Professional HVAC Contractors in Pitt Meadows, BC

A furnace burns natural gas to create heat, where a heat pump uses electricity to extract heat energy out of the outside air, and convert it to heat inside your home.

There are many factors involved in deciding whether to repair or replace an HVAC system. These include the age of the current system, whether or not there is a warranty left on it, the condition that it is in, and the cost of the repair required. When you have a technician out to your home, they will discuss these details with you, so that you can make an informed decision on how you want to move forward.

High efficiency furnaces use much more of the heat energy from the gas that they burn. A good way to look at this is percentage of efficiency compared to pennies in a dollar. With a standard efficiency furnace (average 60% efficient) 40 cents out of every dollar is escaping out of the exhaust. A high efficiency furnace on the other hand uses 90-98 cents of every dollar spent converting the heat energy into heat in your home. The exhaust temperature is so low on these furnaces, that they need to be vented with plastic pipe, allowing the exhaust gases that have condensed into water vapour to flow back into the furnace and out of the home through the drain.

Two stage heating is a furnace with essentially 2 speeds. Rather than running at a full firing rate whenever there is a need for heat, it can operate at a low speed if only a small increase in temperature is required. This means less gas burned, and more money saved. Even better than a 2 stage furnace is a variable capacity furnace which when paired with a variable capacity heat pump can offer up to 56 stages of heating. Talk about savings!

There are many factors involved in determining what size air conditioner should be installed. This is best left to a professional who will conduct a heat load calculation that considers many factors.