Go from apprentice to job-ready plumber
Master the Pipes is a diploma-level program that takes you through every system you'll touch on the job — water supply, sanitary drainage, and drain laying — with the blueprint skills, code knowledge, and fault-diagnosis confidence to work unsupervised from day one.
I built this program so you'd walk onto any job site knowing exactly what you're doing and why — because confidence in the trade isn't luck, it's preparation.
— Renstay
What you'll learn
What you'll be able to do
- Read and interpret plumbing blueprints, isometric drawings, and drain-laying site plans with confidence
- Size, select, and install copper, PEX, CPVC, and PVC pipe systems to code for both water supply and drainage
- Design and install compliant sanitary drainage and venting systems using correct fall gradients and trap specifications
- Apply drain laying techniques including trench preparation, bedding, pipe jointing, and backfilling to civil engineering standards
- Diagnose and repair common faults — blockages, leaks, pressure loss, and back-flow — using professional testing and inspection methods
- Understand health-and-safety regulations, trade licensing requirements, and how to price and document a plumbing job professionally
How it works
A school that adapts to you
This isn't a set of static videos. Every lesson is generated live and tuned to where you actually are.
We learn your level
A quick placement check tailors your starting point so you're never bored or lost.
Lessons adapt as you go
Each lesson is written for your pace and your goal, adjusting as your skills grow.
Your AI coach keeps you moving
Checkpoints, feedback, and gentle nudges turn progress into a real result.
The curriculum
What's inside your school
6 modules · 29 lessons
Trade Foundations & Safety
Establishes the essential knowledge base every plumber needs before touching a tool — trade maths, materials, regulations, and site safety.
- 1.1The Plumbing Trade: Scope, Licensing & Career PathwaysIncluded
- 1.2Health, Safety & Site ComplianceIncluded
- 1.3Trade Maths & MeasurementIncluded
- 1.4Plumbing Materials: Pipes, Fittings & FixturesIncluded
- 1.5Tools of the Trade: Selection, Use & MaintenanceIncluded
Blueprint Reading & Technical Drawing
Develops the ability to read, interpret, and extract accurate information from plumbing blueprints, isometric drawings, and drain-laying site plans.
- 2.1Reading Plumbing Blueprints & Floor PlansIncluded
- 2.2Isometric Pipe DrawingIncluded
- 2.3Drain-Laying Site Plans & Civil DrawingsIncluded
- 2.4Specifications, Codes & Compliance DocumentsIncluded
Water Supply Systems
Covers the design, sizing, and installation of compliant cold and hot water supply systems for residential and commercial buildings.
- 3.1Water Supply Fundamentals: Pressure, Flow & HydraulicsIncluded
- 3.2Pipe Sizing & System DesignIncluded
- 3.3Cold Water Installation: Copper & PEX SystemsIncluded
- 3.4Hot Water Systems: Storage, Continuous Flow & SolarIncluded
- 3.5Backflow Prevention & Cross-Connection ControlIncluded
Sanitary Drainage & Venting Systems
Teaches the design and installation of compliant above-ground sanitary drainage and venting systems for residential and commercial applications.
- 4.1Drainage System Principles: Fall, Flow & Trap RequirementsIncluded
- 4.2Sanitary Plumbing Layout & Fixture ConnectionIncluded
- 4.3Venting Systems: Types, Sizing & InstallationIncluded
- 4.4PVC Drainage Pipe: Jointing, Support & Code ComplianceIncluded
- 4.5Grease Traps, Interceptors & Commercial DrainageIncluded
Drain Laying Technology
Applies civil engineering principles to the excavation, bedding, jointing, and backfilling of below-ground drainage infrastructure.
- 5.1Site Preparation, Excavation & Trench SafetyIncluded
- 5.2Pipe Bedding, Haunching & Surround MaterialsIncluded
- 5.3Below-Ground Pipe Jointing & Gradient ControlIncluded
- 5.4Manholes, Inspection Chambers & Access StructuresIncluded
- 5.5Backfilling, Compaction & ReinstatementIncluded
Fault Diagnosis, Testing & Professional Practice
Builds the diagnostic, testing, and business skills that turn a competent installer into a confident, job-ready trade professional.
- 6.1Testing & Commissioning: Water, Drainage & Drain-Laying SystemsIncluded
- 6.2Diagnosing & Repairing Leaks and Pressure LossIncluded
- 6.3Clearing Blockages & Maintaining Drainage SystemsIncluded
- 6.4Pricing, Quoting & Job DocumentationIncluded
- 6.5Preparing for Certification & Trade LicensingIncluded
Who it's for
Is this you?
Trade apprentices
Fill the theory gaps your employer never had time to cover and lock in the code knowledge that makes your on-site hours count.
Career-changers
Start from scratch with a structured, diploma-level pathway that takes you from zero trade knowledge to job-ready professional.
Construction workers upskilling
Add a nationally recognised plumbing qualification to your existing site experience and open up a whole new earning tier.
Drain laying specialists
Go deep on civil excavation, trench safety, below-ground jointing, gradient control, and reinstatement to civil engineering standards.
Licensing exam candidates
Use the fault diagnosis, codes, compliance, and professional practice content to prepare thoroughly for certification and trade licensing.
Self-employed tradespeople
Round out your technical knowledge with commercial drainage, backflow prevention, and the quoting and documentation skills to run jobs properly.
Questions
Frequently asked
Your teacher
A note from your teacher
Renstay
If you're reading this, you're probably somewhere I recognise — working on site with a head full of questions nobody has time to answer properly, or standing at a career crossroads trying to figure out how the trade actually fits together as a whole. Maybe you're an apprentice who's great with your hands but shaky on the theory. Maybe you're changing careers and want to do this properly, not half-baked. Either way, I know that feeling of knowing you're capable of more — but not quite having the map to get there.
That's exactly why I built Master the Pipes the way I did. Not as a textbook dump, and not as a shortcut. As the program I wish I'd had early in my trade career — one that explains the why behind every standard and spec, teaches you to read a blueprint like a professional, and walks you through water supply, drainage, venting, and drain laying as a connected system rather than a pile of isolated tricks.
Every section of this program is written the way I'd explain it on site: plain language, logical sequence, code-grounded, and honest about where the tricky parts are. We start with foundations — safety, trade maths, materials, licensing — because the plumbers who cut corners on foundations are the ones getting called back to fix expensive problems. Then we build up through water supply systems, sanitary drainage and venting, full drain laying civil process, and finish with testing, fault diagnosis, quoting, and getting yourself certified. By the end, you can walk onto a job and handle whatever the site throws at you.
I won't pretend this program replaces hands-on site hours — nothing does. But what it gives you is the theory backbone that makes every hour on the tools count twice as much. You stop fumbling. You start understanding. And when a supervisor or inspector asks you why you did something a certain way, you'll have a real answer.
If you're ready to take the trade seriously and build a qualification worth having, you're in the right place. Let's get to work.
— Renstay
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