Heating Installation in Houston, TX
We install on the south side of Houston only, from the Medical Center to the Pearland line. Most homes here heat with gas, heat pumps are growing in the newer infill, and the ducts in a lot of these houses need attention before new equipment goes in.
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What each era of house needs first
Westbury and Meyerland. The 1950s and '60s ranches have narrow attics and often no real return path. Duct work comes before the furnace.
Brays Oaks, Westwood and Fondren Southwest. These mid-century brick ranches carry undersized trunks that starve the back bedrooms. We measure static pressure and resize returns, then size the equipment.
Infill south of 610. Newer houses in EaDo and along the South Loop were often built on builder-grade ducts with no Manual J behind them. Fixing the distribution matters as much as the new heat pump.
We measure first and quote the actual fix. Sometimes the answer is a smaller system and better ducts.
Houston permits, handled
Every install inside city limits gets a City of Houston mechanical permit, which we pull. Work on a disconnect, breaker or panel adds an electrical sub-permit. Plan review takes some days, so we build it into the schedule. The inspection record stays with the property. Unincorporated areas follow a different process, and we handle those too.
Most replacements finish in a day once the permit is in hand. On gas installs, gas pressure and draft get tested and CO is measured at the registers before we sign off. On heat pumps we set the refrigerant charge by subcooling. Our coverage runs 12 months on parts and labor, then the manufacturer's parts warranty takes over. Texas license TACLA32678.
Gas furnace or heat pump
The gas grid is well built across south Houston, which is why most of the south side heats with gas furnaces. They put out fast heat on the few hard-freeze nights. In EaDo and the South Loop, heat pumps suit the mild winters and replace the AC in the same install. Trane is our top tier and Goodman our value tier. A complete 3-ton system runs $8,900 to $21,500 by tier, and we write both options up with running costs.
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South Houston install questions
Our Meyerland ranch has almost no return air. Can a new furnace fix that?
Not by itself. The 1950s and '60s houses in Westbury and Meyerland often have narrow attics and no real return path, and a new furnace on that duct system inherits the problem. We fix the returns as part of the job and price that as its own line.
Does a furnace swap in the city need a permit?
Yes. Inside Houston city limits we pull a City of Houston mechanical permit, plus an electrical sub-permit if the job touches a disconnect, breaker or panel. The inspector calls our office, and you never have to deal with the city.
Do you install up in the Heights or the Galleria?
No. We stay on the south side, from the Medical Center to the Pearland line, inside and outside the loop.
What does a new furnace cost by itself?
On a typical 2,000 square foot home, a furnace-only replacement runs about $4,400 to $10,000 installed, from an 80% AFUE single-stage Goodman to a high-efficiency Trane variable-speed. The permit, startup and combustion test are included.
More south Houston pages
Every neighborhood and ZIP we cover is on the Houston service-area page, and financing is on the main heating installation page. If the system might have another winter in it, heating repair quotes the fix next to the replacement. Summer equipment runs through AC installation from the same County Road 130 shop.