HVAC Services in North Vancouver

This page is the hub for every HVAC service we run in North Vancouver. Furnace repair and replacement, air conditioning service and installation, cold-climate heat pumps with CleanBC rebate paperwork, radiant heat conversions, boiler service, water heaters, humidity and ventilation work, and genuine 24/7 emergency dispatch all live one click from here. Start with the service you need in the grid below, or read on for how the North Shore's rain, slopes and housing stock change the way an HVAC company should work.

The climate here works equipment harder than the address suggests. The mountains wring out storms that Vancouver barely notices, so outdoor coils moss over, condensate lines run constantly, and winter indoor humidity pushes condensation onto every cold window frame. Then the outflow snaps arrive: arctic air funnels down the Fraser Valley and the North Shore's heating systems, many running original 1950s-60s boilers or tired 1980s furnaces, take the cold-start hit. Our busiest nights are usually split between no-heat calls and humidity panic calls.

Since 2010, BC Home Service has completed more than 12,000 jobs across Metro Vancouver, with North Vancouver's radiant conversions, coil cleanings and heat pump installs keeping vans on the hill every week. Ocean-view builds above the highway, wartime houses in Norgate and the Lonsdale tower corridor each need a different playbook, and we carry all three. For the parent service overviews, see the heating and furnace services and cooling and AC services pages.

The rain capital of Metro Vancouver

The North Shore mountains wring far more rain out of every Pacific storm than Vancouver proper sees, and it shows up in your mechanical systems: outdoor coils moss and seed over, condensate lines run all winter, and indoor humidity pushes condensation onto every cold window frame in Lynn Valley and Deep Cove. We treat humidity as an HVAC problem, because it is one — heat pumps and ductless heads dehumidify while they run, ventilation keeps winter moisture in the 40-50 percent band, and a properly commissioned system ends the mold-on-frames cycle that repainting never fixes. The heat pump guide for Vancouver homeowners covers the dry-mode math in detail.

Split-levels with 1950s-60s radiant heat

Central Lonsdale, Norgate, Capilano and Pemberton Heights are full of 1950s-60s split-levels built with hot-water radiant loops — and a surprising number still carry ceiling-cable electric heat with no ductwork at all. Those systems can be kept, converted or replaced, and the honest answer differs house by house: a modern boiler keeps radiant floors running for decades, ductless heads from $3,800 sidestep ductwork entirely, and a ducted conversion opens the full furnace-and-AC path. We quote all three with real numbers instead of pushing the one we stock.

Mountain runoff, creeks and hillside access

Creekside homes near Lynn Creek, Capilano and Mosquito Creek run humid crawlspaces that corrode equipment years early, so we spec sealed combustion furnaces, elevated heat pump pads that shed water properly, and spring coil cleans as standard practice here. Access is the other North Shore reality: hillside driveways, forested side yards and the Lonsdale corridor's density mean equipment has to be carried, craned or staged carefully — our quotes include that labour honestly. The regional service areas overview shows how our crews cover the whole metro from this hill.

The $89 diagnostic, in sequence

Modern furnaces, ACs and heat pumps refuse to run when any safety device in the chain objects, so the diagnostic works that chain in order: verify the complaint under real running conditions, then measure the electrical circuit, the refrigerant or combustion side, and the airflow path against what the nameplate says each should be. On a 60-year-old Capilano radiant system the answer is often a circulator, zone valve or aquastat; on a five-year-old Pemberton Heights heat pump it is more likely a sensor, condensate or defrost issue. The fee is credited in full to any repair you approve, so diagnosis never costs extra.

Manual J before every replacement quote

No North Vancouver furnace or heat pump gets sized by rule of thumb here. Every replacement quote starts with a Manual J load calculation — room by room, using your real envelope, not a generic template. That matters double on the North Shore: split-levels with original single-pane windows, cathedral ceilings in Deep Cove infill and shaded creekside lots all change heat loss and gain in ways a flat model never predicts, and an oversized system short-cycles, strips humidity the wrong way and dies early. You see the worksheet, the model numbers and the reasoning before you sign anything.

What every HVAC visit includes

• Full fault isolation across heating, cooling and controls
• Combustion analysis and CO safety check on gas equipment
• Refrigerant charge and pressures measured against nameplate
• Airflow, filter and blower condition assessment
• Condensate line and pan check — critical in rain-country homes
• Outdoor coil condition scored for moss, cedar debris and corrosion
• Repair-versus-replace math with real AFUE, SEER2 and rebate numbers
• One flat-rate written quote, approved before work starts

The problems North Vancouver systems actually present

Furnaces here fail on ignition and venting — damp air films flame sensors, and outflow snaps push tired igniters over the edge. Boilers seize circulators and gum zone valves in Capilano and Norgate basements. Heat pump outdoor coils pack with moss and cedar needles until efficiency quietly sinks, and Lonsdale tower fan coils strain against filters nobody remembered. The dedicated North Vancouver furnace repair page and North Vancouver AC repair page detail each failure pattern, prices included.

Combined CleanBC Better Homes, BC Hydro, FortisBC and municipal top-ups can reach $16,000 for cold-climate heat pumps in 2026, and we complete the paperwork, including the pre- and post-install EnerGuide evaluations by a licensed energy advisor. The math is often sharpest for exactly the homes North Vancouver has most: 1950s-60s split-levels heating with electric baseboard or ceiling-cable radiant, where the fuel-switch top-ups stack highest and a cold-climate system replaces both the baseboards and the window rattlers at once. For a Capilano family replacing a dead boiler, we quote keep-the-radiant and convert-to-heat-pump side by side, with the rebate applied to the conversion only — that honesty is why the numbers on our quotes mean something.

The calendar is a pricing instrument. Book furnace and boiler tune-ups in September and AC service plus the spring coil clean in May, while schedules are open. Book replacements and conversions in late spring, not the middle of a heat warning or a February outflow, when repair triage takes every van. Homeowners who pre-season their HVAC rarely meet us at 2am; the ones who skip it meet us in January and July, which we handle, but would rather not. Payment plans for larger projects live on the financing and rebates page.

“BC Home Service fixed our furnace on the coldest night of the year. They answered the phone at 11 PM, arrived within 30 minutes, and had us warm by midnight. Professional, honest, and incredibly fast. Will never use another company.”

“Our heat pump installation qualified for $8,400 in CleanBC rebates — BC Home Service handled ALL the paperwork. I didn't have to lift a finger. The system is incredible. Best home improvement decision we've made.”