Paul Foukas Plumbing & Heating

Paul Foukas Plumbing & Heating is a family-run shop based in Lynn — the website names Paul Foukas and Paul Jr. — offering 24/7 residential and commercial plumbing, drain and sewer work, and heating installation and repair across Boston and the North Shore. It's also a certified Mass Save contractor. Customers describe a responsive, hands-on operation. In an October 2025 review, a homeowner said Paul jumped on an emergency repair for busted pipes and has been their go-to plumber ever since, prompt about returning calls and texts. In a 2025 review, another described a fair estimate for a faulty sewage-drain repair with a clear explanation of the work, calling the company "actually responsive, unlike some other plumbers" they'd tried. In a 2024 review, a homeowner thanked Paul and his team for installing new gas plumbing and a power-vented gas water heater on time and at a fair price. In a 2023 review, someone described the crew arriving about 30 minutes after calling and replacing broken pipes with relative ease. A recent Reddit thread on r/northshore named Foukas among two plumbers a homeowner said they'd used, though without much detail. BuildZoom lists a plumbing license, noted as verified active when it was last checked there, along with a dozen other Massachusetts licenses under the company. BuildZoom also records 157 projects, more than 100 in the last three years, mostly small-value plumbing permits in Boston, Brookline, Revere and Newburyport. The company's own BuildZoom write-up separately claims a "Level 24 master plumber" rating and 15 years of FBI clearance for federal building work — descriptions that don't correspond to any standard Massachusetts plumbing credential, worth reading as marketing rather than a verified fact. Google shows 4.8★ from 24 ratings, and BBB lists the company under Plumber, though its BBB page isn't accredited or rated. For routine plumbing and heating repairs on the North Shore, this reads as a small, family-run operation with a consistent record — just verify credentials and licensing directly rather than through the self-written bio.