If your home or office has circulating heat and/or air conditioning, you have a duct system within the floors and walls of your structure. As air is pushed through your system, if the ducts are not clear and clean, you are unintentionally spreading air-borne...
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Replacing your vertical hot water tank with a tankless one?
When it comes to an efficient HVAC system for your home, various components need to be considered. One such component is your hot water tank. The traditional, grey, vertical hot water tank is a common choice for households. But what about the newer advanced tankless...
Gas Fireplaces: What to look for and how to maintain them
Fireplaces are among the top amenities for homeowners when scouting for a new residence in the Okanagan Valley. As per the National Association for Home Builders (NAHB), they rank second after outdoor patios and decks. These are traditionally built in when a home is...
A guide to RTUs
In the spectrum of HVAC systems, there is an important appliance called the packaged rooftop heating and cooling unit (or RTU). As the name suggests, RTUs get placed on the roof of single-story retail outlets and small commercial buildings. They provide conditioned...
How do commercial boilers work?
Now that the harsh cold winter has arrived, it is time to check your heating system, and this means the boiler. Whether you are in an office building, school, hospital, or manufacturing facility, you’ll be depending on a commercial boiler. If you are toying around...
Things you should know about Industrial Exhaust Fans
Installing or upgrading exhaust fans within commercial businesses has become more crucial during the COVID-19 pandemic. These fans protect the health and safety of employees and customers.An industrial exhaust fan provides air circulation. It comes in a range of flow...
What’s Up with Heating Zones?
Say that you have both a home office upstairs and a family room in the basement of your multi-storey home. You probably spend a great amount of your time in the home office, Mondays to Fridays, and evenings and weekends in the basement. In such situations, you want...
Ducts – Metal and Aluminum
Heating and cooling systems are an essential part of our daily lives. You are probably familiar with room floor or ceiling vents, and metal ducts in your basement, even if you don’t know exactly how they work! Ducts are the passages within these systems that help...
How to deal with a leaky furnace
Heating and cooling systems help ensure that your indoor environment is comfy and cosy, keeping your in-house temperature in check. However, older systems become susceptible to mechanical failure and could leave you out in the cold. In this blog, we chat about how you...
You Furnace Checklist to Get You Winter-Ready
Now that cool Okanagan mornings have arrived, consider getting your house in order for the coming winter. One item on your to-do list should be a furnace check-up. A year may have gone by since you even thought about your furnace! Our A1Kelowna heating experts...