When a boiler fails or a replacement is months out, Hartford Boiler Repair Works arranges a temporary steam or hot water boiler from the Thermogenics network. Installation, maintenance and 24/7 repairs come with it until your own equipment is back.
Most rental boilers go out after an unplanned failure. A tube leak, a cracked tube sheet or failed refractory can mean a repair that runs for weeks, and a new boiler can take months to arrive. A rental keeps steam on the header in the meantime, so a hospital stays heated through a New England January and a food plant keeps shipping orders.
Hartford Boiler Repair Works serves plants across Connecticut and Massachusetts from 44 Cody St. in West Hartford. Springfield is about 40 minutes from the branch, New Haven about 50 minutes and Worcester about 1 hour. We source the rental from the Thermogenics containerized fleet or a partner rental provider, and installation, maintenance and 24/7 repairs come with it. Our West Hartford technicians keep working on your own boiler in the meantime.
Most rentals follow a failure that means a long or costly repair. A temporary unit restores steam or heat while our team repairs, retubes or rebuilds the boiler that went down.
Book a rental around a planned tube job, refractory repair or inspection outage so production and building heat keep running. Short repairs can need a unit for as little as 8–10 days.
A new boiler can take four to six months to arrive. The rental stays connected while we remove the old unit, then install and commission the new one.
Connecticut and Western Massachusetts winters are long and cold. When one boiler at a hospital or campus is out and the others can’t carry the heating load, a rental makes up the difference.
Corrugators and paper lines need steam to run. When a boiler fails at a corrugated or packaging plant, a rental keeps the line moving during the repair.
During a new boiler room build or an upgrade to an existing one, a rental can supply steam or hot water until the new equipment is installed, tested and ready to carry the load.
We match the unit to the job. Thermogenics’ own containerized rentals run from 150 HP to 500 HP, rated 250 psig MAWP for 70–225 psig operation, firing natural gas, propane or No. 2 oil. With partner rental providers, the range covers 30 BHP to 2,200+ BHP: firetube and watertube steam, hot water, thermal fluid, low NOx units and complete boiler rooms.
| Unit type | Thermocoil coil-tube steam boilers in sea-can containers |
|---|---|
| Size | 150 to 500 HP per unit; larger on request |
| Pressure | 250 psig design (MAWP), operating 70–225 psig |
| Fuel | Natural gas, propane or No. 2 oil |
| Containers | Two-boiler 40 ft, or single 20 ft and 30 ft units |
| Network range | 30 BHP to 2,200+ BHP through Thermogenics partners |
Availability changes with demand. Call early and we’ll tell you what we can supply.
We start with who you are and where the plant is, then the details that decide the unit: process type, pressure, fuel, available voltage, water supply and any state or county emissions limits on NOx.
For a serious inquiry, someone usually visits early to check placement, crane or lowboy access and the run to the steam line. A 400 ft run can mean 2–3 weeks of piping.
Units travel in standard shipping containers, so they ship as regular loads with no escort or oversized permits. A crane lifts the container off the truck and sets it in place, or a rented lowboy trailer is used.
Each unit is inspected and tested before it ships. On site, the unit is connected to steam, feedwater, condensate, fuel and power. The low-water cutoff and flame safeguard are proved before the boiler comes up to pressure.
Installation, maintenance and 24/7 repairs come with the rental. While it runs, our West Hartford team works on your boiler. Once it’s back in service, the load moves over and the container ships out.
A rental boiler needs a firm, level spot, a way to get it off the truck and utilities close by. The more of this you can tell us on the first call, the sooner we can match a unit and plan the tie-in.
Enter a ZIP code to see the approximate road distance and drive time from our West Hartford branch. Use it for planning; we confirm delivery details when you call.
We confirm timing on the call; it depends on the unit and where it is in the network. Call 860-953-9845, answered 24/7. For a serious inquiry, someone usually comes early to plan the set.
We size it from your actual load, steam pressure and process rather than the nameplate alone. Hospitals and campuses usually size for winter heating load; food, paper and packaging plants size for the process steam their lines draw at the header.
Thermogenics’ containerized units fire natural gas, propane or No. 2 oil, so tell us what you have at the site and how it’s supplied. Tell us your permit’s NOx limit as well and we’ll match a unit, including low NOx options from the network.
A firm, level spot, crane or lowboy access, fuel, power at a known voltage, makeup water and a route to your steam line. Keeping the pad close to the line shortens the piping. Our process piping and mechanical team can design and install the temporary tie-in.
Installation, maintenance and 24/7 repairs come with the rental through the Thermogenics network. Our West Hartford technicians keep working on your own boiler.
As long as the job takes. Some rentals last 8–10 days while a part arrives or refractory is repaired. A full tube and tube-sheet job on a large firetube can run several months, and a rental bridging to a new boiler stays until that unit is in. The rental leaves once your equipment is back online.
Call our West Hartford team 24/7. Tell us your load, pressure and fuel, and we’ll find the unit in the Thermogenics network and plan the set with you.
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