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Oil Furnaces and Boilers

Chimney and Direct Vent

Hayter's 'built-to-last' line-up of high efficient oil furnaces and boilers are unsurpassed with efficiencies of up to 86%. Both oil furnaces and boilers can be vented conventionally up the chimney or out the side wall of your home or business. To find out more about our specific products and information click on the following:

The new oil furnaces and boilers can save you operating costs over your older less efficient system. Newer oil fired systems can be up to 40% more efficeint than ones made just a few decades ago. The costs to operate newer oil furnace and boiler systems are typically 40% less than electric heat and up to 25% less than propane.

Oil heat minimizes the chances of carbon monoxide poisoning and is non-explosive. It is highly recommended to have your oil furnace and boiler cleaned and serviced by a professional technician every year. Like most things we use in life, your heating system should be cleaned yearly, usually in the spring after the heating season.

Oil burning technology has made great strides with low emission burners, microprocessor controls, and flame retention heads. These improvements allow the burners to operate extremely quiet, without the odour or soot typically associated with older oil fired equipment. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency confirms that there is little difference between particulates from burning natural gas or oil fired equipment.

As a home or business owner you have several choices for an unregulated, free market place to select your fuel supplier. As with all industries some companies will go the extra mile to earn your business. Fuel is typically delivered on automatic fill-up so you never run out.

An oil fired forced air furnace can be installed in new construction as well as any replacement situation where the duct work already exists. If wood is readily available you can install a wood add-on furnace. This system can complete the most economical and practical of heating situations. Forced air systems are limited to heating the air only. Boilers, on the other hand, can heat the air as well as provide radiate heat through cast iron radiators, baseboard heaters, floor, or wall heat and also provide you with your everyday hot water needs.

Oil fired boilers are a great option for heating your home or business when baseboard or cast iron radiators already exist or you plan to install or update your home and add either radiant floor heat, a hot water coil for existing duct work, melt ice on walks or driveways, heat your domestic (everyday use) hot water or a combination of any of the above.

Oil furnaces and boilers are available in a variety of sizes from heating the smallest home to the largest commercial building.

Boilers are available in steel and higher quality cast iron.

Oil Fired Forced Air Furnaces

From many years, oil fired forced air furnaces were the dominant heat provider for homes and businesses in the rural areas. Oil was, and still is, the lowest cost fuel option (besides wood if available) to heat your home.

The technicians at Hayter Plumbing & Heating Ltd. have installed many oil fired furnaces, but none quite like Kerr's for the unmatched quality and performance of their high efficeincy oil furnaces and boilers. Kerr has been providing families with proven performance for many years and, above all, they're a Canadian company. The Kerr lineup has an oil fired forced air or wood/oil furnace to meet almost any situation. They have the unique 'Quick Heat' chamber-free technology and it has been Kerr's philosophy from day one to design products that don't follow others, but lead the way. Kerr's Oil Furnaces and Boilers are still charting the course for heating innovation.

Our decision to offer, install, and most importantly stock parts for the Kerr Heating Products was due to their strong reputation for service and their ability to grow and adapt to their customers needs. Kerr proves it stands behind its product by leading the industry with its Limited Lifetime Warranty on the heat exchanger and cabinet. Combine Hayter's service and parts availablilty with Kerr Heating furnaces and boilers and you have the 'ideal' forced air oil fired heating system. Click to learn more about Kerr Oil Furnaces and Boilers Product Lines

Oil Fired Boilers

Boilers have made a big comeback in todays modern lifesytle. The need for greater comfort, higher output demands, and more luxuries dominate new home and renovation projects. Commercial buildings have utilized boilers for years for their practicality, operating costs, and comfort level. Replacement high efficiency oil fired boilers allow you to adapt to existing water or steam piping systems with little or no changes required. Operating costs for new boilers are substantially lower and much cleaner than older outdated systems. Several heat delivery systems exist for boilers that are not available with forced air systems.

A well established, long term company like Hayter Plumbing & Heating Ltd. demands a high quality, trouble-free boiler lineup and there is no better manufacturer than Burnham- America's boiler company. Burnham oil fired boilers are made with over 125 years of manufacturing and engineering expertise. The V8 solid cast iron boiler is available as hot water or steam heat with efficiencies of up to 86.3%. Burnham is the only remaining manufacturer that ensures top quality castings (cast sections of the boiler) because they are manufactured at their own in-house foundry.

To learn more specifics regarding Burnham boilers click here.

Direct Vent systems

Direct-vent oil furnaces and boilers are your best choice when your existing chimney does not meet code; or if its deteriorating condition will be too costly. Other applications for direct vent systems exist when conventional 'up the chimney' venting is not available or you require a sealed combustion system. To learn more about direct vent systems contact us or call 1-877-HAYTERS.

Chimney materials & sizing

Once Hayter Plumbing & Heating Ltd. has determined the proper size of your required heating system, the size of your masonry or metal chimney must be selected (unless you want the direct vent system). If you have an existing chimney, the size of the flue diameter must match your heating system input. If the existing chimney is too large, a chimney liner (flexible or rigid stainless steel) can be installed.

Insulated stainless steel chimneys are readily available with little maintenance. These chimneys are installed by Hayter Plumbing & Heating Ltd. with proper code requirements. For sizing and cost estimating click on the Selkirk link.

Oil Tanks

Oil tanks for oil furnaces and boilers have not changed very much over the last 50 years. They are made of metal or fibreglass and are most commonly 200 gallon vertical tanks. However, tanks can be made to meet your specific requirements.

Oil Burner inspections and certifications

If you currently have an oil heating system, you should have received a notice that explains what is involved with 'Fuel Oil Inspections'- a mandatory inspection for all oil heat customers. Oil furnaces and boilers, components and equipment, together with the installation, servicing and supplying of oil, are strictly regulated by the government to ensure that minimum standards and practices are met to protect the public and the environment. All natural gas, propane, and oil fired equipment are now strictly governed by a set of legal requirements. As of June 27, 2001 the Technical Standards and Safety Act strictly regulates the code and adoptions made to it.

The oil tank must meet the requirements set out by the Fuel Oil Code. If a tank has been inspected but does not have a 'green tag' on it, your fuel supplier can refuse to fill your tank. The certification and 'green tagging' are done by licensed oil burner technicians (Hayter Plumbing & Heating Ltd. can complete your required inspections in South Western Ontario). If a new tank is required a replacement can be installed above ground outside or inside a building or basement. A tank that is installed outside is certified for 20 years and indoor installations are certified for 25 years. Older oil tanks are prone to leaking and your insurance company can demand you to change your tank or heating system in order to be insured.

Your existing oil furnace and boiler or water heater must meet the code requirements. This usually involves two and a half to three hours of cleaning, inspecting, and testing.

The final component of your Oil Fired Certification is the chimney. Your chimney must meet the code requirements regarding height, size, material, condition, and location.

If your oil fired heating system is acceptable your certification is valid for 10 years; however, yearly cleaning is strongly recommended for all oil furnaces and boilers - a dirty oil fired system can cost you up to 30% more to heat than a clean one! Contact us to start saving money by having a Hayter 'worry free' heating system installed, cleaned, or serviced at your home or business.


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