Plumber in Woburn, MA
Old Houses, Hard Water and a Lot of Boilers
Opus works Woburn out of North Billerica, a short run down Route 38 through Wilmington. It’s one of the closest towns on our map and one of the busiest, because Woburn has been standing since the 1640s and a lot of what heats those houses is much newer than the houses themselves. Water heaters, boilers, drains, leaks and emergencies, all under a Massachusetts master plumber licence, with one flat price in writing before the work starts.
- Permit, inspection, and haul-away included.
- Booties on, floors covered, every visit.
- Emergency help, around the clock.
What We Get Called For in Woburn
Plumbing and Heating Services Across the City
Replacement and repair on gas and electric tanks. Water heater installation comes up more often in Woburn than almost anywhere we work, because the water here is hard enough to take years off a tank.
Hot water and steam. Boiler service and repair here usually means
keeping an original system running that other outfits would rather rip
out and replace.
Kitchen lines, floor drains and basement drains. Drain cleaning has to cut back to the pipe wall in old cast iron, because punching a hole through a blockage only buys a few months.
Toilets, faucets, disposals and outdoor spigots. Leak detection starts at your water meter, and in a town of original supply piping that reading tells us more than any stain does.
SUBMIT A FORM & REACH OUT
Woburn Houses Break in Woburn Ways
What the Local Housing Stock Does to Equipment.
Three things come up here more than they do in the newer towns further out.
Equipment older than it should be
Woburn was settled in 1642 and chartered as a city in 1888, and much of the residential stock went up long before the boilers and water heaters now sitting in those cellars. Systems get patched rather than documented, so nobody knows what’s actually down there until somebody looks.
Scale from hard water
It settles in the bottom of a tank heater and wears the anode rod out early, which is how a twelve-year-rated unit quits at seven. In a tankless unit it coats the heat exchanger and throws fault codes that get mistaken for a bad appliance.
Steam systems nobody will touch
One pipe and two pipe systems are still common in the older parts of the city, and a lot of local companies won’t service them. Opus will, which is most of why Woburn calls tend to be heating calls.
Neighborhoods We Cover
Woburn, 01801 and 01888
- North Woburn, Montvale, Central Square, Cummingsville, Walnut Hill and Woburn Highlands: The whole city, both ZIP codes, from the streets around Horn Pond to the commercial blocks near the Route 128 and I-93 interchange. If you're inside the city line, you're inside our area.
Emergency Plumber in Woburn
24 Hour and Same Day Calls
The phone is answered around the clock by a person, and Woburn’s closeness to the shop makes it one of the towns we reach quickest.
Call now for water you can’t stop, sewage backing up, or no heat in freezing weather. In Woburn the most common version is a tank letting go, so shut the cold supply valve on top of the water heater as well as your main. 24/7 emergency plumbing gets a person on the phone at three in the morning, not a machine taking a message until Monday.
It can wait if it’s a dripping faucet, one slow drain or a running toilet. Daytime is the cheaper version of the same repair, and we’ll say which list you’re on rather than take the night booking.
Permits Are Pulled at Woburn City Hall
Licensed Work, Inspected Locally
A water heater, a boiler or any gas work needs a permit pulled by a licensed plumber, and the city inspects it afterwards. We pull it, meet the inspector, and you end up holding the signed card. That waiting time is inside the quoted number rather than billed by the hour. An unpermitted install tends to surface during a sale or an insurance claim, long after the plumber has gone.
Nearby Towns
Where Else We Work
Directly south-west, where a plumber in Winchester works ninety-odd Victorians in the Wedgemere district alone, most still on the heat they were built with.
North-west, and three centuries newer in practice, so a plumber in Burlington meets postwar equipment where Woburn hands him originals.
Directly north up Route 38, the town we drive through to reach you, where a plumber in Wilmington fits more sump pumps than anywhere else we cover.
Woburn borders four of the fourteen towns in our service areas, which makes it one of the easiest places to reach from anywhere else we work.
Questions From Woburn Homeowners
Local Answers
Do you charge more to come to Woburn?
No. The flat written price is the same in every town we cover, and the driving is inside it rather than added as a trip charge. Woburn happens to be one of the closest towns to the shop anyway.
Why does my water heater keep failing early in Woburn?
Almost always scale. The water here is hard enough that sediment builds in the bottom of the tank and the anode rod wears out years ahead of schedule. Annual flushing changes that, and we’ll tell you honestly if a long-neglected tank is past the point where flushing is worth the risk.
Will you work on a steam boiler?
Yes, one pipe and two pipe both. Steam is common in older Woburn houses and a lot of companies decline it, which is one of the main reasons we get called into this city.
Do I need a permit for a water heater in Woburn?
Yes, and only a licensed plumber can pull it. The city inspects afterwards and you should end up with a signed card. Ours is priced into the quote rather than billed separately.
How fast can you get here?
Faster than most towns on our map, because Woburn is close. We won’t put a number on it, since it depends on what’s booked and what the weather is doing, but you’ll get a realistic window when you call.
The Clean House Promise
How We Leave a Woburn Home
Older houses mean older cellars, and the route to the boiler usually runs through the part of the house you’d rather nobody tracked through. Booties go on at the door, every visit, including the ten-minute ones. Drop cloths go down before anything comes apart, along the route as well as under the work. Your old boiler or water heater leaves in our truck rather than sitting on the curb. Before we pack up, the floor where we stood gets wiped. When we pull out, you should be able to tell what we fixed and nothing else.
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.
Tips for Keeping Your Water Hot and Your Basement Dry
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You think something’s leaking
Your boiler needs looking at
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