{"id":5832,"date":"2020-12-17T00:15:55","date_gmt":"2020-12-17T00:15:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/randbplumbing.ca\/?p=5832"},"modified":"2023-09-20T20:09:24","modified_gmt":"2023-09-20T20:09:24","slug":"house-heating-system","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/randbplumbing.ca\/house-heating-system\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Choose a Heating System for your House"},"content":{"rendered":"
I overheard a customer once asking Rob, owner of R&B, this exact question.<\/p>\n
What is the best brand and what model should I choose?<\/p>\n
I opened my ears to listen curiously since his house was in Eastern Canada and we are here in the West, so Rob had absolutely no partiality to any particular brand in Eastern Canada.\u00a0 His answer surprised me.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou shouldn\u2019t start with the product or even the price.\u00a0 It\u2019s more important to find a great heating company<\/strong>.\u201d<\/p>\n Rob advised him to get a referral for a company that was local to his neighbourhood.\u00a0 That way you don\u2019t end up with what\u2019s commonly referred to as \u2018The Taillight Warranty\u2019<\/strong>.\u00a0 It\u2019s good as long as you can see the taillights of the service vehicle leaving.\u00a0 After that it\u2019s impossible to get them back because of the travel time and distance\u2013 a detriment to prompt service.<\/p>\n Having a company like R&B, who will stand behind their work, is local and willing to service the products they sell is absolutely the most important thing to look for.\u00a0 The question should really be, how to choose a great company, but that\u2019s another blog<\/a>, and you\u2019re already here \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n What will your great plumbing and heating company tell you about how to choose a heating system for your house? It boils down to these 6 areas:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Choose one that\u2019s been proven to last and has an excellent warranty.\u00a0 A talk with an installer with any kind of longevity \u2013 one who\u2019s been installing the same brand for many years, should be able to tell you about weaknesses in prior designs and what the company did about it.<\/p>\n For example, one of the brands we installed regularly had an issue with a heat exchanger to the extent that there was a special warranty offered for certain year ranges.\u00a0 They also redesigned the product to stop using that type of material and later models are much more reliable.\u00a0 This kind of information may help you with your brand decision but it will also give you an idea of the breadth of knowledge of the installing company.<\/p>\n A quality installer will service everything they sell so they will already be choosing products that have been proven in their experience to provide the best customer experience.\u00a0 That means fewer warranty issues than other brands and local accessibility when things do go wrong.\u00a0 At R&B we use Carrier<\/a> for our better \/ best furnaces and IBC<\/a> for our boilers.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Different brands have manufacture discounts in the Fall and Spring.<\/p>\n1. Consider Brand<\/strong><\/h3>\n
2. Consider Rebates, Promotions and Grants<\/strong><\/h3>\n