About
Built on the tools, not in a boardroom
Hard Hat Way is not a tech company that decided to build for construction. It is a bricklayer who decided to build for his own. Stu Crompton has 22 years on the trowel, 1.6 million people watching him lay bricks properly, and a platform he wrote himself in 139 days.
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.
“Every app aimed at tradespeople was built by people who had never mixed a bucket of muck or laid a course in the rain. It showed.”
The journey
From first line of code to both stores
- November 2025
Development starts
With no coding background, Stu starts building Hard Hat Way in Swift. Every line written between shifts on site.
- 2 March 2026
Live on the App Store
114 consecutive days from the first line of code to the App Store. One person. No investors, no team.
- 3 April 2026
Live on Google Play
Android followed 25 days later. 139 days to both stores.
- Now
Growing the community
Customers post jobs, trades quote on them, and the feed, the Cabin and the competitions keep the standard high.
What we believe
Pride and quality over speed and greed
The person who built your house, your school, your hospital deserves a platform built with the same care they put into their work.
A tradesperson's reputation should rest on the quality of their craft, not on who shouts loudest or games an algorithm. That is why SiteCred is earned from other trades on real jobs, and cannot be bought.
Pride in your work is not old-fashioned. It is everything.
Press
For journalists
Stu Crompton is a bricklayer from Wigan with 22 years on the tools and 1.6 million followers across YouTube, TikTok, Facebook and Instagram. He taught himself Swift with no coding background and shipped Hard Hat Way, a two-sided marketplace and community for the trades, to both app stores in 139 days, between shifts on site. No investors.
Portraits and app screenshots are available on request.
Got a job that deserves doing properly?
Post it free. Quotes come to you, by email and in the app. No account, no fees, no fake reviews.
Your quotes land here and in the app.