owner of Capital Mechanical. He is happily married with two young children; ages 8 and 5 and in his spare time he enjoys sporting events and traveling.

Robert Broccolo resides in North Stonington, Connecticut and is the owner of Professional Drain Services of Southern New England. He works every day to build the company to continue to grow and serve customers. When he’s not working or with family, he is on social media networking to help make the trades community and industry stronger. 

Thomas Young (known as Ty) resides in Modesto, California. He has been in the trades for more than 15 years and has experience in just about every trade out there. His career started in plumbing where he developed his core skills that he uses daily. Thomas was a plumber until diagnosed with cancer and was sidelined from working until he made a full recovery. After beating cancer, he decided to follow his passion of remodeling which is what he currently does now with his business, T.Y. Custom.

Danielle Browne (Twig to most people) is from St. John's Newfoundland, Canada and has been in the plumbing trade for 17 years now. Her main focus is on maintenance and service mechanical plumbing and heating, but she often gets to work in residential service and new builds. She loves all aspects of plumbing from the traditional to the new age technology.

Alex Gouin resides in Windsor, Ontario. He has been performing residential service and repair since 2015 and generally specializes in older homes. He has been using Oatey products in his line of work since day one and depends on them to keep his workmanship clean and call back free. He recently started his own company, Ole’ Walkerville Plumbing.

Shay resides in Newport Beach, California. He worked in plumbing supplies for 8 years before entering his plumbing apprenticeship with Roger Wakefield, “The Expert Plumber.” He is a licensed service plumber with experience in residential, multi-family, and commercial. Shay loves the trade and hopes to encourage prospects and apprentices.

Justin resides in Toronto, Ontario. He started his career as a commercial gas fitter but then later transitioned to pursue his passion for plumbing. Today Justin is the owner and operator of Trapworks Plumbing, specializing in new construction, custom homes, and renovations. He has been using Oatey products since the start of his career and stands by them for their quality and craftsmanship. Justin enjoys helping others and teaching them the knowledge that he has obtained throughout the years.

Nicholas Merritt is from Toronto, Ontario, but currently resides in Ste. Geneviève, Manitoba. He has been in the plumbing trade as a residential plumber for 9 years,  and has a passion for sharing creative solutions to plumbing needs. He is dedicated to providing service for those in need. If he had to make a career choice all over again, he would choose to be a plumber.

Jeff lives in the small town of Jefferson, Texas, where he has been all his life. He was introduced to plumbing and septic work at an early age by going to jobs with his father. Jeff started working for his father’s company in high school and went to work full time right after graduation. He earned his Master Plumber license in 2020 and runs the company now that his father has retired from the field. He is starting his 17th year in the trades and hopes to own the family business someday soon.

Nick Parlet lives in Rochester, New York, and was a plumber with Union Local 13 for over 15 years before starting his own business, Tidy Pipes Plumbing. He found a new passion for sharing his work through social media and creating relationships with others in the trade. When Nick is not plumbing, he spends time with his wife and two kids, usually skateboarding, riding bikes, and playing soccer.