Plumber Service Areas in Middlesex County, MA
Twenty Miles Out From Billerica, in Every Direction
Opus works out of North Billerica and covers roughly a 20-mile radius, which takes in most of northern Middlesex County, a stretch of the Merrimack Valley, and the north-western edge of Greater Boston. Fourteen towns sit inside it, and both plumbing services and heating services run across all of them. The flat written price is the same everywhere, whether you’re ten minutes away or at the far edge of the line.
- Permit, inspection, and haul-away included.
- Booties on, floors covered, every visit.
- Emergency help, around the clock.
How Far Is Twenty Miles From Billerica?
Further than it sounds in one direction and shorter in another, because the radius follows roads rather than a compass. North it reaches the New Hampshire line. West it runs out past Littleton and Groton. South it comes down through Concord and Lexington toward the edge of Greater Boston, and east it picks up Andover and the towns along Route 93.
North Billerica sits close enough to the middle of that shape that no town on this page is a long haul. That’s the practical reason the price doesn’t change from one to the next.
Towns We Cover
Older housing stock, so a plumber in Woburn spends more time on boilers and original supply lines than on anything new.
Rick named this one himself as preferred working ground. The homes are old and heavily on hot water heat, which makes a plumber in Winchester mostly a boiler plumber.
Homeowners here research a contractor properly before calling, so a plumber in Lexington gets asked about permits and licences more than anywhere else on the map.
Homes plus a dense run of small commercial along the Middlesex Turnpike, which means a plumber in Burlington works both sides in the same week.
Directly next door to Billerica and close to Hanscom, which is why a plumber in Bedford hands out the first responder and military discount more often than anywhere else.
Bordering both Billerica and Woburn makes a plumber in Wilmington about as central to the radius as it gets.
Another town Rick named as preferred, and a short run up Route 38 for a plumber in Tewksbury.
A big town with plenty of work
in it and plenty of plumbers
already working it, so a plumber
in Chelmsford earns the call
rather than inherits it.
Outer Towns
Historic housing running almost entirely on hot water heat, which makes a plumber in Concord a boiler plumber whether they planned on it or not.
Small and largely on well water, so a plumber in Carlisle talks about filtration and softening in a way the municipal towns never call for.
Small town, big houses, and very few plumbers working in it, which is most of why a plumber in Lincoln is worth having a number for.
The Nabnasset and Graniteville villages sit inside it, and enough of the town is on wells that a plumber in Westford asks about the water first.
The far western edge
of the radius and mostly on wells,
so a plumber in Groton arrives expecting hard water.
The one Essex County town on the list, just inside the eastern edge, and the only place a plumber in Andover is working outside Middlesex.
The House Changes From Town to Town
Fourteen town pages would be pointless if the work were identical in all of them. It isn’t, and these are the differences that change what we bring in the truck.
Well water versus town water
Carlisle and Groton are largely on wells, and Westford partly. That puts filtration, softening and sediment on the table in a way it simply isn't in Woburn or Burlington. Different question, different equipment.
How hard the water is
It varies more than people expect. Concord runs relatively soft. Other parts of the radius don't, and scale is what quietly shortens the life of a tank heater and throws codes on a tankless unit. We don't run the same water advice everywhere, because it isn't the same water.
What's in the basement
Winchester, Woburn and Concord are full of houses built decades before the equipment now heating them. Steam and hot water systems, sometimes original, usually undocumented. Newer subdivisions further out are a different job entirely.
Which town hall you're dealing with
Permits and inspections are local. Each town runs its own office, its own scheduling and its own inspector. Knowing how a particular one works is the difference between a job finishing on Thursday and finishing next week.
Where We Don't Go
The radius has an edge and it’s worth saying where.
Southern New Hampshire isn’t covered yet. Rick has a camp up there and is working on his New Hampshire license, and when it comes through those towns get added. Until then the answer is no, rather than a maybe that wastes your afternoon.
There’s also a limit that has nothing to do with distance. We work on the plumbing inside your building. Once a pipe passes the foundation and heads for the street, that’s a municipal drain layer’s license, issued town by town, and not one we hold. No sewer laterals, no water service lines, no trenching in the yard, in any of the fourteen towns.
Not Sure If You're Inside the Line?
- How far do you actually travel?
Roughly 20 miles from North Billerica, following the roads rather than a straight line. The fourteen towns above are the ones with enough of our work in them to earn a page, not a hard boundary.
- My town isn't on the list. Will you still come?
Ask. Plenty of places sit inside the radius without having a page here, and if you're near the edge we'd rather tell you honestly on the phone than take the booking and reschedule you later.
- Does it take longer to reach me if I'm at the far edge?
Some, on a normal day. Where it matters is a no-heat call in January when the schedule is already full, and we'll give you a realistic window on the phone rather than a number that sounds good and then slips.
- Do you cover Essex County?
Andover, yes. It falls inside the radius, so it gets the same service as anywhere else we work. Everywhere else in Essex is outside the line, and we'd tell you that on the phone rather than take the booking.
- Do you work in New Hampshire?
Not yet. Rick is going for his New Hampshire license and southern NH towns get added once it's granted. Anything we told you before that would be a licensing problem, not a driving one.
The No-Surprise Number
Most quotes start an hourly clock you can’t see, then add trip charges, permit fees and marked-up parts you only spot once the invoice is in your hand. We hand you one flat number in writing before a tool comes out of the truck. The permit, the inspection and hauling your old unit away are already inside it, never billed by the hour. That includes driving. A boiler in Groton is quoted the same as a boiler in Wilmington, and the time Rick spends waiting on a Chelmsford inspector is our cost of doing the job right rather than a line on your bill. If we open a wall and find something nobody could have known was there, we stop and requote before going further. The number you agreed to is the number you pay.
Our Customer Feedback
Rick Green did an awesome job with all of my plumbing needs during a total renovation. I needed everything in my home connected/redone in the kitchen and bathroom. He took care of the transition from bathtub to standing shower-it’s all …
July 2026
Ricky and the team at OPUS are fantastic! Super knowledgeable, punctual and all around great group of guys. Really grateful to have found them, I sleep easier now knowing I have a great plumbing team (you genuinely never know when you may …
August 2026
I highly recommend (Rick) he was on time fixed everything, was polite and answered all our questions and cleaned up everything when he was done! Thank you so much!
March 2026
April 2026
“Been using Opus for years on a variety of projects. Reliable, transparent and priced well. Rick does great quality work. Highly recommend for homeowners, investors and builders.”
May 2026
“Had a leak in my water heater tank. Ricky and team arrived very quickly, same day to assess the situation. I asked if we could avoid swapping out the water heater and just buy the parts needed to fix (I was being cheap!) – he did he absolute best (a few hours) trying to extract the old part and replace it with a new one. He tried far longer than any other plumber would have tried. After several hours of attempts we all came to the conclusion that it simply wasn’t coming out. I ran to Home Depot (it was Saturday) and grabbed a water heater. Ricky and team had it installed within 15 minutes and my new unit is working perfectly.
Very impressed with Ricky’s transparency and honesty. Most others wouldnt have given me the time of day…”
April 2026
I contacted Opus upon being referred to them by someone they also did great work for. They showed up on time and finished a heating system job for me with the utmost professionalism and quality. I would definitely recommend them to others!!
October 2025
Ricky was Fantastic!!!! Fast and accurate service!!! Highly recommend!!!
March 2026
I highly recommend (Rick) he was on time fixed everything, was polite and answered all our questions and cleaned up everything when he was done! Thank you so much!
March 2026
April 2026
Rick Green did an awesome job with all of my plumbing needs during a total renovation. I needed everything in my home connected/redone in the kitchen and bathroom. He took care of the transition from bathtub to standing shower-it’s all …
July 2026
Ricky and the team at OPUS are fantastic! Super knowledgeable, punctual and all around great group of guys. Really grateful to have found them, I sleep easier now knowing I have a great plumbing team (you genuinely never know when you may …
August 2026
“Had a leak in my water heater tank. Ricky and team arrived very quickly, same day to assess the situation. I asked if we could avoid swapping out the water heater and just buy the parts needed to fix (I was being cheap!) – he did he absolute best (a few hours) trying to extract the old part and replace it with a new one. He tried far longer than any other plumber would have tried. After several hours of attempts we all came to the conclusion that it simply wasn’t coming out. I ran to Home Depot (it was Saturday) and grabbed a water heater. Ricky and team had it installed within 15 minutes and my new unit is working perfectly.
Very impressed with Ricky’s transparency and honesty. Most others wouldnt have given me the time of day…”
April 2026
“Been using Opus for years on a variety of projects. Reliable, transparent and priced well. Rick does great quality work. Highly recommend for homeowners, investors and builders.”
May 2026
Ricky was Fantastic!!!! Fast and accurate service!!! Highly recommend!!!
March 2026
I contacted Opus upon being referred to them by someone they also did great work for. They showed up on time and finished a heating system job for me with the utmost professionalism and quality. I would definitely recommend them to others!!
October 2025
The Towns We Cover Across Middlesex County
Opus runs out of North Billerica and covers roughly a 20-mile radius, from the older neighborhoods of Woburn and Winchester to the affluent, boiler-heavy homes in Concord, Carlisle, and Lincoln. If your home is within about 20 miles, we most likely cover you.
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