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The Watermark at 3030 Park Avenue | Bridgeport
Independent Living | Assisted Living | Skilled Nursing & Rehabilitation | Memory Care

Funk Boiler works of West Haven, CT recently completed an energy efficient restructuring of the building’s boilers. The building previously had a single large 400 horsepower boiler, which was one of 3 monster boilers originally installed when the building was built. Two boilers had already failed and they were operating on the third. Funk Boiler was servicing this & trying to keep it alive until the new installation was completed. Funk analyzed and designed for efficiency, installing eight smaller Triad boilers in what is called a series. This allows use only of the boilers needed for both the units and/or hot water use. The installation was completed with heat timer controls and a complete energy management system resulting in substanatial fuel savings. The eight smaller boilers continue to provide scalable heating beyond the output of the three original boilers, with much more efficiency. Each boiler will only run when called upon for demand throughout the daily cycles.

The estimated fuel and energy savings is easily about 30-40%.
Watermark also realized a very substantial rebate from the UI for energy savings upgrades equal to 15% of the project cost.

Funk Boiler Works is certified in the State of Connecticut’s DAS Contractor Prequalification Program (C.G.S §4a-100), passing prequalification criteria for bidding on or performing construction services in excess of $500,000.

Funk Boiler, bonded for up to $3 million, often performs commercial installations exceeding that amount.

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The Bridgeport Housing Authority operates (5 family housing projects, four Senior/Disabled and Supportive Housing complexes and numerous offices in the city, with over 2600 housing equivalent units - apartments that serve low income families, seniors, and people with disabilities.

In January, 2014, with temperatures in the single digits for nearly a week, the clay lining of a chimney collapsed with the heat stress of excessive demand. 500 residents were suddenly without hot water. Funk Boiler Works arrived on the scene with one of its 2 million BTU portable boilers. Quickly patching into the existing facilities, Funk’s portable boiler continued to supply hot water to residents for the next several weeks while repairs were made to the chimney.

With emergency action from Funk Boiler Works, the Housing Authority was able to avoid the disruptive and costly scenario of relocation of the 500 residents; many of whom are elderly and disabled.

Funk Boiler Works goes out of its way to install conventional American equipment with life expectancies of 20 to 30 years, where many condensing boilers have life expectancies of only 7-8 years. The savings is in the longevity and higher efficiency of primary/secondary piping.

• Customized Energy Efficiency Analysis
• New Boiler Installation and Maintenance
• Existing Boiler Repair and Maintenance
• Products and Services Exclusively for Large Commercial
• Most Current Energy Efficient Installations
• Educated, Reliable and Courteous Maintenance Team
• Provide Maintenance Services for All Major Brands
• Guaranteed Low Prices and Superior Service
• Saving Our Customers 17 – 40% in Yearly Realized Costs
• Portable Heating Units Available
• Boilers – Burners
• Energy Management Systems
• Cast Iron Boilers – Steel Boilers
• Repair – Replace – Rent

We also offer boiler rentals! Please call us to inquire about pricing and models available for rental.

There are several types of boilers. Funk Boiler Works carries all kinds, from leading manufacturers:

• Cast Iron Boilers - HB Smith, Weil McClain, and Burnham are all cast iron boilers. Cast iron boilers are easily accessible to buildings. They are sectional boilers and are built in place. They have an approximate life span of 20 years.
• Steel Boilers - Columbia, Hurst, Cleaverbrooks, Triad, York, and Burnham are all steel boilers. These one-piece boilers need larger entry ways to properties to get them in the buildings. They have an approximate life span of 40 years with a re-tubing.
• Condensing Boilers - Lochinvar, Burnham, Hydro-therm, and Ray are all condensing boilers. Condensing Boilers are high efficiency boilers which in most cases fire on gas only. They have low stack temperatures which create a high moisture content.
• Burners - Power - Flame, Industrial Combustion, Webster, and Carlin are all capable of burning gas or oil.

To schedule a complimentary customized Energy Efficiency Analysis to determine what products best suit the needs of your business, please contact our sales department today.

Survey the rest, then call the best – contact Funk Boiler Works Inc. today at 203-934-3066!

What is Funk's History, what is it doing presently/how has it changed or grown? What are its plans for the future?

Great Grandfather Barclow Funk the 1st began working for Leffel Boiler in Ohio during the 1870's. At that time Leffel Boiler was the largest boiler company in the world and, believe it or not, boilers were the side line. At the time Leffel Boiler was selling more water wheels than boilers. Many years later in the early 1900's Grandfather Barclow Funk the 2nd started working for Leffel Boiler. His three brothers were also boliermakers in Ohio with Roberts Iron Works, later known as RICO Corp. Grandfather Funk then went into World War I as a first class boilermaker in the Navy. After the war he returned to Leffel boiler for a few months. Grandfather Barclow Funk the 2nd then left Leffel Boiler in Ohio and headed for Alaska to join in the excitement of the gold rush. He worked on the Copper River Railroad and on the goldmine boilers, repairing and keeping them running.

After Grandfather Funk spent four years in Alaska he moved to Connecticut to start his own boiler company in 1928. He worked through the depression in numerous factories throughout the New Haven area doing steel fabricating and welding. During World War II, Grandfather Funk's company Funk Boiler Works, Inc. worked for numerous defense shops with full crews of boiler makers all over the State of Connecticut.

In 1953 Perry J. Funk, son of Grandfather Barclow Funk the 2nd, took over the company where he did numerous repairs, re-tubing, stack installations and boiler installations. During the 1970's drastic changes took place in the company and Funk Boiler Works, Inc began energy conscious heating systems utilizing things like primary/secondary piping and new burner technology along with many gas and oil combination burners which could burn either fuel at the flick of a switch, making our own energy management systems with numerous products out together to essentially do what one simple control does now, turning steam systems into very efficient systems and proving to the commercial general public that Funk Boiler Works was a big player in saving people fuel.

In the early 1980's Wayne Goldsmith, stepson of Perry J. Funk began working with the Funk Company not only doing installations and boiler re-tubing, but taking the company to the next level of being a major installer in the Connecticut State area. Funk Boiler Works, Inc. proceeded into the new millennium with almost all of our design builds having high tech capabilities and energy management systems. Our energy management systems are now working together with DDC systems to make a full blown transition into the new millennium. Our design build heating systems have been recognized by national magazines. Funk Boiler Works, Inc. always considers the customer first. Funk Boiler Works continues to maintain energy conservation with a broad line of well built-boilers through the current recession and beyond.