Hughes Sheet Metal Inc

Hughes Sheet Metal is a Fall River sheet-metal and HVAC contractor with deep roots in the city -- the company's own site traces it back to 1892, founded by James T. Hughes to serve local mills and textile factories, and now run by owner and president John Hughes as a family business spanning several generations. Its Massachusetts sheet-metal/HVAC contractor license is active and verified with the state. The clearest documented example of its work is older: a 2015 industry article about ductwork manufacturer Lindab named Hughes as the installer of a flat-oval duct system in a historic building renovation. BuildZoom's permit records show a broader, more recent picture -- 13 completed jobs, including a roughly $1.06 million institutional ductwork project in Taunton in 2025 and commercial and residential ductwork in Hingham, Milton and Newton. One quirk in the paperwork: the Better Business Bureau's own file gives two different founding dates for the company, one around 1893 and another, separately, 1983 -- worth asking the company directly which is right, if it matters to you. For sheet-metal and ductwork work in the Fall River area, Hughes' licensing and its documented permit history -- spanning both older historic-building work and recent large commercial jobs -- are what this record has to go on.