Furnace & Heating Repair services in Virginia Beach
Plenty of shops will quote you a furnace & heating repair job over the phone without seeing it. That's how you end up overpaying. We don't work that way. Calls go to a working tech, not a call center. You'll get a real estimate over the phone when we can give one.
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.
Notes on Virginia Beach housing stock
Virginia Beach's housing market has us seeing a lot of move-in inspections and "the previous owner did what?" calls. We sort them out.
On bigger jobs we'll bring two techs. On simpler ones, just one — fewer hands, faster billing.
Cost range
Diagnostic visit runs $80 – $120. Hot surface ignitor replacement runs $170 – $315. Flame sensor replacement runs $150 – $270. Pressure switch replacement runs $200 – $385. Control board replacement runs $385 – $780. Heat exchanger replacement runs $1,655 – $3,130.
Adjacent services
- Ductwork Cleaning, Sealing & Repair in Virginia Beach
- AC Maintenance & Tune-Ups in Virginia Beach
- Mini-Split & Ductless Systems in Virginia Beach
- AC Repair in Virginia Beach
Recent service example
Recent Virginia Beach job: heat pump blowing cold air in 28°F weather in a 8-year-old home. We replaced solenoid coil, recommissioned after diagnosing failed reversing valve solenoid. Cost ran $202 — pretty middle-of-the-road for that fix.