About Tyrone Guy's Heating & Plumbing Company

Gas Enginneer & Proprietor, Tyrone Guy

Tyrone Guy's been in the plumbing and heating business all his working life. After attending Portsmouth's Unicorn College he studied heating and plumbing in the Dockyard where he gained distinctions in process systems and studies and gained City and Guilds.

He went on to work at B J Rowlands Mechanical Services and obtained his Corgi gas certificate which is now the Gas Safe Register.

He then moved to Nyewood Ltd working all over the South but mainly in London on high profile works (£30million houses), was in charge of a Church project and 18 new-build flats in Brighton (plumbing heating side of things). He worked on various houses on Wentworth golf course installing doggy showers for a few rich and famous people!

He's had other weird and wonderful builds ... underground swimming pools, safe rooms and more. Then came the time to go it alone so he created Tyrone Guy Limited and has been working in Portsmouth ever since 2004.

Tyrone is also keen to give young people a chance, "I take on various apprentices to keep the trade alive with new blood in the industry".

Award From Princess Anne

Tyrone says: I'm the son of a brickwork specialist who's worked for Royalty and received awards from Princess Anne for my work (building the Sea Life Centre in Southsea). My family was a massive outfit employing many men in Portsmouth as bricklayers. I worked with my father when I was a kid and learned so much; it's actually what has made me so good at what I do as I have broad knowledge of construction and I see situations that others in my game don't.

I watched my dad work hard in all weathers and came to the conclusion that this job wasn't for me as I didn't like getting rained off and not being able to be productive and not earn every day if I needed to. So my father fixed me up with a heating / plumbing guy when I was 14 on my school holidays; I loved the job and knew this was what I wanted to do for a profession.

Personally, Tyrone is always seeking a challenge. Hobbies include motor bikes and racing.