Homestar HVAC repairs and replaces furnaces, installs heat pumps and ductless AC, and services heating systems for homes and businesses in Parksville and neighbouring Qualicum Beach. We're a family-owned company based in Comox, and Parksville is part of our regular service area.
Call to book a time. A Red Seal technician will inspect your system and give you a written quote before any work starts.
If your furnace won't start, blows cold air or keeps shutting off, book a repair visit. We work on gas, electric and oil furnaces and on boilers. Check the thermostat batteries and the filter before you call, since both are common causes of a no-heat call. Our furnace repair page lists the common faults.
A new furnace is worth pricing out when yours is past 15 years old, needs a repair every winter or leaves some rooms cold. We'll run a room-by-room CSA F280 heat loss calculation, check your ductwork and quote the replacement next to the repair, so you can pick with the full cost in view.
You have three main choices for a replacement:
Parksville's mild coastal winters suit heat pumps, and many homes here can heat with one for most of the year. If your house has forced-air heat, a ducted heat pump connects to the ducts you already have. If you heat with baseboards, a ductless system puts an indoor head in each zone and needs no ductwork.
A room-by-room CSA F280 heat loss and heat gain calculation sets the size, so the heat pump handles January without running oversized in the shoulder seasons. Read about heat pump installation, or if your current unit is struggling, see heat pump repair.
Homestar is listed on the CleanBC Better Homes contractor directory. Two programs offer heat pump rebates for Parksville homes: the CleanBC Better Homes and Home Renovation Rebate Program, and the Energy Savings Program for income-qualified homeowners. Check current amounts at betterhomesbc.ca.
Your furnace or heat pump, the ductwork and the house itself work together, so we treat them as one system and measure how the whole home performs. Before we recommend equipment for your Parksville home, we run a room-by-room CSA F280 heat loss and heat gain calculation. Every system we install is commissioned and measured before we leave:
Ductless mini splits add cooling to a Parksville home without ducts, and the same unit heats in winter. We install them in bedrooms, main living areas, suites and home offices. See mini split installation.
For an existing air conditioner that has stopped cooling, see AC repair. For a new or replacement central system, see AC installation and AC replacement.
A furnace or heat pump tune-up each fall catches dirty burners, weak capacitors and airflow problems before the cold weather. We clean, test and adjust the system and tell you what to watch. Book on our maintenance page or use our fall tune-up checklist to see what a visit covers.
If your heat goes out, call 778-909-9393. See emergency HVAC repair for what to check while you wait. If you smell gas, leave the house and call FortisBC from outside.
Red Seal qualified, TECA certified, Technical Safety BC licence LGA0212935.
A written quote before any work starts.
Rated 5.0 on Google.
A family-owned and operated Vancouver Island company.
A forced-air furnace in Parksville can pair with a ducted heat pump on the same ductwork. The heat pump handles heating and cooling most of the year, and the furnace stays as backup for the coldest stretches. We check your duct size and the furnace's condition before we quote it.
Baseboard-heated homes in Parksville are a strong fit for ductless heat pumps. Each indoor unit heats and cools its own zone, so you can cut baseboard use in the rooms you live in most and add summer cooling at the same time. A single-zone system works for an open main floor; larger homes often use two to four zones.
September and October are the best months for a furnace tune-up in Parksville, before the heating season settles in. A tune-up later in the winter still helps, but early bookings give you more choice of times and catch problems before the first cold week.
Furnace replacement makes sense when the unit is 15 years or older, needs repairs most winters, runs up your energy bills or leaves rooms uneven. A yellow burner flame is a reason to stop using the furnace and book a check. Our repair vs replacement guide covers the decision in more detail.
Qualicum Beach is part of our service area along with Parksville, Nanaimo and the Comox Valley. See our Qualicum Beach HVAC page or every town on our areas we serve page.
Call 778-909-9393 (Monday to Friday, 8 am to 4 pm, Saturday by appointment only) or book online. A Red Seal technician will come out, check your system and give you a quote before any work starts.
