Rental Boilers: What to Know Before Your Heat Dies on You
Nobody wants a dead boiler, and it's never on a convenient Tuesday night in January, when the super's phone is ringing off the hook and thirty coat-clad tenants wait in the heated lobby. I've seen it happen more times than I can count, and it never gets easier. The good news is you have options to get heat back on without waiting for a new boiler to be delivered in three weeks. Let's go over them. Why Boilers Always Quit at the Worst Possible Time Boilers see their heaviest use in the depths of winter, which tends to be when the weak spots reveal themselves. Whether it's a cracked section, faulty burner, or leaking tube, the issue always seems to crop up when the rental boiler is working the hardest. The boiler might have been straining for months, but nobody could tell because it wasn't that cold out. Now it's the dead of winter and the first real cold snap of the year, and the boiler simply can't keep up.Much of the equipment in use throughout New Y...