Furnace and AC Replacement Cost in Minnesota
Replacing the furnace and AC together in Minnesota costs $9,700–$19,300 installed with us. Matched coils, AHRI ratings, and when to split the job instead.
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Central Minnesota Heating and Cooling repairs and replaces furnaces, ACs, heat pumps and boilers in Andover (Anoka County), about 18 miles from downtown Minneapolis.
Andover grew from a rural township into a sizable suburb mostly after 1980, and it still mixes subdivisions with big lots along the Rum River, around Crooked Lake and near Bunker Hills Regional Park.
Updated October 21, 2026 · By Eric Brown, owner, Central Minnesota Heating and Cooling

Around town: Bunker Hills Regional Park · Kelsey Round Lake Park · Crooked Lake · Rum River · Hanson Boulevard
Book in AndoverAndover began as Grow Township, became a village in 1972 and a city in 1974, and its first subdivisions went up in the 1970s and 80s as ramblers and split-entries with basement furnaces, chimney or metal-flue venting and ductwork sized for heat. Many of those houses have already traded the original furnace for a 96% model vented in PVC, the rest are well past due, and most are on at least their second condenser.
The 1990s and 2000s brought larger two-stories and walkouts, usually with a builder's condensing furnace and an air exchanger, and new neighborhoods are still being built. Toward the Rum River and in the rural parts of the city, houses sit on acreage, some past the reach of the gas mains with a propane tank in the yard. Those are the homes where a heat pump paired with the furnace pays off best, and where the mechanical room may also hold a well pressure tank and a water softener, which leaves less room to work.
Out on Andover's acreage lots, winter trouble comes with the wind. Snow drifts across open yards and fields and piles against side-wall furnace vents and heat pump outdoor units, and a buried intake shuts the furnace down until someone clears it. Homes on propane depend on a truck reaching the tank, so keep the driveway and tank path plowed and check the gauge before a long cold stretch. In the subdivisions, the typical January call is an original builder furnace finally giving out.
Houses near Crooked Lake, Round Lake and the Rum River deal with humid July air, and an oversized air conditioner that cools in short bursts never runs long enough to dry it. Walkout lower levels feel it first, with a musty smell and damp carpet. In the newer two-stories, upstairs bedrooms run warm because the thermostat sits in the cooler downstairs hall. Big lots also mean grass clippings blown into condenser coils, so rinse the outdoor unit gently in early summer.
CenterPoint's heating rebates on high-efficiency furnaces let you use the dealer of your choice as long as the application goes in the same year as the install. Electricity comes from Connexus Energy, which offers rebates on air-source, ductless and ground-source heat pumps and on central air. Ask whether a Connexus heat pump rebate needs a registered contractor. The Connexus programs follow your electric service, so homes heating with propane can use them too.
Rebate programs change every year; check the utility's current terms before you buy. Our guides: Xcel and CenterPoint rebates, heat pump rebates, what happened to the federal credits.
Central Minnesota Heating and Cooling, owned by Eric Brown and in business since 2009, serves Andover and nearby towns in Anoka County, about 18 miles from downtown Minneapolis. We're open 7 days, 7am–9pm, and no-heat calls get priority. Call 612-429-3465.
An HVAC service call in Andover is a flat $79 trip charge, waived when you approve the repair. You get a written price before any work. Installed prices are on our pricing page.
Connexus Energy service can strengthen the case for a heat pump. Connexus runs a dual-fuel off-peak program for heat pumps paired with a furnace: the utility can shift your heating to the furnace during peak demand, and in return the heat pump's electricity is billed at a lower rate. Connexus also offers heat pump rebates. Rates and enrollment rules change, so check the current terms before you buy. The backup furnace can be gas or propane.
Many furnaces can. Most manufacturers sell a conversion kit that changes the burner orifices and gas valve settings, and the work has to follow the manufacturer's instructions and be checked with a combustion test. CenterPoint Energy has to run the service line and set a meter first. On an older furnace, weigh the cost of converting against putting that money toward a new 96% furnace.
Ask for the Manual J load calculation the equipment was sized from, the furnace's AFUE, and whether the outdoor unit is a heat pump or an air conditioner. Check where the PVC vents will exit, since a spot under a deck or on the windward side can drift shut. Make sure every bedroom has a return or transfer grille, and get the model and serial numbers so you can register the warranty on time.
Somewhere the wind and the roof won't bury it. We set outdoor units on a stand high enough to clear typical drifts, away from a roof edge that dumps snow and ice, and preferably on a side sheltered from the northwest wind. A heat pump also sheds meltwater during defrost cycles, so it needs a spot where that water drains away instead of freezing into a ridge under the unit. Keep a path shoveled for service.
Replacing the furnace and AC together in Minnesota costs $9,700–$19,300 installed with us. Matched coils, AHRI ratings, and when to split the job instead.
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