Boilers

HouseSmart Heating & Air Conditioning installs seven different brands of boilers to meet the different needs:

Super Hot boilers for customers looking for an efficient, reliable, and affordable boiler.

Raypak boilers, with their highly corrosion-resistant copper heat exchangers, are ideal for customers with polybutylene piping systems.

Triangle Tube Prestige boilers for customers looking for the ultimate in efficiency.

Laars boilers for a wide variety of specific needs.

NEW LIVESMARTBC REBATES: The Provincial Government's new LiveSmartBC program provides a rebate of $730 on a 90%+ boiler and a $510 rebate on an 85%+ boiler. This is in addition to the Federal ecoENERGY $600 grant for an 85%+ efficient boiler.

Super Hot Boilers

Super Hot is the top selling brand of boiler in North America, and for good reason: They are reliable, efficient, and affordable. They are especially suitable for homes with copper piping supplying baseboard heaters.

The Super Hot Mini Gas boiler is 80-85% efficient, and the Mini-Star boiler is 85% efficient, qualifying for a $600 EcoEnergy grant.* All Super Hot boilers include a vent damper which closes off the chimney when the boiler is not in use to prevent the heat contained in the boiler from escaping up the chimney during intermittent use. A 10 year heat exchanger warranty is standard on all Super Hot models.

Raypak Boilers

Many 15-25 year old home heating systems utilize a polybutylene (gray plastic) pipe. This pipe allows oxygen  to diffuse through it, which can lead to the premature rusting and destruction of steel heat exchangers. We recommend Raypak boilers with their copper and bronze tubing and heat exchangers for these homes (except when the homeowner wishes to invest in the Prestige stainless steel boiler).

Laars Boilers

Laars manufactures a large variety of quality boilers with different configurations, heat exchanger types, and efficiencies. They have copper heat exchangers but cast iron headers, so a supplemental heat exchanger is required for polybutylene systems.

Triangle Tube Prestige Boiler

The Prestige boiler is among the most efficient and reliable boilers on the market today. It is a condensing boiler, meaning that the flue gasses are cooled down to the point that the water condenses before they can escape. This allows it to achieve an efficiency rating of 93%. More importantly, it is fully modulating. Most boilers fail to live up to their efficiency ratings because of intermittent use- they run at 100% capacity for shot periods of time during mild weather. Much of the heat generated inside the boiler escapes up the chimney during off periods. This is an especially large problem with a multi-zone heating system, where the boiler is constantly forced to come on for frequent short periods of time as each thermostat calls for heat individually. This is comparable to a car which travels by speeding up to 100km/h and then slamming on the brakes and coming to a stop before accelerating again. Travelling at a constant lower speed would be much more efficient.

However, this fully modulating boiler can operate at anywhere between 25% and 100% capacity at any given time. Its computerized control monitors the readings from an outdoor temperature sensor, the thermostats from each zone, and the boilers input and output temperatures. It then operates at whichever steady capacity of between 25% and 100% of its full capacity is required. This ensures minimal heat loss through the chimney.

The Prestige boiler is remarkably compact (16"x20"x35.5"), comes with a 10 year limited warranty, is much quieter than standard boilers when running at lower capacities, and features a self-cleaning upright heat exchanger.

Aermec Air-to-Water Heat Pumps: Most of the energy savings and the cooling of a geothermal system for less than half the cost

If you have in-floor heating and want to save up to 60% on heating costs, or if you would also like air conditioning with your hot water heating system, take a look at our Aermec air-to-water heat pumps.

The HouseSmart Heating & Air Conditioning Difference

Shell Busey's HouseSmart Heating and Air Conditioning is your top choice for home heating and cooling installations. Why? Because we are determined to give homeowners what they expect from a company with Shell Busey's name on it: installations and service work which are performed to the highest standards.

Your system will be installed by experienced professionals (on our staff, not subcontractors) who will perfrom the work correctly and to code (permits will be pulled so the work is subject to inspection). They will respect your home and be careful not to damage its appearance, and only high grade materials manufactured by top names will be used.

*You must pay for a pre and post retrofit evaluation at a cost of about $400 to receive an EcoEnergy grant.

Call 604-GOT HEAT (468-4328) for more information or to schedule a free quote on a heating system installation. Serving the Greater Vancouver area including Surrey, Delta, White Rock, Langley, Burnaby, New Westminster, Coquitlam, Port Coquitlam, and Vancouver (except downtown). Our current manpower does not allow us to accept new customers in North & West Vancouver, Port Moody, Anmore, Belcarra, Pitt Meadows, Maple Ridge, Aldergrove, Abbotsford, or Mission.

More Information

Natural Resources Canada's Heating With Gas guide

Super Hot boilers website

Raypak boilers website

Laars boilers website

Triangle Tube Prestige boilers website

Aermec AN air-to-water heat pumps website

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