The Guide: Heating and Cooling Contractors in Bridgewater, NJ
New Jersey licenses heating and cooling work to a named person. Every company that installs or repairs a furnace, boiler, heat pump or air conditioner in this state works under a Master HVACR contractor’s licence held by an individual, registered with the State Board of Examiners, and searchable by anyone in about ninety seconds.
Almost nobody publishes which one. Search for a contractor in Bridgewater and Martinsville and you will find a dozen companies described as “licensed and insured” — a phrase that costs nothing to write and carries no information at all. This guide reports, for every company, exactly what it publishes about its own licence and exactly what the state record says. Where a company publishes nothing, the guide says that too.
How We Selected These Companies
A company appears here if it installs, repairs or replaces residential heating and cooling systems for homeowners in Bridgewater, Martinsville, Branchburg and Raritan.
That is the whole test, and it is deliberately a low bar. Heating and cooling is work that travels to the customer, so where a company keeps its office is a fact in the table rather than a reason to leave it out.
The licence is not the gate. It is the first column. Making it a condition of entry would delete companies from the page on the strength of what their websites do not say. Instead every qualifying company is listed, and the column reports what each one publishes and what the state registry returns.
Fourteen 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 heating and cooling 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.
Garden State Circle is published locally in New Jersey by Jake Slowinski and covers Bridgewater, Martinsville, Branchburg and Raritan. Contact the publisher at jake@gardenstatecircle.com.
Which of These Companies Is Actually Nearby
Most homeowners asking whether a company is “local” are really asking one question: will they come out for my small job? That is worth separating from geography, because the two are not the same thing.
Three companies in this guide keep premises inside Bridgewater Township:
- Copperhead Plumbing, Heating, Cooling & Electrical — 681 East Main Street
- Jay’s Quality Air — 662 Bellerive Court
- Bres-Core LLC, whose premises we could not confirm
The rest work from Manville, Branchburg, Raritan, Somerset, Hillsborough and further out, and travel in. For this trade that is ordinary rather than a defect.
On the second question — whether a company will take a single repair call rather than only quoting replacements — we are asking every company on this list directly, and their answers will be published here as they come in. It is not a question a website answers honestly, which is exactly why it is worth asking.
The Companies, Compared
Listed alphabetically. The middle two columns are two different things and the difference is the point: one reports what the company puts on its own website, the other reports the name the State Board of Examiners holds the licence under.
| Company | Based in | Licence, as published on their own site | Master HVACR holder | Also published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arctic Air Conditioning | 1 Pleasant Valley Rd, Old Bridge | HVAC #19HC00271800 | Anthony Perriello · active | Plumbing 36BI01035900 · Electrical 34EB01393400 · HIC 13VH01741400 |
| Binsky Home Service | Ewing, with a Somerset location | Not published | Not found by us | NJ HIC 13VH12955500 |
| Bres-Core LLC | Not found by us | NJMHVAC #: 1075 | Not found by us | Not found by us |
| Cool-O-Matic | 409 N Main St, Manville | HVACR 19HC00243800 | Not found by us | Not published |
| Copperhead Plumbing, Heating, Cooling & Electrical | 681 E Main St, Bridgewater | Not found by us | Not found by us | Not found by us |
| Guaranteed Service | 2675 NJ-70, Manasquan | Not published | Not found by us | Not published |
| Jay’s Quality Air, LLC | 662 Bellerive Ct, Bridgewater | NJ Master HVAC License # 3593 | Jason M Weber · active | NJ HIC 13VH04279000 |
| One Hour Heating and Air Conditioning of Somerset | Somerset | License 19HC00691900 | Not found by us | Not found by us |
| Perfect Air & Water Services | Not found by us | NJ HVAC Lic. #19HC00140400 | Not found by us | Not found by us |
| Princeton Air Conditioning | 39 Everett Dr, Princeton Junction | S Needham — Master HVACR Lic. # 3980 | Joseph S Needham · active | NJ HIC 13VH00255200 · plumbing #8389 · electrical #17479 |
| Service Experts North New Jersey | Hillsborough | License #19HC00580500 | Not found by us | Not found by us |
| Skylands Energy Service | 2 Thompson St, Raritan | 19HC00395100 | Craig James Miller · active | Master Plumber 36BI01319800 (Frank Bournias) |
| Sunrise Cooling & Heating Inc | 10 County Line Rd, Branchburg | Master HVACR #19HC00333400 | Not found by us | Not published |
| Valairco | 1013 Kennedy Blvd, Manville | 19HC00463200 | Kevin J McHugh · active | NJ HIC 13VH02914900 |
Licence numbers and holders were verified against the New Jersey Division of Consumer Affairs licensee record and each company’s own website in September 2026. “Not published” means the company’s website was read and the fact is not on it. “Not found by us” means our search did not resolve it, and is a statement about our search rather than about the company.
A Note on Reading the Licence Column
Three companies here publish their licence in a shortened form — #3593, #3980 and #1075 — which cannot be typed into the state lookup and returned. The first two resolve correctly once expanded to the full twelve-character format, and the full holder is what appears in the table above.
It is also worth separating two things that look alike. A number beginning 13VH is a New Jersey Home Improvement Contractor registration, and a number beginning 36BI is a master plumber. Both are real credentials and neither tells you who holds the heating and cooling licence behind the work.
The Companies
Arctic Air Conditioning, Old Bridge
Founded in Marlboro in 1977, Arctic Air publishes all four of its New Jersey licences in full — heating and cooling, plumbing, electrical and home improvement — with the HVACR licence held by Anthony Perriello.
Binsky Home Service, Ewing
Binsky is an eighty-year-old New Jersey mechanical company with a residential home-service division and a second location in Somerset.
Bres-Core LLC
Bres-Core is a local contractor specialising in the sale, service and installation of all major HVAC brands; we could not resolve its premises or its licence, and we have written to the company.
Cool-O-Matic, Manville
A veteran-owned business on North Main Street in Manville, Cool-O-Matic is an authorised Carrier dealer specialising in custom ductwork and whole-home energy assessments before it sizes a replacement.
Copperhead Plumbing, Heating, Cooling & Electrical, Bridgewater
Copperhead is a family-owned business on East Main Street in Bridgewater covering plumbing, heating, cooling and electrical work, and is one of only two companies in this guide with a confirmed Bridgewater address.
Guaranteed Service, Manasquan
Guaranteed Service runs a twenty-four-hour operation from Route 70 in Manasquan covering heating, cooling, plumbing and electrical work across central New Jersey.
Jay’s Quality Air, LLC, Bridgewater
Founded in 2006 and working from Bellerive Court in Bridgewater, Jay’s is a small family business focused on residential maintenance, ductwork replacement and mini-splits, and its licence is held by Jason M Weber.
One Hour Heating and Air Conditioning of Somerset
One Hour Heating and Air Conditioning is a franchised operation working out of Somerset with round-the-clock scheduling.
Perfect Air & Water Services
Perfect Air & Water Services is listed as serving Bridgewater; we could not resolve its premises or its licence, and we have written to the company.
Princeton Air Conditioning, Princeton Junction
Princeton Air publishes the name of the licence holder alongside every licence it carries — heating and cooling, plumbing and electrical — which is the most complete licence disclosure of any company in this guide.
Service Experts North New Jersey, Hillsborough
Service Experts is a national heating and cooling network whose North New Jersey branch operates out of Hillsborough with twenty-four-hour emergency dispatch.
Skylands Energy Service, Raritan
Skylands Energy names Craig Miller as its Master HVACR contractor and Frank Bournias as its master plumber on its own website, with both licence numbers published in full.
Sunrise Cooling & Heating Inc, Branchburg
Sunrise is a second-generation family business operating from County Line Road in Branchburg since 1984 under Jon and Candace Kerr.
Valairco, Manville
Valairco has served Somerset County from Kennedy Boulevard in Manville since 1968, runs a twenty-four-hour line, and publishes its heating and cooling licence — held by Kevin J McHugh — in full.
Common Questions
How do I check whether a New Jersey HVAC contractor is licensed?
Go to the New Jersey Division of Consumer Affairs licence verification system at newjersey.mylicense.com, choose Person Search, set the profession to HVACR and the licence type to Master HVACR Contractor, and search by the licence number or the holder’s surname. The result gives you the holder’s name, the licence number and whether the status is active. It is free and it takes about ninety seconds.
What is a Master HVACR contractor’s licence?
It is the New Jersey licence that permits heating, ventilation, air conditioning and refrigeration work. It is issued to an individual, not to a company, after an examination, and it carries a $3,000 bond and a continuing education requirement at each renewal. A company performs HVAC work under the licence of a named individual associated with it.
Does the licence number have to be on the company’s website?
New Jersey requires a licensed Master HVACR contractor to display the licence number and the designation on business vehicles, websites, invoices, stationery, contracts and advertising. In practice many companies serving these towns do not, which is what the middle column of the table above is reporting.
Is a 13VH number the same thing?
No. A number beginning 13VH is a New Jersey Home Improvement Contractor registration. It is a real credential and worth having, but it is a different regime from the HVACR licence and it does not tell you who holds the heating and cooling licence behind the work.
Who Governs Heating and Cooling Work in Bridgewater, NJ
Heating and cooling work in New Jersey answers to two state agencies with confusingly similar names, and they do different things. The licence belongs to the State Board of Examiners of Heating, Ventilating, Air Conditioning and Refrigeration Contractors, part of the Division of Consumer Affairs — (973) 504-6250 — which issues the Master HVACR licence in the table above and runs the search described in the questions above. The permit belongs to the Uniform Construction Code, N.J.A.C. 5:23, written by the Department of Community Affairs, Division of Codes and Standards — (609) 292-7899 — and enforced by each municipality’s own construction office, listed below. New Jersey adopted the 2024 editions of its construction subcodes on August 17, 2026; the mechanical subcode is the International Mechanical Code 2024 (N.J.A.C. 5:23-3.20) and the fuel gas subcode is the International Fuel Gas Code 2024 (N.J.A.C. 5:23-3.22), per the Division’s current-codes table, read September 2, 2026.
| Municipality | Construction permit office, as the town names it | Phone | Construction Official, as published | Hours, as published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bridgewater Township (incl. Martinsville) | Code Enforcement | (908) 725-6300 ext. 5560 | John Tillotson | Mon–Fri 9:00am–4:30pm |
| Bound Brook Borough | Office of Construction and Code Enforcement | 732-356-0833 ext. 630 | Not published | Mon–Fri 8:30am–4:30pm |
| Branchburg Township | Building & Code Enforcement | 908-526-1300 ext. 147 | John Tamburini (Building & Code Official) | Mon–Fri 7:00am–3:30pm |
| Hillsborough Township | Building Department | (908) 369-4313 | Not published | Mon–Fri 8:00am–4:30pm |
Every office above was opened and read on September 2, 2026. Names are published only where the municipality publishes them.
Martinsville is inside Bridgewater Township and uses the township’s office. Bridgewater does not call that office “Construction” — it is Code Enforcement, and it publishes its own when is a permit required list — while the township’s Zoning Department, at ext. 5541 and on different hours, publishes a second list of its own (decks, sheds, fences, pools, standby generators, signs). Neither page links to the other, so a deck or a generator can need both. Branchburg’s Building & Code Enforcement office opens at 7:00am and closes at 3:30pm, earlier than the township offices around it, and its head is titled Building & Code Official rather than Construction Official. Bound Brook’s page carries three names for one office and lists a Director rather than a Construction Official. Hillsborough’s permits page says to check with its Zoning Department before applying for a building permit, and its website did not load in one of our browsers on the day we read it — if the link fails, the phone number is the route.
Fee schedules are adopted by ordinance and change. Whether a particular job needs a permit is interpreted by the town’s own construction office, not by us. We publish what each municipality published, with the date we checked it — confirm with the office before you rely on it, and if any of it has changed, the correction address at the foot of this page is the fastest way to tell us.
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Something Out of Date?
This guide is maintained. If anything here is wrong or has changed — a name, an address, a licence number, or whether a business has closed — tell us and we will check it. Businesses listed here are welcome to write in directly, and a company that publishes a licence number we have recorded as absent is exactly the kind of correction we want.
And if you run a heating and cooling company that should be on this list and is not, write to us. We would rather be told than be incomplete. The test is the same one every company here cleared: that you install, repair or replace residential heating and cooling systems for homeowners in Bridgewater. A permit pulled in one of those municipalities, a completed job, or your licence will do it. Show us that and you go on the page.
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