Bob Baker apprenticed with his father, Gerry, from the time he could hold a wrench and eventually received his master plumbing certificate from SAIT. Due to the boom that occurred in Calgary, Gerry and Bob thought it best to split the city into halves. Gerry would look after the NW and Bob would handle the SE.
In 2000, Bob started his own company naming it R. Baker Plumbing & Heating Ltd with the intent of eventually joining both his and his dad’s company together when Gerry was ready to retire. The work load provided by their clients, meant Gerry and Bob could only collaborate on the bigger commercial jobs and both went about building the business.
With the news of Gerry’s unexpected illness in early 2006, the two companies had to be rapidly joined together and the extra workload and booming economy tested the capacity of the company and its employees. The illness forced Bob to move into the city, open an office and radically change the way both companies had operated.
Today, Baker Plumbing continues to provide quality service to many satisfied customers around Calgary and area. While many significant obstacles have been overcome, some still remain and are the daily focus of a growing company. Bob is very focused on the many challenges business provides and is aware and proud of the history handed to him by his grandfather and dad. With that focus he is determined to carry on the excellence and longevity that is associated with the Baker name. Today Bob and his wife Julie are the proud parents of 5 children.
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