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Est. 1984
Collingswood · NJ

Pipe. Pressure. Pressure- tested.

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Plumber's hands tightening a brass fitting on a copper pipe under a sink

Forty years of pipe, pressure, and pressure-tested work. Carl D'Angelo has been the name on the truck in Collingswood since 1984 — furnaces, air conditioning, drains, and the 3 a.m. phone call.

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40 yrs in the trade
6,200+ service calls
Licensed · Insured · NJ

01 — The beginning

A one-man truck, a Collingswood garage, 1984.

Carl D'Angelo started with a secondhand van, a pipe wrench his father brought back from the Navy yard, and a single line in the local paper. Forty years later the truck is newer but the rule is the same: show up on the day you said you would, charge what you quoted, and don't leave a job until the water runs clean.

Most of our customers in Collingswood, Haddon Township, and Oaklyn have been with us for two generations. We still write the same kind of receipt — by hand, with the part numbers, on the kitchen counter.

Vintage photograph of a plumber's van parked on a residential street in Collingswood

02 — The work

Plumbing and HVAC, done the long way.

We install and repair furnaces, central air, boilers, tankless water heaters, and every fixture behind the wall. We re-pipe the old galvanized lines that the row houses on Lehigh Avenue were built with. We size the AC to the room, not to the commission.

HVAC is half mechanical, half detective work. A cold bedroom in January is rarely just the furnace. We find the real cause, write it down, and show you the part before we replace it.

HVAC technician inspecting a residential furnace and air handler unit with a manifold gauge set

03 — The promise

The 3 a.m. phone call is the whole job.

A burst pipe doesn't wait for business hours. Our emergency line is answered by a real person — usually Carl — not a call center. We can talk most homeowners through shutting off the main before we even get in the truck.

If we can't fix it tonight, we make it safe tonight. The repair comes back in the morning with the parts, the labor, and the warranty in writing.

Plumber working under a sink illuminated by a work light at night

04 — Services & Indicative Pricing

What we charge, before we walk in.

Most plumbers won't put a number on their site. We do. These are real indicative prices for typical work in the Collingswood area — what most jobs actually cost before we see the wall. Final quotes are always in writing, before any work starts. No surprise line items.

Furnace Installation

High-efficiency gas furnace, 80k BTU, standard residential swap, new flue and thermostat included. Brands we trust: Bryant, Rheem, Trane.

$3,400installed, typical

Central AC Install

2.5-ton condenser and air handler, matched coil, line set up to 30 ft, new disconnect and condensate pump. Sized to your square footage.

$4,200installed, typical

Tankless Water Heater

Gas tankless conversion, indoor unit, new gas line upgrade, venting, and recirculation pump. Endless hot water, lower gas bill.

$2,900installed, typical

Furnace / AC Repair

Diagnostic visit, parts, and labor for common failures — igniter, blower capacitor, contactor, condensate clog. Most repairs done same visit.

$285diagnostic + typical repair

Drain Cleaning

Main sewer line or branch line, machine-snaked from cleanout. Includes camera inspection on lines over 25 ft. Tree roots flagged and quoted separately.

$240per line, typical

Emergency Service Call

After-hours, weekend, and holiday dispatch. Real person on the phone, truck rolled within the hour for most of Collingswood and Camden County.

$195after-hours trip fee

Whole-Home Re-pipe

Replace failing galvanized or polybutylene with PEX-A, two baths, kitchen, laundry. One-day turnaround in most Collingswood row homes.

$3,800typical 1.5-bath home

Annual HVAC Tune-Up

Spring and fall maintenance visit. Furnace clean-and-check, AC coil cleaning, refrigerant top-off, filter change. Keeps the warranty valid.

$165per system, per visit

24/7 emergency line · Collingswood, NJ Burst pipe, no heat in January, AC out in August — call us first.

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05 — Why Carl D'Angelo

Numbers that mean something in Collingswood.

40yrs

In the trade

Same name on the truck since 1984. Same town. Same phone number, mostly.

6.2k+

Service calls

From burst pipes in February to dead furnaces on Christmas Eve. Counted, not rounded.

22min

Avg. emergency response

Truck-roll time within Collingswood borough. Most of Camden County under 40.

100%

Quotes in writing

Every job, every time. You sign the price before we pick up a wrench. No exceptions.

We're not the cheapest in South Jersey, and we won't pretend to be. The cheapest plumber is the one you call twice. We do the job once, with parts that aren't going to fail in three winters, and we stand behind the work with a written warranty that names the part, the labor, and the year.

Carl still walks every install himself. The truck is still stocked the night before. The receipts are still hand-written on the counter. That's not nostalgia — it's how you keep a small trade honest for forty years. When you call, you get the owner, not a dispatch script.

06 — How a call works

From phone call to running water.

01 You call, a human answers Day or night. Carl or a trained dispatcher — never a call center. We log the symptom and the address. 2 min
02 We triage over the phone If you can shut off the main, we walk you through it. If it's a Sunday in January, we roll the truck. 5 min
03 Truck rolls from Collingswood Most of the borough is under 25 minutes. We text you when we're ten minutes out — no sitting around all day. ~22 min
04 Diagnose, show you the part We find the real cause, not the easy one. We show you the failed part before we quote the fix. 15–40 min
05 Written quote, then the work You sign the price. We do the work. We clean up the floor. We leave the part numbers with you. varies
06 Warranty, in writing Parts and labor, named on the receipt. If it fails in the warranty window, we come back — no charge, no argument. 1–10 yrs

Call the truck directly.

We don't hide behind a contact form. If your basement is filling with water right now, call. If you want to talk through a furnace replacement before winter, call. We answer the phone ourselves, in Collingswood, on the day you call.

Service area: Collingswood, Haddon Township, Oaklyn, Audubon, and nearby Camden County, NJ
Hours: Mon–Fri 7a–6p · Sat 8a–2p · Emergency 24/7
Licenses: NJ Master Plumber · HVAC · Fully insured
Estimates: Free in-home estimates within Collingswood borough