Call Barry at Blooming Colors! Highly recommend. You may have to be on a wait list, but he's worth waiting for. I interviewed a lot of different people to re grade our back yard. We insisted on natural drainage. Everyone wanted to put in area drains. :( We did not want area drains. Barry was the only one who listened to what we wanted and understood what we were asking for. He didn't try to sell us on something else. His crew re graded, removed (most) of the bermuda, installed St Augustine, and layed out and put in rock edging for the new beds, added good soil to them, and even hauled in and spread horse manure that I found a few miles away from here. We got exactly what we wanted from Barry, and more. We're having them back out this week to put in a retaining wall & expand a flower bed for us. Hubby and I are very happy with his work, & crew. A gardening friend recommended him to us. She had used a company I was going to use and talked me out of them. Thank goodness she did! We love the work Barry did, and the other guy has gone out of business now. Here is a link that might be useful: Blooming Colors

I would first start with asking for recommendations from friends. Most people select their contractor solely on price, so you have to be careful. If you like the Trane and Carrier equipment, then go the web sites and search for factory authorized dealers in your area. There is no guarantee they will be good, but it helps improve the probability. Explain the situation you have and ask if they will do a thorough Manual J calculation in order to determine the size of the equipment. You also want the duct work to be inspected to make sure it is the proper size. The proposals should have a complete list of all model numbers of the equipment and details of what work will be done. The contractor should be able to discuss and propose different equipment options and their pricing. If a contractor is unwilling to do these things then keep looking. Get at least three proposals. I recommend staying with the same brand so it makes easier to make comparisons. There is nothing wrong with comparing two brands as long as you understand the details of the equipment.

Aren't they the company with the cross dressing transvestite who was recently arrested for illicit activites regarding farm animals? Would I have to put the herd out to pasture before they got to my house? Baaa!

Hi Alphamale I went with the Navien NCB 240 which was installed at the end of last July. As it turns out it looks like this boiler is insufficient for my needs probably because of the heat demand required for an indoor pool. I'm still not convinced that even without the pool it may still be insufficient in that I run the heat to the pool for only 12 hours per day and when the only heat demand is for the 1,400 sq. feet of house and domestic hot water for 2 people it still has to work hard to get the heat past 70F. Between 7 PM and 7 AM and when it's cold when the pool and house are calling for heat in the morning the house has gone down to 66 F. This is weird because a contractor told me he installed two of the NCB 240s to heat three floors of 10,000 sq. feet each. I spoke to another highly recommended contractor who did an analysis and concluded that the NCB is in sufficient. I have calls into the local Viessmann distributor and another highly recommended contractor for input and recommendations. I am considering using a separate pool heater but it turns out the only one I can install indoors costs $8,000 plus 13% HST plus installation so that could turn into another 10 grand. I can get an outdoor pool heater but I suspect it would cost 5 grand for the heater plus a custom built shelter for it. Another possibility is to get a propane heater insert for the fireplace which would allow more boiler BTUs for the pool. At any rate Dan, depending on your requirements I would recommend converting to propane if only because that's the direction things are going. OIl for heating is quickly going the way of the dinosaur not to mention a big savings in fuel. From my own research if I had it to do over again I would take a close look at the Veissmann and Trinity boilers and there may be others. So far my experience is turning out to be a horror show so be careful.