Albany
Replaced a failed thermostat on an Albany home where the heat had run for days, and found crossed wires in the wall while rewiring it to the correct terminals.
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Heating Repair in Albany, NY
Heating repair in Albany, NY: furnaces, boilers and steam or hot-water radiators, fixed by one crew.
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Family-Owned Since 2006
Same-Day Service
Heating built for Albany homes
Heating repair in Albany starts with a diagnosis: a technician finds out why the furnace or boiler stopped, tells you whether it is a repair or a replacement, and quotes in writing before any work begins. Empire State Plumbing has worked across the Capital Region since 2006, and Albany calls are dispatched from our shop at 3725 US-20 in Nassau, NY (Rensselaer County).
This page covers furnace, boiler and radiator-system repair and replacement in Albany. All Albany services lists the four trades, plumber in Albany, NY takes water heaters and gas lines, air conditioning in Albany takes cooling, and a clog or sewer backup goes to drain and sewer service in Albany. The wider heating services across the Capital Region page explains each repair type.
More about Albany
The first visit is about identifying your system: a steam or hot-water boiler feeding radiators, a gas or oil furnace pushing warm air through ducts, or a heat pump. We repair all three families, and where a unit is past saving we replace it with a high-efficiency model sized to the house. If you heat with oil and want gas, an oil-to-gas conversion depends on whether a gas main reaches your street, which we confirm before quoting.
What we handle
Our heating services in Albany
Every service below links to the full page for that job. We keep one canonical page per service rather than a thin copy for each city, so you get the real detail.
Heating system
Thermostat
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From a quick repair to a full replacement, book online or call. We answer Monday through Friday and dispatch same-day across Albany.
Albany heating jobs we have completed
Representative work in the Albany neighborhoods we serve.
Albany
Serviced a gas boiler in an Albany home, with combustion numbers inside the manufacturer’s range before and after and a small efficiency gain; the technician also noted that the single circulator inside the unit runs only while the burner fires.
Albany
Repaired three split sections of radiator piping on an Albany boiler after a circulator malfunction, then drained down the system and replaced the fill valve, expansion tank, air bleeder and pressure relief valve before purging it.
Albany
Found a tripped flame-rollout switch on an Albany boiler caused by excess heat coming out of the bottom of the unit, and recommended replacing the boiler.
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What Capital Region homeowners say
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Plans & Financing
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Join our maintenance plan for yearly tune-ups and big savings, or choose flexible financing that fits your budget with quick pre-qualification. Smart options that help protect your home, your time, and your wallet.
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Best value
Regular care. Real savings. Total peace of mind.
- Furnace tune-up every year
- Priority scheduling
- 15% off every repair
- 2-year warranty on repairs (vs. 1 year)
- 100% satisfaction guarantee
Financing options
Flexible payment plans to fit your budget.
- $0 down for qualified buyers
- Low monthly payments
- Quick pre-qualification, no credit impact
Financed through Acorn Finance · Service Finance
Subject to credit approval. For qualified buyers.
Heating repair in Albany: furnaces, boilers and radiators
Two details speed up a repair call: the kind of heat you have and what it does when it fails.
Radiators and a boiler
Cold radiators, banging pipes or a boiler that locks out point to boiler repair. Our note on why some radiators stay cold helps you describe the symptom.
Warm-air vents and a furnace
A furnace that blows cold air, short cycles or will not start is a furnace repair call. Check the thermostat and filter first.
Repair or replace
A failed part on a unit that has been reliable is usually a repair. A leaking boiler block, a cracked heat exchanger or a run of repeat failures points to replacement. For help deciding, read the signs your furnace or boiler needs replacing.
Questions we hear
FAQs about heating in Albany
Straight answers from the team that does the work. Still unsure? Call and a real dispatcher picks up.
Empire State Plumbing repairs gas, oil and propane furnaces and boilers for Albany homeowners, including steam and hot-water radiator boilers. Call Monday to Friday, 7:30am to 6pm, or book online. Same-day service is offered within business hours when the schedule allows.
Radiator boilers (steam or hot water), baseboard hot-water systems, forced-air furnaces and heat pumps all turn up around Albany, sometimes on the same block. Go to the basement and look. A boiler with pipes running out to radiators is one family; a furnace with sheet-metal ducts overhead is another. Tell us what you see and we will plan the visit around it.
Yes to all three. Gas, oil and propane boilers and furnaces are routine work for our technicians, and the parts, venting and safety checks differ by fuel, so we confirm which one you burn when you call and the technician arrives ready for it.
Yes. We replace steam and hot-water boilers like-for-like with modern high-efficiency units and keep radiators that still work. The key is correct near-boiler piping and sizing so the system heats evenly, and a radiator is only swapped when it leaks or is damaged.
If a gas main already runs to your street, an oil-to-gas conversion is worth pricing, because the tank, the deliveries and the oil burner service all go away. We confirm main availability for your address first and put the numbers in writing. Our note on whether an oil-to-gas conversion is worth it walks through the decision.
Same-day service is offered within business hours when the schedule allows. The hours are 7:30am to 6pm, Monday through Friday. We do not run nights or weekends. Call early in the day. Across the Capital Region, our records for 2022 to 2025 show 36 no-heat calls in January and 34 in February.
That pattern is short cycling, and it usually does not mean the furnace is finished. Common causes are a clogged filter, a dirty flame sensor, or a blocked exhaust or condensate line that makes the furnace overheat and shut itself off. We find the actual cause before selling parts. Our note on why a furnace blows cold air covers a related symptom.
Yes, particularly on equipment that runs hard from October through April. A fall tune-up can catch a weak igniter, a tired circulator or a dirty burner before it leaves you cold, and we check combustion and venting at the same visit, which matters for carbon monoxide safety as much as efficiency. The maintenance plan includes the annual furnace tune-up.
Replacement prices depend on the equipment, the fuel, venting and any piping or ductwork changes, so we quote in writing after seeing the house. The heating replacement cost guide lists what moves the number. Financing is available through Acorn Finance.
Ask whether they are licensed and insured in New York, whether they explain the fault before quoting, and whether they work on your system type. For a steam boiler, ask if they service steam as well as hot-water systems. Our plumbing work in the city runs under City of Albany license #PLBG21-147, and the licenses and insurance page has the paperwork.
Where we work
Serving Albany from our Capital Region shop
We dispatch to Albany from our shop in Nassau on US-20. Real address, real phone, no fake storefront. Nassau is our licensed home base. Albany is part of our service area, dispatched same-day across the surrounding Capital Region.
Heating across Albany and nearby areas
Heating calls also come in from Colonie, Menands and Delmar next door and from Troy and Rensselaer across the river.
- Albany Plumbing
Repairs, repipes, water heaters
- Albany Cooling
AC repair, mini-splits, installs
- Albany Drain & Sewer
Backups, laterals, camera inspection
- All Albany Services
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