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West Roxbury homeowners tend to call us for the quiet, unglamorous jobs: a mid-century colonial with its original galvanized pipe, a gas boiler at the end of its life, a water heater tucked behind a finished basement wall. IS Plumbing brings Master Plumber license #17137 and full City of Boston permitting to every job from Bellevue Hill to the VFW Parkway.
Much of West Roxbury went up between the 1920s and the 1950s — solid colonials, capes and brick ranches on tidy lots off Centre and Spring Streets. That vintage means threaded galvanized supply pipe nearing the end of its service life, cast-iron stacks that rot at the hub, and one-pipe steam or forced hot-water heat original to the house. Our crew replaces those systems without tearing the place apart: strategic access cuts, PEX or copper repipes run through basements and closets, modern boilers and water heaters fitted into the same footprint. Finished basements get protected, floors get covered, and the inspector signs off before we call it done.
West Roxbury drinks Quabbin and Wachusett water delivered through the MWRA and distributed by the Boston Water and Sewer Commission, and BWSC also owns the sewer mains under these streets. The private lines are the weak point: houses from the 1920s-40s can still have a lead or galvanized service on the water side and a clay lateral on the sewer side, both of which we replace.
Because West Roxbury is part of the City of Boston, plumbing and gas permits go through the Inspectional Services Department at 1010 Massachusetts Ave, not a neighborhood office — we file them electronically and meet the inspector on site. A steady request here is swapping an original atmospheric water heater for a power-vent or tankless unit when a basement gets finished.
Based in Millbury, MA, we cover all of West Roxbury and the surrounding towns. Don't see your street? Call +1 (774) 486-0909 and ask.
Usually, yes. We route new PEX or copper through the basement and stacked closets, opening only small, planned sections of wall. Most colonials off Centre Street and Bellevue Hill repipe with minimal patching.
The City of Boston Inspectional Services Department (ISD) covers West Roxbury — there is no separate neighborhood office. We file the permit, schedule the inspection and stay with the job until it passes.
Yes. We regularly swap heaters in finished West Roxbury basements, protecting the space and, where venting allows, fitting a slimmer power-vent or wall-hung tankless unit into the same corner.
We do. Plenty of homes near Billings Field and Highland still run one-pipe steam; we service those boilers, and where the house and budget make sense we convert to forced hot water.
The lateral from your house to the BWSC main in the street is the owner's side. If yours is old clay with root intrusion, we camera it first, then repair or replace only what is actually failing.
From our shop in Millbury, MA we serve West Roxbury 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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