Reliance Home Comfort Strike/Lockout

    Reliance Home Comfort Strike/Lockout Local 1999 is in bargaining with Reliance Home Comfort who have a set a firm deadline of April 16th at 12:01 am.  The union has made several passes to Reliance but has been met with firm resistance.  The proposal for a tiered CBA for new hires has been rejected and remains a firm sticking point. The union’s position is to bargain for a fair and equitable deal for all members at Reliance Home...

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    Canadian Tankless Water Heater Websites

    Its funny that most of the major tankless companies don’t have Canadian versions of their websites… Canada is a very natural gas dependent country and thus most of us have the service in our homes.  You would think that a market of 30 million plus people might foster a small investment in a specific Canadian website.  On demand water heater manufactures know that the further north their product is installed the colder the...

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    Condensing Tankless Explained

    Navian Condensing Tankless Water Heater To help explain “condensing technology” for a tankless water heater imagine the condensation that forms on the outside surface of a glass of ice water. This condensation is purposely created inside Navien’s condensing heat exchanger (thats the secondary heat exchanger) from the incoming cold water. This cold water works to cool the hot gases inside the unit increasing its...

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    Takagi T-H1 – $2575 Tankless
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    Takagi T-H1 – $2575 Tankless

    T-H1 – $2575.00 The Takagi T-H1 is a condensing tankless water heater, meaning it is 95% efficient and qualifies for the full 750$ in Government rebates (if you have completed the home energy audit). Significant benefits of this unit are: Can be vented in conventional PVC piping keep this cost much lower than specialized vent kits some units require. The T-H1 tankless produces 8.5GPM in the summer and between 3.5GPM and 4.5GPM...

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