At a glance
- Licensed master plumber in Massachusetts
- In the trade since high school, with an apprenticeship that started in 2015
- Lives and works in Templeton, serving Gardner and nearby Central Mass towns
- On every job myself, with no subcontractors
- Fully insured
Why My Name Is on It
I spent years working for other companies, some of them big. The trucks have logos on the side, and the people in them clock in and clock out. It's not their name. If the job's finished and it isn't leaking, that's the end of it. It might not be done right, but it's not leaking.
I wanted a business where that can't happen. When you call me, you get me and only me. The person who answers the phone is the one who shows up, does the work, and has to live with how it turned out.
It also means I get to do things my way. I'll spend way too long getting a pipe perfectly straight. It won't change how it works, but you're paying for a finished product, and it should look like somebody cared. If you come downstairs and say "wow, that looks good," that makes my day.
"It's not easy to find someone who is professional, knowledgeable, reliable, clean, and actually takes pride in their work. Adam checked every box for us."
Where the Experience Comes From
My family are all machinists. I picked plumbing because it was never going to run out of work, and because pipes made a lot more sense to me than a panel full of wires.
I chose it my freshman year at Assabet Valley in Marlborough and was working in the trade by junior year. I graduated on a Saturday and started work on Monday. Since then, I've:
- New construction, including large custom homes
- Commercial work for the government
- Residential service calls
That range pays off in your basement. Most of the houses I work in now have had other plumbers in them first, and I notice the little things they skipped. That's usually where the next problem starts.
What "Licensed Master Plumber" Means in Massachusetts
Massachusetts doesn't hand these out. When I went through it, it took a five-year apprenticeship under a licensed plumber: 8,500 hours on the job, plus 550 hours in the classroom. Then you test for your journeyman license. To run your own company, you need a master license, which meant another year and another exam.
I hold both. I'm not licensed for oil; that goes to an oil company.
You can look up any of my licenses with the state:
- Master Plumber: #17100-PL-M
- Journeyman Plumber: #34634-PL-J
- Business License: #1310026598-PL-C
Look up my license with the Commonwealth →
How I Treat People and Their Homes
The calls I like best are the ones where somebody's in a bit of a panic. No hot water, a leak, a mess. I can come in, make it better, and walk them through what happens next, even when what happens next isn't plumbing.
One winter, before I went out on my own, I got called to a vacation home where the cleaners had walked into the kitchen and it was raining. Water was coming out of all the lights. We shut the water off and found the source upstairs: a heating pipe joint that had barely been soldered, which popped when the heat got turned down on a cold day. The kitchen had to be gutted. So I called the owner, got a restoration company lined up, and got things moving so the family could get back to normal.
A lot of my customers are older, and some can't bend down to shut off the water anymore. Some live alone after losing a husband or wife. Sometimes I spend more time talking than working, and I don't mind. I enjoy explaining how things work: what failed, why it failed, and what to keep an eye on, so you're not in the dark about your own house. I'm there to fix a toilet, but we're all human. It's the interactions too.
"Responsive and informative. Quality work. Willing to explain things."
Got Something Going On? Call the Guy Who'll Show Up
Call or text me and tell me what's happening. If I'm on a job, I'll text you back with a real time, and I'll be the one who shows up.