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Heating & Cooling in Falcon Heights, MN
Two-thirds of Falcon Heights is public land, mostly the University of Minnesota's St. Paul campus and the State Fairgrounds, so the city's houses fill a few neighborhoods spreading out from Snelling and Larpenteur avenues, plus the university's own University Grove.
HVAC service in Falcon Heights, MN
We repair and replace furnaces, air conditioners, heat pumps, boilers and ductless mini-splits in Falcon Heights and across Ramsey County. Every visit starts with a $79 trip charge and a written price before any work, and the $79 is waived when you go ahead with the repair.
- County
- Ramsey County
- ZIP codes
- 55108, 55113
- Natural gas
- Xcel Energy
- Electric
- Xcel Energy
- From downtown Minneapolis
- about 4 miles
Updated September 26, 2026
What HVAC problems do we see most in Falcon Heights?
- Chimney liners or PVC conversions when chimney-vented furnaces and water heaters in the older houses near Snelling and Larpenteur are replaced
- Heating and cooling in University Grove's architect-designed homes, where every duct layout is different and ductless heads can fill the gaps
- Adding cooling to houses heated by boilers and radiators, with ductless heads or small-duct high-velocity systems
- Furnace and AC replacements in the postwar houses northeast of Snelling and Larpenteur, sized by Manual J instead of the old nameplate
Around town: Minnesota State Fairgrounds · University of Minnesota St. Paul campus · Gibbs Farm · Curtiss Field · Larpenteur Avenue. Neighborhoods: University Grove
Book in Falcon HeightsWhat are Falcon Heights homes like to heat and cool?
Heman Gibbs farmed here from the 1850s near today's Cleveland and Larpenteur avenues, and his homestead is now the Gibbs Farm museum. From the 1910s to the 1930s the corner of Snelling and Larpenteur was Curtiss Northwest Airport. Houses started going up in the 1920s southeast of that corner, and in 1936 the Keller Corporation bought land owned by 3M secretary John Cable, platted Falcon Heights and built its first house the next year. After World War II the fields northeast of the intersection filled quickly, and in 1949 residents voted to incorporate rather than be annexed by Roseville or Saint Paul.
The 1960s and 1970s filled the remaining pockets to the west that the university didn't own. University Grove, begun by the university in 1928, is a separate story: 103 homes, each designed by an architect, on land the university leases to the owners. In 2003 a 50-year-old shopping center at the southeast corner of Snelling and Larpenteur came down for Falcon Heights Town Square's apartments and townhomes. For heating and cooling, that range means chimney-vented equipment in the older houses, basement systems in the postwar blocks and Grove houses where no two layouts match.
Winter in Falcon Heights
The university's open test fields and golf course, plus the fairgrounds, give winter wind a long run before it reaches the houses on their edges. Houses built from the 1920s through the 1950s let that air in at the rim joist, the attic hatch, old windows and around the chimney. The furnace runs long and the windward rooms stay cold anyway. Air sealing and attic insulation first, then a furnace sized for the tighter house, usually beats a bigger furnace.
Summer in Falcon Heights
Few houses built before the 1950s came with central air, and cooling in Falcon Heights' older homes was added later, if at all. Where a house heats with radiators, there are no ducts to cool through, so the choice is ductless heads or a small-duct high-velocity system that threads flexible tubing through closets and attic space without opening plaster walls. In the postwar blocks the cooling coil sits on a basement furnace, and rooms at the far end of a long trunk warm up first in a heat wave. University Grove homes vary house by house.
Which utilities and rebates apply in Falcon Heights?
Falcon Heights buys gas and electricity from Xcel Energy, and the city adopted an Energy Action Plan through Xcel's Partners in Energy program. Its Energy Action Hub points residents to Home Energy Squad, run by the Center for Energy and Environment, which checks insulation and heating and cooling systems and installs energy-saving materials. On equipment, a high-efficiency gas furnace can earn an Xcel rebate, and Xcel's heat pump rebates generally run through its Trade Partner Network contractors, so ask about that first.
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.
Most-requested in Falcon Heights
Furnace repair in Falcon Heights In Falcon Heights, a furnace repair visit starts at $79 for the trip, waived if you approve the repair, with a written flat-rate price before any work. Furnace replacement in Falcon Heights A Falcon Heights furnace replacement is $4,500–$9,500 installed with us; an 80% AFUE furnace runs about $4,500–$6,000 and a 96–98% condensing furnace about $6,500–$9,500. AC repair in Falcon Heights An AC repair visit in Falcon Heights costs $79 to start, waived when you approve the repair, and you see a written flat-rate price first. AC replacement in Falcon Heights Central air for a Falcon Heights house costs $5,200–$9,800 installed with us where the ducts can carry it, quoted flat and in writing after a Manual J.
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Falcon Heights HVAC questions
Who repairs furnaces and air conditioners in Falcon Heights, MN?
Central Minnesota Heating and Cooling serves Falcon Heights and the rest of Ramsey County, about 4 miles from downtown Minneapolis. We repair and replace furnaces, central air, heat pumps, boilers and ductless mini-splits, and we're open 7 days, 7am–9pm. Call 612-429-3465.
How much does an HVAC service call cost in Falcon Heights?
A flat $79 trip charge, waived when you approve the repair. Written price before any work; same prices in every town we serve. Installed prices are on our pricing page.
Our University Grove house was designed by an architect and nothing about it is standard. Can you work on it?
Yes. University Grove's 103 homes were each designed individually, so we expect the duct routes, venting and mechanical space to be one of a kind. We start by tracing what's there: where the supply and return runs go, how the house vents, and which rooms the system never reached. Ductless heads often solve rooms ducts can't, and your ground lease with the university may cover exterior changes, so check it before new equipment goes outside.
What's the least disruptive way to cool our boiler-heated Falcon Heights house?
Keep the boiler for heat and add cooling on its own. Ductless mini-splits put a head in each main room with a line set to an outdoor unit, and our installs run $4,200–$12,500; as heat pumps they can also take the edge off spring and fall. A small-duct high-velocity system runs flexible tubing to small round outlets, and national cost guides such as HomeGuide put those at $3,500–$15,000+. We check the attic and closets before recommending either.
Our Falcon Heights address says St. Paul 55108. Does that change our utility or permit?
No. Falcon Heights is its own city, even where a 55108 mailing address reads St. Paul. The city lists Xcel Energy for gas and electricity, so Xcel's rebates are the ones that apply, while water and sewer billing goes through Saint Paul Regional Water Services. Mechanical permits come from the City of Falcon Heights, with inspections scheduled through the City of Little Canada under contract. We pull the permit on replacements.
Falcon Heights has an Energy Action Plan with Xcel. Does that mean extra rebates on our furnace or AC?
Not that we've seen. The plan, built through Xcel's Partners in Energy program, led to an Energy Action Hub that points residents to existing programs, like Home Energy Squad visits run by the Center for Energy and Environment. Equipment rebates are Xcel's standard ones for high-efficiency gas furnaces, central air and heat pumps, some needing a Trade Partner Network contractor. A Home Energy Squad visit first can also shrink the equipment a Manual J calls for.
Also serving near Falcon Heights
- Roseville, MN 1 mi
- St. Anthony, MN 3 mi
- Minneapolis, MN 4 mi
- Saint Paul, MN 5 mi
- Little Canada, MN 5 mi
- New Brighton, MN 5 mi
- Columbia Heights, MN 5 mi
- Arden Hills, MN 6 mi
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