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Fewer Repairs

Extended Warranties

Increased Property Value

Over 30 Years Experience

Experience and flexibility is key to solving problems in this industry. Our team is led by Andy Leonard, President of The Fireplace Stop and our sister company, ABL Air. An industry icon for over 30 years, Andy can often be found performing in-home inspections and personalized quotes in order to provide the best customer service possible. Andy is WETT certified to inspect and ensure safety of wood burning stoves, fireplaces and furnaces in your home. The Fireplace Stop’s high level of service is Andy’s personal guarantee. If your home comfort challenge requires a solution based on experience, Andy provides a expert hand to guide you...
About the Company
  • Why is it recommended to have maintenance on my furnace every two years?

    Think of your furnace like a brand new car. You need to have regular maintenance every 5000 km, and complete service checks at certain stages of your cars life. Having regular maintenance will make sure that your furnace is running in top condition. More than likely if you read the fine print of your warranty, you will see this is required by most dealerships to honour your warranty.

  • Is a ductless air conditioner more efficient than a central air conditioner?

    In most cases, yes. It is more efficient to pump dense concentrated liquid than it is with forced air. With ductless units the dense refrigerant is pumped into the evaporator, which is placed close to the ceiling. Since colder air is denser than hot air, the cold air will naturally drop allowing the air conditioner to utilize its maximum cooling capacity.


    Unlike central air conditioning systems, the evaporator unit is placed in the basement above the furnace. This needs to push the cold dense air up to the second or third floor. In central systems most of the air will travel through the shortest runs creating a cold basement, a fairly cool 1st floor, and usually unsatisfactory conditions on the 2nd and 3rd floors.

  • When changing/upgrading the central air in my home, should the indoor unit and pipes be changed as well?

    The answer is always YES. Here's why:


    All air conditioning systems are designed and certified to work with specific indoor and outdoor units for maximum efficiency and performance. When changing from an older unit that used R22 refrigerant to a more efficient and environmentally friendly unit that uses 410 refrigerant, it is very important to change the pipes (line-set). This ensures that there is no non-condensable left in the system. This could run through the compressor and other major parts of the system and cause blockage, this may cause your system to freeze up, or possibly cause damages that is irreparable.

Air Conditioning

Customers choose The Fireplace Stop for efficient home air conditioning solutions that are quiet and affordable. While low prices are important to every customer, we take care to include many important factors when we quote a cooling system for your home. Square footage is only the beginning as we also consider rise above ground level, ceiling height, skylights, window size and direction of exposure, and even the path of your ductwork.

A great price isn’t so great if your air conditioner can’t keep up with your home’s natural tendency to absorb and retain heat. When we perform your air conditioner installation, you can be assured your family will be cool and comfortable all summer long.

If your home has ductwork, Central Air is the preferred and most cost-effective indoor air conditioner option.

For those homes without existing ductwork, The Fireplace Stop has ductless split system air conditioners that are easy and affordable to install in any home.

Napoleon keeps you cool!

The story gets even cooler when you consider the success of Napoleon air conditioning systems. Designed to compliment your landscaping, Napoleon central air conditioners blend it nicely with your home’s natural exterior. Inside, Napoleon uses every new innovation to increase performance. Even the fan blades are high tech.

Using swept blades, Napoleon’s internal cooling system maximizes air-flow while staying whisper-quiet.

Furnace

When choosing a company for your furnace installation, look for experience. As part of the ABL Air Group, The Fireplace Stop has over 25 years of experience installing natural gas furnaces. We also specialize in propane for rural home and cottage environments. As repair experts, the technicians at The Fireplace Stop are well stocked with parts and are trained to work on all aspects of your home’s heating system.

Effective home heating is the result of your furnace working together with fireplaces, wall-heaters and the influence of direct sunlight. We take all of these factors into consideration when recommending a particular solution as part of your overall home-comfort plan.

The Fireplace Stop believes in the power of the local economy. So we proudly support another local success story: Napoleon Heating and Cooling. Manufactured just up the road in Barrie ON, Napoleon changed the industry a few years ago by creating furnaces that actually look as great as they operate.

Designed to fit nicely in a finished basement, your Napoleon Furnace is as attractive as any of your other name-brand appliances. But Napoleon is not just about good looks. There’s solid technology in every shiny red metal cabinet. Napoleon furnaces maximize every new innovation in efficiency to create a quiet operating system that’s 95% efficient.

Squeezing every last drop of heat from the furnace results in lower operating costs, saving you thousands compared to those installed just a few years ago.

Heat Pump

You already have a simple heat pump in your home. Your refrigerator is an example of a single-direction system, extracting heat from inside the fridge and sending it to the coils outside the fridge at the back, making them warm. That’s essentially how heat pumps work, by taking heat from one location and transferring it somewhere else. When acting as an air conditioner, your heat pump removes heat from inside your home and vents it outside. The whole system can run in reverse to extract residual heat from frosty outside air and use it to heat your home in winter.

Instead of using costly geothermal heat pumps, The Fireplace Stop uses air source technology, which is less expensive and can be easily installed in any home environment. Air source heat-pumps are quite effective in Canadian winters. In fact, air at -18°C contains about 85% of the heat that it contains at 21°C.

When space is at a premium, heat pumps are even more attractive, as the same device is used for both heating and cooling. An electric heat pump is an environmentally friendly way to heat and cool your home as it does not burn fossil fuel and there is no combustion involved. Heat pump systems produce no carbon monoxide making them a very safe choice for families. For homes without ductwork, a split heat pump does double duty as a wall heater in winter and air conditioner in summer.

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