Kemptville and the wider North Grenville area produce the strongest economic case for a heat pump of anywhere we work, and the reason is fuel.
Plenty of homes around Kemptville sit outside the natural gas network and heat with oil or propane instead. Both are considerably more expensive per unit of heat than gas, and oil prices move in ways that are difficult to plan around. Replacing oil heat with a cold-climate heat pump is the one case where we can say without hedging that the running costs drop, and by a wide margin.
Homes coming off heating oil qualify at $1,250 per ton of heat pump capacity, more than double the rate for a gas conversion, and no energy audit is needed. Fern is a participating installer, so the paperwork is something we handle rather than something you chase.
Larger homes, longer runs, outbuildings, and well pumps that the electrical service is already carrying. If there is an existing oil furnace with ductwork, a central cold-climate system usually drops straight in. If the house is on baseboards or a wood stove, a multi-zone ductless layout is generally the better design. On the electrical side, most homes out here electrify on their existing service with a load manager; a panel upgrade is only likely for a large home with big extra loads. We handle that assessment, and all we need is your last year of electricity usage from Hydro One or Hydro Ottawa, available in your online account.
We serve Kemptville, Oxford Mills, Burritts Rapids and the surrounding North Grenville area, along with Merrickville, Richmond and Manotick to the north.
Sizing decides everything else, including whether your electrical service can carry the system. Our heat pump design tool runs a load calculation for your address, and the panel sizing tool will tell you where your service stands.
Worth reading first: what the Ontario rebate is worth, what a heat pump costs, and whether one is worth it.