Maione Plumbing and Heating

Every review of this Salem plumbing and heating shop circles back to the same name: Anthony. BuildZoom identifies him as Anthony Maione, and the business — Maione Plumbing and Heating, based at 12 Maple Ave — takes on the everyday plumbing and heating work homeowners actually call about: water heater swaps, leaking valves, and heating conversions from oil to gas, plus radiant heat installs, according to its own site. The recent calls back that up. In May, a homeowner with a dead hot water heater called at 9 a.m. and had it replaced by 10:30, at what they described as a reasonable price. In March, another customer brought in a Navien water heater that two previous plumbers had already given up on — Anthony diagnosed it that day, had it working again by evening, then returned to install a recirculating line and fix the home's water pressure. Those two calls sit on top of a longer pattern: 27 reviews spread across four different sites since 2022, every one of them five stars, including a perfect rating from 28 Google reviewers. Independent directories — BestProsInTown, PlumberDirectories, MassHomeComfort — report similarly near-perfect scores, though the exact review counts drift a little from site to site (25 on one, 27 on another). What's worth confirming directly: every review, recent and old, describes Anthony doing the work himself, with no mention of a crew or dispatched technicians — this reads as a one-person operation. BuildZoom also lists his license status as 'Not Required,' shown active as of that site's last check, so it's worth asking exactly what that covers for your specific job. For a dead water heater, a stubborn valve, or a heating system due for an upgrade, the pattern here is a fast, hands-on fix from the same person every time — just confirm his availability and license scope before you book.