Heating & Cooling in Mound, MN

Central Minnesota Heating and Cooling, owned by Eric Brown and in business since 2009, serves Mound and nearby towns in Hennepin County, about 20 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 Mound 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.

The best heat for a converted Mound cabin depends on the crawlspace. If there's headroom, and the crawl can be sealed and insulated so the ducts sit inside the heated envelope, a furnace or ducted heat pump works. If the ducts would run through a cold, vented crawl, ductless heads usually win, because nothing is losing heat under the floor. We look under the house before recommending either.

Often, yes. Baseboard turns electricity into heat one for one, while a cold-climate heat pump moves heat from outdoors and uses less electricity for the same warmth through most of a Minnesota winter. Output drops in deep cold, so we keep the baseboards as backup. Small converted cabins are good candidates because one or two ductless heads can cover most of the floor plan.

A wall furnace can run safely for years if it's inspected. We check the burner, the vent connection and the heat exchanger, test for carbon monoxide and confirm the thermostat and safety controls work. Many are old enough that parts are hard to find. When one fails, a small ductless heat pump system or a compact direct-vent furnace usually replaces it, and CO alarms within 10 feet of each bedroom are required either way.

Usually the smell starts underneath. Ducts or an air handler in a damp crawlspace pull musty air in through leaky joints, and a dirty coil or a slow condensate drain adds to it. We check the crawlspace, the duct seams, the coil and the drain pan. Sealing the ducts, fixing the drain and controlling crawlspace moisture with a vapor barrier or a dehumidifier usually clears it up.

Natural gas for most of the city: CenterPoint Energy mains reach the bulk of Mound's streets. The exceptions are some converted cabins that still run electric baseboard or a gas wall furnace. Check your bill or look for a meter on the house. If a gas line isn't there, ductless heat pumps are the usual alternative to propane.