 |
 Explore our full range of services and some interesting Natural Gas / Propane information. |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
|
||||||||||||||||||||
 Commercial Service: C.T Gasfitting can keep your heating system running! After all Gasfitting is what we are known for. We have been looking after PG businesses for over 10 years, and know that you can't afford to have any operational downtime. Residential Service: People use propane and natural gas for heating and cooling homes, heating water, cooking, refrigeration, drying clothes, barbecuing, lighting, and relaxing in front of the gas fireplace. Natural gas is the world's most convenient and versatile fuel, and has secured its place as the preferred energy source for commercial and industrial applications. Home buyers prefer gas energy because it is clean, reliable and economical. That's why the number of homes using natural gas--already nearly 8 million strong--is growing every day! |
Sales/Installation: CT Gasfitting is your
natural gas and propane store with sales, installation, service and repairs of
all natural gas and propane products and appliances including: Parts Service:Yes, we can provide you with the right part to keep your natural gas or propane product operating efficiently and safely. Common barbecue, fireplace, furnace, and appliance parts are usually on hand. For hard to find items, please allow 3 days for the exact part to arrive. Do you live out of town? No problem! When we receive your parts order we will ship direct to you anywhere in Canada or the United States of America so you can complete your repair in a timely manner. Call us at 1-(250) 564-6331 for your next parts order. |
 Crane Truck Rentals:Our Crane Truck rental is available to move... well, most anything! From heavy equipment parts, lifts of lumber, landscape bricks or industrial product deliveries, we can move it all. The Crane Truck is used primarily for setting up large residential / commercial propane tank rentals and is now available to rent for your next moving project. Call us for Truck and Driver rates. |
 What is Natural Gas?:Natural gas is a combustible, gaseous mixture of simple hydrocarbon compounds, usually found in deep underground reservoirs formed by porous rock. Natural gas is a fossil fuel composed almost entirely of methane, but does contain small amounts of other gases, including ethane, propane, butane and pentane. Methane is composed of a molecule of one carbon atom and four hydrogen atoms. Natural gas is used extensively in residential, commercial and industrial applications. It is the dominant energy used for home heating with with about 55 percent of American homes using gas. In 1998, there were more than 1 million new residential natural gas customers, increasing the nationwide total to about 56 million homes. The use of natural gas is also rapidly increasing in electric power generation and cooling, and as a transportation fuel. Natural gas is a clean burning fossil fuel, producing primarily carbon dioxide, water vapor and small amounts of nitrogen oxides. Other fossil fuels are coal and oil, which together with natural gas, account for about 88 percent of U.S. energy consumption. The prevailing scientific theory is that natural gas was formed millions of years ago when plants and tiny sea animals were buried by sand and rock. Layers of mud, sand, rock and plant and animal matter continued to build up until the pressure and heat from the earth turned them into petroleum and natural gas. |
 What is
Propane?:Propane (C3H8) is a colourless, odourless, easily liquefied, gaseous hydrocarbon (compound of carbon and hydrogen),the third member of the paraffin series following methane and ethane. It is separated from light crude oil, natural gas, and is a by-product of petroleum refining. Propane is commercially available as liquefied propane or as a major constituent of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG). Although a gas at atmospheric pressure, propane has a boiling point of -42.1 C (-43.8 F) and thus is liquefied under elevated pressures. It therefore is transported and handled as a liquid in cylinders and tanks. In this form, alone or mixed with liquid butane, it has great importance as a fuel for domestic and industrial/commercial uses and for internal-combustion engines. Liquefied Propane Gas: Also called LPG or LP GAS, can be any of several liquid mixtures containing varying degrees of the volatile hydrocarbons propane, propane, butene, and butane. It was used as early as 1860 as a portable fuel source, and its production and consumption for both domestic and industrial use have expanded ever since. A typical commercial mixture may also contain ethane and ethylene as well as a volatile mercaptan, an odorant added as a safety precaution. LPG is recovered from "wet" natural gas (gas with condensable heavy petroleum compounds) by absorption. The recovered product has a low boiling point and must be distilled to remove the lighter fractions and then be treated to remove hydrogen sulfide, carbon dioxide, and water. The finished product is transported by pipeline and by specially built seagoing tankers. Transportation by truck, rail, and barge has also developed, particularly in North America. LPG reaches the domestic consumer in cylinders under relatively low pressures. The largest part of the LPG produced is used in central heating systems and the next largest as raw material for chemical plants; LPG is also used as an engine fuel. |
 Natural Gas
& Propane Advantages:Using Natural Gas in place of other fuels can help ease a number of environmental concerns — greenhouse gas emissions, acid rain, smog, solid waste and water pollution. When natural gas is burned, it produces virtually no emissions of sulfur dioxide or particulate matter and far lower levels of "greenhouse" gases and nitrogen oxides than such competing sources of energy as oil and coal. Canada's natural gas wealth is abundantly obvious... we produce around 8 billion litres each year: 80% from natural gas wells in western Canada; the rest from oil refineries throughout the country. The total is about 10% of the world's supply! 
There are six very good reasons
why you should consider propane for your home energy needs:
Propane has a wide variety of
uses: heating, water heating, cooking, clothes drying, swimming pool water
heating, hot tub and sauna heating and emergency generators. Propane is also
used to fuel car and trucks.
Propane is a clean-burning,
environmentally-friendly fuel that can be stored safely in residential and
commercial underground tanks.
Propane heating equipment is
designed to operate efficiently. Some equipment can be as high as 96%
efficient. that means for ever heating dollar you spend, you get 96 cents worth
of heat.
Propane heats water at one-half
the cost of electricity.
Propane heating and water
heating equipment can be installed with special direct venting systems which do
not need a chimney. This will save you money on retrofitting and unnecessary
construction.
Unlike competitive fuels, most
of the propane used in the United States come from North American sources.
|
 Propane/Natural
Gas Versus Electricity Costs When comparing the costs of electricity and propane gas, the cost per BTU of each energy source must be considered in order to give the comparison a "common denominator." Electricity has 3,413 BTUs per kilowatt hour (kwh) and propane has 91,500 BTUs per gallon. Since electricity is considered 100 percent efficient at the point of use, there are 3,413 usable BTUs in one kwh of electricity (100% x 3,413 BTUs=3,413 BTUs). But even when 80 percent is used as the efficiency factor for a propane appliance (although some propane equipment is 97 percent efficient), there are still 73,000 usable BTUs in one gallon of propane (80% x 91,500 BTUs=73,000 BTUs). Therefore, one gallon of propane contains the usable energy equivalent of 21.44 kwhs of electricity (73,000 BTUs / 3,413 BTUs=21.44). Simply, this means that if one gallon of propane sold for 21.44 times as much as one kwh of electricity, the cost per BTU would be equal. But propane sells for much less than this. In fact, according to 1991 Department of Energy figures based on national averages, gas costs about half as much to use as electricity. |
| Your Natural Gas & Propane store... and more! |
 |
C.T. Gasfitting
Services Ltd. your propane store... and more ! Call Toll Free 1-877-360-6331 |
 |
| 675 1st Avenue, Prince George,
B.C. Canada V2L 2Y2 Phone: 1-(250) 564-6331 Fax: 1-(250) 562-4906 Cell: 613-8925 or email us |
||