About R P Holmes Corporation
R P Holmes Corporation has been keeping Newton's pipes flowing and furnaces running for generations, building a reputation one job at a time across the village's tightly packed streets. From the triple-deckers of Watertown and Waltham to the historic colonials lining Newton's tree-shaded lanes, our crews know these houses inside and out — including the century-old cast-iron sewer stacks and galvanized supply lines that modern plumbers often haven't seen outside a textbook. When a job calls for full stack repiping or a galvanized-to-copper upgrade, we plan the work to minimize disruption to your household or tenants, not just to get in and out fast.
Every technician arrives on time, in a marked truck, with shoe covers and drop cloths standard equipment — because your home deserves the same respect we'd want in our own. We explain what we find, what it costs, and why before any tool touches a pipe, so there's never a surprise on the invoice. Our recent boiler and furnace replacements have been completed in a single day by four-person crews who work clean and leave the space better than they found it.
New England winters don't forgive a neglected hydronic system, and we've spent decades protecting Newton, Needham, Wellesley, and Brookline homes from frozen boiler lines and mid-January no-heat calls. Whether it's a routine tune-up or an emergency repair at 6 AM on the coldest day of the year, we bring the same knowledgeable, courteous service that's kept customers with us for 25 years and counting.