Built by a bricklayer, for people who want it done right
Find a tradesperson who takes as much pride in the job as you do.
Post your job free. Quotes come from local trades whose reputation is earned from other trades on real work, not bought. No fake reviews. No race to the bottom.
How it works
Three steps. No account. Nothing to pay.
Post it
A couple of photos, the trade you need, your postcode. Under two minutes, no account.
Quotes come to you
Trades near you are told straight away. Each quote shows a starting price and how other trades rate their work.
Choose one
Pick the quote you like. You both get each other's number, and the job continues by phone or in the app.
Trades near you
Trades near Wigan
65 within 15 miles. Tap one to see their work and ask for a quote.
Why it is different
Trades rate trades.
Trades rate trades. A plumber's work, rated by other plumbers who spot what you can't. It can't be bought.
There are no star reviews to buy and no paid placement. The trade quoting you is not paying for the privilege, so the only way up is to do good work and finish the job.
- Verified trades have had their insurance, qualifications and ID checked by the Hard Hat Way team
- Every rating is tied to a finished job
- Free for customers, no lead fees for trades, so nobody is chasing a fee
Example of what a quote looks like.
Proud work
See the work before you see a price.
Every trade on Hard Hat Way posts their work for other trades to judge. You get to look too.
Stu's beginners' guide to laying bricks. Watched more than 5 million times. All videos
Meet the founder
22 years on the trowel. No investors. No boardroom.
Stu Crompton is a bricklayer from Wigan with 1.6 million followers who watch him lay bricks properly. He paid the directories, got nothing back, and taught himself to code. Hard Hat Way went live on the App Store after 114 days and on Android 25 days later: 139 consecutive days, between shifts.
“I built this for customers who want a proper job, and for trades who take pride in what they do. Nothing less.”
Guides
Know what good looks like.
Brick pier cap designs: how I came up with my most-watched one
Bricklayer Stu Crompton on the brick pier cap design watched more than 11 million times: designed from scratch as he went, curves cut to a template, black pointing and a stone centrepiece. Plus more pier cap ideas and what to ask your bricklayer.
How I rebuilt a curved brick garden wall
Bricklayer Stu Crompton rebuilds a customer's curved garden wall: setting a curve out free-hand, stepping it up the slope, weep holes and ties, and a brick-on-edge top in Staffordshire blues.
Building a house extension: foundations to finished room
Bricklayer Stu Crompton on a real UK house extension he built for his sister: piled foundations, cutting the cavity in, weeps, ties and gauge, brick and block up to the steels, and a GRP roof with rooflights.
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