James McManus Plumbing and Heating

James McManus Plumbing and Heating works out of West Roxbury, handling the plumbing and heating calls a rowhouse city keeps generating — boiler feeds, backflow preventers, kitchen sinks, gas hookups. Municipal permits filed under James K. McManus run from 2007 to 2017, spanning Jamaica Plain, Roslindale, Hyde Park, West Roxbury, Newton, Newtonville, Weston and Hingham. A 2022 Google review described a boiler that wouldn't fire all winter fixed in about 15 minutes, with clear updates on when James would arrive. On Reddit in 2025, another homeowner recommended the company for a bathroom renovation, saying the quote came in more reasonable than the competition and calling the job a pleasure to work through. Google's overall average sits at 4.3 stars, though from only a handful of ratings. The public record here is thin — one detailed review and one Reddit recommendation are what's on file, so there isn't much to weigh the business against beyond those two accounts. BuildZoom lists ten projects under his name but carries no customer reviews of its own. Worth a call for boiler trouble or plumbing work around West Roxbury and the surrounding towns; given how little feedback is public, ask for a couple of recent references before committing to something bigger like a bathroom renovation.