The Essex County crew for emergency plumbing & HVAC, since 2008
Same-day plumbing and HVAC service across Essex County, NJ. NJ-licensed master plumbers, NATE-certified HVAC technicians, EPA 608/609 refrigerant certified, Rheem Pro Partner. Real master plumber answers your call — no call centers, no subcontractors. Average response time 30 min.
Why we're fast in Essex County
Newark hub
Trucks staged daily at our newark hub. Essex County calls go to the closest available tech, not a remote dispatcher.
5 trucks for Essex
Dedicated rolling stock for Essex County coverage. Each truck carries 90% of common replacement parts — most jobs done first visit.
30 min avg response
Average time from your call to truck on driveway across all Essex County calls in the last 90 days.
Tier 1 (Priority)
Priority dispatch routing. Emergencies cut the line. Same-day for repairs, 24/7 for true emergencies.
Local knowledge, local presence
Essex County runs from the Newark waterfront to the Watchung hills. Old urban triple-deckers in Newark, Victorian-era homes in Montclair and Maplewood, mid-century split-levels in Cedar Grove. We're licensed, insured, and dispatched from a Newark hub that handles Essex calls within 30 minutes on average.
Issues we see weekly here
Essex County's housing stock has its own quirks. After 17 years of working in these towns, we recognize problems before the homeowner has to explain them.
Galvanized pipe corrosion
Pre-1960 homes in Newark, East Orange, and Belleville often have galvanized supply lines. Slow flow, rusty water, and pinhole leaks are the symptoms — we re-pipe in copper or PEX.
Victorian-era radiator systems
Montclair and Maplewood Victorians have ornate cast-iron radiators worth keeping. We service the boiler and circulators without replacing the radiators.
Combo system retrofits
Many Essex homes are converting from boiler + tank water heater to combi-boiler systems. We size, install, and tune them for both heat and DHW.
Older AC ductwork
Original 1960s ductwork in Caldwell and West Orange splits is leaky and undersized. We test, seal, and recommend appropriate AC sizing.
I had three other companies tell me I needed a new boiler. Rescue's tech found it was a $400 zone valve. Saved me $9,000.
Every town we serve
12 Essex County municipalities, all covered. Tap any town for local dispatch info.
What we do here
All services available in every Essex County town. Click into any service to see what's covered, flat-rate pricing, and current specials.
Need a plumber in Essex County?
24/7 dispatch across all 12 towns. Master plumbers, NATE-certified HVAC, Rheem Pro Partner. Real human answers.
Caldwell basement after a March storm
A real call we ran in Caldwell — what same-day flood response actually looks like and why a battery backup matters more than a bigger primary pump.
2 inches of standing water · finished basement
Heavy March rainstorm hit Caldwell hard. Customer's primary sump pump — a 12-year-old Zoeller — had been running fine until the float switch finally seized. By the time they noticed, two inches of water were spreading across the finished basement carpet. Bigger problem hiding in plain sight: Caldwell loses power 2-3 times every winter and they had no battery backup. Two failure modes, not one.
The fix — primary + battery backup
Bailed standing water out with a portable pump first to get the area workable. Replaced the failed primary with a Zoeller M53 cast-iron submersible (7-year warranty, made in Pennsylvania, built for the kind of grit and groundwater you get in NJ basements). Added a battery-backup pump on a separate basin port — runs off a marine deep-cycle battery, kicks in automatically when the AC primary stops. Re-piped the discharge with proper check valves and an air-gap to prevent freeze-back.
3 hours on-site · maintenance club added
Total time on-site: 3 hours. Customer signed up for our maintenance club afterward, so we'll inspect both pumps every spring and fall — that's when float switches usually start to seize, and we catch them before the next storm. Total invested in the dual-pump system: under $1,800 installed, including the battery, charger, and re-piping.
We serve all of Northern New Jersey
From Haledon HQ, our 24 trucks cover 47 towns across five counties. Tap your town for service-area-specific dispatch info.