Absolute Precision Plumbing, Heating & Cooling

Absolute Precision Plumbing, Heating & Cooling works out of Middleton, on the plumbing and heating calls for towns just north of Boston. Its Google page shows 4.9 stars across 511 ratings, built up since 2021 across five different review sources — a record with real depth behind it, not a handful of five-star drive-bys. Its Massachusetts plumbing license, 3304-PL-C, is verified active, and it carries an A+ rating as a BBB-accredited business. In the last six months, 29 new Google reviews landed and not one was negative. The same two names keep showing up: Bryan and Brad. Bryan fixed a leaking pipe on a heating zone the same day he was called, then walked through the rest of the system for anything else that might need attention. He also replaced a hydronic boiler and hot water tank on a scheduled install, and handled a bathroom sink leak the day after it was reported, cleaning up completely once the faucet, drain, and valves were in. Brad's calls run more toward HVAC — descaling a tankless water heater and adding a float switch during an AC tune-up, or checking a heat pump that turned out not to need the repair the homeowner assumed it did. One reviewer called the pricing a bit higher than what they'd paid other companies before, but felt the work justified it. There isn't much else to flag going into a call. The recent stretch is close to spotless, and the usual complaints for a shop this size — missed appointments, unreturned calls, rushed cleanup — don't show up in this window. The one thing worth asking about upfront is cost, since at least one recent customer found it ran higher than expected. This is a fit for both the one-off plumbing emergency — a leak, a dead water heater, a stuck valve — and for standing HVAC maintenance, given how often the same technicians turn up for annual boiler and AC service calls. Get a written estimate before the job starts, especially given the pricing comment above.