Royal Heating Corp

Royal Heating Corp wasn’t my plan A, plan B, or even my plan C. They were my plan D and I was getting rather desperate. Thank goodness I stumbled upon Hector M.‘s review and decided to give these guys a call. I love Unilocal,but for all its utilities, finding repairmen and contractors on it can be challenging.
I left a message at the end of the day and Chris called me back first thing the next day. I described the problem I was having with my central air (no central air) and the steps I had already taken to solve the problem (paying too much money to another company). Chris was able to stop by that day, came within the two hour period he said he was going to be there, and had me back up and running for a bit before the whole system gave up again. One or two service calls later (searching for the leak causing problem) it was time to face the music; the whole system had to go. And I’ll reiterate, this wasn’t the first time I reached this point, I’d been here with two other vendors. Chris and Don were great, once I was ready for the install they scheduled me pretty quickly and they got the job done in the time they said it would take. After dealing with a few vendors, I would definitely recommend Royal Heating Corp as reliable and I think their pricing is good, especially for service calls.

Central A/​C stopped pumping cold air. They arrived 30 minutes early, diagnosed it as needing refrigerant, added some and it was done! Prelly good price, too — I think if I had gone with a different company they would’ve ripped me off.

I rarely leave reviews (this is my 3^rd lifetime review) but was compelled to write this one. Chris from Royal heating and cooling was amazing — professional, courteous, knowledgeable, honest. He even came with his own booties! He found a solution for my Unico HVAC handler unit that none of the previous servicemen ever offered. He even went back to his office to find some parts to provide a solution for me and came back within an hour.
Not only did Chris solve a long outstanding issue, he also educated me a great bit along the way and, I suspect, saved me a lot of $$. I wanted to clean my AC coils and previous servicemen quoted $ 295 for the job. I did some online research and found out that I can clean coils on my own for $ 10 (price of the cleaning foam) but i was still a bit worried about doing it myself. Chris had a similar spray with him and spray cleaned my coils for no extra charge! I wish every service professional were like Chris. I hope Royal Heating and cooling continues to service our area for many years to come.

My hot water heater cracked and I needed it repaired as soon as possible. I called Royal Heating due to the positive feedback on Unilocal and after leaving a message recieved a call back from Chris about 30 minutes later. He agreed to stop by my place in Hoboken to go over the damage. I had to work the next two days and Royal isn’t open on weekends so he reccommended me to another repair place in Jersey City that he trusted and is open on Saturdays. After I recieved my quote from the other company I called Chris back and asked him if he thought that was a good price, he broke down the costs with me and was very patient especially considering this wasn’t going to be his job! The other place did a great job, but Chris will be my first call since he was really helpful and honest and went out of his way to help me.

It has been in the single digit temperatures for the last 2 weeks so naturally, there will be heating emergencies. My house was built in 1900 and heats with forced steam. Although the boiler is only 8 years old, the cast iron pipes circulating the steam are very old. I’ve had to replace a few sections of pipes in the past and had difficulty getting someone to show up when they promised and finish the job at a price I felt reasonable. The last plumber charged me $ 700 to replace about 2 feet of pipe.
Royal Heating and Plumbing was recommended by someone at Home Depot. I was told they were family owned, honest and reliable. I couldn’t agree more.
I called Don on a Friday afternoon. He explained he was on a job site and asked me to call back Monday morning since I stated it wasn’t an emergency. I aske for a ballpark cost to replace 18″ of cast iron pipe. He said depending on what he saw it might range from ~$ 300-​$ 500. I did as requested, he promised to be by later in the day and he actually showed up before noon. He said it was going to be ~$ 400 and he’d be replacing an elbow as well as the pipe to make sure it was done well. He promised to call me Wednesday or Thursday to come by and do the job.
Well, what do you know — Don called on Tuesday and said he could fit me in. His guy came by but had to run out for a few different pieces. He returned and in about 2 hours, he replaced the elbow, pipe and a valve that releases the steam but was very old. Total cost — $ 380.
I’ve never had an experience where a contractor beat both the timeline and cost with no hassles or song and dance as to why I had to pay more.
Royal Heating and Plumbing
FRIENDLY, RELIABLE AND REASONABLY PRICED!

Chris does great work and he is honest.
We had a problem that the water was getting far too hot.
Another guy tried to convince me I needed a new and expensive water heater.
But it was a smaller issue. The thermostat for the water heater failed.
So Chris replaced the thermostat.
I got the part, and he installed it, and when he said he would.

I knew I had a problem when I heard the sound of gushing water and it wasn’t raining outside. I opened the closet to my hot water heater and saw it erupting and I knew it wasn’t the ideal start to my day. I shut off the water valve and my doorman/​super both suggested calling Royal.
I called, they quoted me exactly what my super said, and I agreed (how long do you want to be without water, gas, or AC!?). They came in a couple of hours, pumped the 50 gallons of water out of my broken heater, hauled away the old one, and installed a new Rheem hot water heater in two hours. They handed me an invoice (which is due in 30 days) and I was shocked how seamless it was.

Excellent service. Called at 12, were here by 2. Found the problem and fixed it right away at a reasonable price. Very friendly and told me exactly what was wrong and how to fix it and said if I had any problems they’d come right back.
Will definitely call again with any issues!

Amazing, responsive, great customer service. They are as nice as one can be and really know what they are doing!

These guys are fast and really good. No BS they just came in and did what they needed and charged me what they said they would. I would be using them again if I need to, hopefully I wont and I will be suggesting them to everyone I know. Just amazing service. :)

We’ve worked with Don & Chris at Royal Heating for a few years now, for our loft in Jersey City, these guys are fantastic. Initially they maintained our 25yr old furnace, and then when it finally kicked the bucket they installed the new one.
Royal is 100% trustworthy and incredibly responsive be that through eMail, their cell phones after hours or through the office. When our old furnace died (as it all too often did) they were out here the same day to make sure we didn’t freeze.
Lastly, when it came time to buy the new system, Chris walked me through all the various options and models and then filled in all the paperwork for us to get the government tax breaks and rebates. We hooked the whole system up to a Schlage Zwave WiFi thermostats so we can control all three zones of the house remotely through the Internet.
I would strongly recommend working with Royal Heating, and if we ever do move to another place in Hoboken or Jersey City I know I’ll call them again for that one too.
DISCLAIMER: I have no formal connection with Royal Heating, they didn’t ask me to write this, and I suspect Don doesn’t even know what Unilocal is. But I rely on Unilocal for most of my decisions, so wanted to give this tip back to the community.