Serving the Oceanside region
Heat Pumps in Coombs
We install and service heat pumps in Coombs, an unincorporated community of about 1,700 residents roughly 10 km west of Parksville on Highway 4A, and we size systems for both village-centre lots and the rural acreage around them.
What do we install out here?
We install ducted and ductless heat pumps, from single-zone systems for an older village-centre home to multi-zone ductless setups for larger rural properties without existing ductwork.
What makes a rural property different?
Many of these properties are older rural homes on well water with a dated electrical panel — we run a load calculation before quoting so a panel upgrade, if needed, is priced into the quote.
What rebates can you claim?
Two pots of money apply. The provincial one runs to $13,000 through CleanBC and BC Hydro, weighted by household income and by whether you are leaving oil, gas or baseboards behind, and the regional district adds its own on top — see our rebate guide for the full breakdown.
What extra rebate does an electoral area get?
Because Coombs is an electoral area rather than an incorporated town, you get $2,000 the towns don't. The Regional District of Nanaimo pays it when you move off oil, propane or natural gas to a heat pump, and it comes on top of your provincial CleanBC money. Plan for two conditions. We have to take the fossil appliance out entirely, and the job can't be a like-for-like replacement of equipment that has already broken down. We pull the electrical permit the rebate requires as part of the install. Get your claim in before 14 December — that's the annual cut-off.
What happens if your panel can't take it?
Before we quote, we run a load calculation on the electrical service: what the panel is rated for, how many spare breaker positions it has, and what the rest of the house already draws once everything runs at once. A heat pump adds a substantial new load, so an older service can come up short even when nothing is visibly wrong with it. If it does, a panel upgrade means swapping the panel and often the service conductors, coordinating with the utility, and filing that work on the same electrical permit as the heat pump. We price it in the original quote. Plenty of houses need nothing at all, and the calculation is what confirms it.
Nearby service areas
We also serve Errington, Nanoose Bay, and French Creek, plus Parksville itself.
For a free heat pump quote in Coombs, tell us about your home and we'll get back to you.
Heat pump services
- Heat Pump InstallationNew heat pump installation sized to your home, with load calculations, permit filing and CleanBC rebate paperwork handled start to finish.
- Ductless Mini-SplitsSingle- and multi-zone ductless mini-split installation for homes without existing ductwork.
- Air ConditioningAir conditioning installation for Parksville homes — the system we put in is a heat pump, so it cools you in the summer and heats you through the winter.
Ready for a quote on heat pumps in Coombs?
Parksville Heat Pumps offers free in-home estimates across the Oceanside region.