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Advise between two brands of boilers

damdolce
damdolce Member Posts: 21
edited September 2023 in Radiant Heating
I'm asking for a friend, but she got a quote today for two different boilers for her house.

Williamson GWA-100 and Utica MGB-095K Series 2, difference in price about $.

Can anyone give me their thoughts?

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  • pecmsg
    pecmsg Member Posts: 5,290
    How were these sized?

    I'm ASSUMING Hot Water!

    Oil, LP or NG?

    What size home and where?
  • damdolce
    damdolce Member Posts: 21
    Hot Water and she has natural gas, size home 1252 Ranch Style home in Buffalo, NY.
  • EBEBRATT-Ed
    EBEBRATT-Ed Member Posts: 16,470
    It is impossible for someone to make a recommendation without enough information.


    Even if we could prices are not allowed on this forum.
  • damdolce
    damdolce Member Posts: 21
    I'm sorry I was just wondering if these are good brands? We know nothing about boiler brands.
    Mad Dog_2
  • Jamie Hall
    Jamie Hall Member Posts: 24,842
    They are both good mid range brands, yes. But... boilers aren't plug and play. They need to be properly sized, and they need to be installed correctly. It's much more important to get a really competent installer to size the boiler and do the installation, and it's likely that they will have a boiler manufacturer that they like to work with.
    Br. Jamie, osb
    Building superintendent/caretaker, 7200 sq. ft. historic house museum with dependencies in New England
  • damdolce
    damdolce Member Posts: 21
    Thank you to everyone for your help!
  • Mad Dog_2
    Mad Dog_2 Member Posts: 7,518
    Ive installed both... They are both workhorses, but as a Fellow New Yorker, I'd go with Utica... Mad Dog 
    Consulting by Mad Dog & Matt Jr.
  • JohnNY
    JohnNY Member Posts: 3,290
    I install lots of Williamson boilers because they are identical to Weil-Mclain and are made in the same factory.
    I had no connection to Utica but had a problem with one a few years ago and had to call the factory. They were some of the nicest, most helpful bunch of people I've come across in the industry.
    So there.
    Contact John "JohnNY" Cataneo, NYC Master Plumber, Lic 1784
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    Heating in NYC or NJ.
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    ethicalpaul
  • damdolce
    damdolce Member Posts: 21
    Thanks John & Mad Dog, very helpful!

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