Sizing decideseverything that follows.
An oversized boiler short cycles, wears out early and costs more to run. Most of the ones we replace were too big on the day they were fitted.
What is it doing?
Pick the closest. Takes about thirty seconds.
We come back with what actually failed, whether it is a part or the tank, and what each option costs. No visit needed to get that far.
Repair first
We do not condemn a water heater because of its birthday. Many have years left with an anode rod, a valve or a flush.
Flat upfront pricing
Quoted and approved before anything starts. No hourly meter, no line items added while we are in there.
Same day capable
A person answers the phone. Real arrival windows, and parts on the truck for the common faults.
What it is probably doing
The single most common fault we find in existing installations is not a broken part, it is a boiler that was too big for the house from the day it went in. An oversized boiler reaches temperature quickly, shuts off, cools, and fires again, over and over, which wears the components and costs more to run than a correctly sized one.
So the install starts with a heat loss calculation rather than a look at what was there before. Replacing like for like just inherits whatever mistake was made last time.
Replacing an existing boiler
Do not assume the old size was right. Most were oversized.
New build or extension
Heat loss calculation from the plans, then the boiler follows.
Adding zones
Zoning changes the demand profile and often the controls.
Switching to a condensing boiler
Real efficiency gains, but only if the system runs at the right temperature.
Combination boiler for heat and hot water
Neat in the right house. Flow rate limits are the thing to check.
Existing pipework in poor condition
Sometimes the loop needs more attention than the boiler does.
Tell us the symptom. We will tell you which one it is.
Get an honest diagnosisThe honest diagnosis
The same four steps on every call, whether it turns into a two hundred dollar repair or nothing at all.
Call or send the details
Age, symptom, and what it is doing. A person answers, not a queue.
Most questions answered on the callWe diagnose it
Serial read, symptom traced, tank checked. About twenty minutes.
You find out what actually failedYou get both numbers
Repair cost and replacement cost, side by side, in writing, with our recommendation.
Flat price, approved before we startWe do the work
Parts on the truck for common repairs. Replacement stock available same day.
Price does not moveIf we recommend a repair and the tank fails within a year, the repair comes off the replacement
We would rather be wrong at our own expense than sell you a water heater you did not need. Every install is warranted on parts and labour.
What it costs
Published, because you should be able to work out roughly where you stand before anyone comes to the house.
- Boiler replacement quoted per system
- Boiler repair, if it turns out to be a part $225 to $900
- Annual boiler service $150 to $325
- Emergency no heat call $250 to $1,100
Where you land in the range
The low end is a thermocouple or a thermostat. The high end is a gas control valve, or work that needs the tank drained and a fitting cut out.
We tell you which end you are on before the work starts, and the price does not move after that.
Five of these six are parts. One is the tank.
- 1Anode rod
Corrodes so the steel tank does not. Spent by roughly year five, and almost nobody replaces it.
- 2Dip tube
Carries cold water to the bottom. When it cracks, cold mixes at the top and the shower turns lukewarm early.
- 3Temperature and pressure valve
A safety device. If it weeps it is usually the valve or the expansion tank pressure, not the heater.
- 4Sediment layer
Hard water leaves scale on the tank floor, insulating the burner from the water. That is the rumbling.
- 5Drain valve
Prone to seeping once it has been opened after years of neglect.
- 6Thermostat and gas control
Governs burner and pilot. The usual reason a pilot will not hold.
Questions we get asked
How much does a new boiler cost?
Boilers vary far more than water heaters, so we quote per system rather than publishing a band that would be misleading. The variables are output, condensing or conventional, zoning, and the state of the existing pipework.
What size boiler do I need?
Whatever a heat loss calculation says, which is very often smaller than what is there now. Oversizing is the most common fault we find, and it costs the owner money every single heating season.
Is a condensing boiler worth it?
Only if the system can run at low enough return temperatures to actually condense. In a house with generously sized emitters, yes, clearly. In a house with undersized radiators run hot, the efficiency gain largely disappears.
Can you replace a boiler in winter?
Yes, and it is when most of them get replaced, because that is when they fail. We plan the changeover to minimise the time without heat.
Do you handle permits and inspection?
Yes. Combustion, venting, pressure relief and expansion are all part of the job rather than optional extras.
Should I replace my boiler and water heater at the same time?
Not automatically. They fail on different schedules. If both are genuinely near the end it can save on labour, but replacing a working water heater because the boiler died is exactly the kind of thing we would talk you out of.
Tell us what it is doing
Three questions. We will tell you whether this is a part or a tank, and roughly what each one costs, before anybody schedules anything.
Mon to Sat, 7am to 7pm. Emergency service available.
Most repair calls are seen the same day. Replacements are usually next day, sooner if the tank is leaking.
What most likely failed, whether it is a part or the tank, and what each option costs. In writing, before anything is scheduled.
Based in Ogden, UT. We come to you across nineteen cities in Weber, Davis and Morgan County.
No obligation, and no in home visit needed to get a straight answer. If it sounds like a repair on the phone, we will say so.
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Where we do this
- Ogden Weber County
- North Ogden Weber County
- South Ogden Weber County
- Roy Weber County
- Riverdale Weber County
- Washington Terrace Weber County
- Pleasant View Weber County
- West Haven Weber County
- Hooper Weber County
- Farr West Weber County
- Harrisville Weber County
- Eden Weber County
- Huntsville Weber County
- Clearfield Davis County
- Layton Davis County
- Kaysville Davis County
- Farmington Davis County
- Mountain Green Morgan County
- Morgan Morgan County
Find out what is actually wrong with it.
Tell us the age, the symptom and what it is doing. We will tell you whether this is a part or a tank, and what each one costs, before anybody schedules anything.