RENTAL BOILERS

Rental Boilers & Equipment in Northern Ohio

A boiler going down mid-shift is not a problem you schedule around. D. B. Johnsen Co. has supplied boiler rental equipment to Northern Ohio plants, hospitals, schools, and commercial buildings since 1958, dispatching from our shop at 4900 Brecksville Road in Richfield to nineteen counties across the region.

Our boiler rental fleet runs from trailer mounted units ready to fire on arrival to fully enclosed mobile boiler rooms built for weather exposure, and we size every unit against your actual load before it leaves our yard.

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WHAT WE DO

Rental options

Trailer-Mounted Boilers Skidded and trailered — ready to fire on site.
Mobile Boiler Rooms Fully enclosed, weather-rated rental units.
Temporary Steam Packages Bridge your plant during an outage or retube.
Feedwater & Auxiliary Pumps, softeners, and controls to complete the package.
Fast Deployment Delivery and startup coordinated on your timeline.
Outage & Retube Coverage Keep production up while we service the primary unit.

THE FLEET

Rental units ready to roll

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When a Rental Boiler Costs Less Than Going Down

Boiler rental solves a specific problem well: you need steam or hot water for a defined stretch of time and the permanent unit cannot deliver it. That covers a retube or major repair on a single boiler plant, a scheduled outage or inspection that cannot be pushed back, a seasonal peak that outruns installed capacity, and the stretch between an old boiler failing and a new one arriving, which given current equipment lead times is where most of our emergency boiler rental calls come from.

The math is usually simple once you run it. Compare the rental cost against a few days of lost production, spoiled product, or a building you cannot legally occupy without heat, and the decision tends to make itself. The version we would rather avoid is the one where nobody planned ahead and the call comes in already an emergency.

Trailer Mounted Boilers and Full Mobile Boiler Rooms

Trailer mounted and skidded boiler rental units are the answer for most temporary loads. They arrive ready to fire, requiring only hookup of water, power, fuel, and steam piping, and our trailers reach sizes up to 225 boiler horsepower with dual fuel capability for natural gas or oil.

For jobs that need more than a bare boiler, our mobile boiler rooms go further. These weather rated, fully enclosed units package the boiler together with the feedwater systems, softeners, pumps, and controls it needs to run, so a facility manager is not assembling a temporary boiler room out of parts on a loading dock in the middle of a Northern Ohio winter.

Both a steam boiler rental and a hot water boiler rental configuration are available depending on what your building or process requires.

Why We Do Not Post Prices or a Rental Inventory Online

Availability in our rental boiler fleet changes constantly, which is why you will not find a price list or an inventory count published anywhere. Call our office and we will tell you what is actually sitting in the yard right now, what size fits the load you describe, and how quickly it can be on site.

Sizing a rental boiler is not less important than sizing a permanent one, so we ask about your process, your current boiler horsepower, and your connection points before we quote anything. A unit that is undersized for your load will short cycle within weeks, and that is a worse outcome than waiting an extra day for the right equipment.

Emergency Boiler Rental When You Cannot Wait

When a tube fails or a firebox cracks overnight, an emergency boiler rental is not a convenience, it is the difference between keeping a building occupied and shutting it down. We keep crews on call around the clock, because boiler failures do not check the calendar first.

If you are searching for boiler rental near me in the middle of an active failure, our dispatch starts with a phone call, not a web form. Tell us your fuel type, connection size, and rough load, and we will match you to available equipment and get it moving. Most emergency calls inside our Northern Ohio service area result in a unit on site within hours.

Planned Outages, Retubes, and Capital Projects

Not every commercial boiler rental starts as a crisis. Plant engineers managing a scheduled retube, a full boiler replacement, or an ASME inspection often know weeks ahead that they need temporary capacity, and coordinating delivery against your outage window is easier than scrambling the morning the primary unit goes cold. We handle removal once your permanent system is back on line.

For projects running longer than a few weeks, our industrial boiler rental agreements can flex as your load changes, and we support feedwater and auxiliary equipment rentals alongside the boiler itself so the temporary setup functions as a complete system, not just a single machine sitting in a parking lot.

Boiler Rental Company Serving Cleveland, Akron, Canton, Youngstown, and Lorain

D. B. Johnsen Co. covers rental boiler and equipment needs across Cleveland, Akron, Canton, Youngstown, Lorain, and the surrounding communities within our nineteen county Northern Ohio service area. Being based in Richfield keeps us close to the industrial corridors along I-77 and I-71, which matters when a trailer mounted boiler rental needs to be moving within the hour, not the week.

We are licensed and insured for boiler transport, rigging, and startup, and our crews handle the permitting and inspection steps that come with temporary boiler installations in Ohio.

BOILER-ROOM FAQ

Frequently Asked Questions

How fast can a rental boiler get to my site?

For an active failure inside our Northern Ohio service area, we typically have equipment moving within hours. Planned rentals for a retube or capital project get scheduled around your outage date once we confirm sizing and connection details.

What sizes are available through your boiler rental fleet?

Our trailer mounted units run up to 225 boiler horsepower with dual fuel capability, and our mobile boiler rooms scale to larger loads. We do not publish an inventory list because availability shifts constantly, so we size against your actual load on the phone.

Do you handle hookup and startup, or is that our crew’s job?

Our technicians coordinate delivery, hookup, and startup on your timeline. Most jobs only require you to have water, power, fuel, and steam piping accessible at the connection point.

Can I get a temporary boiler rental for a short outage instead of a long project?

Yes. We support anything from a weekend emergency to a multi month capital project, and our rental terms are structured differently depending on which situation you are in.

Why don’t you list rental prices or available units on your website?

Because that list would be wrong within days. Availability changes constantly, so we would rather have a short phone conversation and quote you against what is actually on the lot and what your load requires.

Call D. B. Johnsen for Boiler Rental Availability in Northern Ohio

D. B. Johnsen Co. has been solving boiler problems for Northern Ohio facilities for over 65 years. If your plant, hospital, school, or commercial building needs a rental boiler now or you are planning ahead for a scheduled outage, call our Richfield office to talk through what your facility actually needs.

WHERE WE COVER

Rental Boilers & Equipment across Northern Ohio

Dispatched from our shop at 4900 Brecksville Road in Richfield, Ohio, covering nineteen counties. Start with your city:

LINES WE REPRESENT

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Also representing: Century Controls.

Need rental boilers & equipment? Let’s talk.

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