Furnace Repair & Replacement in Minneapolis, MN

Furnace Repair in Minneapolis, MN

Much of Minneapolis was built before 1950. Bungalows in Longfellow and Nokomis, foursquares in Powderhorn and Kingfield, and older homes in Northeast and Camden often have a furnace squeezed into a low basement, fed by ductwork that has been added to and patched for decades.

Those furnaces tend to fail in familiar ways: a cracked igniter, a dirty flame sensor, a worn inducer or blower motor, a stuck pressure switch, or a control board that has given up. Our technician finds the real cause, tells you the price before starting, and fixes most problems on the first visit with parts from a stocked truck.

• Furnace repair →
• Heating repair →

Furnace Replacement in Minneapolis: The Chimney Question

Many older Minneapolis furnaces are 80 percent models that vent up a masonry chimney, often sharing that chimney with a gas water heater. A new high-efficiency furnace vents out the side of the house through plastic pipe instead. Once the furnace leaves the chimney, the water heater is left venting alone up a flue sized for two appliances. That is called an orphaned water heater.

An oversized flue can stay too cool to draft properly, which can let exhaust spill back into the basement. The usual fix is a properly sized chimney liner or a change in how the water heater vents. We look for this when we quote a furnace replacement in Minneapolis and put any fix in the plan up front, so it is not a surprise on install day.

We size the new furnace to your house and walk you through financing options.

• Furnace replacement →
• Chimney liners and orphaned water heaters →
• Financing →

No Heat at Night? Emergency Furnace Repair

A furnace never picks a good time to quit. If your heat goes out on a below-zero night, call us. We are available around the clock for emergency furnace repair across Minneapolis.

While you wait, check that the thermostat is set to heat, the furnace switch is on, and the filter is not packed with dust. If your carbon monoxide alarm is sounding, get everyone outside and call 911 first.

• Emergency warning signs →
• Furnace tune-ups →

Boilers, Central Air and HVAC in Minneapolis Homes

Plenty of older Minneapolis homes heat with a hot-water or steam boiler and radiators. We repair, maintain and replace boilers along with furnaces.

For cooling, homes with ducts can usually add central air to the existing furnace. Homes without ducts often do best with a ductless mini-split. Either way, we look at the house first and recommend what fits.

• Boiler repair and maintenance →
• AC installation →
• Ductless mini-splits →
• Heat pumps →