Furnace & Heating Repair services in El Paso
Here's the deal with furnace & heating repair in El Paso: most of it isn't an emergency. The trick is knowing which part is. If we can't get to you ourselves, we'll tell you who to call. Free consult either way.
Recent service example
Got a call last month from a the west El Paso home — 15-year-old build. Symptom: heat pump blowing cold air in 28°F weather. Cause: failed reversing valve solenoid. Replaced solenoid coil, recommissioned, all done in about two hours, billed flat-rate at $1334.
The actual work
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.
Notes on El Paso housing stock
El Paso's housing market has us seeing a lot of move-in inspections and "the previous owner did what?" calls. We sort them out.
If you're calling from a property management company, we have separate scheduling and billing for that.
Price expectations
For furnace & heating repair jobs in the El Paso 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