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Natural Gas or Propane Furnaces |
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We are proud to offer heating products from the following manufactures:


*10 Year Parts & Labour Warranty included
on all Top Model
units*
Please click on the links located to the left to obtain detailed
information on the equipment that each has to offer.
Upgrading your furnace is probably the most effective way to improve your
home's energy efficiency and save on heating costs. New natural gas furnaces are
technically advanced and up to 97% efficient! That means 97 cents of every
dollar you spend on energy is used for heat. The older, standard-efficiency
furnaces (pre-1987) were typically only 60%-70% efficient.
There are two types of gas furnaces available to you:
Mid-efficiency furnaces
Today’s newer furnaces are middle efficiency rated at 80% AFUE (Annual Fuel
Utilization Efficiency) or higher. They don’t use pilot lights, but instead
feature spark or hot surface ignition and a ventor fan or automatic vent
damper . Mid-efficiency furnaces must be vented up a metal chimney. If you
have an existing masonry chimney, a metal liner is mandatory to protect it
from freezing water vapour.
High-efficiency furnaces
If you're building a new home, or it's time to replace your existing
furnace, consider high-efficiency models. They have two heat exchangers to
recover more heat from flue gases. They’re 90% efficient or greater, use
outside air for combustion, and can be vented through an exterior wall - no
need for a chimney. With a high-efficiency furnace, the higher your current
energy bill, the greater your potential savings.
Two Stage Gas valves now allow you to have two furnaces
in one cabinet, first stage operates at 60% capacity for those lower need
days and automatically change to 100% capacity for those colder days. This
ensures that you have just the right formula for all seasons and leads to
less temperature swings and more even heating throughout your house. Add to
this a new variable speed fan motor for even greater comfort and significant
hydro savings.

In most Canadian homes, the furnace fan is the largest single consumer of
electricity. If the furnace in your home is older than 15 or 20 years, you may
be using more electricity and spending more money than necessary. The good news
is that many of today’s new furnaces contain electronically commutated motors (ECM)*,
which are significantly more efficient than the motors used in most existing
furnaces. According to a study conducted by the Canadian Centre for Housing
Technology (CCHT), ECMs can reduce electrical consumption in the home by 26
percent (6.8 kWh/day) during the heating season and by 14 percent during the
cooling season (in homes with central air conditioning).**
*ECMs are brushless, permanent magnet DC motors with integrated controls.
They are also known as brushless DC motors, electronically commutated, permanent
magnet (ECPM) motors, brushless permanent magnet (BPM) motors and direct current
permanent magnet (DCPM) motors. “ECM” is a registered trademark.
**CMHC, June 2005, “Research Highlights, Technical Series 05-101: Effects of
ECPM Furnace Motors on Electricity and Gas Use.”
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