San Diego furnace & heating repair
Looking for a furnace & heating repair in San Diego? Here's the short version of what we do, what it costs, and how soon we can be there. Most of our work comes from neighbors of past customers. That's the only marketing we trust.
Local context for San Diego
Our techs know the San Diego area: housing stock, soil, water main configurations, the parts that usually fail first.
If you're calling from a property management company, we have separate scheduling and billing for that.
From the books — a recent San Diego job
A San Diego customer in their 12-year-old home had been chasing furnace clicking but not igniting for weeks before calling. Failed hot surface ignitor was the actual cause. We replaced ignitor, system back online in 30 minutes; everything stable since. About $820 all in.
What you're paying for
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.
Pricing
For furnace & heating repair jobs in the San Diego area:
- Diagnostic visit: $90 – $130
- Hot surface ignitor replacement: $185 – $340
- Flame sensor replacement: $165 – $295
- Pressure switch replacement: $220 – $420
- Control board replacement: $420 – $850
- Heat exchanger replacement: $1,800 – $3,400