Furnace & Heating Repair — Austin, TX
When something goes wrong with your furnace & heating repair in Austin, you need someone who can be there fast. Three things you can count on: we show up when we say we will, we quote before we work, and we don't pad the bill.
Local context for Austin
Climate and housing age in Austin tend to drive specific failure patterns. We see the same handful of issues every season.
A recent furnace & heating repair call
Last spring we got a call from a homeowner near the historic core Austin. Furnace clicking but not igniting. Diagnosis: failed hot surface ignitor. We replaced ignitor, system back online in 30 minutes, ran the test, and were out the door in before lunch. Total: $202 including parts.
What's typical for this job
Heating-side repairs run different than AC. Most furnace calls come down to ignitor failure, flame sensor, control board, or pressure switch. Heat pumps add reversing valve and defrost board.
Gas furnace ignitor failures are the most common winter call — about 40% of no-heat calls. The ignitor is a $35 part and a 20-minute job; total flat-rate runs $185-$340.
Heat pump no-heat in cold weather usually means failed reversing valve solenoid (system stuck in cool mode) or failed defrost board (outdoor coil iced up). Both diagnoseable in under an hour.
Older furnaces (15+ years) develop heat exchanger cracks. We check for them every diagnostic visit because a cracked heat exchanger leaks carbon monoxide and is a replacement-not-repair issue.
What it costs
For furnace & heating repair jobs in the Austin area:
- Diagnostic visit: $80 – $120
- Hot surface ignitor replacement: $170 – $315
- Flame sensor replacement: $150 – $270
- Pressure switch replacement: $200 – $385
- Control board replacement: $385 – $780
- Heat exchanger replacement: $1,655 – $3,130