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Deep Freeze, Dead Furnace

Feb 23, 2019

This time of season, we’re all about Winnipeg heating repair. We just got through one of the deepest freezes we’ve had in years, with -50 wind chills affecting us for the first time in years. Some of the coldest weather on record happened during the cold snap in...

Natural Gas in Manitoba

Feb 7, 2019

There’s a lot to think about when choosing between gas and electric furnaces. We delved deep into the advantages and disadvantages of each on a previous blog post. Here’s the short version; natural gas is cheaper and in some ways even more environmentally friendly. It...

HVAC In Supermarkets

Jan 18, 2019

Supermarkets are some of the biggest consumers of energy per square foot in the country. Preserving food while maintaining thermal comfort for customers is quite difficult. There are also a wide variety of temperatures foods need to be held at; grocers have...

Furnace Fans

Jan 6, 2019

Long-time readers of our blog have a pretty good idea how furnaces work; there’s some type of heating mechanism, usually using electricity or natural gas as a source of energy. That heat is then sent through the ducts via fan (technically known as a blower motor), and...

How Electric Furnaces Work

Dec 13, 2018

It’s a bit odd to talk about trends in the furnace world; unlike a remodel of your kitchen or the latest fashion catalogue, the colours and patterns of your furnace aren’t particularly relevant. That said, what’s trendy right now in the world of HVAC is eco-friendly...

Electric Furnaces vs Gas Furnaces

Dec 9, 2018

The house is never warming properly, you’re hearing disturbing mechanical grinding from the basement, you’re calling for repairs every other week and your heating system was installed in 1987; it’s time to get a new furnace. Shopping around, you may notice that there...

Evaluating the Efficiency of Your Furnace

Nov 17, 2018

When we were a species of hunter-gatherers, efficiency was important, but not nearly as important as it is now. We would chop wood for fires, but if we chopped too much, or lost some, it wasn’t the end of the world; we just had to go chop more, an inconvenience, not a...

Pets and Your Furnace

Nov 3, 2018

Having a pet is one of life’s great joys. It’s incredible to watch their personalities develop, to form a real bond with a creature who doesn’t even share a language with you, to snuggle up on a cold winter’s night and enjoy their company. As many joys as you can find...

How Faulty Air Conditioning Can Harm Your Home

Oct 6, 2018

The comforts that a well installed HVAC unit can bring to your home are numerous; perfect heating in the winter, a cool retreat in the summertime. Like any piece of technology, however, poorly installed or maintained HVAC units can cause problems; these problems...

The Climate of Winnipeg

Sep 20, 2018

Anywhere you live, it’s likely you’ll need heating or cooling; even on the coast, temperatures can get low enough that a furnace is a must to keep toasty, and in the Deep South life without air conditioning is almost unimaginable. Temperature extremes are hazardous to...