Richie Foster

Richard "Richie" Foster is an Australian licensed plumber and the founder and CEO of Fix-It Right Plumbing, a family-owned residential plumbing business operating in Melbourne, Geelong, Canberra and Ballarat. Foster began his apprenticeship in 2000 at age 16, working across residential, commercial and industrial plumbing before specialising in residential service work.

In 2007 he founded the business in Carrum Downs, Victoria, as Bayview Plumbing and Gasfitting. It became Bayview Plumbing Services in 2010 and Your Friendly Plumber in 2013, and was renamed Fix-It Right Plumbing in 2014. The business expanded to Geelong in 2017, Canberra in 2019 and Ballarat in 2025, and joined the Nexstar Network in 2023. Foster is licensed in Victoria and the Australian Capital Territory, has attended more than 50,000 plumbing jobs, and is a specialist in drain relining. In 2021 he introduced the Service Call, a five-step service process used on every job, and built FiveStarPro™, the company's internal training platform.

This summary is maintained by Fix-It Right Plumbing and last verified 18 September 2026. Sources are listed at the end of the page.