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Furnace & AC Maintenance in Falcon Heights, MN
A Falcon Heights furnace or AC tune-up is $129 each, or $219 for the pair, with no extra charge for the town. We test ignition, safeties and airflow, clean what needs cleaning, take a carbon monoxide reading and give you a plain report of anything that needs repair.
Tune-ups in Falcon Heights homes
Falcon Heights has few houses alike, so the tune-up starts with what is in the basement. Near Snelling and Larpenteur, the older houses often still have a furnace and water heater sharing a masonry chimney, and that draft gets tested with both running. Postwar blocks northeast of the intersection usually have a furnace with a cooling coil on top, where we look at the blower, the coil face and the drain.
University Grove is the odd one. Its 103 architect-designed homes each have their own duct layout, and some heat with a boiler, so we work from what the house has rather than a standard checklist. Wind off the fairgrounds and the university fields finds the gaps in older houses, so we also note drafts, filters and a thermostat that is cycling oddly. Spring brings the condenser, which we wash and check for grass and seed.
Updated November 10, 2026
What does a tune-up in Falcon Heights include?
Each $129 visit covers cleaning, a safety and carbon monoxide check and a written report. Boilers, heat pumps and mini-splits fall in our $129–$349 maintenance range, confirmed when you book. Few houses built before the 1950s came with central air, and cooling in Falcon Heights' older homes was added later, if at all.
Tune-ups in Falcon Heights: questions
My Falcon Heights house is in University Grove. Can a tune-up cover an unusual system?
Yes. The price stays $129 per furnace or AC, and boiler or mini-split work falls in our $129–$349 range, confirmed by phone. Because every Grove house has its own layout, we ask what heats and cools it before booking, then check the equipment, safeties and airflow as they actually are. Call 612-429-3465 and describe what you have.
Is the chimney part of a furnace tune-up in an older house near Snelling and Larpenteur?
We test draft and take a carbon monoxide reading with the furnace and water heater running together, and we look at the flue connector for rust and gaps. We can't see inside a masonry chimney from the basement, so if the draft is weak we tell you and talk through a liner or a PVC conversion.
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