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Originally Posted by whitev70r
Heat pump?
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Originally Posted by jing
Unless there is a redev deal in the works already, 5 years is an optimistic timeline. My parents' house took about 7 years for a deal to complete and this was with an OCP ratified by the City of Coquitlam. I can't imagine how long it would take in the COV though with new provincial legislation this would hopefully work well in your favour to fast track a land assembly like you're hoping for.
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I guess 10 years may be closer to reality then. I found a guy, just need to get him in to look at it. I'm glad it went to shits right at the end of the season. It's supposed to get warm on Saturday so my parents just need to survive tonight (parents are living in the basement)
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Originally Posted by Hehe
If that's the plan, I'd say get some backup in place just in case. Like a few space heaters now that winter is over, if any retailer still have any stock, you might be able to source them for cheap.
The idea is simple... things tend to break at the absolute worst moment.
I was kinda on the same idea as yours as we had plan to do a full major reno down the road and I thought to stretch it as much as I could. Then the system just went kaput last year when it started getting really cold at 10PM at night. So I had to rush to any store that was still open and to friends' place to borrow any space heater I could get my hands on.
At the end, I just gone ahead with the full replacement. Sized and installed with capacity to spare for either the additional 1400sqft that I'm planning on adding or a full rebuilt of up to 6000sqft or 8000 if I do a lot of insulation and not just up to code.
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We have 5 plugin heaters that I can count, 2 of those little round fan ones, a tall standing fan one, and two 1500w oil filled rads. Upstairs we are fine most of the time with just the heatpump minisplits unless it's -10C outside.
We'll see what the tech says when he gets in for a look. Our handyman dropped by and he said it's most likely just dirty and cause things to not burn properly. If the diagnosis is no good then we'll just have to bite the bullet on a new boiler or instant on system.