Drag the handle. That's a Merrimack basement — old cast-iron boiler out, high-efficiency unit in, every line run clean and labelled.
Heating equipment gives you about three years of warnings before it quits. Almost nobody knows what they sound like.
Running clean, burning what it should, nothing to think about beyond an annual service.
Short cycling, a bang on start-up, uneven rooms, and a fuel bill creeping up 10–15% a year. This is the warning, and it's the cheap window.
Efficiency has fallen off a cliff and the failure will come on the coldest night of the year — which is also the week every plumber in the state is booked.
Straight answers — and two of the three don't need us yet.
The thermostat says one thing, the back bedroom says another.
It still works. It just makes a noise it never used to.
A puddle, or a rust stain under the tank.
Typical southern New Hampshire numbers for a 2,000 square foot home. Every row is the same problem, caught later.
Planned changeover in the shoulder season. You pick the unit and you pick the week.
Emergency rate, whatever unit is available, and a couple of nights on space heaters while we wait on parts.
Add a failed tank across a finished basement: flooring, drywall, and whatever was being stored down there.
We'll test the system, tell you honestly how many winters it has left, and put it in writing. If it's got five good years we'll say so — that's how we've stayed busy for thirty-four.
No subcontractors, no surprises on the invoice. The crew that quotes it is the crew that does it.
High-efficiency replacements, planned on your schedule, not the weather's.
Tank and tankless, and we come out when one lets go.
Central air, mini-splits and heat pumps sized for a New England summer.
Leaks, frozen lines, blocked drains. The unglamorous work, done right.
Photographed the day we finished. Addresses on request — plenty of our customers are happy to talk to you.
Hudson · boiler changeoverMerrimack · the day we quoted itAmherst · tankless conversion"Came out at eleven at night in February when our boiler quit. Had heat back before he left. Never once mentioned the hour."
"Told me my water heater had two or three years left instead of selling me one. Two years later I called him for it."
"Explained what he was doing the whole way through. First plumber who didn't make me feel stupid in my own basement."
Tell us what's going on and we'll come look. Free, no pressure, and we'll tell you honestly if you don't need us yet.