Heating & Cooling in Howard Lake, MN

Central Minnesota Heating and Cooling, owned by Eric Brown and in business since 2009, serves Howard Lake and nearby towns in Wright County, about 40 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 Howard Lake 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.

In most cases a single ductless mini-split head is the cleanest fix. A converted porch has more glass and less insulation than the rooms beside it, so a register spliced off the nearest duct just steals air from the next room and still leaves the porch cold. A mini-split gives the porch its own thermostat, and it cools in summer too.

White paper wrap on old duct seams might be a problem. That wrap was often made with asbestos. It is only a hazard when it is disturbed, so leave it alone. Before we cut into that ductwork for a furnace swap, it should be tested, and if it comes back positive a licensed abatement contractor removes it first. We plan the install around that step.

Often, yes. Those ducts are oversized for a modern blower, so they move air easily, but they usually lack dampers, leak at the seams and return air through one or two floor grates. Sealing the seams you can reach and adding a proper return in the far rooms usually does more than any change to the furnace.

Yes, without tearing out the radiators. Ductless mini-splits put a head in each main room and run small refrigerant lines outside. Small-duct high-velocity systems snake flexible tubing through closets and attic space to small round outlets. Mini-splits also add heat in fall and spring. We look at the attic, closets and wall space before recommending one, and the boiler keeps doing the winter work.