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B.C. strata fines owner more than $11K for installing heat pump (www.cbc.ca)

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[–] ronmaide 8 points 8 months ago (3 children)

This is messed up, on account of the fact that new construction units in BC are required by law to have AC, so him installing that unit, assuming it was done by a bonded professional, should be automatically approved. If it was done by some friend of a friend for beer money that’s different, but an efficiency upgrade by a qualified professional, I genuinely cannot think of a downside.

[–] Eideen 2 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Noise and maintenance is main problem. When you live on top of other people, you like do so without the screaming sound from a fan belt, or a bad pumpe vibrating the building, from your careless neighbor.

If the Strata is the designated from day one with heatpump, then they in my design plassed in technical room/areas where they are sound dampen and can easily be accessed by maintenance workers. With maybe water exchanger for hot water or a pool.

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