Feeling the heat ?

Ringo said:
My heart goes out to those who lost their homes and businesses in Lytton today. I wish there was a way to send them some immediate support. Buddy called from Merrit tonight and it’s a full blown emergency operation up there.

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Lytton, B.C. wildfire forces evacuation, devastates village | CityNews Vancouver

Lytton has been evacuated as a wildfire rages through the community just one day after it set a record for the hottest temperature ever recorded in Canada.
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**** eh. That really sucks for those people. I wish the best for everyone affected.
 
My heart goes out to those who lost their homes and businesses in Lytton today.
Dry Lightning tonite throughout the central interior.
 
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Lytton is 90% destroyed.

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Couldn't get the house below 29* overnight here in Kelowna, but we are returning to closer to normal tomorrow ( high of 34, lows of 17-19 instead of 25). Possible lightning is daunting, since it so dry and we live in a forested area.
Currently our "go bag" only has passports and some cash. What would a proper kit have?
My brand new house (and furnace) are now 24 years old.
Generally, we've only longed for AC for 2-3 weeks late July/early August in the past.
Any advice on attaching AC to existing system or replacing everything since the furnace doesn't owe us anything??
Fall installation likely.
 
tubber said:
Couldn't get the house below 29* overnight here in Kelowna, but we are returning to closer to normal tomorrow ( high of 34, lows of 17-19 instead of 25). Possible lightning is daunting, since it so dry and we live in a forested area.
Currently our "go bag" only has passports and some cash. What would a proper kit have?
My brand new house (and furnace) are now 24 years old.
Generally, we've only longed for AC for 2-3 weeks late July/early August in the past.
Any advice on attaching AC to existing system or replacing everything since the furnace doesn't owe us anything??
Fall installation likely.
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We replaced our 25 yr old gas furnace with a heat pump couple years ago. There is still a rebate available from BC Hydro. We used the ac function for the first time this week. It worked well keeping the house cool day and night. Works well for heating too.
As for the go bag, I would add some water. Maybe some toilet paper so you use less cash.
 
Personally I'm of the opinion that every go bag should include work gloves, a change of clothes, several pairs of socks, a bar of soap, a couple of flashlights, a couple of bandanas, a rain jacket, a mora knife and several pens including a sharpie, plus one of those Rite in the Rain notepads. I think water is good but I also include a dozen Eat-more bars and a liter of coke (caffeine and sugar is rocket fuel in an emergency).

I have other stuff in mine but I always had the thought: what if I had to grab it and run in a Vancouver earthquake? I'd want to be able to walk a long way, dig through rubble, change my socks a few times, go to a hotel, leave notes for people, and reduce my general level of misery.

I have a couple of stages of bags, starting with the above, plus a "what if I had to live out of a hotel for a month" bag.

I have to admit I haven't really revised it since I had a kid so I have a desperation bag that would keep me going for a bit, but I really need to re-jig it with diapers and wipes etc. I have a pre-stocked diaper backpack but it's a separate bag. I should redo my grab and run bag.
 
We have a retiring deputy chief fireman, who having worked through the devastating and dangerous 2003 Kelowna fire, mentioned his several go duffles in a recent article.
 
tubber said:
Couldn't get the house below 29* overnight here in Kelowna, but we are returning to closer to normal tomorrow ( high of 34, lows of 17-19 instead of 25). Possible lightning is daunting, since it so dry and we live in a forested area.
Currently our "go bag" only has passports and some cash. What would a proper kit have?
My brand new house (and furnace) are now 24 years old.
Generally, we've only longed for AC for 2-3 weeks late July/early August in the past.
Any advice on attaching AC to existing system or replacing everything since the furnace doesn't owe us anything??
Fall installation likely.
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Better off to replace the furnace to with a high efficiency one if 24 years old. If you already have natural gas furnace I would just get an AC unit not a heat pump.
 
I also have a 25 yr old gas furnace that I’m planning on replacing soon. I’ve been considering a heat pump, but also thinking going with a new furnace and central AC. I’ve heard that heat pumps don’t always keep up with extreme heat or cold conditions. Changing weather patterns are a concern. Any opinions would be appreciated.
Thanks
Stosh
 
We installed a heat pump about 12 years ago that complemented our in place high efficiency furnace.
Never had and issue with the system as the pump keeps the house (2800 sf) consistently cool at our set temperature of 24 degrees. The heat pump will heat a house up to -1 degree. In the winter on the lower mainland we initially used this setting as A/C for a short time was cheaper than gas . Over time it was more cost effective to shut it down and just use the furnace.
Only issue with older homes like ours was the duct system wasn't as efficient as newer homes as such the basement was cooler than the rest of the house. Man cave was in the basement so during a heat way I had to bundle up. Not a problem from my point of view.
 
Yeah my house 2600 sqf doesn't have an issue either with heat pump. Through the heat the top part of my house stays 22C or colder. The main level is fairly cool as it is.

Tell you one thing though the heat absolutely thrashed a few of our apple trees. Lost half of them. Mowed lawn yesterday and it's pretty much dead.

This heat wave was not normal. Going to be extremely hard on salmon returns this year. Fraser already has some extreme flooding happening.
 
Stosh said:
I also have a 25 yr old gas furnace that I’m planning on replacing soon. I’ve been considering a heat pump, but also thinking going with a new furnace and central AC. I’ve heard that heat pumps don’t always keep up with extreme heat or cold conditions. Changing weather patterns are a concern. Any opinions would be appreciated.
Thanks
Stosh
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You have to also consider electricity $$. Running the compressor in the heat pump all year for heating and cooling adds up$$. Natural gas is cheaper and just having ac for the few months running compressor will save money. Heat pumps are quite efficient but down fall is your bills.
 
Drink said:
We installed a heat pump about 12 years ago that complemented our in place high efficiency furnace.
Never had and issue with the system as the pump keeps the house (2800 sf) consistently cool at our set temperature of 24 degrees. The heat pump will heat a house up to -1 degree. In the winter on the lower mainland we initially used this setting as A/C for a short time was cheaper than gas . Over time it was more cost effective to shut it down and just use the furnace.
Only issue with older homes like ours was the duct system wasn't as efficient as newer homes as such the basement was cooler than the rest of the house. Man cave was in the basement so during a heat way I had to bundle up. Not a problem from my point of view.
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Most older homes duct system was only ever designed for heating so most are all undersized for cooling.
 
Stosh said:
I also have a 25 yr old gas furnace that I’m planning on replacing soon. I’ve been considering a heat pump, but also thinking going with a new furnace and central AC. I’ve heard that heat pumps don’t always keep up with extreme heat or cold conditions. Changing weather patterns are a concern. Any opinions would be appreciated.
Thanks
Stosh
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You definitely should replace your gas furnace with a high efficiency one. I did my moms a few years ago and the difference is amazing. It had a metal exhaust pipe which you could not touch it was so hot. All that heat going outside and wasted. The new one has a PVC pipe that is barely warm. I would say her heating bill went to half.

We have a Trane heat pump attached to an electric furnace( which we only use in colder temperatures). The Heat pump is great for spring and fall and gives us AC in the summer. It does not seem to add that much to our electric bill in summer use but will be interesting to see what our bill is next time as has been running 24 x 7 last week. Considering we hit 45c here it kept up pretty good.
The Trane came with a Nexia Smart Thermostat so I can control house temp from anywhere via a phone app. Am also able to attach video camera's and automation controls like lights. Its pretty slick and nice to be able to monitor the house while away
 
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Sea Chaser said:
You have to also consider electricity $$. Running the compressor in the heat pump all year for heating and cooling adds up$$. Natural gas is cheaper and just having ac for the few months running compressor will save money. Heat pumps are quite efficient but down fall is your bills.
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Depends on where you live. Gas isn’t all that cheap here on the island. Go with a pump Bill. I have a guy if you want his number. Very good tradesman and honest. I have worked with him for 15 years or so.
 
We are thinking of upgrading our heating cooling system and wondering what would be the best way to go. We have a 1500ft rancher southern exposure, electric heat. Electric bill is about $160 a month. Summer time we cook on real hot days, we have shades on southside windows that have helped but the house is still pretty hot. Probably need to upgrade the windows on that side as well. would appreciate any help or thoughts
 
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