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Plumbers in Basking Ridge, Bernardsville and the Somerset Hills, NJ: What the State Record Says

Plumbers in Basking Ridge, Bernardsville and the Somerset Hills, NJ: What the State Record Says
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Looking for a Plumber in the Somerset Hills? 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 the Somerset Hills, 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 the Somerset Hills. 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 Basking Ridge, Bernardsville and the Somerset Hills, 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 five municipalities: Bernardsville, Bernards Township (Basking Ridge, Liberty Corner and Lyons), Far Hills, Bedminster and Peapack-Gladstone.

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 longest-established plumbing businesses in these towns have no website at all. Every qualifying company is listed, and the column reports what each one publishes and what the state record returns.

Twelve companies meet the test. They are listed alphabetically. Some are shops in these towns; some are larger operations half an hour away that name these towns on their own service pages. The table says which is which.

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 Bernardsville, Bernards Township (Basking Ridge, Liberty Corner and Lyons), Far Hills, Bedminster and Peapack-Gladstone. 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 the Somerset Hills

Listed alphabetically. Verified September 2026.

Company Town Master plumber of record New Jersey license, checked September 2026 Emergency service, as published Known for
Arrow Sewer and Drain Basking Ridge Not published Master Plumber · 36BI01352100 · active “24/7 emergency response” Sewer line repair, hydro jetting, trenchless work
Aumenta Plumbing & Heating Mendham Carmine P. Aumenta Not published Emergencies answered during business hours; Mon–Fri 7:00am–7:00pm, closed weekends Residential plumbing, heating, water heaters
Curcio Plumbing, Heating & Cooling Basking Ridge Vince Curcio Master Plumber · 36BI00890000 · active “Weekend Emergency Service Available”; Mon–Fri 7:30am–4:00pm Water heaters, drain work, plumbing and heating repair
D&R Plumbing & Heating Bernardsville Not found by us Not found by us Not published Residential plumbing and heating
E J Fagan Inc Peapack-Gladstone Not found by us Not found by us Not published Residential plumbing
Gen Russo Plumbing & Heating Peapack-Gladstone Not found by us Not found by us Not published Residential plumbing and heating
Good Tidings Plumbing Heating Cooling Clark David T McKenna Master Plumber · 36BI00863700 · active Not published Plumbing, heating and cooling across central New Jersey
Princeton Air Conditioning Princeton Junction Michael A Burt Master Plumber · 36BI00838900 · active Not published Plumbing, heating, cooling and generators
Russo Bros. & Co. East Hanover Matthew C Russo Master Plumber · 36BI01016300 · active “Get fast 24/7 emergency service” Plumbing, heating and cooling; operating since 1954
Thomas Finn Inc Bedminster Not found by us Not found by us Not published Water softeners, valve replacement, residential repair
Thomas Plumbing & Heating Basking Ridge Not found by us Not found by us Not published Residential repair and water heater installation
Vanguard Service NJ Scotch Plains Not published Master Plumber · 36BI01334400 · active “We answer the phone 24/7” · “Available 24/7, including holidays” Plumbing and HVAC; states it uses no subcontractors

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

The Companies

Arrow Sewer and Drain

Arrow Sewer and Drain works from a Basking Ridge office and names Bernardsville, Basking Ridge, Bernards Township, Far Hills and Peapack-Gladstone among the towns it serves. Its published work runs well beyond drains: sewer line repair and replacement, hydro jetting, trenchless repairs, water line repair, leak detection, sump pumps, basement waterproofing, water heater and boiler repair, and residential and commercial plumbing. The company publishes a master plumber license number, NJMPL 36BI01352100, in the full state format; the state record returns that license as an active Master Plumber license. Arrow does not name the holder on its site. It advertises 24/7 emergency response.

Aumenta Plumbing & Heating

Aumenta Plumbing & Heating is based in Mendham and names Bernardsville, Basking Ridge and Far Hills among the towns it covers with no additional travel charge. The company names Carmine P. Aumenta as its founder. Its published hours are Monday to Friday, 7:00am to 7:00pm, closed weekends, and it states that it responds to emergency plumbing issues during those hours — which is a more specific answer than most companies in this category give. No license number appears on its website.

Curcio Plumbing, Heating & Cooling

Curcio Plumbing, Heating & Cooling is at 524 Lyons Road in Basking Ridge and serves Bernards Township and Basking Ridge. It publishes both of its licenses on its own site — NJ Plumbing Lic. #8900 and HVAC License #1676 — and the plumbing number resolves in the state record to Vincent J Curcio III, active, at a Basking Ridge address. The company’s regular hours are Monday to Friday, 7:30am to 4:00pm, with weekend emergency service available. Its published work covers water heaters, drain snaking and emergency repair.

D&R Plumbing & Heating

D&R Plumbing & Heating holds a New Jersey home improvement registration at a Bernardsville address. The company has no working website; its domain does not resolve. Nothing is published about who holds its license, and no state record has been matched to it. Its listing details are on this page because it works in these towns, not because of what it publishes.

E J Fagan Inc

E J Fagan Inc is a family-run plumbing shop in Peapack-Gladstone. The company has no website. Nothing is published about who holds its license, and no state record has been matched to it.

Gen Russo Plumbing & Heating

Gen Russo Plumbing & Heating has operated out of Peapack for more than half a century and holds a New Jersey home improvement registration at a Peapack address. It is not related to Russo Bros. & Co. of East Hanover, which appears separately on this page. The company has no website. Nothing is published about who holds its license, and no state record has been matched to it.

Good Tidings Plumbing Heating Cooling

Good Tidings Plumbing Heating Cooling works from 1225 Westfield Avenue in Clark and lists Basking Ridge, Bedminster, Bernardsville, Bernards Township, Far Hills, Gladstone and Liberty Corner among more than a hundred towns in its service area. It publishes PL#36BI00863700 and HVACR #19HC00550000 on its own site; the plumbing number resolves in the state record to David T McKenna, active, at a Clark address. The company also lists a Basking Ridge suite address; its stated base of operations is Clark.

Princeton Air Conditioning

Princeton Air Conditioning is at 39 Everett Drive in Princeton Junction and has operated since 1971. It publishes four separate credentials on its own site, including plumbing license “M Burt #8389”, which resolves in the state record to Michael A Burt, active, at a Princeton Junction address. Its published work covers plumbing, heating, cooling and standby generators.

Russo Bros. & Co.

Russo Bros. & Co. is at 27 Eagle Rock Avenue in East Hanover and names Basking Ridge, Bedminster and Bernardsville among the towns it serves across six counties. The company publishes Plumbing #10163 and HVAC #19HC00232900 on its own site; the plumbing number resolves in the state record to Matthew C Russo, active, at an East Hanover address. It advertises 24/7 emergency service and online scheduling, and describes itself as operating since 1954.

Thomas Finn Inc

Thomas Finn Inc works from Lamington Road in Bedminster. The company has no website. Its published work covers water softeners, valve replacement and residential repair. Nothing is published about who holds its license, and no state record has been matched to it.

Thomas Plumbing & Heating

Thomas Plumbing & Heating is registered at a Basking Ridge address and holds a New Jersey home improvement registration there. The company has no website. Its published work covers general repair and hot water heater installation. Nothing is published about who holds its plumbing license, and no state record has been matched to it.

Vanguard Service NJ

Vanguard Service NJ is based in Scotch Plains and names all five of this guide’s municipalities — Bedminster, Bernards, Bernardsville, Far Hills and Peapack and Gladstone — on its Somerset County service page. It publishes NJ Master Plumber License: NJMPL 13344, NJ HVACR License 19HC00609600 and NJ Home Improvement License 13VH11638700; the plumbing number returns an active Master Plumber license in the state record. Vanguard does not name the holder on its site. The company advertises that it answers the phone 24/7 including holidays, and states plainly that “every job is performed by our own licensed technicians. No subcontractors.”

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.

Who inspects plumbing work in these towns?
Each municipality has its own construction office with a plumbing subcode official, and permits and inspections are handled locally rather than by the state. The offices covering this guide’s towns are listed below.

If a company is not in this guide, does that mean it is not licensed?
No. This guide lists companies that work in these five municipalities and say so themselves. A company can be perfectly well licensed and simply not appear here. The guide does not publish anything about the standing of a business that is not on it, and a blank in the table is a statement about a website or about our search, never about a company.

Who Governs Plumbing Work in the Somerset Hills, 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. Each town below runs its own construction office.

Municipality Construction permit office Phone Construction Official Hours, as published
Bedminster Township Construction & Code Enforcement, One Miller Lane (908) 212-7000 Vincent Tamburri 8:00am–4:00pm, Monday to Friday
Bernards Township Construction Code Division, 277 South Maple Avenue, Basking Ridge (908) 204-3172 Dennis Bettler Mon–Fri 7:00am–3:00pm; applications received before 3:00pm
Bernardsville Borough Construction, 1 Anderson Hill Rd., Suite 103 908-766-3000 Jeffrey Heiss Mon–Fri 8:30am–4:30pm
Far Hills Borough Construction Department 908.234.0611 ext. 11 Stephen Mahoney By appointment
Peapack-Gladstone Borough Construction, 1 School Street (908) 234-2250 x151 Frank LaGuarina Mon–Thu 8:00am–4:30pm; Fri 8:00am–1:00pm

Offices read September 4, 2026.

Three of the five towns publish a plumbing subcode official by name: Mike Costa in Bernards Township and Brady Driscoll in both Bernardsville and Peapack-Gladstone. Far Hills and Bedminster name a construction official but no plumbing subcode official on their pages. Far Hills states on its own page that a zoning permit must be obtained before a construction permit application is submitted, and its office works by appointment rather than posted hours. Peapack-Gladstone’s construction official keeps separate appointment hours on Tuesday and Thursday afternoons. Bernardsville publishes an email address, permits@bernardsville.gov, for permit questions.

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 township published, with the date we checked it, and we link to the page it came from — confirm with the construction office before you rely on it.

More Garden State Circle Guides

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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 Bernardsville, Bernards Township, Far Hills, Bedminster or Peapack-Gladstone, and you say so on your own website or hold a state registration at an address in one of those towns.

Something out of date?

This guide is maintained. If anything here is wrong or has changed — a license, a service area, or whether they still do that trade — tell us and we will check it. Businesses listed here are welcome to write in directly.

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