Boiler Replacement. Need Assistance

 

I hope that you are able to assist me in my donation efforts.  My furnace stopped working and I thought it was the pilot light that needed to be reignited.  When I called my furnace guy I found out it was bigger than that. I would need a boiler. His verbal estimate was $9,000. I got two more estimates and the highest one was 9500.    

I have applied for loans to find our I don't qualify.  I am at my wits end, and it's getting colder here in Michigan. We have been without heat for a month and I have space heaters around the house that help out a little.  I hope that you can assist me, my daughter and my animals with getting this fixed. I appreciate all who do.  Much gratitude.

There's a slow leak at the bottom

Update:

It's 2026, and it's still not repaired. I've figured out how to keep warm. I setup a space heater in the basement to keep the pipes warm, and in my bedroom, and bathroom.  Laying of clothes, socks, a heating blanket for my bed along with 4 to 5 extra blankets. Turning the water off in the kitchen when the temperature dips below zero.   $9,000, is ridiculous just to replace the heating Rods and a small hole on the inside of the boiler that could've been sodded with another piece if metal.