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From Roslindale Square up to Metropolitan Hill, Rozzie's housing runs the gamut — hip-roof two-families, foursquares, and Victorians climbing toward the Arboretum. IS Plumbing handles the plumbing, gas and heating work these homes need, files every City of Boston permit ourselves, and answers the phone at +1 (774) 486-0909 when something is actively leaking.
Roslindale's streets filled in fast between 1890 and 1930, which is why so many houses here share the same bones: a stone or brick foundation, a cast-iron main stack, radiators fed by a boiler that may be on its third or fourth decade. Two-families around Washington Street often carry doubled-up demand on plumbing sized for one household. We untangle that — separating fixtures, upsizing water heaters, replacing corroded horizontal drain runs before they let go — and we bring gas piping up to code during renovations. Owners converting a two-family to condos get clean, inspection-ready rough and finish work with the documentation to match.
Rozzie is on MWRA water via the Boston Water and Sewer Commission, and its housing vintage puts it squarely in lead-service-line territory: BWSC's maps still show lead services scattered through the neighborhood, and BWSC offers an incentive program for replacing them. We handle the private-side replacement and the paperwork. Clay sewer laterals with root intrusion are the other frequent find on tree-lined streets near the Arboretum.
Permits for Roslindale run through Boston's Inspectional Services Department like the rest of the city, with inspections booked through ISD — we manage both ends. The job we quote most often in this housing stock is the aging-boiler swap: pulling a decades-old cast-iron unit out of a Metropolitan Hill basement and setting a properly sized modern boiler with new near-boiler piping.
"Great experience — they installed an automatic smart water shut-off, did a full boiler maintenance with warranty parts, and explained everything clearly."
"IS Plumbing is by far the best plumbing company I've ever used. I've owned my home about 35 years and tried several plumbers around MetroWest — these guys are on another level."
"True professionals — respectful and tidy. I've worked with them three times. The last was a burst water main; they were the only ones who responded fast, offered a solution, and got it done."
Call +1 (774) 486-0909 — answered 24/7 for emergencies — or send a request with a photo of the problem.
We find the actual cause first, then give you an honest, upfront quote before any work starts. No surprises at the end.
Licensed and insured work, pulled under the proper Roslindale plumbing or gas permit and inspected — and the site left clean.
Based in Millbury, MA, we cover all of Roslindale and the surrounding towns. Don't see your street? Call +1 (774) 486-0909 and ask.
Check BWSC's online lead service map, or look at the pipe entering your meter — dull gray metal that scratches shiny is lead. We replace the private side and coordinate the street side with BWSC.
Yes. Condo conversions around Roslindale Square usually need separated shutoffs, individual water heaters and updated gas piping per unit — we do the rough and finish work to pass ISD inspection.
Usually. In Rozzie's steam-heated homes that points to pitch problems, a flooded main or a failed air vent. We service steam systems properly rather than defaulting to replacement.
Older clay laterals and aging connections can surcharge in storms. We camera the line, clear any roots, and where backups recur we install a backwater valve to protect the basement.
Yes — Massachusetts requires a plumbing permit (and a gas permit for gas models) even for like-for-like swaps. Ours are filed with Boston ISD and the inspection is included in the job.
From our shop in Millbury, MA we serve Roslindale and the surrounding towns across the Worcester area, MetroWest and Greater Boston. Don't see your town listed? Call and ask.
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