Emberton Plumbing & Heating Inc

Description of Work: Installed new central air conditioning in my home.

Description of Work: Replacement of hot water boiler (radiator heat), pump, expansion tank, thermostat and associated and connecting hardware. This home is approximately 80 years old and the old boiler was from the 1950's. The problem with old boiler is the flame box was deteriorated and was leaking carbon monoxide into the house. I got two other estimates from the two largest heating contractors from Fairbury IL. They were both very expensive, from $7,200 to $9,800 depending type of boiler and efficiency rating. A neighbor mentioned Emberton to me. He said he heard from others that Emberton did very good work and at a very reasonable prices. I called and made an appointment for an estimate. The owner, Jim Emberton came to the house the next day and inspected the old heating system, checked out the house and did heating measurements just like the other contractors did. Jim told me he would do some calculations and have an estimate the next day. Jim called and came to the house the next day with the estimate. His estimate was $4,375, which was about $2,800 less than next lowest for the same quality boiler. I compared Jim's estimate with the others and they were all very comparable except for price. The boiler that Jim selected was 140,000 btu compared the next lowest bid which was a 110,000 btu boiler at same efficiency rating. Jim told me his calculations called out 120,000 which he couldn't get so he went one size up. The old boiler was only 90,000 btu and maybe only 50% efficient, so I figured an upgrade to a 140,000 btu 84% efficient boiler would work very well. I said OK to Jim and set up and installation date.

Description of Work: We used Emberton Plumbing & Heating Inc to fix the kitchen sink.