Heating & Cooling in Ham Lake, MN

Central Minnesota Heating and Cooling serves Ham Lake and the rest of Anoka County, about 19 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.

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.

Often, yes. Propane usually costs more per unit of heat than natural gas, so a cold-climate heat pump that carries the house through fall, spring and milder winter days can cut how much propane you burn. The propane furnace stays as backup for deep cold. Connexus Energy, Ham Lake's electric utility, offers heat pump rebates, so check its current terms before choosing equipment.

Very likely, if it is a high-efficiency furnace venting out a side wall. Drifting snow or frost can block the PVC intake or exhaust, the pressure switch opens, and the furnace shuts down to protect itself. Clear the pipes gently by hand, never with a shovel blade. If it happens every winter, the vent can be raised or moved to a side of the house that drifts less.

Yes, with the right setup. A furnace draws little power, but it needs a proper connection: a transfer switch, or an inlet with an interlock, installed by an electrician, never a cord backfed into an outlet. Size the generator for the furnace plus the well pump if you want water. Some furnace control boards and variable-speed motors don't like rough generator power, so an inverter generator is the safer match.

It can. A flow-through humidifier runs water over a pad and sends the rest down the drain, and hard well water leaves scale that clogs the pad and the small feed valve. Plan on changing the pad more than once a season, and have the valve and drain line checked at the fall tune-up. Set the humidistat lower as it gets colder outside so the windows don't frost over.