Alberta Furnace & Heating Services

Infloor Heating: Infloor Heating is by far the most comfortable and efficient way to heat your home. It is easily installed in new home basements and garage areas and can also be used to heat main and second floors by using a gypcrete overpour system. Air conditioning can be installed as a ductless split air conditioning system. This will guarantee a much more even space temperature since hot air wants to rise and cold air does the opposite.

Air Conditioning: R22 systems are no longer being manufactured after 2010.   They have been proven to be reliable over many years, however, no more advances in efficiency will be forthcoming since the systems are no longer being manufactured after 2010.   This is the main reason for looking at the R410 equipment since all research and development will be going toward those systems.

Humidification: Humidity is the water vapor within a given space or, in the case of Calgary, the lack of it within a given space! Proper humidification (the process of adding moisture to the air) is an important aspect of indoor air quality. It adds to our comfort by reducing static electricity and reducing or eliminating dry nose, dry/scratchy throat and itchy skin.

Constantly changing levels of humidity or constant low levels of humidity also affects practically everything in our home; furniture, musical instruments, electronic equipment, printers, hardwood floors, wood paneling, joists/studs, drywall and so on. For example; in furniture the wood shrinks causing joints to separate and cracks to appear or in the case of plaster/drywall, cracks appear as the product dries out.

Ventilation: Only the cheapest (180 cfm and lower) kitchen canopy exhaust hoods are allowed to be vented to the outdoors without special make-up air provisions.   The maximum amount of unheated outdoor air allowed to enter a typical furnace is 25% of supply air.  This typically means a 250 to 300 cfm kitchen exhaust hood is the maximum size allowed without preheating make-up air.