New Brunswick is the county seat, a compact city on the Raritan built around Rutgers University and two major hospital campuses, with dense older housing, student rentals and downtown apartment buildings in between. Property here is worked hard — high occupancy, shared systems, and buildings that were divided into units long ago. We handle our own wiring on installs, which keeps a multi-trade job on one schedule.
Heights Plumbing, Heating & Cooling is a family-owned, licensed and insured plumbing and HVAC company serving the city of New Brunswick in Middlesex County, New Jersey. ZIP 08901. We offer same-day service, on-time arrival and upfront No Worries Pricing on every job, and we handle residential and commercial work.
What We See in New Brunswick Homes & Buildings
- Much of the housing near the campuses is older single-family stock converted into multi-unit rentals, where one boiler and one water heater serve more people than the original design ever assumed.
- Turnover in rental properties concentrates work into short windows between leases, so we plan replacements and repipes around the calendar landlords actually have.
- Downtown buildings mix retail on the ground floor with apartments above, which means shared stacks, grease-loaded kitchen drains and access coordination with more than one tenant.
Popular Services in New Brunswick, NJ
These are the services New Brunswick customers call us for most, based on the local housing and building stock.
Plumbing Services in New Brunswick
Our licensed plumbers handle water heaters, drain cleaning, sewer line repair, leak detection, gas lines, repiping and fixture work for New Brunswick homes. See all plumbing services.
Air Conditioning Services in New Brunswick
AC repair, maintenance, replacement and ductless mini splits for New Brunswick homes, sized with real heat gain calculations by our mechanical engineer. See all air conditioning services.
Heating Services in New Brunswick
Furnace, boiler and heat pump repair, maintenance and installation, including the steam and hot-water systems common in older Middlesex County homes. See all heating services.
Commercial Plumbing & HVAC in New Brunswick
The city's commercial base is unusually institutional — hospitals and medical offices, university buildings, downtown restaurants and theaters, and the offices and apartment buildings around them. Our commercial division handles rooftop units, commercial boilers, walk-in coolers and commercial plumbing, with an electrical engineer on staff for the wiring. See all commercial services.
New Brunswick Plumbing & HVAC FAQs
Do you work with landlords and property managers here?
Regularly. We can coordinate access with a super or a tenant, give the owner the diagnosis in writing, and quote the work up front so there is no argument about the invoice afterward.
One water heater is supposed to serve several units and never keeps up. What are the options?
Usually a higher-recovery unit, a second unit, or an indirect tank off the building boiler — the right answer depends on the gas supply, venting and how the units are metered. We measure the actual demand before quoting.
A restaurant kitchen drain backs up every few months. Is jetting the answer?
It usually is, paired with a camera inspection. Cabling punches a hole through grease; hydro-jetting scours the pipe wall so the line stays open longer, and the camera shows whether the pipe itself is failing.
Nearby Service Areas
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