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Boiler Repair in Wellesley, MA

Oil heats 21% of homes in Wellesley and gas heats 64%. On a mixed street like this the useful thing is knowing which you have before you call anybody.

In brief

21% of homes in Wellesley run on fuel oil against 64% on gas. The figure describes house heating rather than the appliance itself, but it is the best free indication of which kind of boiler a given street is likely to hold.

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

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How Wellesley heats

In a mixed town the first thing to settle is which fuel your own house uses, because an oil boiler and a gas boiler are different machines to own. Oil has consumable parts and a tank; gas has neither, and gets the annual check skipped for exactly that reason.

Households in Wellesley	Share
Fuel oil and kerosene	21%
Gas — mains and bottled	64%
Electricity	15%
Wood, coal, solar or no fuel	1%

Across the 129 towns we cover in Massachusetts, 21% of households heat with oil. Wellesley sits 4 points below that.

Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B25040 (house heating fuel), 2023 release. Universe: 4,121 occupied housing units. B25040 is a fuel count. Hydronic and forced-air systems on oil are counted together, so read the share as "heats with oil" rather than "has a boiler".

Carbon monoxide

A CO alarm is not a smoke alarm and the two are not interchangeable. CPSC asks for CO alarms specifically, placed on every level and outside where people sleep — not in the kitchen and not directly above a burner.

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

Hot water or steam

Radiators tell you too. A steam radiator has one pipe, or two, and a small vent that hisses; a hot water radiator has a pipe in and a pipe out and a bleed screw at the top. It is a ten-second check and it decides half the diagnosis.

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

What to ask whoever comes

Ask where the water is going, on any system that will not hold pressure. Topping it up is not a repair, and each refill brings fresh oxygenated water into a loop designed to hold the same water for years.

Other Massachusetts towns we route in

Tyngsboro 12% heat with oil
North Andover 17% heat with oil
Taunton 24% heat with oil
Winchester 26% heat with oil
Lexington 32% 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. Boilers apart, Wellesley can use this number for anything.

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