Coquitlam's Local Furnace Installation Team
There is a particular relief that comes with a new furnace: the worry about whether this winter will be the one that finishes the old system goes away. The house heats evenly, the gas bill drops, and the equipment runs under a factory warranty instead of on borrowed time. Eaton's Heating is based in Coquitlam and has been installing furnaces across this city for over twenty years. The process starts with a free in-home assessment where we look at the house itself, not just the existing equipment, and it ends with a written price that covers everything. We are an authorized Trane dealer and install systems from Trane, RunTru, and KeepRite at multiple tiers and price points. Financeit at zero percent over 12 months is available.
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The largest concentration of furnaces reaching end of life in Coquitlam right now is on Westwood Plateau. The neighbourhood was built out through the 1990s and early 2000s on the slopes of Eagle Mountain, and many of those original furnaces are 25 to 35 years old. Most are high-efficiency condensing units that were top of the line when they went in, and when they finally fail, replacement is usually a clean job: condensing unit out, condensing unit in, existing PVC venting reused or extended, and the real improvement comes from stepping up in equipment quality. The original builder equipment was selected on price and installed to a schedule. A properly chosen replacement, sized to the home's actual heating needs by a crew that knows how Plateau homes perform through winter, runs quieter, holds temperature more evenly across all three floors, and costs less in gas every month.
The older neighbourhoods near the river tell a different story. Maillardville, Austin Heights, Central Coquitlam, and Harbour Chines still hold a significant number of mid-efficiency furnaces venting through metal B-vent flues up through the roof. Replacing one of those with a modern condensing unit is a conversion, not a swap: the old flue gets capped and sealed, new PVC intake and exhaust pipes run to an exterior wall, a condensate drain gets routed to a floor drain, and the gas connection gets brought to current code. In homes built through the 1950s and 1960s, the ductwork has often been modified by two or three previous installers, and what is there may not handle the airflow a modern blower needs. All of that gets found during the assessment and priced into the written estimate, because discovering it on installation day is how other companies generate surprise charges.
Burke Mountain and Burquitlam sit at the other end of the timeline. Most Burke Mountain furnaces are under 15 years old and still well within their working life. The main installation work in these neighbourhoods today is not replacement but adding central air conditioning to homes that were built without it, which is easiest and cheapest to do when the furnace is already being worked on. Burquitlam's newer towers and townhomes have their own considerations: compact mechanical rooms, short duct runs, and building ventilation systems that interact with the suite's heating. When replacement day does arrive for Burke Mountain and Burquitlam homes, the jobs will be straightforward. The Coquitlam service area we cover includes every one of these neighbourhoods, and the assessment process is the same regardless of what we find.
The equipment recommendation depends on the house, not on what earns the highest margin. Trane's variable-speed tier suits the bigger Westwood Plateau and Eagle Ridge homes where continuous output modulation keeps large floor plans even and quiet. The two-stage tier is where most Coquitlam replacements land: it runs at lower output through ordinary weather and steps up when the cold arrives, which on the upper slopes of Coquitlam happens more often than it does near the river. RunTru carries Trane's core engineering at a lower price, and KeepRite rounds out the value end with a reliable two-stage option for townhomes and rental properties where the math is straightforward. Our 400-plus Google reviews averaging 4.9 come from matching the right equipment to the right house and installing it properly, not from pushing premium tiers where they are not needed. Technical Safety BC licence LGA0200006, FortisBC Trade Ally, BBB A+, HPCN registered, WorkSafeBC covered.
Installation day for most Coquitlam homes runs as a single continuous sequence: old unit out, venting and gas work completed, new furnace set and connected, then commissioning, which means running the system through a full combustion check, confirming airflow, programming the thermostat, and registering factory warranties while you watch. If your current furnace has a fixable problem rather than being at the end of its life, start with furnace repair in Coquitlam instead. A repair that solves the problem for a few hundred dollars beats a replacement nobody needed. And for homeowners weighing gas against electric heating, we install heat pumps as standalone systems or as hybrid setups where the heat pump covers mild weather and a gas furnace handles the coldest stretches.
Most furnace installers in the Lower Mainland drive into Coquitlam from somewhere else and drive out when the job is done. Our office is in the city. That matters less on installation day and more in the years after: the first scheduled service, the warranty question that comes up in year three, the thermostat issue that turns out to be a setting rather than a problem. Being local means those follow-up calls are the easiest on our schedule, not a trip across the region. We installed the system, we know what went in and why, and we are minutes away when it needs attention.
Every written estimate includes the full scope: equipment, gas fitting, venting, condensate, sheet metal transitions, filter rack, removal and disposal of the old furnace, permits, and commissioning. The price you approve is the price on the invoice. Qualifying high-efficiency systems may be eligible for FortisBC and CleanBC rebate programs, and as a Trade Ally we confirm what currently applies to the exact unit being quoted and file the application after installation. Financeit at zero percent over 12 months is available if spreading the cost helps.
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The price is driven by what the house needs around the furnace, not just the furnace itself. A straightforward condensing-to-condensing replacement on Westwood Plateau or in a newer Burquitlam townhome, where the venting and ductwork are already in good shape, typically runs $5,000 to $7,000 all-in. A mid-efficiency conversion in an older Maillardville or Austin Heights home adds venting, condensate, and gas line work that pushes the total higher. Large homes, difficult venting routes, and ductwork corrections move the number up from there, with complex projects past $10,000. Every estimate is written, itemized, and free, and it includes everything: equipment, labour, permits, removal, and disposal. No costs get added on installation day.
Everything physical: the furnace, gas fitting work, PVC intake and exhaust venting (including conversion from an old metal flue if the home still has one), condensate drain routing, sheet metal transitions, filter rack, removal and disposal of the old unit, permits, and commissioning. Commissioning means running the system through a full combustion check, confirming airflow, programming the thermostat, and registering the manufacturer's warranty. The number on the estimate is the number on the invoice.
Age alone does not answer it. A 22-year-old furnace with a sound heat exchanger and a failed $300 igniter is worth fixing. The same furnace with a cracked heat exchanger is not. The question is whether the cost of the repair makes sense against how much useful life the system has left. If your furnace is acting up and you are not sure which side of the line you are on, start with the $169 diagnostic on our furnace repair page. We will tell you straight whether a repair solves the problem or whether replacement is the smarter use of the money. We would rather do a $300 fix than sell a furnace nobody needed.
It depends on the house more than the furnace. Variable-speed modulates output continuously, which produces the most even temperatures and the quietest operation. That matters most in the homes where even heating is hardest to achieve: large Westwood Plateau homes with finished basements that always ran cold, Eagle Ridge homes with bonus rooms over garages, or any layout with a floor plan that spreads far from the furnace. If that describes your house, variable-speed earns its premium. In a compact Burke Mountain townhome or a standard Ranch Park split-level, two-stage does the job well and the savings belong in your pocket. We recommend based on what the house actually needs.
Yes, and this is the cheapest time to do it. The indoor coil for central cooling sits on top of the furnace, so installing both together means one crew, one opening of the plenum, and a blower matched to the coil from day one. Adding cooling later means paying for the same access and labour twice. We can quote the furnace alone and the furnace-plus-cooling option side by side during the same assessment, and a heat pump can take the place of a standard air conditioner if you want the unit to contribute to heating as well. No pressure either way; the point is seeing both numbers at once while everything is already open.
We register the factory warranty, walk you through the thermostat and system operation, and leave you with the documentation. Because we are based in Coquitlam, follow-up is simple. If something needs adjustment during the first season, a setting change on the thermostat, a question about how the system sounds, anything at all, we are minutes away. Scheduled maintenance to keep the warranty valid and catch wear before it becomes a failure is available through us going forward, and being the company that installed the system means our technicians already know exactly what is in your mechanical room.
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