Tampa furnace & heating repair
Most Tampa homes will need a furnace & heating repair at some point. Best to have a name in your phone before you do. We work clean, leave the area better than we found it, and stick around to test the repair before we drive off.
Tampa-area patterns we see
Newer Tampa construction tends to be on slab foundations with PEX. Easier access in some ways, more code-current in others.
What this service includes
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.
Cost range
For furnace & heating repair jobs in the Tampa 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
Recent service example
Last spring we got a call from a homeowner near the outskirts Tampa. 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 the same visit. Total: $754 including parts.