- 60 Hartsdale Rd, Rochester NY 14622
- 7am to 7pm · 7 days a week
- Call an owner: 585 454 8422
No heat in winter, no cool in a heat wave, busted lines. We answer the phone day or night, weekends included.
AmeriHeat is not a franchise. We are a truck-based, owner-operated HVAC company in Rochester NY. Justin or Colby answers the phone. No call centers, no rotating techs.
For boiler repair across Rochester and the surrounding suburbs, we mostly respond within 10 to 30 minutes when you call. Same day service when available, next day at the latest. For real emergencies like a no-heat boiler in February, 24/7 service is on the table.
We service hot water boilers, steam boilers, gas boilers, and fuel oil boilers. Most Rochester area HVAC companies have stopped servicing fuel oil. We did not. Honest pricing on every job. Full price in writing before any work begins.
Justin VanCassele and Colby Baker run AmeriHeat together. Colby is a veteran. Both owners are on jobs every week across Rochester and Monroe, Wayne and Ontario Counties.
Give them a call. They actually pick up.
If your boiler is doing one of these things, call us. Most boiler repair calls in Rochester are diagnosed in one visit.
Boiler runs but rooms stay cold, or the system fails to fire entirely. Often a controls, ignitor, or circulator pump issue.
Visible water around the boiler, dripping pressure relief valve, or a pressure gauge reading below normal. Usually the expansion tank, fill valve, or relief valve.
Banging, kettling, gurgling, or whistling. Often sediment buildup, trapped air, or scale on the heat exchanger. Annual maintenance prevents most of these.
Boiler turns on and off in rapid bursts without reaching set temperature. Usually a thermostat, aquastat, low-water cutoff, or oversized boiler issue.
Pilot won't stay lit on older systems. Ignitor not firing on newer systems. Often a thermocouple, flame sensor, or gas valve issue.
Water visible inside the firebox, repeated low pressure, or a CO alarm. This is a serious safety issue. Stop using the boiler and call us.
Boilers are common in older Rochester housing stock, especially across Pittsford, Fairport, Penfield, Webster, Brighton, Honeoye Falls, and the city neighborhoods near downtown. For most of these homes the boiler is the central heating system, and Rochester boiler repair is the call when it stops working right. AmeriHeat repairs, services, and replaces boilers across all of it. Hot water systems, steam systems, gas, fuel oil. Most Rochester HVAC companies have walked away from older fuel oil boiler work. We did not.
When you call 585 454 8422, Justin or Colby picks up. We get the basics: what the boiler is doing, what year and brand if you know it, whether you have heat right now or not. If it's a no-heat emergency in winter, that goes to the front of the queue. We mostly respond within 10 to 30 minutes for calls inside our core service zone.
On site, we check the full system. Burner, controls, circulator pump, expansion tank, pressure relief valve, low-water cutoff, aquastat, and the heat exchanger itself. We carry the most common boiler repair parts on the truck, so a lot of repairs finish in a single visit. If a part has to be ordered, we tell you exactly what's needed and the timeline before you commit.
You get the price before any work begins. In writing. No surprises. No driveway upsells.
For non-emergency boiler service Rochester calls, we cover the full system. Cleaning the burner, flushing sediment, checking and bleeding air from radiators or baseboards, testing the low-water cutoff, verifying expansion tank pressure, and confirming the safety controls are working. Boiler service is a different visit than boiler repair. Service is preventive, repair is reactive.
Annual boiler maintenance in Rochester NY is the difference between a 25 year boiler and a 12 year boiler. We do scheduled maintenance visits in spring or fall, before the heating season really gets going. The visit includes burner cleaning, control checks, system flush if needed, expansion tank pressure check, and carbon monoxide testing on gas systems. For more details on our maintenance approach see our boiler maintenance page.
Boiler maintenance and tune-ups Rochester are most cost-effective when scheduled before the cold sets in. October is the busiest service month and books out fast. September is the easier window for a thorough tune-up.
Same day service when available. 24/7 emergency for no-heat situations. Justin or Colby answers the phone.
A cracked boiler almost always means a cracked heat exchanger. Symptoms include water visible inside the firebox, the boiler losing pressure repeatedly, rusty water in the system, or a carbon monoxide alarm. This is a serious safety issue, especially on gas boilers, because a cracked heat exchanger can leak combustion gases including carbon monoxide into the home.
We also handle commercial boiler repairs for small commercial buildings, multi-family residential, and light industrial properties around Rochester. Apartment buildings with shared boiler systems, office buildings on hot water heat, and similar setups. Same diagnostic process, larger equipment scale. Call to discuss the system you have and we'll quote accordingly.
For boilers between 12 and 18 years old, the repair-versus-replace question depends on the part, the system efficiency, and how much repair history is already there. A single major repair on a 22 year old boiler usually points to replacement. Multiple smaller repairs over consecutive seasons also point to replacement. We walk through the math honestly. If repair makes more sense than replacement, we tell you. For full replacement work see our boiler installation page.
We service all major boiler brands across Rochester. We are an authorized Heil dealer on the heating side. For higher-end builds we install Rheem. For fuel oil boilers we work with Utica, which runs cleaner than older oil burners. We service and maintain Burnham, Weil-McLain, Buderus, Peerless, New Yorker, Crown, Slant/Fin, and most other brands you'll find in Rochester area homes. If you have a brand we haven't named, we probably still work on it.
AmeriHeat handles boiler repair across Rochester and the surrounding suburbs. Pittsford, Fairport, Penfield, Webster, Brighton, Honeoye Falls, Bushnell's Basin, Macedon, Victor, Farmington, and the city neighborhoods near downtown. Older village stock and pre-1980 homes are most likely to be on boiler heat, which is most of where boiler repair calls come from.
Boilers are one piece of what we handle. Here is everything else.
Furnace, boiler, heat pump, and fuel oil service for Rochester homes. Same-day no-heat repair.
AC repair, installation, and tune-ups for Rochester homes. Central air and ductless systems.
Older Rochester area homes still on fuel oil. We service when most companies will not.
Seasonal tune-ups and service plans for Rochester homeowners. Catch small problems early.
Every photo is from an actual AmeriHeat boiler job. No stock. No filters. Photos labeled with the actual city.
Old residential boiler swapped out for a high-efficiency gas unit in Victor NY.
Cleared a clogged pump screen on a Victor boiler. Common failure mode on older systems.
Steam boiler replacement for a Williamson NY home. Same care for every install.
Five steps. No pressure. No surprises.
Call 585 454 8422 or fill out the form. Justin or Colby answers the phone.
Same day service when available. Next day at the latest. 24/7 for true emergencies.
No surprises. You approve the cost in writing before any work begins.
Done right the first time with quality parts and clean workmanship.
If something does not feel right after, call us. We stand behind every job.
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We mostly respond within 10 to 30 minutes. Same day service when available, next day at the latest. 24/7 for true no-heat emergencies. Honest pricing before any work starts.
Direct answers to what Rochester homeowners ask us most about boiler repair.
Tell us what is going on with your boiler. We will tell you what it takes to fix it. No sales pressure. No call center. Justin or Colby answers the phone.
