Ronald E. Marino

Twenty-two plumbing permits, a typical job worth about $2,500, and not one word from a customer. Ronald E. Marino works out of Dighton, and the permit trail is what a small-town plumber's looks like: water heaters, gas piping for a boiler and a stove, a kitchen sink, fixture sets for an office and for a gym. The jobs stay close to home — Dighton, North Dighton and Taunton — and about five of the twenty-two were pulled in the last three years. The licensing picture is the part to press on. BuildZoom carries a Massachusetts plumber registration and a master plumber registration under the number 15113, plus a sheet metal licence, and flags every one of them "License Not Verified". The expiry dates it last recorded run from May 2016 to May 2024, both already behind us. That is BuildZoom's entry rather than the state's word, so it settles nothing either way — but it does make the current status worth confirming. For a straightforward fixture swap or a gas test around Dighton, the permits say he does that work regularly and recently. Ask for his current master plumber number and check it against the state licensing board yourself, and ask neighbours who have used him, because nothing has been written down in public.