Local Plumbing & Heating

Local Plumbing & Heating works out of Arlington, covering Greater Boston and the North Shore for both plumbing and heating calls — water heaters, drain cleaning, faucet and fixture swaps, and heating-system repairs, by its own description. Reviewers name one person over and over: a plumber who shows up, explains the fix, and moves on. In the past six months alone, that's meant clearing a clog under a sink and a water main with a full rundown of what caused it, replacing a water heater and sump-pump piping in a single visit that passed both gas and plumbing inspection, and rerouting a heating loop under a floor to stop a leak without tearing up the concrete slab. One customer's water heater sprang a leak the morning of a holiday and had a replacement delivered and running by that afternoon; another reached out on a Sunday about a boiler that wouldn't shut off and got a same-day fix. That pattern isn't new — 56 reviews stretch back to 2022 across Google and Angi, and none in the last six months has been negative. Both platforms put the average at 5 stars, Google on 49 ratings and Angi on 9, and the company holds an active Massachusetts plumbing license and a listed spot in the Arlington Chamber of Commerce. One thing worth asking about directly: Angi's own listing says the business doesn't offer emergency service, yet the reviews above describe exactly that — holiday and weekend callouts for something broken right now. If your situation is urgent, confirm availability up front rather than assuming it. For routine plumbing and heating repairs — not full kitchen or bath remodels, which show up only in passing — this reads like a small, one-name operation with a long, clean run of reviews behind it. Worth a call for a leak, a water heater, or a heating system acting up; confirm Andrew's current schedule and emergency availability before counting on a same-day fix.