Heating work done the way you would want it in your own house

Smithville Heating Cooling works on the houses of Smithville and West Lincoln, and those houses are not all alike. A brick house on Griffin Street or Canborough Street may have started on wood or coal, moved to oil and then gas, and still have a converted furnace that is bigger than the house needs, an old chimney and ductwork wrapped in old insulation. Station Meadows has forced-air gas furnaces and central air now reaching the end of their service life. The newer homes off Spring Creek Rd. have high-efficiency condensing furnaces venting through the side wall and tight walls that depend on balanced ventilation. Knowing which of these is in your basement shapes the visit before the cabinet is open.

A visit starts with what the system is doing and when it started. Then we test it, show you what we found and explain it plainly: what failed, why, and what your choices are. You get the price in writing and decide before anything is fitted. If a repair is not worth making on an ageing furnace, we say so, and if a replacement can wait, we say that too. See furnace repair.

When a furnace is replaced, it is sized to the house, not copied from the old label. In the older village houses that can mean a smaller furnace, a liner for a chimney that the water heater is left using on its own, and a look at ducts that were never meant for a modern blower. Where a heat pump makes sense, we look at a cold-climate or hybrid set-up paired with the gas furnace and check which rebate programs are open at quote time. See furnace installation and replacement and heat pumps.

Gas appliances in Ontario are installed to the CSA B149.1 Natural Gas and Propane Installation Code. Work is performed by TSSA-certified gas technicians. Air conditioners and heat pumps are a separate, compulsory trade. Work is performed by 313A refrigeration and air conditioning mechanics. In early November the normal low here is 0°C, so furnaces are running by late autumn, and a tune-up is best booked before then.