Furnace Articles

Winter in Calgary is shaping up to be especially harsh this year. Can you imagine not having your furnace to help you make it through? You go to turn it on … and instead of rushing warm air through your ducts, it rattles, groans, and then just sits in sullen silence, clearly protesting another season of overworked servitude.

In 1919, inventor Alice H. Parker filed a patent for the first gas-fueled furnace. Years later, the basic technology is the same—only it burns less gas.

What’s at the top of your fall to-do list in Calgary? Make sure it is your furnace.

Prepping your heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) system for winter not only enhances your safety and your furnace’s efficiency, it can help keep your repair budget in line during cold weather.

If your furnace is producing a strange smell, you should always treat it with caution. While the cause for the odor may be benign, it could just as easily be harmful to inhale. When in doubt, always open windows to ensure ventilation, and evacuate your Calgary home.

If your furnace seems to be producing heat inconsistently around your Calgary home to you, you’re not alone. Many homes have varied conditions from room to room, causing spotty heating or cooling.

Nobody wants a problem with their furnace—but even the most efficient systems have to be replaced at some point.

Is the heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) system in your Bearspaw home malfunctioning? If so, be sure to address the issue as soon as possible—doing so can prevent further discomfort and damage.

Every homeowner’s nightmare. You wake up on a cold winter morning and something doesn’t feel right. Why does it feel so darn cold? Oh. The heating didn’t come on. Oh. That means the furnace stopped working. Oh. What do I do now? Oh. Do I need a new furnace? A furnace that stops working may just be a mild…

It’s understandable that maintenance tasks often fall by the wayside. Many homeowners follow the mantra of “if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.” Everyone is busy and many seemingly more important priorities tend to creep up every month to consume time and money.  However, the last thing you want to worry about when the weather…