Furnace repair and replacement
Diagnostics on gas and electric furnaces, ignition and control repairs, heat exchanger inspection and high efficiency replacement with the venting and ductwork it requires.
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01 · Heating, ventilation and air conditioning
HVAC Contractors in Kelowna and the Okanagan
Furnaces, air conditioners, heat pumps, ductwork and controls, designed and installed by our own gas fitters, refrigeration technicians and sheet metal shop.
Technical overview
How We Approach an HVAC System
An HVAC system is a set of matched parts, not a single appliance. Heating capacity, cooling capacity, airflow, duct static pressure, venting and controls all have to agree with each other before a system runs the way it was intended to. When one of those is wrong, the symptoms show up somewhere else: rooms that never reach temperature, equipment that short cycles, noise at the registers, or a unit that fails early.
On a service call our technicians test the system rather than swap parts. That means checking gas pressure and combustion on a furnace, superheat and subcooling on an air conditioner or heat pump, temperature rise across the heat exchanger, static pressure across the duct system, and the safety and limit controls that shut equipment down. The findings decide the repair.
On a replacement we size the equipment to the building. Duct capacity, existing venting, electrical supply and the layout of the home or building are reviewed before equipment is selected, and our sheet metal shop fabricates the transitions and ductwork the new equipment needs. Cooling and heat pump work is carried out by refrigeration technicians, and gas fired equipment by certified gas fitters.
What we do
HVAC Services We Provide
Air conditioning
Central air conditioning installation, refrigerant charge and airflow correction, condenser and coil replacement, and repairs to systems that are not holding temperature.
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Air source and ducted heat pump installation, cold weather setup, back-up heat integration and controls, plus service on existing heat pump equipment.
Read moreDuctwork and sheet metal
Duct design, fabrication in our own shop, plenum and transition work, return air corrections and zoning for rooms that never balance out.
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Seasonal inspection and testing of heating and cooling equipment, including combustion checks, filtration, condensate and control verification.
Read moreRepairs and service calls
Scheduled and urgent repair work on residential and commercial heating and cooling equipment across the valley.
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Equipment and Scope
Equipment we work on
- Gas, propane and electric furnaces
- Central air conditioners and condensing units
- Air source and ducted heat pumps
- Rooftop and packaged units
- Air handlers and fan coils
- Combined energy systems pairing a boiler with forced air
Distribution and air
- Sheet metal ductwork fabricated in house
- Plenums, transitions and return air
- Zoning dampers and controls
- High efficiency filtration and humidifiers
- Exhaust, make-up air and ventilation
- Venting for high and mid efficiency appliances
Testing we perform
- Combustion and gas pressure verification
- Temperature rise across the heat exchanger
- Superheat and subcooling on refrigerant circuits
- Static pressure across the duct system
- Amp draw on motors and compressors
- Safety, limit and lockout control checks
How the work runs
From First Call to Commissioning
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Assessment
We look at the equipment, the ductwork, the venting and the building before recommending anything, so the scope reflects what is actually there.
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Testing and diagnosis
Measurements decide the repair. We explain what failed and why in plain language, along with the options and the cost.
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Installation
Our own installers, gas fitters and sheet metal workers carry out the work, including the duct and venting changes new equipment needs.
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Commissioning
The system is started, measured and adjusted, and we walk you through the controls and filter service before we leave.
Questions
HVAC Questions We Hear
Not seeing your question? Call 250-862-9063 and talk it through with someone who does the work.
It depends on the failed component, the age of the equipment and the condition of the heat exchanger. We give you the repair cost and the replacement option together so you can compare them, rather than pushing one over the other.
Other trades
One Team Across Four Trades
Next step
Talk to Us About HVAC
Tell us about the property and what you need looked at. We will let you know what is involved and what the next step looks like.