ABBCO Heating and Cooling is based at 8160 Farnum Ave in Warren. We repair steam boilers in homes built mostly between 1940 and 1970, serving every Warren ZIP code and the surrounding Macomb County suburbs.
(586) 742-3429The United States Census Bureau lists 1965 as the median year Warren homes were built. Builders in that decade, and the ones before it, installed steam boilers and cast iron radiators as standard equipment, especially in the 48089 ZIP code in south Warren, which dates mostly to the 1940s and 1950s. Seventy years later, many of those original systems are still in the basement, and they need a technician who understands one pipe and two pipe steam, not just modern forced air furnaces.
One pipe and two pipe steam, cast iron radiators, and the Weil McLain, Burnham, and Peerless boilers common in Warren homes from this era.
A cracked pigtail, a stuck steam trap, a corroded gauge glass. You see the actual failed part before any work begins.
You approve a price before work starts. The number on the invoice matches the number you agreed to.
Steam boiler repair is the focus in Warren, not a side service alongside twenty other trades.
You can verify a Michigan mechanical contractor license at michigan.gov/lara before hiring anyone for boiler work.
Required under state law for boiler installation and repair work. Ask to see it before any work begins.
Protects your home if something goes wrong during the job. Confirm current coverage before hiring.
Required for handling refrigerant, relevant if a contractor also services your AC system.
The number you approve should match the number on the final invoice. Get it in writing.
Steam boiler repair specialist with 18 years of experience on cast iron steam systems across Warren and Macomb County. Gary works exclusively on one pipe and two pipe systems in the brick homes built here between 1940 and 1975. Licensed Michigan mechanical contractor verified under LARA. Every ABBCO job dispatched through this service is completed by Gary or a technician working under equivalent credentials.
Gary has never worked on a forced air furnace professionally. Eighteen years of diagnostic work on Weil McLain, Burnham, and Peerless boilers in Macomb County homes — the brands and eras that Warren was built with.
Michigan requires a mechanical contractor license for boiler installation and major repair work. Gary holds that license, verified through the Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs. Homeowners can confirm any contractor's license at michigan.gov/lara before work begins.
Gary lives and works in Macomb County. Same day service in Warren means an hour or two, not the end of the day. He grew up in a house with a one pipe steam system on Hoover Road and has repaired the same model of boiler dozens of times.
ABBCO operates as a local lead-to-pro service. When you call, you speak with a Warren-based booking team that dispatches vetted, licensed mechanical contractors who perform the actual repair. The technicians who come to your home hold Michigan mechanical contractor licenses, which you can verify at michigan.gov/lara before any work begins. Every job is completed under that licensed operator's credentials, with a permit pulled for installation and major repair work.
Work is performed by vetted Michigan licensed mechanical contractors. Ask for the license number when the technician arrives and verify it at michigan.gov/lara.
The number you approve before work starts is the number on the final invoice. No surprises, no additions after the fact.
ABBCO does not pay technicians on commission. There is no financial incentive to recommend work your system does not need.
We cover every Warren ZIP code, 48088, 48089, 48091, 48092, and 48093. Our trucks run daily past the GM Technical Center on Mound Road, the 12 Mile Road corridor where Macomb Community College's South Campus and Warren Mott High School sit, and Hoover Road near Paul K. Cousino High School. From Chicago Road to Van Dyke Avenue, from Ryan Road to Schoenherr Road, we know the streets and the housing stock behind them.
See Full Service AreaSearch the contractor license lookup at michigan.gov/lara. Any homeowner can check a Michigan mechanical contractor license this way before hiring for boiler work, and it is worth doing before any repair or installation.
Yes. Alongside all five Warren ZIP codes, we serve Center Line, Sterling Heights, Eastpointe, Roseville, and the rest of Macomb County.
ABBCO is based in Warren at 8160 Farnum Ave, focused on steam boiler repair for the city's older homes and the surrounding Macomb County suburbs.
"Boiler quit at 11pm on a Tuesday in February. ABBCO answered on the first ring, showed up in under two hours, and showed us the failed low water cutoff before touching anything. Written quote, our approval, heat back on by 1am. This is exactly how every contractor should operate."
"1952 brick ranch off Chicago Road with the original Burnham boiler. Most companies either refuse the job or charge double for old steam systems. ABBCO walked in knowing exactly what they were looking at, replaced the steam trap on the upstairs radiator, and charged a fair price. First contractor in years who was straight with me."
"Pipes banging so loud every night we could not sleep. Called three companies. Two said we needed a new boiler. ABBCO found one pipe with wrong pitch after foundation settling, re-supported it, and the banging stopped the same day. Did not need a new boiler at all. Saved us thousands."