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A brand new boiler installed in Bergenfield, NJ from BZ Dependable.

Here in New Jersey, boilers are a common way of heating your home. An existing radiator system can cost a great deal to replace, especially if the boiler doesn’t continue to work as it should. Noise from your boiler, such as rumbling or banging sounds, can often indicate a problem in need of repair. The causes can vary, but if your boiler is rumbling, it pays to consult your experts in Bergen County, NJ boiler repair at BZ Dependable Plumbing.

It’s pretty likely that you’ve been around your boiler a few times while it’s been operating. Most of the time, a boiler is no more noisy than any other heating system. If you hear a deep rumbling noise coming from your boiler when it’s on, however, it’s a sign that something is wrong. This rumbling sound is part of an issue called “kettling,” called such because it essentially makes your boiler into a giant tea kettle. Here, we’ll examine what causes kettling.

After reading, if you think you need repair for your boiler or boiler replacement in Bergenfield NJ, give us a call right away.

(201) 837-6700

Hard Water

Hard water is the term for water with a much higher concentration of minerals in it than normal. It is common throughout the Midwest, though it can affect some areas on the coasts as well. This kind of water is especially hard on pipes and faucets, causing calcification and rust. In a boiler, however, the biggest problem is the formation of lime scale.

When the hard water leaves mineral deposits on the heat exchangers, the mineral deposits can cause some of the water to be heated too much. This creates air bubbles which make noise when they collapse. Kettling is a sign of inefficient heating, so call a Bergenfield if you think this is the issue with your boiler.

What is Kettling in a Boiler?

Over years of flowing through your boiler, hard water will deposit small amounts of the minerals within it on the inside walls of the heat exchanger. Eventually, these minerals will build into scaly deposits that restrict and even block the flow of water through the heat exchanger.

As the water spends more time in the heat exchanger, due to the restricted flow, it begins to evaporate into steam. This causes a massive increase in pressure within the heat exchanger, causing the deep rumbling noise that is characteristic of kettling.

What Kettling Can Do

Kettling is very unhealthy for your heating system, and requires emergency boiler repair in Bergenfield. Kettling can prevent your boiler from adequately heating the house, by restricting its ability to distribute enough hot water. The increased pressure from the water expanding can also wear out your heat exchanger much faster than normal, causing leaks to occur. It is commonly thought that, due to the sound and the obvious pressure concerns, boilers that are left kettling for too long may explode. Modern boilers have multiple safety measures installed to prevent this from happening, so it isn’t anything to worry about.

Banging Noises vs. Rumbing

A banging noise could be an issue with your expansion tank. The expansion tank is supposed to protect your boiler system from excessive pressure. If the expansion tank isn’t regulating the pressure effectively, you might hear a banging noise when the pressure release valve opens. Banging could also be a problem with air in the pipes.

Bergenfield Boiler Installation & Repair

Regardless of the cause of boiler noises, the situation is serious enough to merit a call to a professional. Most boiler systems will shut off automatically when these problems get bad enough, but in the meantime, they will cost you wasted energy and higher monthly heating bills. In Bergen County, NJ and the surrounding areas, boiler repairs can be handled by the experts at BZ Dependable Plumbing & Heating, Inc.. We can pinpoint the reasons your boiler is rumbling, and enact repairs right away. Give us a call to set up an appointment; you’ll be glad you did!

(201) 837-6700

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If your commercial heating system runs into trouble, you’ll certainly hear about it from the employees, clients, tenants, or customers in the building. A broken heater may make strange noises, reduce or stop heat from entering the building, or cause uneven heating throughout the building. In any case, you’re likely to get complaints, at which point it’s time to call a specialist.

You may think that you can contact any heating repair technician for your commercial heating needs. However, if you don’t call on specialists for installation, you may find yourself with an amateur repair job that simply does not do the trick. Here are some of the reasons you should only count on experts with experience in large commercial heating systems for your next repair need.

Commercial Heating Systems Are Not Like Residential Units

It may seem as though a heating technician is trained in all different types of heating systems. In reality, contractors that do not distribute or regularly work with commercial units may not be familiar with the powerful components of a large commercial unit. A commercial heating system may be packaged in a single cabinet with your air conditioning system and/or you may have a complicated zone control system or piping system, in the case of commercial boilers, wall of which don’t always resemble other types of systems. Installation differs greatly from the more straightforward installation and zoning needs of a residential unit.

If your technician is unfamiliar with these factors they may glaze over an important repair need. An inexperienced technician could incorrectly assume that one component of the heater is in jeopardy when there is actually an issue with several of the parts. Or they may not perform a full inspection of the unit to check for further damages that may have resulted from the initial repair need.

An inexperienced technician will also take longer to locate damaged components, so your building may be out of commission for a long time before repairs are completed.

Call on specialists like the friendly technicians at BZ Dependable Plumbing & Heating, Inc. for all of your Bergen County commercial heating repair needs.

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Choosing a new heating system can be the perfect opportunity to find an efficient, environmentally-friendly unit that will last for years to come with few repairs. Choosing the right system doesn’t have to be a stressful experience as long as you work with a licensed contractor who can explain your options and talk you through the installation process. At BZ Dependable Plumbing & Heating, Inc. we want to help you find the right system for new heating installation with this guide to a few of the units we offer for heating system installation in Fort Lee.

Replace an Oil Furnace with a Gas Furnace

If you currently own an oil furnace, you may not have the most efficient system possible. Oil tanks take up a lot of room and drain the environment of its natural resources. If you switch to a gas furnace, you will no longer have to worry about fuel deliveries because natural gas is pumped directly into your home. Consider oil to gas conversion for a greener and more convenient energy choice.

Radiant Floor Heating Installation

*BZ Dependable Plumbing & Heating Inc. no longer offers radiant heating services. Check out our other heating services to find the perfect fit for your heating needs.

Radiant floor heating is one of the most comfortable ways to get heating in your home. This system requires a boiler tank to heat up water and pump it into a set of pipes installed underneath the floorboards. This keeps the floor heated, so you can feel its warmth as soon as you roll out of bed in the morning. Radiant floor installations distribute heat evenly throughout a room, allowing you to feel heat in any area of the house, not just near a vent as with forced-air heating systems.

Steam Boiler Installation

Instead of a hot water boiler, you may even consider a steam boiler. Hot water boilers do not actually boil water, as the name implies, but steam boilers do, raising the temperature of the water to about 140-160 degrees Fahrenheit to create steam, which then moves to an endpoint such as a radiator or baseboard or through the radiant floor heating piping. These are particularly effective in climates where the temperatures drop to below freezing, while other boilers begin to struggle at this point.

Call BZ Dependable Plumbing & Heating, Inc. for professional heating system installation in Fort Lee and the surrounding areas.

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Boilers have been around for a long time, making them the first whole-home heating systems. Today’s boilers are as updated as other heating systems, providing energy efficient heat and reliability. There are multiple reasons why the installation of a boiler in Tenafly is a good idea, but as with any whole-home system, it is highly recommended that you hire professionals. BZ Dependable Plumbing & Heating, Inc., technicians are experts of boiler systems, so if you need a new system, or repair to an existing one, call us today.

How a Boiler Heats

Boilers are part of a hydronic heating system, which means they use water to provide heat. The heat can come from hot water or steam created from boiling water. The most common fuels used are oil and natural gas, although propane and solid fuels can also be used. Air and the fuel mix together in the combustion box, where a controlled flame erupts. This flame warms the heat exchanger, which then heats the water. With a steam boiler, the steam is collected in a dome, which is released when it reaches a certain capacity; hot water is released at a certain temperature. Both steam and hot water are circulated through the pipes; hot water systems need circulating pumps to push the water through (pressure pushes the steam through).  Heat can be released via:

  • Radiators
  • Baseboard heating
  • Radiant floor heating
  • Radiant wall or ceiling heating

Benefits of a Boiler System

Here are some benefits a boiler system can offer you:

  • No circulating dust – boilers are closed systems, and the heat radiates, so there is no blowing dust as there can be with a forced air system.
  • Easy zoning – the piping system of a boiler can be divided easily into zones.
  • Quiet operation – boiler systems heat quietly; the only sound you’ll hear is when the water is being heated.
  • Even heating – the heat from a hydronic system radiates rather than blows, which can feel very comfortable to homeowners.

Boilers are dependable, energy efficient and provide comfortable heating.

If you think you are ready for a boiler installation in Tenafly, call BZ Dependable Plumbing & Heating, Inc., today and schedule an appointment with one of our experts.

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*BZ Dependable Plumbing & Heating Inc. no longer offers radiant heating services. Check out our other heating services to find the perfect fit for your heating needs.

Radiant heating is gaining popularity as a more efficient alternative to traditional forced air heating systems. How do radiant heating systems actually accomplish this efficiency, though? Let’s take a look at how radiant floor heating works, and why you should consider upgrading.

PARTS OF A RADIANT FLOOR HEATING SYSTEM

The first step to installing a radiant floor heating system is to set small tubes between the floor and the subfloor in every room you want heated. These tubes are then connected to the boiler, which is usually in a garage or basement. The boiler heats water, then runs this hot water through the tubes set in the floor of each room. Heat radiates from these pipes, up through the floor and into the room. The heat is absorbed in turn by anything that is touching the floor, like couches and chairs. When someone walks across the floor or sits on the furniture, the heat is transferred to them. The air temperature itself is not affected all that much, but you still feel warm because you are interacting with the thermal energy in the room directly.

WHY RADIANT FLOOR HEATING IS SO EFFICIENT

This method of delivery is what makes radiant heating so efficient. Forced air systems typically lose a sizeable amount of thermal energy to duct leaks between the furnace and the vent. Radiant floor heating utilizes special watertight tubes to transport the hot water. As such, leaks are far less of a concern. This allows a much more effective delivery of heat throughout the house.

Radiant heating also has the advantage of heating a space much more evenly. Air flows can be affected by many factors, including drafts and the shape of a room. Radiant heating relies more on transferring thermal energy directly, thereby avoiding a lot of the external factors that could lessen the efficiency of a forced air system.

If you are interested in installing a radiant heating system, contact BZ Dependable Plumbing & Heating, Inc. We can install radiant floor heating anywhere in the Fair Lawn area.

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Boilers are common central heating systems in Englewood homes. They are part of a hydronic system, which is a heating system that uses water to transfer heat. Boilers can use either hot water or steam to heat a home, and today we’re going to review how a steam boiler works. If you have a steam boiler in Englewood that needs repair, maintenance or replacing, call the people you can trust: BZ Dependable Plumbing & Heating, Inc.

Key Components of a Boiler

There are four main components in a boiler system:

  • Burner – this is where the fuel for your system mixes with oxygen
  • Combustion chamber – where the fuel ignites
  • Heat exchanger – this component transfers the heat to the water
  • Controls – the various controls regulate things like the ignition, burner, air supply, temperature of the water, pressure of the steam and the boiler’s pressure.

How Does a Steam Boiler Work?

Steam boilers create steam by heating water and distributing the steam through the pipes in your home. There are two types of steam boilers:

  • Firetube
  • Watertube

In a firetube boiler, a series of metal tubes reside in the water tank of the boiler. When it comes time to heat the water, these tubes are filled with hot gas from a fuel source (usually gas or oil) and heat the water until steam is produced. The steam collects in another chamber, called a dome, and once the steam reaches the right capacity, it is released into the piping system for distribution.

A watertube boiler flip-flops the heating process: instead of using the tubes for combustion gases, the tubes are filled with water and are heated by surrounding combustion. As with a firetube boiler, the steam is separated from the water vessel and released into the piping system when ready.

Both systems can operate as closed systems, so when the steam changes states back to water, the water returns to the boiler for re-use.

Boilers provide comfortable heat, operate quietly and are energy efficient.

If you are interested in seeing what a steam boiler in Englewood can do for you, contact BZ Dependable Plumbing & Heating, Inc., and schedule an appointment.

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