Joseph R Blood

Fourteen permitted projects, and not one customer review anywhere — J R Blood HVAC & Ref is the kind of shop whose track record lives at town hall rather than on a review site. Joseph Blood runs it from 400 Humphrey St in Swampscott, and BBB puts the business at 16 years old, started in 2010, with four employees. What those permits describe is squarely mechanical work: sheet-metal ductwork, gas furnaces, air conditioning and ductless heat-pump installs, filed in Marblehead, Beverly, Danvers, Peabody and Quincy between 2012 and 2023. Its Massachusetts sheet metal licence is active. BBB has accredited the company since January 2013 and grades it A+. What's absent is the homeowner's voice. Neither BBB nor BuildZoom carries a single customer review, so there is nothing here about how the crew communicates, holds a schedule, or prices a job — which is why no rating is published for them. Worth a call if you want ducted heat or a heat-pump conversion from a licensed sheet-metal shop that has been pulling permits in North Shore towns for over a decade. Ask for a few recent local references, since what exists in writing is permits and badges rather than customer experiences.