Maple Furnace serves New Westminster, BC from our Burnaby shop on Merritt Ave, and the Royal City is one of the closest markets to our door. New Westminster sits right on the Fraser River next to Burnaby, so our trucks reach Queen's Park, Sapperton, and Downtown in minutes. That proximity shapes the furnace, heat pump, air conditioner, boiler, water heater, and gas fireplace work we do across one of the oldest cities in British Columbia.
New Westminster carries an unusual mix of housing for its size. The city holds some of the province's most extensive heritage housing stock, with century-old character homes in Queen's Park, Glenbrooke North, and Brow of the Hill that often run older furnaces, hydronic boilers, and radiator heating. At the same time, Downtown, Uptown, and Sapperton are dense with condo towers and strata buildings that rely on in-suite fan coils and central plant equipment, while Queensborough on Lulu Island adds detached homes and newer townhouse developments on the river flats. We service all of it, working with homeowners, tenants, and strata property managers across the city.
Our certified technicians cover furnace repair, furnace installation, heat pump repair, heat pump installation, AC repair, AC installation, mini-split repair, mini-split installation, boiler service, water heater service, gas fireplace service, indoor air quality, duct cleaning, gas line installation, heater repair, and commercial HVAC with commercial refrigeration for New Westminster businesses.
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New Westminster packs a lot of variety into a compact footprint, and the housing stock changes sharply from one neighbourhood to the next. Our technicians know how to match the right approach to each area's homes, whether that is a century-old furnace or a brand-new condo fan coil.
The city's signature heritage neighbourhood, lined with character homes that date back well over a century. Many of these houses still run older furnaces, hydronic boilers, and radiator heating, and they call for careful, conservation-minded work. We service original boilers, retrofit furnaces where it makes sense, and walk owners through heat pump options that respect the home's structure and finishes.
A historic riverside neighbourhood in the city's northeast, anchored by the Royal Columbian Hospital and a growing cluster of condo towers near the SkyTrain station. We handle in-suite fan coils, split systems, and tankless water heaters in the newer towers, alongside furnace and boiler service in Sapperton's older single-family streets.
The commercial and residential hub around Sixth Street and Sixth Avenue, with a dense mix of mid-rise condos, apartments, and surrounding homes. Strata coordination is common here, and we provide written reports for strata records when work touches shared mechanical systems or requires common-area access.
The waterfront core along Columbia Street, where condo towers overlook the Fraser River and the Quay. In-suite fan coils, central plant equipment, and split systems dominate the towers. We coordinate with strata managers when access through common areas is required and keep documentation that strata records call for.
An established residential neighbourhood of single-family homes on the city's western edge, bordering Burnaby. The housing here spans several decades, so we move between aging furnaces near the end of their service life and newer high-efficiency systems needing routine maintenance, often on the same street.
A quiet residential pocket in the southwest, close to the 22nd Street SkyTrain station and the Burnaby boundary. Detached homes of varying ages are typical, with a mix of gas furnaces and the occasional boiler. Heat pump conversions and water heater replacements are among the most common calls here.
The part of New Westminster on Lulu Island, across the river from the rest of the city. Queensborough blends older detached homes with newer townhouse and single-family developments on the river flats. The low, flat terrain means we pay attention to equipment placement and drainage, and newer homes here often arrive with high-efficiency furnaces or heat pumps already installed.
A dense, central neighbourhood on the slope above Downtown, mixing older houses, character conversions, and low-rise apartments. The older housing stock here means plenty of furnace and boiler service, along with duct cleaning for homes whose ductwork has not been touched in years.
Established residential neighbourhoods of single-family homes north of the city centre. Glenbrooke North carries a share of older character housing, while Massey Victory Heights leans toward post-war homes. Both see a steady mix of furnace tune-ups, heat pump retrofits, and air conditioning upgrades as owners add cooling for warmer summers.
New Westminster sits in the same coastal Lower Mainland climate as the rest of Metro Vancouver, with wet, cool winters and summers that have grown noticeably warmer over recent years. The city's position on the Fraser River keeps winter lows mild compared with the BC interior, which is good news for heat pump performance: a properly sized system rarely faces the kind of deep cold that strains its heating output, so seasonal efficiency stays high through most of the year.
Summer is the bigger change. New Westminster now regularly sees stretches in the high 20s and into the 30s, and the city's older heritage homes were never built with cooling in mind. That is why we see steady demand for air conditioning and heat pump installations through the warmer months, particularly in the dense, sheltered neighbourhoods on the hill above the river where heat can settle. A heat pump answers both sides of the year in one system, which is part of why it has become our most-requested upgrade across the Royal City.
Few cities in the Lower Mainland blend the very old and the very new quite like New Westminster, and our technicians move between both in a single day. In Queen's Park, Glenbrooke North, and Brow of the Hill, the work centres on heritage housing: original boilers, radiator and hydronic heating, aging furnaces, and the retrofit challenges that come with century-old structures. These are the homes where careful, conservation-minded work matters most, and where a heat pump conversion or ductless system has to be planned around the home's existing layout and finishes.
In Downtown, Sapperton, and Uptown, the picture flips to strata HVAC. Condo towers and mid-rise buildings rely on in-suite fan coils, split systems, and central plant equipment, and the work calls for strata coordination, common-area access, and written documentation for strata records. Queensborough adds a third layer, with newer detached and townhouse homes on Lulu Island that often arrive with high-efficiency equipment already in place.
New Westminster homeowners upgrading from fossil-fuel heating to a heat pump can pursue rebates through programs such as CleanBC, FortisBC, and the federal Canada Greener Homes initiative. The amount that applies depends on the equipment, your existing fuel source, and qualification details, and we help make sure the paperwork your installer provides is complete.
New Westminster's commercial base runs from the Columbia Street and Uptown retail districts to the riverfront and the light-industrial pockets in Queensborough and Sapperton. Our commercial HVAC team services rooftop units, makeup air systems, and commercial boilers for offices, retail, and industrial tenants across the city.
For restaurants and grocery operators along Columbia Street and through the city's neighbourhood centres, we also handle commercial refrigeration - walk-in coolers, freezers, and ice machines - so food-service equipment keeps running through the busiest hours.
Quickly. New Westminster is directly adjacent to our Merritt Ave shop in Burnaby, which makes it one of the closest markets we serve. We dispatch to Queen's Park, Sapperton, Downtown, and Queensborough daily, and for no-heat and no-cooling situations, 24/7 emergency service is available year-round.
Yes. New Westminster's heritage homes often run hydronic boilers and radiator heating, and we service, repair, and maintain these systems. In many cases an original boiler benefits from annual servicing rather than premature replacement, and we explain the trade-offs before recommending any work.
In most cases, yes. Heritage homes bring real retrofit challenges, so we measure heat loss, check your existing ductwork and electrical capacity, and plan the work around the home's layout and finishes. For homes without suitable ductwork, a ductless mini-split is often the cleanest path to heating and cooling.
Yes. We work with in-suite fan coils, ductless mini-splits, split systems, and tankless water heaters in New Westminster condos and townhouses, coordinate with strata managers for common-area access, and provide written reports for strata records.
New Westminster homeowners upgrading from fossil-fuel heating to a heat pump can pursue rebates through CleanBC, FortisBC, and the federal Canada Greener Homes program. The amount depends on the equipment, your fuel source, and qualification details. We help confirm what is likely to apply and which paperwork your installer needs to provide.
New Westminster is one of several Metro Vancouver communities we serve. Visit the city pages below for service details:
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