A public service of The Hunterdon Scoop · Hunterdon County, New Jersey
Well tanks, pressure systems, softeners, and septic lines: plumbing in this county is rural plumbing, and the franchises trained on town water and sewer lines are learning on your house. We checked the licenses and read the complaint records. Nobody paid to be here, and nobody can.
7 checked · 2 we'd call first
Whitehouse Station, Hunterdon County
A 73-year Whitehouse Station institution that completed its generational handoff in 2023, and the new generation's Master Plumber license checks out Active. One of the license holders has a well-driller background, which matters in a county where most houses run on wells. No complaint signals anywhere we looked.
Flemington, Hunterdon County
One man, one truck, Flemington, since 2001, license verified Active. Perfect Angi record. The honest caveat: solo capacity means he books up and bigger jobs may not fit. For a repair you want done right by the person you spoke to on the phone, this is that.
We pull credentials from the official registries ourselves and print the date next to every status — New Jersey licenses Master Plumbers individually (numbers starting 36BI); a plumbing business operates under its licensed master, and we pull those licenses directly. 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 | Master Plumber license # | Registry status | BBB | Reviews (as reported) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Robert Walker Plumbing & Heating Registered as Robert Walker Plumbing & Heating (license holder: Tyler J Lucas, Master Plumber) Repairs and service · Water heaters · Well tanks and pressure systems · Heating · Rural/well-system work | Whitehouse Station In county | 36BI01354800 | ✓ Active · 2026-07-14 | A+, accredited | 4.8 (Angi) |
| Richard Barboni Plumbing Registered as Richard J Barboni, Master Plumber Repairs and service · Water heaters · Fixtures | Flemington In county | 36BI01163100 | ✓ Active · 2026-07-14 | Not rated | 5.0 (Angi) |
| Richard E. Yard Plumbing & Heating Repairs and service · Trenchless sewer and water lines · Excavation (in-house backhoe) · Heating | Frenchtown In county | — | … Pending check | A+, accredited | 4.7 · 46 reviews (Birdeye) |
| Patriot Plumbing Services Well tanks · Water softeners, RO and UV systems · Septic piping · Repipes · General plumbing | Flemington In county | — | … Pending check | Not rated | 5.0 · 223 reviews (CustomerLobby) |
| Anew Solution Registered as Anew Solution (license holder: Walter C Kazar Jr, Master Plumber) Plumbing · HVAC · Electrical (multi-trade) | Flemington In county | 36BI01118900 | ✓ Active · 2026-07-14 | A+, accredited | |
| Anytime Plumbing Services Registered as Anytime Plumbing Services (license holder: Shabbir Moosa, Master Plumber) Repairs and service · Emergency plumbing | Asbury In county | 36BI01261400 | ✓ Active · 2026-07-14 | A+ | 5.0 (Angi) |
| Michael J. Messick Plumbing Repairs and service · Well and septic-adjacent plumbing · Emergency service | Lambertville In county | — | … Pending check | Not rated | 3.2 (Angi); 62 reviews (Yelp) |
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 ranges: tank water heater replaced $600 to $2,500 installed (average near $1,350); tankless $3,000 to $6,500; whole-house repipe typically $6,500 to $10,000 for a 1,500 square foot home (Angi/HomeAdvisor 2025-2026).
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Yes. New Jersey licenses Master Plumbers individually through a state board, and plumbing businesses operate under a licensed master's number (starting 36BI). Verify at newjersey.mylicense.com. Every verified license on this page shows the date we pulled it.
Nights and weekends legitimately cost more; the abuse is in how the meter runs. The billing practices worth asking about up front: dispatch fees, minimum hours, mandatory two-person crews, and travel time billed at the emergency rate. One documented local example of those practices is printed on the relevant profile on this page.
On well water, the honest answer starts with your water quality: hard or iron-heavy water scales tankless units and eats their efficiency without pretreatment. A shop that asks about your softener before quoting tankless is a shop that's done this here before.
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