Rhino Rooter
Plumbing in Belmont, MA · ★ 4.7 Google rating
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- Address
- 11 Cushing Ave, Belmont, MA 02478
- Phone
- (617) 360-1553
- Website
- https://therhinorooter.com ↗
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About Rhino Rooter
Rhino Rooter is a Plumbing contractor based in Belmont, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, at 11 Cushing Ave, Belmont, MA 02478. It has a Google rating of 4.7 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 Belmont, Rhino Rooter is within a short drive of Watertown (1 mi), Arlington (3 mi), Cambridge (3 mi), Waltham (4 mi), Somerville (4 mi) and Newton (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 Belmont
Massachusetts requires a licensed plumber and a plumbing permit for water-heater replacement, repiping, drain and sewer work, and rough-ins. In Belmont those run through the town's Office of Community Development / building inspection. Gas work — a gas water heater or a tankless line — needs a separate gas-fitting permit from a licensed gas fitter. Belmont's many gut-renovations bundle plumbing into a larger building permit, and tearing into pre-war walls often surfaces lead and old cast-iron that adds inspection steps; reputable plumbers file and schedule everything.
Belmont sits in the affluent inner Boston metro, so plumbing pricing runs high for Massachusetts. A standard tank water-heater replacement typically runs $2,100 to $3,600; a tankless conversion $4,800 to $8,000; and a heat-pump water heater $2,800 to $5,000 installed — though without a Mass Save electric rebate here, weigh that against any Belmont Light incentive. Whole-house repiping out of galvanized or lead, cast-iron stack replacement, and high-end kitchen and bath rough-ins drive the top of the range.
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 Belmont page.
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