Grasseschi Plumbing and Heating, Inc.

Grasseschi Plumbing and Heating works out of 1299 Grafton Street in Worcester and is one of the older plumbing outfits in the city. The Better Business Bureau's file puts the business start at June 1969 and incorporation in 1981, counts 57 years in business, and lists Mrs. Michell M. Grasseschi as president alongside two vice presidents. The company tells the same story in its own words: it says it was started by John Grasseschi out of his basement with a few fellow tradesmen and has been family owned and operated for over 50 years, across three generations, with his son Jim and then Jim's wife Michell leading it in turn. One thing a homeowner should know before calling: the company's own contact page states it is no longer doing residential and service work, and describes its focus as large contract plumbing for commercial, educational, governmental and medical clients. Its public track record fits that — a Massachusetts legislative report from 2023 lists it as a WBE plumbing subcontractor with roughly $5.0M committed against $7.3M of work on a state project, and a 2007 Worcester newspaper item records a scholarship given in the company's name. Customer feedback is close to absent. The Better Business Bureau grades it A+ but publishes no reviews, and the only direct comment found anywhere is a short 2023 line on a directory-style page saying they show up when they say they will and get the job done. Against that, a US Department of Labor record describes a formal OSHA inspection opened in 1997 at a Mendon/Upton school job site that produced six citations and $4,000 in proposed penalties. This is a firm to approach as a commercial general or GC's subcontractor rather than as a homeowner's plumber. If you are a homeowner, confirm first that they will take residential work at all; if you are hiring for a contract job, ask for current licensing and insurance directly and for references on recent projects of your size.