Started with one van on Marlow Street.
Dan Merrick spent nine years as a service plumber before he got tired of watching customers get handed between four companies for one bathroom. In 2009 he bought a used Transit, printed 500 cards, and started taking whatever the neighborhood called about.
Seventeen years later there are 34 of us across five trades. Same rule: whoever answers the phone owns the job until it’s finished.

17 yrs
Serving Durham and Wake counties
34
Full-time employees across five trades
11,400+
Homes visited since 2009
4.9★
Average across 1,208 reviews
The people who show up.

Dan Merrick
Founder · P-1 Plumbing
Started the company out of a used Transit. Still takes emergency calls on weekends.

Renée Castillo
Operations Manager
Runs dispatch. If your window slips, she is the one who calls you first.

Marcus Hale
Lead Electrician
NC unlimited license, twelve years in residential service and panel work.

Tomás Iverson
HVAC Service Lead
NATE-certified. Handles load calculations and every system changeout we quote.
Licensing & insurance
Certificates are emailed with every estimate. Ask for them at any time — we’d rather you check.
NC General Contractor
#34982
NC Plumbing Contractor
P-1 #21774
NC Electrical Contractor
SP-SFD #29118
General liability coverage
$2,000,000
Workers’ compensation
In force, all employees
EPA Section 608
Universal, all HVAC techs