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Boiler Repair in Andover, MA

Oil accounts for 23% of heating in Andover, gas for 67%. On a split like this the first five minutes of any call is establishing which one you have, so it is worth knowing before you dial.

In brief

Fuel oil heats 23% of homes in Andover, a substantial minority alongside gas at 67%. Which one a property burns decides the trade as much as the fault does, because an oil burner is a serviced appliance and a gas boiler is a different machine with different controls.

Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B25040.

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How Andover heats

In a town split between fuels, the first useful fact is which one you have, because an oil boiler and a gas boiler are different machines to own. Oil has consumables and a tank; gas has neither.

The consequence is maintenance. Oil forces an annual appointment. Gas does not, and CPSC recommends one regardless.

Households in Andover	Share
Fuel oil and kerosene	23%
Gas — mains and bottled	67%
Electricity	9%
Wood, coal, solar or no fuel	1%

Across the 129 towns we cover in Massachusetts, 21% of households heat with oil. Andover sits 10 points below that.

Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B25040 (house heating fuel), 2023 release. Universe: 13,279 occupied housing units. The Census asks what the house is heated with, not what equipment does the heating. The oil share above therefore includes furnaces as well as boilers.

Carbon monoxide

Any appliance that burns fuel can produce carbon monoxide when combustion or venting goes wrong, and CPSC describes low to moderate poisoning as producing symptoms "similar to the flu (but without the fever)". Flu without a fever, in winter, in a house with the heating on — which is why it is missed.

Source: US Consumer Product Safety Commission, Carbon Monoxide Fact Sheet.

Hot water or steam

Steam and hot water are two machines wearing one word. One runs at a few pounds of vapor pressure and depends on pitch and venting; the other runs as a pumped loop and depends on pressure and air removal. Say which you have when you call and the conversation starts a step further along.

Source: US Department of Energy, Energy Conservation Standards for Residential Boilers.

What to ask whoever comes

Ask whether the appliance is hot water or steam, and what its AFUE is. DOE’s minimums run 82 to 86 percent depending on fuel and type, so those two facts decide what a like-for-like comparison even means.

Other Massachusetts towns we route in

Kingston 46% heat with oil
Roslindale 12% heat with oil
North Easton 30% heat with oil
Foxboro 21% heat with oil
East Walpole 24% heat with oil

Everywhere we route in Massachusetts

Checking a plumber in Massachusetts

Massachusetts licenses are issued by the Massachusetts Board of State Examiners of Plumbers and Gas Fitters, which publishes a public search you can use before work begins.

A boiler is not a furnace, and the person you want knows the difference.Tell us it is a boiler, tell us what the gauge reads if you can see it, and we will route you to somebody in your area who works on them. You are never charged. Should other work in Andover need doing, say it on the call.

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