"Jacob and his crew are great overall. They know their products and when they came to do annual maintenance on a complicated modern furnace the job went smoothly. All my questions were answered. The system is in top condition. Awesome job."
Heat · Repair
No heat is an emergency. We staff it like one.
Boiler Repair in Rhode Island
All brands repaired, most fixed in one visit, with a 24/7 line for the nights Rhode Island tests your boiler.
Most no-heat calls end with heat that same visit.
Boilers fail in patterns: igniters and flame sensors quit, circulator pumps seize after the summer off, zone valves stick, expansion tanks waterlog, condensate lines freeze in the first hard snap. Our techs carry all of it on the van, which is why the first visit is usually the only visit.
Symptoms we hear every week
- "It's blowing cold" / no heat at all: ignition or sensor failure, lockout codes, gas supply issues
- One zone cold, others fine: zone valve, circulator or trapped air
- Banging, gurgling, kettling: air in the loop or scale on the heat exchanger
- Pressure climbing or dropping: expansion tank, fill valve or a slow leak in the loop
- Short-cycling: firing every few minutes, wearing itself out; often an oversizing or control issue we can tame
Every brand, honestly triaged
Viessmann and Navien factory training, and daily hands-on with Buderus, Weil-McLain, Burnham, Peerless and the rest of New England's basement population. If a repair doesn't make sense against the unit's age, we'll show you the math on a replacement, your call, no pressure.
How a rescue works
From your call to fixed, in four moves.
You call. A person answers.
No phone tree, no callback queue. Describe the problem and we dispatch the nearest tech, same-day for most calls, immediately for emergencies.
Upfront price before we open a wall.
The tech diagnoses on site, walks you through options, and quotes flat pricing before any work begins. You approve, or you don't. No surprises on the invoice.
Fixed right, left clean.
Stocked vans mean most repairs finish in one visit. We protect floors, wear boot covers, and leave the space cleaner than we found it.
Backed in writing.
Workmanship is guaranteed and every tech is licensed and insured in Rhode Island. If something isn't right, we come back. That's the whole policy.
No phone tag
Tell us what's going on.
Four fields, no account, no spam, a dispatcher reads it and calls you back. Emergency? Skip the form: (401) 601-5040 is answered 24/7.
Signals received
What Rhode Islanders say after the fix.
"Jacob Katz always provides a timely, courteous, knowledgeable service."
"I had a saddle valve fail at 10pm and couldn't get the drip to stop at the leak. I got an instant and informative call back… Good advice, kind people, solid work and reasonable prices. This is a great company, highly recommended."
Pulled from our 4.8★ Google profile, 300+ reviews.
Good questions
Asked before every boiler repair job.
My boiler is locked out with an error code. Should I keep resetting it?
Once, maybe. Repeatedly, no. Lockouts exist to stop unsafe firing, and resetting through them can mask a real fault. Note the code, leave it off, and call; the code tells our tech what to bring.
Why is one part of my house cold?
A stuck zone valve, tired circulator or air-bound loop, most often. All are same-visit repairs. Chronic cold in one zone every winter usually means the system needs balancing, not just parts.
Is a banging boiler dangerous?
Kettling, that rumble like a giant kettle, means scale is overheating water at the heat exchanger. It's a warning, not an explosion risk, but it's eating efficiency and the exchanger. Worth a call this week, not this season.
Do you repair oil boilers too?
Yes, burners, nozzles, controls and annual cleanings on oil-fired systems, plus honest advice on when an oil-to-gas conversion starts paying for itself.
Available across Rhode Island
This service, on your street.
We serve every town in Rhode Island. These are the ones with their own pages, see every service area.