Home & Cottages Services

As a cottage owner, you’ll likely find yourself in need of the some of the same services you require to keep things humming at your primary residence in the city.

In Canada, specific codes cover the installation of wood-burning appliances and fireplaces in light of the risk of fire and injury.

We’ve assembled a list of inspectors who are certified to inspect, repair, or replace the wood-burning fireplace, pellet or oil stove at your weekend retreat. Cottages often have furnaces, water heaters, and air conditioners, just as you would find in a city house. And these appliances need attention and fine-tuning every once in a while – just like their city cousins.

As a cottage owner, you might find yourself calling on local companies to deliver a pallet of wood pellets for your pellet stove or heating oil for your on-site oil tank.

If you’re a first-time cottage owner, perhaps you’ve never needed anyone before to fill an oil tank or leave bags of wood pellets at your cottage doorstep.

Or maybe you need to call a local pest control company to help you keep unwelcome cottage guests at bay.

And it’s hard to imagine cleaning windows at the cottage will be a chore that holds your interest any more than it would in the city. To carve out extra time for kicked-back cottage pursuits, you may decide to call in professional window cleaners to get this tedious job done.



Fireplaces, Pellet Stoves, and WETT Inspections

In Canada, specific codes cover the installation of wood-burning appliances and fireplaces, given fire and safety concerns. WETT or Wood Energy Technology Transfer Inc. is a an association of installers, chimney sweeps, and inspectors who have been educated, trained, and certified to install and inspect these installations to ensure they meet the applicable requirements.

Today, a WETT inspection is often necessary to obtain fire insurance on a building with a wood-burning installation. This inspection is required by the insurance company and the inspection must be carried out by a certified inspector.

It is a good idea to arrange for a WETT inspection as a condition of sale when you purchase a cottage as the repair or replacement of a non-conforming installation can be very expensive.

British Empire Fuels
68 County Road, Highway 36 North
Bobcaygeon, Ontario, P.O. Box 359
K0M 1A0
Tel: 705-738-2121
Toll-free: 1-888-472-6006
Email: reachus@britishempirefuels.ca
(Delivers residential heating oil and propane and offers a propane filling station equipped to fill portable propane tanks for barbecues. Also provides heating, cooling, and ventilation equipment, such as furnaces, water heaters, heat recovery ventilators, fireplaces, electronic air cleaners, HEPA filter systems, ultra violet technology, and in-floor heating systems. Fully installs equipment and provides complete follow-up service)
Fire or Ice
Kingsley Malcolm
6666 Highway 35
Coboconk, Ontario K0M 1K0
Tel: 705-454-2014
Email: fireoricestore@live.ca
Website: www.fireorice.com
(Certified to conduct WETT inspections)
Fireside Comfort
Joe and Cinda Lyons
729 County Road 49
Bobcaygeon, Ontario
Tel: 705-738-4813
(Sells and services wood pellet stoves, main distributor in area for wood pellets - hardwood and softwood. Certified to conduct WETT inspections)
Highlands Propane
5077 Highway 35
Fenelon Falls, Ontario
Tel: 705-887-1670
Toll-free: 1-800-810-9289
Email: info@highlandspropane.ca
(Propane supplier and appliance dealer offering a range of products, including gas furnaces, gas fireplaces, water heaters, and air conditioners. Services include propane delivery and furnace or fireplace cleaning)

Oil Delivery

British Empire Fuels
68 County Road, Highway 36 North
Bobcaygeon, Ontario
P.O. Box 359, K0M 1A0
Tel: 705-738-2121
Toll-free: 1-888-472-6006
Email: reachus@britishempirefuels.ca

(Delivers residential heating oil and propane and offers a propane filling station equipped to fill portable propane tanks for barbecues. Also provides heating, cooling, and ventilation equipment, such as furnaces, water heaters, heat recovery ventilators, fireplaces, electronic air cleaners, HEPA filter systems, ultra violet technology, and in-floor heating systems. Fully installs equipment and provides complete follow-up service)

Dependable Home Comfort
5 Response Street
Fenelon Falls, Ontario K0M 1N0
Tel: 705-328-9276
Email: dependablehomecomfort@i-zoom.net
(Install furnaces and delivers oil)
Highlands Propane
5077 Highway 35
Fenelon Falls, Ontario
Tel: 705-887-1670
(Propane supplier and appliance dealer located just outside Fenelon Falls. Offers a wide range of products, including gas furnaces, gas fireplaces, water heaters, and air conditioners. Services include propane delivery and furnace or fireplace cleaning)

Pest Control

Bill's Quality Pest Control
Bill Hughson
Toll-free: 1-866-281-5749
Website: billsqualitypestcontrol.com
Dave's Quality Pest Control
Dave Thorne
643 St. Lukes Road
Lindsay, Ontario K9V 4R5
Tel: 705-878-2434
Toll-free: 866-984-2434
Website: davesqualitypestcontrol.ca
Miller Pest Control
578 Robinson Road
Ennismore, Ontario K0L 1T0
Tel: 705-657-8018 or 1-888-863-9126
Email: info@millerpestcontrol.ca
Northern Pest Management
Garry Middleton
P.O. Box 44, Station Main
Lindsay, Ontario K9V 4R8
Tel: 705-878-9060 or 1-800-263-9791
Email: northernpest@xplornet.com

Window Cleaning

Bill Sinclair Window Cleaning
Bill Sinclair
2338 Tom Bolton Road
R.R. #3, Haliburton, Ontario K0M 1S0
Tel: 705-457-6946 or 1-800-600-4853