Hinchey Brothers Plumbing Inc
Plumbing in Melrose, MA · ★ 4.0 Google rating
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- Address
- 534 Franklin St, Melrose, MA 02176
- Phone
- (781) 665-3919
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About Hinchey Brothers Plumbing Inc
Hinchey Brothers Plumbing Inc is a Plumbing contractor based in Melrose, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, at 534 Franklin St, Melrose, MA 02176. It has a Google rating of 4.0 out of 5. Its website is linked above. A listing here is not a license or insurance check, so verify both directly before hiring.
Service area
Based in Melrose, Hinchey Brothers Plumbing Inc is within a short drive of Stoneham (1 mi), Wakefield (2 mi), Malden (3 mi), Saugus (3 mi), Medford (4 mi) and Winchester (4 mi). Most Massachusetts plumbing contractors work a 25-mile radius, so homeowners in those towns can reasonably ask for a quote.
Hiring a Plumbing contractor in Melrose
Massachusetts requires a licensed plumber and a plumbing permit for water-heater replacement, repiping, drain and sewer work, and rough-ins. In Melrose those run through the city's Building Department and inspectional services. Gas work — a gas water heater or a tankless line — needs a separate gas-fitting permit from a licensed gas fitter. Melrose's older two-families can complicate jobs that touch shared cast-iron stacks, and tearing into Victorian-era walls often surfaces lead and old cast-iron; reputable plumbers file the permit and schedule the inspection.
Melrose sits in the inner Boston metro, so plumbing pricing runs on the higher side for Massachusetts. A standard tank water-heater replacement typically runs $2,000 to $3,400; a tankless conversion $4,500 to $7,500; and a heat-pump water heater $2,700 to $4,800 before the Mass Save rebate. Repiping out of lead or galvanized, cast-iron stack replacement, and shared-stack work in older two-families on tight lots are the main local cost drivers.
Massachusetts requires a written contract and a Home Improvement Contractor registration for most residential plumbing work; ask for the registration number and check it before paying a deposit.
More on permits, costs, rebates and common questions, plus every other plumbing contractor serving the town, on the Plumbing in Melrose page.
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