Heating Services

Heat pump heating systems are slowly but surely phasing out oil and gas for good reasons, and like any system have their nuances.  Futures provides full service on all heating systems, but focuses heavily on heat pumps as they are the future regardless of subjective opinion.  Countless hours have been spent learning established industry best practices along with developing some of our own to keep these systems running seamlessly.  We continuously stay up to date on changes happening with emerging and existing technology.  It is our responsibility as a professional to have specialized knowledge of every component and how it functions in the system. From doing a proper leak repair in the freezing cold (which is not straight forward), to giving accurate diagnostics, to providing guidance for hands on people who maybe want to stretch out professional maintenance intervals, we have you covered!

Gas heating can be a reliable and efficient way to heat your home.  Futures provides full service on all types of gas heating appliances.  Performed strictly by properly trained and licensed gas fitters.  Safety is always of paramount importance.  When a repair is done, a full system recommissioning will be performed.  This includes testing all the safeties, ensuring there is a working CO detector nearby, and a combustion analysis with printout showing O2, CO2, CO, and draft numbers are good.  We highly recommend doing yearly maintenance on gas equipment.  Heat exchangers get dirty and sometimes fail, water traps need to be cleaned out on condensing equipment, and a combustion analysis should be done to ensure efficient combustion as well as no flue obstructions.  There's also the usual wear and tear items such as igniters, inducer motors, etc. that can be detected before fully failing.  Which could potentially avoid an unwanted middle of the night service call and will extend the useful life of the system.

Oil brings the btu's, no question about it.  While fairly straightforward mechanically, it can take an experienced touch to get an oil system running clean and quiet.  We offer full service on all types of oil systems.  As with any combustion appliance, safety and fully recommissioning after repairs are of the highest priority.  Although not technically required yet, all techs are trained and certified for oil by Nora.  Comprehensive inspections are done on tanks, exchangers, flue piping, chimney flues, safeties, tuning, draft, and combustion (with printout) every time a system is worked on.  If you've ever had a puddle of oil left or the house sooted up after a tech worked on your system, don't hesitate to give Futures a call today.

Every system has varying maintenance requirements depending on type, age, design, environment, and more.  We're able to thoroughly assess what is reasonable, and work together to decide what works best as a scheduled maintenance for you.  Contracts are available for all types.  Included with a maintenance contract agreement you receive :

 - 10% off of any service work.

 - 12 month labor/parts warranty on all service work.

 - Priority service during extreme weather events. 

 - 24 hour emergency services at reasonable after hour rates. 

Some instances may not be a yearly contract for all equipment, but you will still receive all the benefits.  We do everything in our power to work with your living situation, schedule, and budget.  Only the 12-month warranty standing behind our work is included for service work without a maintenance contract.  

Air to water heat pumps is unfortunately still somewhat of a footnote with the current refrigerants being used.  With the exception of some in floor radiant systems, due to their lower operating temperature (110-120 instead of 180) retaining good efficiency.  Fortunately, the regulators have finally stopped blocking R-290 (propane) based systems and it is in the finalizing of regulations phase.  What does all that mean for you?  That hopefully in the next year or two there will be an option to retrofit your baseboard heat and hot water to a 400% more efficient (around 50% less per month) without breaking the bank.  R-290 monobloc air-to-water heat pumps can efficiently heat a water/glycol mixture to 180 degrees well into the negative temperatures.  This can then be fitted with a buffer tank and directly piped with your existing baseboard or radiator heating elements.  They can even be installed in parallel upstream or downstream of a newer system to save money monthly, remove dependence on a single energy source, and get your home prepared for the future.  More to come once we can get our hands on them for installation and work out any kinks or design considerations necessary.