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Plumbers in Long Branch, NJ

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Looking for a Plumber in Long Branch? Here’s What I’d Want to Know

Nobody goes looking for a plumber because they suddenly have a free afternoon and thought it sounded fun. Usually something is leaking, clogged, making a weird noise or producing water somewhere water absolutely should not be.

If I were looking for a plumber in Long Branch, my first question would be pretty basic: Who actually works here? Not who bought the biggest Google ad. Not who has the fanciest website. Who regularly serves homeowners in this area and handles the kind of job I have.

Then I’d want to know what they actually do. A plumber who is great for a water heater replacement may not be the first call for a backed-up sewer line. Some companies focus heavily on leaks and everyday plumbing repairs. Others handle water treatment, boilers, drain cleaning, sewer lines or larger plumbing projects.

I’d also want to know whether they take smaller jobs. Sometimes you do not need a bathroom renovation. You need somebody to fix the toilet, replace a valve, figure out why the water pressure suddenly stinks or stop the mystery drip that is slowly driving you insane.

Emergency service matters too. If a pipe bursts at 9 p.m. on a Saturday, “Monday through Friday, 8 to 4” becomes fairly important information. We looked at what each company actually publishes about emergency and after-hours service rather than assuming every plumber who answers the phone is available 24/7.

Then there is the whole question of “local.” To me, local does not necessarily mean the company has an office three miles from my house. It means they actually work in my town, will come out for the job and know the area. A great plumber in the next town over is still pretty local when there is water coming through the ceiling.

I also want to know who is behind the company. New Jersey plumbing businesses operate under a Master Plumber license held by a named individual. That does not tell you whether someone will do beautiful work or show up exactly at 8:03 a.m. It does give you something concrete to check instead of relying on the words “licensed and insured” on a website.

That is why we included the license information businesses publish and checked it against the state record when we could. We also show when information is not published or when we could not match it. That is not a judgment on the company. It is simply the information we were able to check.

You will also see specialties, location information and published emergency service in the guide below. The idea is not to tell you there is one “best plumber” for every homeowner in Long Branch. There usually isn’t. The best call depends on whether you have a leaking pipe, a dead water heater, a clogged sewer line or a much bigger project on your hands.

So start with the problem you actually need solved. Then use the guide below to narrow down who serves your area, who handles that type of work and what we were able to check about the business behind the name. That feels a lot more useful to me than scrolling through 14 nearly identical websites that all promise “quality service.”

The Guide: Plumbers in Long Branch, NJ

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New Jersey licenses plumbing to a named person. Every company that repairs a burst pipe, replaces a water heater or reworks a bathroom in this state works under a Master Plumber license held by an individual, registered with the State Board of Examiners of Master Plumbers, and searchable by anyone in about ninety seconds.

The state also requires that the number appear in the company’s advertising. Under N.J.A.C. 13:32-3.1(c), all advertising by a licensed master plumber must carry the plumber’s name, the New Jersey business address, and the words “Plumbing license number” or “Plumbing Lic. #” followed by the number.

Most companies serving these towns do not publish it. This guide reports, for every company, exactly what it publishes about its own license and exactly what the state record returns when that number is run. Where a company publishes nothing, the guide says that too — and says nothing further about it.

How We Selected These Plumbers

This guide covers Long Branch, Interlaken, Oceanport, Deal, Allenhurst and Loch Arbour.

A company appears here if it performs residential plumbing work for homeowners in those towns, and if it says so itself — by naming one of them on its own website, or by holding a state registration at an address inside one of them.

The license is not a condition of entry. It is the first column, and a blank in it is not a mark against a company. Several of the shops on this page have served these towns for generations and publish no license number anywhere. Every qualifying company is listed, and the column reports what each one publishes and what the state record returns.

Three companies meet the test. They are listed alphabetically.

About This Guide

This guide is produced by Garden State Circle. Companies appear here because they meet the criterion described above — they perform residential plumbing work for homeowners in the towns this guide covers. That is a test, not a judgment, and it is the only route onto this page. No company can pay to be included in this guide, to be listed higher, or to change what the comparison table says about it. Companies are listed alphabetically, and every detail in the table was verified against each company’s own website and against the New Jersey Division of Consumer Affairs licensee record in September 2026.

Everything under the heading that begins this guide is governed by the rules above, on every guide we publish. Where a sponsor’s message appears above that heading, it is paid for and labelled, and it buys nothing in the guide. Garden State Circle is supported by the businesses that participate in it. Participation pays for our ongoing work: keeping a business’s entry accurate, re-checking its record, and publishing a page of its own details that the business maintains. There is no paid placement in this guide. Participation does not buy a place here, a position here, or anything the comparison table says. Every detail here was verified on the date shown on this page.

Garden State Circle is published in New Jersey by Tiffany and Jake Slowinski and covers Long Branch, Interlaken, Oceanport, Deal, Allenhurst and Loch Arbour. Contact the publisher at jake@gardenstatecircle.com. How every guide is made, in one place: how every guide is made.

How to Read the License Column

New Jersey issues more than one kind of plumbing license, and they are not interchangeable.

Master Plumber is the contractor’s license. A master plumber may hold out to the public, take contracts and qualify a business. Every plumbing company operating lawfully in New Jersey works under one, held by a named individual.

Journeyman Plumber is a license to do the work, not to sell it. A journeyman plumber is genuinely licensed by the state and is not qualified to contract in their own name. A company described only as employing “licensed plumbers” has not told you which of the two it means.

The column reports state licensure on the date shown, and nothing else. It is not a rating, not a measure of quality, and not a statement about insurance. A number prints only where a single state record matches; where more than one person shares a name, the guide says so and prints no number.

Three phrases appear in the column and each means one thing. Not published means we read the company’s website and the fact is not on it. Not found by us means we searched the state record and did not find a match. Neither is a statement about the company.

Plumbers Serving Long Branch

Listed alphabetically. Verified September 2026.

Company Town Master plumber of record New Jersey license, checked September 2026 Emergency service, as published Known for
A Star Plumbing Long Branch Not published Not found by us Not published Faucet and fixture replacement, pipe repair
Bob Jensen Plumbing & Heating Oceanport Not published Not found by us Not published Neighbourhood residential plumbing and heating
John R. Grumbach, Inc. Long Branch Not published Not found by us Not published Family-run across three generations; shore-home plumbing

Checked against the New Jersey Division of Consumer Affairs Master Plumbers licensee search.

Nearby options

Company Town Master plumber of record New Jersey license, checked September 2026 Emergency service, as published Known for
Hancher & Ellison Plumbing & Heating Little Silver Not published Not found by us Not published Personalised residential plumbing repair
Crosby Plumbing & Repair Eatontown Not published Not found by us Quick-turnaround urgent repair published Urgent repairs and bathroom remodelling
First Degree Plumbing Fair Haven Not published Master Plumber lic # 11263 Not published Tankless water heaters, winterisation, outdoor plumbing
Stewart’s Plumbing & Heating Fair Haven Chad Watson Publishes NJSPL #12969 Not published Residential diagnostics and quick repairs
Brown’s Heating, Cooling & Plumbing Red Bank James D’Annunzio Publishes NJ Master Plumber, James D’Annunzio, lic. # 36BI01277900 “24 hours 7 days a week” Three generations in Red Bank; water heaters, plumbing and HVAC
Garon T Plumbing, Heating & AC Red Bank Not published Publishes Plumbing Lic. #13784 “Available 24 Hours a Day, 7 Days a Week” Same-day appointments, gas lines, water heaters
Risitano Plumbing LLC Red Bank Not published Not published “Emergency services available when possible” Residential repair, fixtures, boilers
A.J. Perri Tinton Falls Not published Plumbing Lic. #36BI01029400 Open 24/7 published Large fleet; sewer cleanouts, water mains, HVAC crossover

The Companies

A Star Plumbing

A Star Plumbing works from Third Avenue in Long Branch and handles kitchen and bathroom fixture replacement and pipe repair. The company publishes no website and no license number, and no state record has been matched to it.

Bob Jensen Plumbing & Heating

Bob Jensen Plumbing & Heating works from Monmouth Boulevard in Oceanport, serving the surrounding neighbourhood. The company publishes no website and no license number, and no state record has been matched to it.

John R. Grumbach, Inc.

John R. Grumbach is at 473 Pacific Street in Long Branch and names three generations on its own site — founder John R. Grumbach and his sons Corey and Justin Grumbach. It names eighteen towns it serves, including Long Branch, Red Bank, Rumson, Fair Haven, Little Silver, Eatontown, Deal and Ocean Township — more of this guide’s municipalities than any other company on the page. Its published work covers shore-home plumbing updates and sump pumps. No license number appears on the site.

Common Questions

What is the difference between a master plumber and a journeyman plumber in New Jersey?
A master plumber holds the contractor’s license: they may advertise to the public, take contracts and qualify a business. A journeyman plumber is licensed to perform plumbing work but not to contract in their own name. Both are licensed by the state. A company that describes its people only as “licensed plumbers” has not said which it means.

Is a plumbing company required to publish its license number?
Yes. N.J.A.C. 13:32-3.1 requires the licensed master plumber’s name, New Jersey business address and license number to appear in all advertising, on business correspondence and invoices, and on both sides of every commercial vehicle used in the work. The rule also makes anyone whose name or number appears in an advertisement personally responsible for its content.

What does it mean when a plumber’s advertising says part of the work may be performed by subcontractors?
It means the state required them to say it. Under N.J.A.C. 13:32-3.1(e), a plumbing contractor who subcontracts out more than a third of a year’s work must state in all advertising: “A substantial part of the work which we undertake may be performed by independent licensed plumbing subcontractors.” The absence of that sentence is not evidence of anything — a company may simply be under the threshold — but where it appears, it is there because the rule put it there.

I live in Deal. Why can I not get work done in the summer?
Because the borough says so. Deal runs a construction moratorium from June 24 to the Wednesday after Labor Day, and all its inspectors are part-time with inspections booked by email. If you are planning summer work in Deal, that single fact matters more than anything else on this page.

Who Governs Plumbing Work in Long Branch, NJ

Two state agencies sit behind residential plumbing work in New Jersey. The Division of Consumer Affairs, through the State Board of Examiners of Master Plumbers, issues and renews the license in this guide’s table; a master plumber license is renewed every two years. The Department of Community Affairs, Division of Codes and Standards administers the Uniform Construction Code, whose plumbing subcode governs the work itself. New Jersey adopted the 2024 editions of the model codes on August 17, 2026, according to the Division’s current codes table.

Permits and inspections are municipal.

Municipality Construction permit office, as the town names it Phone Construction Official, as published Hours and location, as published
City of Long Branch Building & Development (732) 571-5690 John Palmer 344 Broadway, Long Branch
Borough of Oceanport Construction Department (732) 222-0641 Michael Thulen · John Palmer, Plumbing Subcode Mon–Wed 8:30am–4:30pm, Thu 8:30am–7:30pm, Fri 8:30am–12:30pm · 910 Oceanport Way · inspections by appointment
Borough of Deal Building (732) 531-1454 Eric Sudia 190 Norwood Avenue N · all inspectors part-time, inspections booked by email · construction moratorium June 24 to the Wednesday after Labor Day

Offices read September 2026.

Fee schedules are adopted by ordinance and change. Requirements are interpreted by the town’s own construction office, not by us. We publish what the borough published, with the date we checked it — confirm with the construction office before you rely on it.

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Corrections

Things change. A license is renewed under a different holder, a company moves, a phone number is retired, a business closes or opens a new office.

If anything on this page is wrong, tell us and we will fix it. Email admin@gardenstatecircle.com. Corrections are made whether or not a business participates in Garden State Circle, and there is no charge for one.

If your plumbing company is not on this page and you believe it should be, email the same address. The test is the one described at the top: you perform residential plumbing work for homeowners in one of the towns this guide covers, and you say so on your own website or hold a state registration at an address in one of them.

Additional Resources

NJ Division of Consumer Affairs license verification

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