Thanks Shawn:

My neighbour across the street is a high-end contractor (moved from ON) who we have employed to do a bunch of ongoing renos in our house. He is more than trustworthy & his work is top tier with no shortcuts allowed - everything is done to code & he uses only qualified tradesmen to do plumbing, electrics, etc.

He has several local firms that he employs on his jobs so he knows which ones are good or not. He recommended this particular firm that I've been dealing with so I'm comfortable with them; however, I've not made any commitment as yet.

Interestingly, in his own newly renoed home, he had a high end Carrier Heat Pump & Electric Furnace System installed. The fan motor died in the second year. Contrast that to my 20 year old Lennox AC (looks like a POS now because of our salt air) is still running trouble free, although I'm sure that it is now on borrowed time...

TAM

Last edited by exlabdriver; 01/11/15 08:45 PM.