Bst Plumbing & Heating Inc

BST Plumbing & Heating is Boris Stanik's shop at 18 Alden Rd in Swampscott, and its footprint is a permit trail rather than a review page: 309 permitted jobs on BuildZoom's records, twelve of them in the last three years, most of the work in Brookline and the Newton villages, and most of it small — the typical permit runs about $4,000. Residential plumbing, gas piping for two-families, irrigation meters. BuildZoom scores the company 100, putting it in the top 13% of Massachusetts licensed contractors. The thing to raise before hiring is the litigation. A United States District Court filing for the District of Massachusetts records a suit by Chubb National Insurance Company alleging BST was negligent in installing a pot filler and that the installation damaged a home in Chestnut Hill. That is the allegation as the court filing frames it, not a finding against them. The licence picture needs checking too. Every registration BuildZoom lists for the company is flagged "License Not Verified", two of them carry expiration dates that have already passed, and three City of Newton records — one plumbing contractor and two heater contractor — are listed as inactive and at one point cancelled. Worth a call if you want a plumber with a long permitted history in Brookline and Newton. Ask to see current licence and insurance certificates directly, and ask about the Chubb case.