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Furnace & AC Maintenance in Shoreview, MN
Tune-ups in Shoreview are $129 for a furnace or an AC, or $219 for both, in houses that average about 45 years old, per the city's plan. We clean, test the safeties, measure combustion and airflow, check refrigerant and report what is wearing.
Tune-ups in Shoreview homes
With most Shoreview houses built before 1990, a tune-up often lands on second-round furnaces and air conditioners old enough to run on R-22. We check the capacitor, contactor and coil on the AC and tell you plainly if a leak would make a repair a poor bet.
The lake-facing houses along Turtle Lake, Snail Lake and Lake Owasso get a different winter check. Wind off the ice drifts snow against the wall where a 96% furnace's PVC intake and exhaust exit, so before heating season we inspect both terminations, test the pressure switch and look for a spot that keeps drifting shut. In the townhome associations, the issue is spacing. Condensers in a row along a building can breathe each other's hot air, so we clean the coils and check the clearances your association and the installation manual call for.
Updated November 10, 2026
What does a tune-up in Shoreview 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.
Tune-ups in Shoreview: questions
Our furnace shut down in a Shoreview blizzard and restarted on its own. Why?
Likely the PVC intake or exhaust was blocked by drifted snow. The furnace cannot pull combustion air, the pressure switch opens and it locks out. At a tune-up we test that switch, clear and inspect both pipes and check where they exit. If they drift shut every year, we can quote raising or rerouting them with the manufacturer's vent kit.
Do townhome owners in Shoreview need to service the AC every year?
Yearly cleaning is a good habit, especially where condensers stand in a row or behind patio fences. Hot air recirculating raises pressures and wears capacitors and fan motors. We rinse the coil, test the electrical parts and measure the charge. Check your association's rules on outdoor equipment first.
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Your spring AC checklist for a Minnesota home, what our $129 tune-up covers and why, and how to time it around cottonwood season. Call 612-429-3465.
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Clean an outdoor AC coil safely: power off at the disconnect and breaker, brush cottonwood off dry, rinse with a garden hose, never a pressure washer.
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