BHeating
Warmth, distributed.
Heat is made in one place and needed everywhere else. This page is a general guide to how heating works. To ask about your situation, call National.
B.1The goal
The goal of any heating system: a room that's simply comfortable.
B.2How heat moves
Every heating system has three parts.
Source
Where heat is produced.
Distribution
How it travels — through pipe, duct or floor.
Room
Where you actually feel it.
B.3Worth a call
Common signs worth a call.
General information about the trade — not a list of services. Call to ask what National can help with.
Call 604-839-0872- 01
Uneven rooms
One room stays cold while another is too warm.
- 02
New noises
Banging, ticking or rumbling that wasn't there before.
- 03
Slow to warm
The house takes much longer to reach temperature than it used to.
- 04
A system you don't know
You've moved in and aren't sure what you have or how it works.
- 05
Before the cold weeks
You'd rather talk about it in autumn than mid-January.
- 06
Planning a change
A renovation or addition that affects how heat reaches the rooms.
B.4The season
Long, damp winters ask a lot of a heating system.
In the Lower Mainland, heat runs for months at a time. If a system is uneven, noisy or not keeping up, it's worth a conversation before the coldest weeks.
Next step
Heat not where it should be?
Call and explain what you're noticing.