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Ontario Building Code says that the heating facility shall be capable of maintaining an indoor air temperature of not less than: -22 degrees Celsius (72F) in all living spaces, -22C in unfinished basements and, -15C (59F) in heated crawlspaces. As for the whale oil: what we do in the igloo is our business[] -Brad Here's an update. I turns out that several years ago the Ontario Province created a program to get Condos off the electrical grid. They offered grants to convert. In order to get the grant the baseboard heaters had to be removed. Options were to install one of these gas heater/furnaces (inexpensive solution) or a full forced air gas furnace (tremendous cost, as you can imagine). This Condo owner opted for the cheaper solution. The big issue was they didn't disconnect nor remove the 20 amp wiring for the baseboard heaters (just the heat unit itself) and some bright light (bad pun) converted some of the 20 amp circuits to receptacles and light fixtures. Not exactly code!!! Thanks very much for your comments. This is my first use of the Forum, very good indeed. BTW it's not that cold up here. Take a look at what's happened in the NE States this year!!! John

Your 1st comment - can each room... sounds like some kind of code statement. Is that correct?

I am a Realtor in Ottawa, Canada. I recently had a Home Inspector perform an inspection on behalf of a client. This is a multi level row house, actually 5 levels. You come in on the basement/powder room level up a few steps to the living room, then a few more steps to the kitchen/family room and dining room level, then a few more steps to the master bedroom level, then a few more steps to the main bath and two other bedrooms. The whole place used to heated with electric baseboard heat each with its own thermostat. A previous owner took out the baseboard heat in all rooms except the basement/entry level and the two bedrooms on the 5th level. They then installed a gas stove in the living room which heats the 2nd, 3rd and 4th levels simply by "hot air rising". Does this satisfy all codes and construction practices?