Jerry Daley & Sons Plumbing & Heating, Inc.

Fifty-four years in North Chelmsford, and the thing customers still write about is the number at the bottom of the quote. In a 2023 Google review a homeowner said Jerry Daley & Sons beat the other bids substantially, then spent the rest of the review on something else: that a family shop turned up rather than a rotating technician from an outfit that had just been acquired. A 2021 reviewer put it more plainly — reasonable prices, would use them again. A Lowell-area Reddit commenter said much the same in February 2026, recommending them as very reasonable after they serviced an air conditioner and replaced a water heater. That pairing is a fair picture of the work: heating and cooling is as much their trade as pipes, with Procore filing them under HVAC and plumbing and the Better Business Bureau under heating contractors. The written history is thin for a business this old. Three reviews spread from 2021 to 2024 sit beneath a 4.5 Google average drawn from 22 ratings, so more people have rated them than have written anything down. The most detailed of the three, from 2024, is a small stumble handled well — a scheduling mix-up meant the customer was not told a technician was coming, and the company cleared it up to their complete satisfaction. Against that sits one post on a plumbing forum from someone who would not recommend the company based on their own experience. The credentials are straightforward. Its Massachusetts plumbing license is active, held on the state registry by Gerald J Daley, and the BBB page carries an A+ rating, though the business is not BBB accredited. Houzz also prints a license number for the company — that page's own listing rather than a confirmation — and files it under kitchen and bath remodelers, which is the directory's category choice: the services underneath it are bathroom and kitchen plumbing, shower and bathtub installation. A sensible call if you want a long-established local shop and a price that undercuts the bigger names. Because so little has been written recently, get the scope and the number in writing, confirm the appointment window before the day, and ask who will actually be at the door.