Boiler Repair
We repair and service residential boilers, radiant floor heating and hydronic baseboard heat. Call when the heat quits, a zone stays cold or the boiler leaks.
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Radiant floor heating repair starts with what the floor is doing. One room stays cold, the floor never warms up, the boiler keeps losing pressure, or the manifold gurgles with air. We work on hot water radiant floors fed by a boiler, with their loops, manifolds, zone valves and pumps. Call (505) 306-8285 and tell us what you are seeing.
Wright Flow Plumbing and Heating is based in Edgewood. We work Albuquerque, Rio Rancho, Corrales, the East Mountains and about 70 miles around. The boiler itself, with its burner and ignition parts, falls under boiler repair. Radiant floor heating repair picks up where the hot water leaves the boiler, and one call covers both.
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A radiant floor is split into loops of tubing, and each loop runs back to a manifold. When one room stays cold, the trouble usually sits on that loop or its zone. A zone valve may be stuck, or the thermostat may have stopped calling for heat.
Air is the other common cause. Air pockets stop the water from moving, so a loop with air in it stays cold. We purge the loops at the manifold one at a time, until no more air comes out. Then we check each loop's flow, since too little flow leaves an area not warm enough.
When the whole floor stays cold, we look at what feeds it. A failed circulator pump or a boiler that will not fire leaves every loop cold. A mixing valve stuck the wrong way can send water too hot for the floor. A tubing maker's guide warns that excess heat can warp or crack floor coverings.
A closed heating system should hold its pressure. If the boiler gauge keeps dropping, or the fill valve keeps adding water, the system is losing water somewhere. We check the easy places first: the relief valve, the expansion tank, the boiler and the manifold fittings. Manifold fittings can leak when they are not maintained.
If those are dry, we isolate each loop at the manifold and put a gauge on it. A loop that will not hold pressure is the one leaking. New Mexico's mechanical code sets hydronic pressure tests at 1.5 times operating pressure or more. Warm or damp spots on the floor help show where the leak sits.
We open the floor only where the evidence points and repair the tubing. Where opening the slab makes no sense, a failed loop can be abandoned and the other loops keep heating. A house water line leaking under the slab is a different system, covered under slab leak repair.
Some homes around Albuquerque and the East Mountains heat with hot water instead of forced air. In a slab-on-grade house, the radiant loops usually run inside the concrete floor. Edgewood sits near 6,700 feet, and cold snaps up here can reach 20 below. When a storm rolls through, boiler and heater calls usually come in with it.
In February 2011, Albuquerque lows ran from 7 degrees to 7 below. That week, gas utilities cut service to more than 30,000 New Mexico customers. Losing either gas or power stops the heat in a radiant floor. A tubing maker's guide warns to keep loop water from freezing during a long power loss.
The Consumer Product Safety Commission advises having the heating system inspected and serviced every year. A tubing maker's guide adds a leak check of the manifolds and pipe connections at every boiler service. If the boiler itself is worn out, boiler installation covers the replacement.
Free estimates and site visits across Albuquerque, Rio Rancho, Corrales, the East Mountains and about 70 miles around Edgewood.
(505) 306-8285From the first call to the final test, here is how it goes.
Call (505) 306-8285 and tell us what is happening and where. We ask a few questions so we bring the right parts.
Emergencies go first. Everything else gets a day and a window that works for you.
We find what is actually wrong and explain it in plain words. Then the estimate goes in writing before any work starts.
The repair or the install, with the parts it needs. Where a permit or an inspection is required, we handle that paperwork with you.
We run the water or fire the unit and check it. Then we clean up and tell you how to keep it working.
Common questions about radiant floor heating across Albuquerque, Rio Rancho, Corrales, the East Mountains and about 70 miles around Edgewood. If yours is not here, call and ask.
We repair and service residential boilers, radiant floor heating and hydronic baseboard heat. Call when the heat quits, a zone stays cold or the boiler leaks.
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We install new and replacement boilers for homes and rentals on hot water baseboard and radiant floor heat. Each boiler is sized for the house and the altitude, then piped into your zones.
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Slab leak repair for water lines that leak under a concrete floor. We test the lines to find the leak, then repair it through the slab or reroute it above.
Learn MoreDrains, water heaters, water softeners, gas lines and sewer work, plus boilers, furnaces, radiant heat and mini splits. One call covers the water and the heat.
Burst pipes, sewer backups and dead water heaters do not wait for Monday. Call any hour and we will get you scheduled as fast as we can.
Houses, manufactured homes, rentals and small commercial buildings. Landlords and property managers keep us on a maintenance schedule.
We run about 70 miles out from Edgewood, into Albuquerque, Rio Rancho, Corrales and down to Los Lunas. The East Mountains are home.
Real reviews from real plumbing, heating and septic jobs, 37 reviews on Google.
Of all the plumbers I called for help, this is the only company that could fit me in same day. David came out within an hour of me calling and fixed the issue. He stayed on it until it was done, and I am so grateful that he was there when I needed help the most. He didn't charge an arm and leg, which was so appreciated in my situation. I will definitely be calling him in the future.
David always has a solution, I am an active real estate investor and he has been there from boilers, plumbing, sewer, septic systems, shower valves and more. Great Job and as always thank you
I have been using Wright Flow Plumbing. for years. What I have always said if you show up on time and do what you say your gunna do that is the key to running a successful business. Wright Flow always shows up on time and always does what they say what they're gunna do in a timely manner. I always refer them to my friends and family. I highly suggest you giving them a try as well.
Tell us what is going on and where the house or building is, and we will come look at it. Call (505) 306-8285 or fill out the form and we will get back to you.
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