Local plumbing program aims to bring more into the industry

If you can’t find it, why not build it? That's the motto Best Home Services, based in Fort Myers, is following.

When the number of plumbers in the area went down the toilet, the company, which also has sister companies Tampa-based Integrity Home Solutions and Frank Gay Services in Orlando, created a Plumbing University program. The program serves as the company's own labor pool of employees. Best Home Services provides A/C, plumbing and electrical services throughout Lee and Collier counties. 

“We realized there was a shortage of skilled labor workers,” Bill Watkins, the company’s Naples general manager, says. “The amount of people going into the industry is not very high.”