Earned knowledge
Preserving repair knowledge from the people who earned it.
Plumbing culture built on earned knowledge
The trade
has secrets.
A plumbing culture brand built by and for service and repair plumbers. We wear the craft, tell its stories, and preserve the knowledge earned in the field.
DOCTORS CURE
PLUMBERS PREVENT
SERVICE & REPAIR / CULTURE / CRAFT
Knowledge worth passing on
Built by the trade.
Worn with purpose.
Plumbing Trade Secrets Design makes apparel for service and repair plumbers—the people who diagnose what others cannot see, protect the systems we depend on, and take pride in doing the right job.
The knowledge behind that work deserves to live beyond the jobsite. We're developing field stories and a documentary series that follow real plumbers through real repairs, preserving the decisions and lessons they want to pass on.
Doctors Cure. Plumbers Prevent.
Public health
Plumbers protect the systems communities depend on.
Progression
Apprentice. Journeyman. Instructor. Every stage matters.
Badges of Honor
Wear your place
in the trade.
Five collections. One shared pride in the craft. Find the designs that represent your place in the trade.
Headwear
For the plumbers who represent the trade long after the workday ends. View collection ↗
Journeyman
For the technicians whose judgement was earned one difficult repair at a time.View collection ↗
Apprentice
For the next generation learning to see the whole system, not just the broken part.View collection ↗
Safety Series
For the responsibility plumbers carry to protect their crews, customers, and communities.View collection ↗
Classic Designs
The symbols and statements at the heart of Trade Secrets.View collection ↗Nightshift
The face of
long nights and experience.
Passed down from those who came before us.
FIELD STORIES
In Development
Experience deserves
a record.
The clothing is the badge. The work is the story.
Experience Shouldn’t Leave the Industry
Some of the most valuable plumbing knowledge is never written down. It is developed through years of troubleshooting, observation, mistakes and successful repairs.
Every repair starts with a problem, but the real story is how a plumber solves it. Trade Secrets is developing a documentary series that follows service and repair plumbers into the field to capture the system conditions they find, the clues they follow, and the decisions they make.
Tool and parts manufacturers can join those conversations to explain common installation mistakes, unusual failures, and the repairs their technical teams encounter. Plumbers bring the field experience; manufacturers bring product knowledge. Together, they can show why a repair worked and what the next plumber should know.
Each episode will document real work, including complications and judgment calls that rarely appear in a manual. The goal is to preserve lessons worth passing on while giving the people who do the work the recognition they deserve.
We do not replace established instruction. We create scenario-based industry resources that contractors, associations, unions, manufacturers and educators can incorporate into their own workforce.
About these industry resources
We do not operate an accredited apprenticeship program, provide professional certification, or replace applicable codes, manufacturer instructions, licensing requirements, or instruction provided by qualified organizations. Plumbing work must be performed by appropriately qualified individuals in accordance with applicable regulations.
Completed scenarios can support contractors, manufacturers, trade organizations, instructors and workforce-development programs.
Built to collaborate
For the companies
building the trade.
We create apparel and field stories with suppliers, manufacturers, contractors, unions and educators who share our love of the trade.
Co-Branded Apparel
Create a limited Trade Secrets release that brings your brand into the culture of service and repair plumbing. We develop the concept and design around the people who use your products in the field, with both brands represented clearly.
Field Story Sponsorship
Support a story about a real service or repair problem. We follow the plumber through the system conditions, diagnosis, and repair decisions. When relevant, your technical team can add product insight, explain common mistakes or unusual failures, and share what they have learned from the field.
Documentary Series Partnership
Help develop a Trade Secrets documentary series centered on real plumbers and the work they do. Episodes will capture repair techniques and the experience behind them, preserving lessons worth passing on. The series is in development; we're seeking partners to help shape and produce its first stories.
Early access
Get in before
the first drop.
Join for collection releases, field stories, and partnership opportunities.