Riverside Sheet Metal & Contracting

Riverside Sheet Metal & Contracting is a Medford shop that custom-fabricates architectural sheet metal — metal roofing, gutters, chimney caps, flashing, and copper, zinc and stainless countertops and hood vents — for homeowners and contractors across Greater Boston. The Better Business Bureau lists the company as in business since 1997, with Raymond Magliozzi as president, and Riverside itself says it belongs to the North East and National Roofing Contractors Associations. What stands out across more than a decade of reviews is the custom fabrication work: a curved gutter for a 100-year-old house that other companies wouldn't take on, a copper hood for a kitchen, a stainless steel backsplash and shelf, chimney caps built with removable tops for servicing flues, even a set of aluminum vent louvers made to a customer's own drawing. Those accounts run from 2013 through 2021 and describe a company that answers quotes quickly and works through unusual, one-off pieces other shops turn away. More recent Google reviews, from the past year, describe fast turnaround on roofing and gutter jobs and a same-day custom drip edge. The Better Business Bureau file shows an A+ grade with no complaints or government actions on record, and Google and Houzz both average well above 4 stars. The company lists a Massachusetts home improvement contractor registration and a construction supervisor license number on its own site and on Houzz, but neither number has been checked against the state registry — so treat those as the company's own claim rather than a confirmed status. One reviewer also noted that scheduling took some back-and-forth because of the shop's busy calendar and the reviewer's own changes, which lines up with the Better Business Bureau's listing of a single employee. Riverside is a strong call for custom architectural metal work — a hard-to-source gutter shape, a copper or stainless surface, chimney caps and flashing — as well as roofing and gutter jobs generally. Worth asking about lead times up front given the shop's size, and confirming licence numbers directly if that matters for a given project.