Our Roots

Our plumbing roots date back to the early 1900’s in New Jersey where our grandfather first learned the plumbing trade. He started Krobatsch Plumbing and Heating in the mid 1940’s which is where our dad John followed in his footsteps and learned the business. Our parents loved South Florida and traveled to the Pompano Beach area every year. On one of their trips down they stumbled across a deal on a house they couldn’t pass up. Just like that, they put our house in New Jersey on the market and we relocated to my parents’ favorite vacation destination.

John The Plumber was started in Pompano Beach in 1979 as a one man operation. Our dad, John had no visions of grandeur he simply wanted to provide quality service to his customers. His dream of living in South Florida had come true and he was able to build a solid home and business for his family. Unfortunately, our father passed away of cancer in 1987 at the age of 53.

The Current Generation

It was at this time that his sons John and David purchased the company from our mother. Both John and David had extensive plumbing experience prior to purchasing the company, plumbing was basically their only profession from the time they were able to work. John had started his own company and David was the foreman of a large local plumbing company at the time of our dad’s passing. Rather than letting the reputation that our dad had built up through the years be wasted, they decided to become partners. They rode around together in the one truck the company owned until they had saved enough money to purchase an additional truck and tools. John and David ran the company out of our mothers’ house until 1999 when the company needed more space to grow. At that time the third son Michael joined the company full time after graduating from college. Michael also had extensive plumbing experience having worked with John and David from the time he was able to work and while attending college.