Heating & Hot Water for New York City Homes

What We Do

Every heating service below is performed by or under the direct supervision of a Licensed Master Plumber — with DOB permits filed where the work requires them.

Why a Licensed Master Plumber for Heating

Nearly every NYC heating system is gas-fired — and in NYC, gas piping work legally requires a Licensed Master Plumber. The boiler connection, the gas line behind it, the water heater beside it: it's one licensed trade, and hiring anyone else means the gas side of your job is either subcontracted or done illegally. See what the gas license covers →

For larger buildings, heating is also a filing obligation: annual DOB boiler inspections with real late penalties. We perform the inspection and the filing. Annual boiler inspection & DOB filing →

Brooklyn's Steam-Heat Problem, Solved

Brooklyn and Queens run on steam. The pre-war housing stock — brownstones, row houses, six-family walkups — was built around one-pipe and two-pipe steam systems that most modern contractors were never trained on. So owners get told steam “just does that”: the 3 a.m. banging, the radiator that never warms, the boiler that floods and starves week to week.

It doesn't. Steam problems have causes: venting, pitch, pressure, near-boiler piping. A plumber who understands them can usually fix in one visit what others have patched for years.

Meet Brooklyn's steam heat specialists →

Deadlines That Decide Your Heating Costs

July 2027:No. 4 heating oil is banned in all NYC buildings — and DOB stopped issuing or renewing No. 4 boiler permits back in June 2024. If your building still burns No. 4, a conversion isn't a someday project anymore; it's a scheduling problem, and the queues get worse as the deadline approaches. We handle conversions end to end — the full oil-to-gas conversion guide →

Owners and boards can also use the No. 4 oil conversion timeline, working backward → to coordinate records, utility capacity, fuel-path decisions, DOB work, testing, and closeout before committing to equipment.

For larger buildings, Local Law 97 adds a second clock: emissions caps that tighten sharply in 2030, with penalties of $268 per ton over the cap — and replacing aging fossil-fuel heating equipment is the retrofit the City itself points to first. If you own or manage a covered building, your boiler room is where that math gets decided.

Where We Work

Based at 802 Jamaica Ave in Brooklyn, serving all four boroughs — with the fastest response in Brooklyn and Queens:

Beyond Heating

The rest of the house runs through our plumbing side — repairs, fixtures, and sewer and drain service → — and when something can't wait, 24/7 emergency response →

Own or Manage a Building?

We run annual boiler startup/shutdown programs, multi-boiler service contracts, and heating-plant work for multifamily and commercial buildings — with the compliance filings folded in. See our building services practice →