Taskforce Heating Plumbing - Team

Meet the team

Here we are.

We’re a small team of people, operating from our base in Emsworth near Havant, who are able to do a wide range of heating, plumbing and electrical tasks.

Individually we have a good range of knowledge, but jointly we have knowledge and experience that is probably unrivalled. Let’s help you resolve your problem!

TaskForce Heating Plumbing Team Matthew Bowns

Matthew Bowns

The team are led by senior engineer Matthew Bowns. Originally a professional yacht skipper, he developed a career running a National commercial property maintenance company repairing and refurbishing buildings such as shops and banks – where trustworthiness and reliability are absolutely essential. He still has some involvement with that business, but seventeen years ago he left to set up Taskforce, giving the same exacting standard of service focussing on customer’s homes, over area of about 10 miles around Emsworth. He is, of course, gas qualified.

TaskForce Heating Plumbing Team Carla Bateman

Carla Bateman

Our dedicated office manager since 2003, Carla oversees daily operations and manages finances with exceptional attention to detail – she recognises many clients by their voice on the telephone! With a deep knowledge of heating and plumbing, she often helps clients troubleshoot directly over the phone. A fan of adventure holidays and animals, Carla brings warmth and precision to her role ensuring quality service for Taskforce clients. She also co-manages PCB Home Maintenance with her husband, Paul. Taskforce Bathroom and refurbishment works are overseen by Paul with Carla ordering the materials.

TaskForce Heating Plumbing Team Dylan Taylor

Sonny Moseley

After running his own business for 9 years Sonny joined forces with Taskforce, he has earned his role as a Senior Engineer with a reputation for high energy and dedication. Known for his upbeat spirit and tireless pace, he’s always ready to tackle any job .” His enthusiasm shows not only in his work but also in his personal feats—like his impressive 30-meter handstand walk! Sonny’s fast-forward approach and positivity make him a key part of the Taskforce team.

TaskForce Heating Plumbing Team Rachel Bowns

Rachel Bowns

Rachel, plays a central role at Taskforce, where her full-time commitment ensures seamless office operations and supports the broader team in achieving their goals.

Rachel’s favourite pastime, sailing, reflects qualities like precision, adaptability, and perseverance, which resonate in her work at Taskforce. Her strategic, level-headed approach to office management ensures that operations remain smooth and customers receive top-tier service. Additionally, her role as a trustee of The Spring in Havant shows her dedication to community and service—values that align closely with Taskforce’s own commitment to quality and reliability.

TaskForce Heating Plumbing Team Robert Lineham

Jan Fisher

Jan has been with Taskforce for nearly two years, handling accounts with focus and precision. A Havant local who loves family time, Jan also enjoys trips to the Isle of Wight. Thanks to her husband’s passion for trout fishing, she occasionally brings fresh trout to the office, adding a delicious boost to the team’s day. Jan’s dedication and care help keep everything running smoothly behind the scenes.

TaskForce Heating Plumbing Team Rachel Bowns

Justine Moseley

Justine is a friendly and bubbly part-time admin assistant at Taskforce, known for her warmth and efficiency. As a mother of three (two boys and one girl), she brings her caring nature to the office, answering phones and supporting the team with a smile. Justine has a knack for cooking and enjoys sharing her culinary creations, along with countless cups of tea, with her colleagues. Her outgoing personality makes her a joy to work with

TaskForce Heating Plumbing Team Robert Lineham

Lewis Cromey

Lewis joined Taskforce Heating & Plumbing in 2021, after many years in the building trade and a gas qualification Lewis took a private course, supported by Taskforce, to build his technical skills. Now a highly skilled engineer, Lewis is known for his commitment to quality and a strong attention to detail that clients appreciate. A Havant native, he combines local knowledge with top-notch engineering expertise. Outside of work, he’s a dedicated family man who loves spending time with his two daughters, bringing a warm and personable approach to his role at Taskforce.

Additionally …

We also collaborate with a team of on-call specialists, enabling us to expand our range of services to include electrical work and more.

Our own staff, in combination with PCB and our outside specialists make us very flexible and able to tackle a very wide range of jobs. If you are not sure, just ask and we’ll let you know whether we can do it!

We deal with many manufacturers….

What our clients say …

TaskForce Heating Plumbing

“Great service from the Taskforce team, from phone calls to a new boiler installation which was done to a high standard and hardly any disruption to us”

PM Emsworth June ‘21

“Many thanks for an excellent job!”

MS August ‘22

“Dear Taskforce team, Thank you for your kind and prompt service!”

PH Langstone Oct ‘21

“Many thanks for sorting out my central heating. It all seems in good working order now.”

JB Emsworth September ‘21

“Matthew has not long been round to fix our boiler and we wanted to share our most grateful thanks- not only was he reassuring and knowledgeable, but we also appreciate that he kindly gave up his time after hours to help us. Just another reason why we continue to use Taskforce for our boiler needs!”

MR Westbourne February ‘22

“Thank you very much!”

RB Emsworth July ‘22

“Since your visits and repairs this last Saturday morning the boiler seems to have been running sweetly ever since. I am EXTREMELY grateful.”

CD Chidham June ‘22

“This is to thank you at Taskforce for your very positive, encouraging and prompt responses in coming to the rescue when the Potterton boiler here stopped working.”

MB Emsworth February ‘22

“Thank you so much for a first class service which we have not experienced before. Best wishes!”

TT Westbourne August ‘22

“Thank you so much for your help, especially Matthew. The boiler clock is working well now. Forms completed and enclosed” (customer joining the Taskforce  Response Total heating Care contract)

EP Emsworth September ‘21

“Many thanks for your speedy efforts to keep us dry as well as warm!” (customer had a leak in the bathroom which came through the ceiling…. Then we fixed the boiler!)

SP Emsworth June ‘22

“… a big thank you for the new boiler. Nice to have hot water ‘on tap’ again so to speak! “

Mr B, Purbrook

“Thanks for the good service. I have already recommended you to others needing your services.”

Mr J, Bedhampton

“Thanks for your continued help and support.”

Mrs C, Emsworth

“I just wanted to say that the engineer was fantastic and we will happily reuse your services.”

Mr M,  Waterlooville

“With your advice, it’s good to know that I’m not paying huge bills for heat I don’t need.”

Mrs R Southbourne

“You have been a great company to deal with over the years …”

Mr M  Havant

“We greatly appreciated Matthew’s prompt and efficient response to our call out request.”

Mr F Emsworth

“It was your letter that made all the difference and saved me £600+. Thank you so much.”

Mrs E, Bosham

“Thank you for your help. It has already been useful.”

Mr & Mrs L, Emsworth

“Many thanks to Robert for his helpfulness in answering our questions and friendliness.”

Mr & Mrs Smith, Emsworth

“Many thanks to the young guy who did the work; very clean and polite.”

Mr B Clanfield

“We are very grateful to Dylan for his help and welcomed his cheerful, efficient and profession attitude.”

Mr and Mrs F, Emsworth

“Just today the new boiler installation looks fab – thank to the team.”

Mr A, Milton

“Thank you for your very prompt response to my problem with the boiler.”

Mrs B Bedhampton

“Thanks for coming at short notice …”

Ms J, Emsworth 

“We thank you for your prompt assistance with our boiler problem, please find cheque enclosed.”

Mr and Mrs R, Emsworth

“I would further like to add how appreciative my wife and I were of the service provided. It would not have been very pleasant for us to celebrate Christmas without any heating and we thank Matthew very much indeed for coming out to us on Christmas eve.”

Customer, Hampshire

“I reported a radiator leak, with risk that the ceilings below would be damaged. Taskforce attended within 3 hours…”

Customer from Clanfield, Hampshire

“Taskforce were able to attend within 2 hours, do a temporary fix and return a few days later to fit a new boiler part…”

Mr T, Havant, Hampshire

Great service from the Taskforce team

“Great service from the Taskforce team, from phone calls to a new boiler installation which was done to a high standard and hardly any disruption to us”

PM Emsworth June ‘21

Excellent job!

“Many thanks for an excellent job!”

MS August ‘22

kind and prompt service

“Dear Taskforce team, Thank you for your kind and prompt service!”

PH Langstone Oct ‘21

Many thanks

“Many thanks for sorting out my central heating. It all seems in good working order now.”

JB Emsworth September ‘21

Reassuring and knowledgeable

“Matthew has not long been round to fix our boiler and we wanted to share our most grateful thanks- not only was he reassuring and knowledgeable, but we also appreciate that he kindly gave up his time after hours to help us. Just another reason why we continue to use Taskforce for our boiler needs!”

MR Westbourne February ‘22

Thank you

“Thank you very much!”

RB Emsworth July ‘22

EXTREMELY grateful

“Since your visits and repairs this last Saturday morning the boiler seems to have been running sweetly ever since. I am EXTREMELY grateful.”

CD Chidham June ‘22

Positive, encouraging and prompt responses

“This is to thank you at Taskforce for your very positive, encouraging and prompt responses in coming to the rescue when the Potterton boiler here stopped working.”

MB Emsworth February ‘22

First class service

“Thank you so much for a first class service which we have not experienced before. Best wishes!”

TT Westbourne August ‘22

Thank you so much

“Thank you so much for your help, especially Matthew. The boiler clock is working well now. Forms completed and enclosed” (customer joining the Taskforce  Response Total heating Care contract)

EP Emsworth September ‘21

Many thanks

“Many thanks for your speedy efforts to keep us dry as well as warm!” (customer had a leak in the bathroom which came through the ceiling…. Then we fixed the boiler!)

SP Emsworth June ‘22

Nice to have hot water

“… a big thank you for the new boiler. Nice to have hot water ‘on tap’ again so to speak! “

Mr B, Purbrook

Thanks for the good service

“Thanks for the good service. I have already recommended you to others needing your services.”

Mr J, Bedhampton

Continued help and support

“Thanks for your continued help and support.”

Mrs C, Emsworth

The engineer was fantastic

“I just wanted to say that the engineer was fantastic and we will happily reuse your services.”

Mr M,  Waterlooville

I’m not paying huge bills for heat I don’t need

“With your advice, it’s good to know that I’m not paying huge bills for heat I don’t need.”

Mrs R Southbourne

You have been a great company

“You have been a great company to deal with over the years …”

Mr M  Havant

Prompt and efficient response

“We greatly appreciated Matthew’s prompt and efficient response to our call out request.”

Mr F Emsworth

It was your letter that made all the difference

“It was your letter that made all the difference and saved me £600+. Thank you so much.”

Mrs E, Bosham

Thank you for your help

“Thank you for your help. It has already been useful.”

Mr & Mrs L, Emsworth

Many thanks to Robert

“Many thanks to Robert for his helpfulness in answering our questions and friendliness.”

Mr & Mrs Smith, Emsworth

Many thanks to the young guy

“Many thanks to the young guy who did the work; very clean and polite.”

Mr B Clanfield

We are very grateful to Dylan

“We are very grateful to Dylan for his help and welcomed his cheerful, efficient and profession attitude.”

Mr and Mrs F, Emsworth

Thank to the team

“Just today the new boiler installation looks fab – thank to the team.”

Mr A, Milton

Thank you for your very prompt response

“Thank you for your very prompt response to my problem with the boiler.”

Mrs B Bedhampton

Thanks for coming at short notice

“Thanks for coming at short notice …”

Ms J, Emsworth 

We thank you or your prompt assistance

“We thank you for your prompt assistance with our boiler problem, please find cheque enclosed.”

Mr and Mrs R, Emsworth

We thank Matthew very much

“I would further like to add how appreciative my wife and I were of the service provided. It would not have been very pleasant for us to celebrate Christmas without any heating and we thank Matthew very much indeed for coming out to us on Christmas eve.”

Customer, Hampshire

Customer from Clanfield, Hampshire

“I reported a radiator leak, with risk that the ceilings below would be damaged. Taskforce attended within 3 hours…”

Customer from Clanfield, Hampshire

Mr T, Havant, Hampshire

“Taskforce were able to attend within 2 hours, do a temporary fix and return a few days later to fit a new boiler part…”

Mr T, Havant, Hampshire
TaskForce Heating Plumbing
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