Boiler season starts before you think it does

Every year the first cold snap arrives in early October and every heating company in the county books out two weeks deep. The homeowners who stay warm are the ones who called in September.

This issue: a five-minute pre-season boiler checklist, what a fair tune-up costs across Rye, Scarsdale, and White Plains, and three neighbor-recommended HVAC pros currently taking new customers.