Prime Boiler Services rents low- and high-pressure steam boilers, hot water units and superheated steam trailers, from 30 BHP to a 2,200 HP watertube. Our Port Coquitlam team sizes the unit, sets it, ties it in and starts it up, with 24-hour emergency service behind every rental.
A rental boiler restores steam or heat while the failed boiler is repaired. Our Port Coquitlam team handles both jobs: the rental that carries your load, and the diagnosis, repair, recertification or replacement of the boiler that went down. This work comes up at sawmills, Fraser Valley food plants and hospital heating plants. The rental comes out when your own boiler is ready.
We match the unit to the job from Prime’s rental fleet, which serves British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba. BC plants range from coastal hospitals and district energy systems to pulp mills and gas processing sites in the north. From Port Coquitlam, Vancouver and Abbotsford are each about 40 minutes by road. Kelowna is about 4 hours, and Nanaimo about 3.5 hours including the ferry crossing.
When a boiler trips and won’t relight, a rental keeps steam or heat on while we repair it. A plant without steam usually can’t run its process, so we treat these calls as urgent.
Planned shutdowns at mills and chemical plants still need steam for some systems. A rental carries that load while your boilers are opened, inspected or repaired.
A new boiler can take months to build and deliver. A rental bridges the gap so the old unit can come out and the new one can go in without rushing the installation.
Interior and northern winters push heating plants hard. A rental adds capacity for a cold snap, a production run or a building that has outgrown its boiler room.
We supply steam and heat for pipeline hydrotesting, rail car and bulker trailer heating, vessel steaming, vapour-phase cleaning and oil storage tank cleaning support.
New buildings and plant expansions often need heat or steam before the permanent boiler room is finished. A rental covers drying, testing and early operation until it is.
Prime’s fleet has 30+ skid- and trailer-mounted units, from a 30 BHP Scotch marine firetube to a 2,200 HP Nebraska watertube rated at 750 psig. It includes low- and high-pressure steam, hot water units, superheated steam trailers up to 750 °F, low-NOx options and glycol or thermal fluid heaters, firing diesel, natural gas, dual fuel, #2 oil or LPG.
| 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 |
When you call, we confirm which unit we can send.
We start with where the plant is and what the steam or heat serves. Then we ask about the pressure you need, your fuel, available voltage, your water and any emissions limits on the site. Those answers narrow the fleet quickly.
Before the unit ships, we go over the site with you: where the unit will sit, how a truck gets in, and how far the set location is from your steam or heating line. A long run to the header adds piping time, so we plan it early.
Skid-mounted units are lifted into place and trailer-mounted units roll in on their own wheels. We bring ancillary equipment when the job needs it: water hoses, powered water pumps, auxiliary fuel tanks and power generators.
Our field crew connects steam or supply and return, feedwater, fuel, power and blowdown. We then commission the unit and check the safeties, including the low-water cutoff and flame safeguard, before it carries your load.
While the unit is on rent, our emergency service and mobile repair equipment back it. When your own boiler is back in service, we disconnect, drain and haul the rental out.
A rental goes in faster when the site is ready for it. Delays usually come from the connections, so we look at how the rental will tie into your piping, condensate return and water treatment as well as where it will sit. In BC, Technical Safety BC sets the rules for installation permits, certificates of inspection and power engineer licensing, and we help you work out what applies to a temporary unit.
Enter a postal code for road distance and drive time from our Port Coquitlam team. Rentals may ship from another Prime yard; we confirm on the call.
Arrival time depends on which unit suits your load, where that unit is when you call and how far it has to travel. Call 604-855-8797 with your pressure, fuel, voltage and location and we’ll tell you which unit we can send and when. Call as soon as the boiler goes down, day or night.
We size from your load in BHP or pounds of steam per hour, your operating pressure and what the steam or hot water serves. Watertube steam units in the fleet cover 30,000 to 110,000 lb/hr at up to 750 psig. If you have nameplate data from the failed boiler, send it with your call.
Units in the fleet fire natural gas, diesel or both as dual fuel. Superheated steam trailers run on natural gas, #2 oil or LPG. Low-NOx options are available for sites with emissions limits, so tell us about any permit conditions up front.
Have a level set location with truck access, a fuel supply, power at the right voltage, feedwater, a drain and a connection point to your steam or heating line. Before the unit ships, we flag anything that could slow the tie-in.
Our Port Coquitlam field team handles start-up and commissioning. While the unit is on rent, our 24-hour emergency service and mobile repair equipment back it.
Yes. Our rentals support pipeline hydrotesting down to −40 °C, along with rail car and bulker trailer heating, vessel steaming and vapour-phase cleaning.
Call our Port Coquitlam team at 604-855-8797 with your load, pressure, fuel and location. We’ll match a unit from the fleet and plan the set with you.
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