Prime Boiler Services, now part of Thermogenics, has served steam and heating plants in Western Canada since 1991. Our Port Coquitlam team on Coast Meridian Road provides service, repair, parts and rentals across British Columbia, with emergency service 24/7.
Maintenance programs, recertifications, combustion tuning and water treatment for steam and hot water plants.
24/7 field repairs on boilers, burners, controls, refractory, pressure vessels and piping under our TSBC Class A licences.
Safety valves, controls, gaskets and refractory from Western Canada’s largest boiler parts inventory, ordered 24 hours a day.
Skid- and trailer-mounted boilers from 30 BHP to a 2,200 HP watertube, in diesel, natural gas and dual fuel.
Prime opened the Port Coquitlam location so British Columbia plants could deal with one local team for their steam and heating equipment, from the first sale to ongoing service.
We hold Technical Safety BC Boiler Class A licence LBP0046618 for Section I and IV boilers, pressure vessels and B31.1/B31.3 piping, plus Class A gas contractor licence LGA0100607.
B.C. work includes a steam boiler replacement for Ecotex HLS in Abbotsford (2020), Hurst boilers for Natural Factors (2019) and a full steam system for San Forest Group in Port Alberni.
Our team draws on Prime’s rental fleet and parts inventory, the largest in Western Canada, and on the Thermogenics network of over 10 locations across North America.
British Columbia’s steam users range from sawmills and wood-products plants to Fraser Valley food plants, hospitals and institutions, and chemical, power and energy operations. We work on their boilers, from building heat to high-pressure process steam.
Sawmill, kiln and wood-products steam
Process steam and cleanup for Fraser Valley plants
Process steam and pressure vessel work for chemical plants
Steam and heating boilers at power plants
Steam for hospitals, institutions and laundry service
Process steam, hydrotesting and turnaround rentals
A maintenance program should fit the equipment and the way the plant runs it. Our visits cover the burner and flame safeguard, low-water cutoffs, safety valves, feedwater and condensate, deaerator, blowdown and water chemistry. We service Hurst, Saskatoon Boiler, CAMUS, Limpsfield and Oilon equipment and tune combustion on Autoflame, Fireye, Honeywell, Lamtec and Siemens controls.
In British Columbia, Technical Safety BC administers the Safety Standards Act and the Power Engineers, Boiler, Pressure Vessel and Refrigeration Safety Regulation, which covers certificates of inspection. We handle boiler certification and recertification, with or without a safety-authority inspection, and prepare the recertification paperwork. Coastal plants run a long, damp heating season; interior and northern sites face much harder cold.
Combustion is one of our specialties. We modernize burners with low-NOx designs, O2 trim, digital combustion controls and remote monitoring. Tighter combustion control cuts fuel use, steadies steam pressure and reduces nuisance trips, and remote monitoring shows operators how the boiler is running between visits.
Our water treatment programs cover steam boilers, closed-loop hot water, glycol and cooling towers. Poor water chemistry is behind a lot of scale and tube failures. System audits look at traps, condensate return and controls as well as the boiler itself, and we recommend upgrades in the order that pays back first.
If the boiler’s down, you’re not making product. Our technicians bring mobile repair equipment and work on steam and heating boilers over 400,000 BTU: firetube and watertube units, burners, flame safeguards, low-water cutoffs, feedwater tanks, blowdown separators and deaerators.
The first priority is getting steam or heat back, safely and as quickly as the failure allows. Once the plant is running again, we find the cause: water chemistry, a failing control, short cycling, poor condensate return or a burner out of tune. We tell you what we found and what it will take to stop it happening again.
Refractory repair is a core service, on steam, hot water and glycol boilers from 25 HP to 5,000 HP. We repair and alter boilers, pressure vessels and B31.1 and B31.3 piping under our Boiler Class A licence, and Prime’s shop service covers custom fabrication, pipe fabrication and refractory work that is better done off site.
When a boiler is past saving, we supply the replacement, as we did when Ecotex HLS replaced a 1965 firetube with two 100 hp high-efficiency steam boilers. A rental can carry the plant in the meantime.
Prime holds the largest inventory of boiler parts in Western Canada, and parts can be ordered 24 hours a day. Prime stocks safety valves, valves, gaskets, pipe and fittings, refractory, filters, fuel nozzles, controls, steam traps and water treatment supplies, along with steam system products such as control valves, deaerators, and blowdown and feedwater tanks.
Controls and burner parts come from the lines we service: Autoflame, Fireye, Honeywell, Lamtec, Siemens, Oilon and Limpsfield. We also supply Cannon Boiler Works economizers and feedwater heaters and Excalibur Water products.
Controls & burner brands
Give us the boiler make, model and serial number, or a photo of the nameplate, and we will match the part.
When a repair or new boiler will take weeks, a rental keeps the plant running while our team completes the work.
Prime runs the largest boiler rental fleet in Western Canada: more than 30 skid- and trailer-mounted units, from a 30 BHP firetube to a 2,200 HP Nebraska watertube, in diesel, natural gas and dual fuel, low and high pressure. Watertube steam units deliver 30,000–110,000 lb/hr at up to 750 psig, and superheated steam trailers reach up to 750 °F. We also rent glycol and thermal fluid heaters, water pumps, hoses, auxiliary fuel tanks and generators.
Rentals cover emergency outages, planned shutdowns and plant turnarounds, as well as pipeline hydrotesting, rail car and bulker trailer heating, vessel steaming and tank cleaning support. Hydrotesting support runs in cold as low as -40 °C, which matters on interior and northern jobs. How quickly a unit goes online depends on where it will sit, how far it is from the plant header and how condensate and feedwater tie in, so plan the connection early. Our technicians can handle start-up and commissioning.
The table below lists Prime’s published units, from 30 BHP diesel firetubes to the 2,200 HP Nebraska watertube, with fuel, MAWP and power requirements so you can match a unit to your plant.
| Unit | Size | Fuel | MAWP | Power |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scotch marine firetube | 30 BHP | Diesel | 150 psig | 230V 1-ph |
| Scotch marine firetube | 60 BHP | Diesel | 150 psig | 208V 3-ph |
| Scotch marine firetube | 70 BHP | Diesel | 150 psig | 208V 3-ph |
| Scotch marine firetube | 80 BHP | Dual fuel | 15 psig | 208V 3-ph |
| Scotch marine firetube | 100 BHP | Dual fuel | 150 or 15 psig | 208V 3-ph |
| Hot water heater | 100 BHP | Dual fuel | Atmospheric | 208V 3-ph |
| Condensing hot water | 120 BHP | Natural gas | 160 psig | 208V 3-ph |
| Scotch marine firetube | 125 BHP | Diesel | 150 psig | 208V 3-ph |
| Scotch marine firetube | 150 BHP | Diesel | 150 psig | 230V 3-ph |
| Scotch marine firetube | 200 BHP | Dual fuel | 150 psig | 230V 3-ph |
| Simoneau watertube | 200 BHP | Natural gas | 200 psig | 480/600V |
| Watertube | 400 BHP | Dual fuel | 170 psig | 460V 3-ph |
| Watertube (truck-mounted) | 400 BHP | Dual fuel | 170 psig | Generator on board |
| Watertube | 600 BHP | Dual fuel | 170 psig | 460V 3-ph |
| Watertube | 800 BHP | Dual fuel | 170 psig | 460/575V 3-ph |
| Nebraska watertube | 2,200 HP | Natural gas | 750 psig | 460 VAC |
Sample units from Prime Boiler Services’ published rental fleet. Availability varies, so call for current units.
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From Port Coquitlam we cover Coquitlam, Port Moody, Burnaby, New Westminster, Surrey, Langley, Pitt Meadows and Maple Ridge, and our crews also work in Chilliwack, Hope, Squamish and Whistler. Vancouver and Abbotsford are each about 40 minutes away. Nanaimo is about 3.5 hours including the ferry crossing, and Kelowna about 4 hours.
Cities & towns we serve
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3416 109 St. · 780-933-8550
≈ 700 km away
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155 Queens Dr. · 403-346-8787
≈ 710 km away
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1807 5 St. · 780-955-7787
≈ 790 km away
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2011 Quebec Ave · 639-998-2537
≈ 1,180 km away
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Yes. Call 604-855-8797, 24/7. Our Port Coquitlam technicians carry mobile repair equipment and handle onsite diagnostics, troubleshooting and repairs on steam and heating boilers. If the repair will take time, we can line up a rental boiler from Prime’s fleet to keep the plant running.
We work on firetube, watertube and low-water-content steam and heating boilers over 400,000 BTU, including Hurst, Saskatoon Boiler, CAMUS, Limpsfield and Oilon. On burners and controls we work with Autoflame, Fireye, Honeywell, Lamtec, Siemens and Power Flame. Our refractory work covers steam, hot water and glycol boilers from 25 HP to 5,000 HP.
Yes. Prime’s fleet runs from 30 BHP to a 2,200 HP Nebraska watertube, skid- or trailer-mounted, in diesel, natural gas or dual fuel, with low- and high-pressure units. Tell us your load, pressure, fuel and voltage. Our technicians can start the unit up.
We hold two. Technical Safety BC Boiler Class A licence LBP0046618 covers repair and alteration of Section I and IV boilers, pressure vessels and B31.1 and B31.3 piping. Class A gas contractor licence LGA0100607 includes B31.9 building services piping. For sites in other provinces, Prime also holds ABSA Certificate of Authorization Permit AQP-21130 for Alberta and a TSASK certificate for Saskatchewan.
Yes. Beyond the Lower Mainland and the Fraser Valley, our Port Coquitlam team serves Vancouver Island and the Okanagan, including Nanaimo and Kelowna. Prime also serves the B.C. Interior.
Yes. This is Prime Boiler Services, with the same local team, phone number and service. Prime joined Thermogenics in 2026 and keeps its name and people, now backed by the Thermogenics network of over 10 locations across North America.
It can. Prime is a trade ally partner with Fortis, which offers energy efficiency rebates to customers. Burner modernization, O2 trim, digital combustion controls, high-efficiency boilers and condensing economizers can all cut gas use. We scope the upgrade with the rebate in mind and supply the equipment and installation.
Yes. Lumber is one of the industries Prime serves. For San Forest Group in Port Alberni, we supplied a complete steam system with Hurst boilers and ancillary equipment, plus design and engineering support, steam and condensate installation, project management, start-up and after-sales support. We also service and repair existing mill boilers and their refractory.
Call 604-855-8797, 24/7. Our Port Coquitlam team will get a technician, parts or a rental boiler moving.
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