Gas Boiler Replacement & Installation in The Finger Lakes

Like other gas-fueled appliances, a gas boiler can be adapted to burn natural gas or propane gas. Most gas boilers don't actually boil water; they just heat it. The hot water is then pumped to radiators, under-floor tubing, or to a heat exchanger. In a duct system, all of these heating systems are referred to as "hydronic" (water-based) heat.

Wall-mounted radiators and hot water baseboards use their boiler-supplied hot water to warm rooms by radiation and convection. Hot water circulating in under-floor tubing turns the entire floor surface into a giant radiator. A gas boiler can also supply a forced-air heating system (referred to as "hydro-air") with hot water for its heat exchangers.

In fact, the boiler to the right is a combination (combi) boiler, which is a great option to conserve space for a high-efficiency water heater and central heating boiler. As a combi system, these two systems are together in one!

A gas boiler that's more than 10 years old can be operating inefficiently even when functioning perfectly because, relative to modern high efficiency equipment, it was designed inefficiently.

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Today, new gas boilers are available that operate at 90% efficiency or more. Halco can evaluate your current heating system and provide a free quote on a super-efficient system that will save you money. Call or email today for a free quote.

We are your trusted resource for home heating systems including boilers in Rochester, Ithaca, Syracuse, Lansing, Webster, Auburn, Fairport, Pittsford, Cortland, Canandaigua, and more!

Direct-vent boilers offer the best efficiency

If you have an older boiler, it will have a metal flue that is connected to a chimney. This type of boiler relies on natural "atmospheric" combustion. In contrast, a gas-fired, direct-vent boiler is designed to extract more heat from a given quantity of fuel. In fact, so much heat is extracted that the flue gases are cool enough to vent outside through a plastic pipe. No chimney is required. Direct-vent gas boilers will have AFUE ratings in the 85%-90% range -much better performance than you could expect from an older boiler that exhausts up a chimney.

Some direct-vent boilers not only vent directly to the outside through a plastic pipe; they also get their combustion air from outside the house. This "sealed-combustion" boiler is often recommended in a house that's been upgraded to be more airtight.

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Call 315-946-6200 or contact us online to schedule a free home inspection and boiler estimate. We also offer a comprehensive home energy assessment.

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