Star Pipes

We’re over at 2/285, Ayyanthole P O, in Thrissur. Star Pipes has been a part of this community for quite some time now. In Kerala, the weather can be a bit of a challenge for a business like ours, especially when the monsoon hits and everything gets damp. Our yard is filled with different kinds of pipes and fittings. It’s a lot of heavy lifting and moving things around. Customers come in with sketches of their plumbing or irrigation projects, and we help them figure out how many meters of pipe they actually need. We don't have a showroom with bright lights. It’s more of a warehouse feel where you can see exactly what you’re buying. The guys working here have tough hands from handling the materials all day. We keep a notebook by the counter to keep track of orders because sometimes the digital system feels like more trouble than it’s worth. Thrissur is a good place to be, and Ayyanthole is a quiet enough area for us to get our work done without too much distraction. We just focus on getting the right pipes to the right people. It’s not complicated, but it takes a lot of manual labor. We close up around six and head home, ready to do the same thing tomorrow morning. We’ve been here so long the gate has a bit of a squeak we never fix.