A public service of The Hunterdon Scoop · Hunterdon County, New Jersey
Heating and cooling in a county full of old farmhouses, oil furnaces, and long power outages. We checked the licenses and read the complaint records so the 2am no-heat call goes to the right place. Nobody paid to be here, and nobody can.
6 checked · 1 we'd call first
Flemington, Hunterdon County
Route 31 in Flemington, owner Thomas Davis, running since 2014. The one HVAC license in the county we have verified straight through the state board, and a 5.0 across 300+ reviews. One pricing-confusion complaint in the record; no patterns. Best fit from Flemington down through Readington and Ringoes.
We pull credentials from the official registries ourselves and print the date next to every status — heating and cooling contractors hold a Master HVACR license from the state board, checked through the same state verification portal. Picks are editorial judgment on the checkable record: years in the trade, complaint patterns, review consistency, real presence in the county. No company paid to be listed, none can pay to become a pick, and when a pick has a weak spot we print it. Here are the full rules.
| Company & services | Based in | NJ HVACR license # | Registry status | BBB | Reviews (as reported) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Davis Heating & Cooling AC repair and replacement · Furnace repair and replacement · Heat pumps · Ductless mini-splits · Maintenance plans | Flemington In county | 19HC00853300 | ✓ Active · 2026-07-14 | A+ | 5.0 · 305 reviews (Birdeye); 501 reviews (ReviewBuzz) |
| Schaible's Plumbing & Heating Heating and cooling · Oil-to-gas conversions · Plumbing (dual-licensed) · Gas lines · Commercial (separate entity) | Hampton In county | — | … Pending check | A+, accredited | 4.8 · 551 reviews (Birdeye) |
| Exceptional Care Heating & Air Registered as Exceptional Care Heating & Air Conditioning Heating repair and replacement · AC repair and replacement · Maintenance | High Bridge In county | — | … Pending check | Not rated | 4.9 · 85 reviews (Birdeye) |
| Warren Heating & Cooling Heating and cooling · Oil-to-gas conversions | Milford In county | — | … Pending check | See note | 4.9 · 46 reviews (Angi) |
| Skylands Energy Service Fuel oil delivery · Heating and cooling service | Raritan | — | … Pending check | Not rated | 4.8 · 356 reviews (Birdeye); 3.7 (Angi) |
| Air2Cool Heating & Cooling Heating and cooling repair and installation | Wharton | — | … Pending check | Not rated | 5.0 · 270 reviews (Google) |
Registry status comes straight from the state's verification system on the date shown, and you can rerun any number there yourself in about two minutes. Review scores are what the named platforms report and we have not audited them. BBB grades as of July 2026. "Based in" is the registered address city, which sometimes differs from where a company says it operates. An active registration is the floor, not an endorsement; the picks we would actually call are above.
Sourced NJ ranges (2025-2026 guides): central AC replacement $5,200 to $12,000; furnace replacement $3,500 to $8,500 (oil systems at the top of that); full combined system roughly $9,000 to $18,000, plus $1,500 to $3,000 if duct or panel work is needed. Get the equipment model numbers on every quote.
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Yes. New Jersey licenses Master HVACR contractors through a state board, and the license number should appear on contracts and advertising. You can verify it at newjersey.mylicense.com. This is a real license with exam requirements, unlike the registration home improvement contractors carry.
It depends on whether gas runs down your road, and a lot of Hunterdon roads still don't have it. Where gas is available, conversions are this county's signature HVAC job because of the old oil-heated housing stock. Get quotes from a dual-licensed shop that can run the gas line and handle the tank question in one project.
It varies too much by house to give one honest number, but two things are reliably true here: NJ Clean Energy program incentives change the math year to year, and any quote should show you the equipment model numbers so you can compare like against like. Get three quotes and make them itemize.
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