2025 Apprentice winner shortlisted for HVAC award at industry awards
Hornchurch's Dean Franklin, winner of The Apprentice 2025, has been shortlisted for the Best HVAC Installer by judges from the industry-leading Heating Installer Awards 2025.
Dean specialises in heating and cooling with his company ADL Air Conditioning. Dean’s entry featured work he had completed for a large property in Brentwood. The house now has air conditioning throughout, and provides heating in the winter and cooling in the summer, keeping everyone comfortable throughout the year.
Speaking of Dean’s entry, his customer said: “They were a lovely company to deal with – I have done a few installs with him and I wouldn’t go with anyone else. Dean is an expert in his field, and he makes sure to leave the place tidy. I highly recommend him.”
The nationwide awards scheme, now in its tenth year, recognises the achievements and raises the credibility of plumbers and heating installers across the country who deliver excellent customer service on a daily basis. Representatives from the awards’ partners and sponsors CIPHE, The IPG, Polypipe Building Products, Refresh, Samsung Climate Solutions, Stelrad and Powered Now, as well as a team of previous winning installers, judged the entries on problem solving, product knowledge and stand out work.
To mark its tenth anniversary, the award’s organisers have appointed a brand-new Board of Trustees, making it the only awards scheme in the industry that is run and judged by installers themselves. Each trustee will be heavily involved in the judging of the categories relevant to their individual areas of expertise. Trustees include previous winners: Phil Metcalf of Metcalf Cooling and Heating Services, Huw Jenkins of Thornhill Plumbing and Heating, Nick Irlam of Irlam UK, Rising Star Winner Carl Ladd, and CIPHE member Karen Matthews of Mayfly Group.
You can help Dean to be crowned the 2025 Heating Installer Awards HVAC winner by visiting the Heating Installer Awards website and casting your vote.
Voting closes in May. Public votes will contribute to a third of the installer’s overall scores, alongside the judges’ scores and the scores from a technical challenge set for all of the regional and highly commended winners.
The winners will be announced on 25th June 2025 at Installer Show, taking place at Birmingham NEC.