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Industrial Boiler Service, Repair, and Engineering in California
24/7 emergency service, preventative maintenance, code repairs, retubes, burner work, and turnkey installation. We service and repair McKenna boilers and other brands.
Code-built boilers and vessels
Code repairs, any brand
Factory-authorized Tech Center
Factory-authorized Burner Tech Center
Fifth generation, family-owned
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McKenna Boiler Works, Inc. services, repairs, and installs industrial boilers across California. Service includes 24/7 emergency response with a live person answering the phone, preventative maintenance and annual service contracts, code repairs under the National Board R certificate, retubes, refractory, combustion tuning, and ultra-low NOx burner retrofits. McKenna services McKenna boilers and other brands, engineers and installs boiler systems, and starts up and commissions the boilers and systems it builds and the retrofits it installs. Call (323) 987-1816 or email info@mckennaboiler.com.
24/7 emergency service
Boiler down? Call (323) 987-1816.
A live person answers 24 hours a day, and an on-call McKenna technician gets to you as soon as possible. We service McKenna boilers and other brands.
Service
Maintenance and service.
24/7 Emergency Service
Boilers down, low water cutoff trips, tube leaks, and burner and flame failures, day or night.
Emergency service →
Preventative Maintenance
Scheduled inspections, cleaning, and tuning that catch problems before they shut the plant down.
Preventative maintenance →
Annual Service Contracts
A year of planned maintenance visits on one agreement.
Service contracts →
Remote Monitoring & Diagnostics
Remote monitoring of boiler operation and alarms.
Remote monitoring →
Inspections & Testing
Boiler inspection support and safety control testing.
Inspections and testing →
Energy Audits
A look at fuel use, combustion, and heat loss to find savings.
Energy audits →
Steam Trap Audits
Survey and test steam traps to find the failed ones wasting steam.
Steam trap audits →
Operator Training
Training for your boiler operators on safe, efficient operation.
Operator training →
Repairs
Repairs and upgrades.
R-Stamp Code Repair
Code repairs and alterations on boilers and pressure vessels of any brand, under our National Board R certificate.
R-stamp repair →
Retubes & Tube Repair
Retubes, tube repair, and new tubesheets for firetube and watertube boilers.
Retubes →
Refractory Repair
Rear door, front door, burner throat, and target wall refractory repaired and replaced on firetube and firebox boilers.
Refractory repair →
Controls & Efficiency Upgrades
Combustion controls from Autoflame or other manufacturers, oxygen trim, and lead/lag sequencing.
Controls upgrades →
Ultra-Low NOx Retrofits
High-efficiency, ultra-low NOx burner retrofits to meet your air district’s rule.
Ultra-low NOx retrofits →
Combustion Tuning & Burner Service
Combustion analysis, quarterly tuning, and burner repair.
Combustion tuning →
Waterjet Cutting
5-axis waterjet cutting at up to 94,000 PSI in our Oceanside, California shop.
Waterjet cutting →
Projects
Engineering and projects.
Engineering & Design
Boiler room design, equipment sizing, and drawings from McKenna engineers.
Engineering and design →
Installation
Boiler and boiler room installation by McKenna field crews.
Installation →
Commissioning & Startup
Startup and commissioning of the equipment McKenna builds and the retrofits it installs, in any state.
Commissioning →
Decommissioning & Removal
Shutdown, disconnect, and removal of old boilers.
Decommissioning →
AQMD & Source Testing
Help with air permits and the source tests that show your boiler meets the rule.
AQMD and source testing →
Lead-Lag Modular Systems
Multiple boilers sequenced lead/lag to follow the load.
Lead-lag systems →
One accountable company
Why plants use McKenna for service.
Other brands
We service and repair McKenna boilers and other brands in your boiler room.
Code repairs in house
Our National Board R certificate covers code repairs and alterations, so the job doesn’t wait on another company.
Engineers behind the techs
The same engineers who design our boilers back up our field crews on hard problems.
One call
Service, parts, rentals, and replacement. We aren’t always the cheapest; you get one company accountable for the whole job.
Start to finish
How a service call runs.
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Diagnosis on site
A McKenna technician diagnoses the boiler, burner, and controls on site.
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Repair
Repairs, parts from our shelf, and code repairs under our R certificate. If the boiler can’t be fixed right away, a rental boiler can keep the plant running.
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Follow-up
Our office follows up after the job and schedules the next maintenance visit.
Our work



McKenna Boiler Works, Inc. services, repairs, and installs industrial boilers across California. McKenna has been family-owned since 1921, builds its own boilers, and services McKenna boilers and other brands.
Yes. McKenna Boiler Works, Inc. services and repairs McKenna boilers and other brands of industrial boilers, and makes code repairs on boilers and pressure vessels from any manufacturer under its National Board R certificate.
Yes. A live person answers (323) 987-1816 24 hours a day, and an on-call McKenna Boiler Works, Inc. technician gets to the site as soon as possible, anywhere in California.
An R stamp repair is a repair or alteration to a boiler or pressure vessel made under a National Board R certificate, following the National Board Inspection Code. McKenna Boiler Works, Inc. holds the R certificate and makes code repairs on any brand.
Yes. McKenna Boiler Works, Inc. offers annual service contracts with planned preventative maintenance visits through the year.
Tell us what the boiler is doing.
Service, repairs, and installation for McKenna boilers and other brands, across California.