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Researching and buying a new boiler and hot water system

February 21st, 2008 · 2 Comments

After the quote from Cordell Mechanical that I outlined in a previous post I decided to do some research and get some other estimates. A gentlemen named Dan was nice enough to submit a comment with the name of someone he recommended and I received another referral from my sister.

Wow…lots of varying information about […]

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Tags: Heating · Plumbing · The new house

Replacing the Boiler and the Hot Water Tanks

February 5th, 2008 · 25 Comments

Unexpected surprises are part of any renovation - but it doesn’t mean that you get used to dealing with them. A little while ago our plumber told us that our venting for the boilers and the hot water tanks might not be to code. This week he came back with the news that […]

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Tags: Heating · Plumbing

Results from our ecoENERGY Evaluation Report

February 5th, 2008 · 8 Comments

A little while ago we mentioned that we were having an energy assessment done on our house to see what type of grants we could receive from the government for making our house more energy efficient. We received the results and here they are:

First of all on a score of 1 to 100 (100 […]

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Tags: Heating · ecoENERGY Retrofit grant