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Heating & Cooling in St. Louis Park, MN
St. Louis Park filled in fast after World War II, so its 36 official neighborhoods are full of 1940s and 50s story-and-a-halfs, ramblers and expansion homes on small lots between Minnehaha Creek and the Cedar Lake trail.
HVAC service in St. Louis Park, MN
We repair and replace furnaces, air conditioners, heat pumps, boilers and ductless mini-splits in St. Louis Park and across Hennepin County. Every visit starts with a $79 trip charge and a written price before any work, and the $79 is waived when you go ahead with the repair.
- County
- Hennepin County
- ZIP codes
- 55416, 55426
- Natural gas
- CenterPoint Energy
- Electric
- Xcel Energy
- From downtown Minneapolis
- about 5 miles
Updated September 23, 2026
What HVAC problems do we see most in St. Louis Park?
- Ductless heads for finished half-story bedrooms
- 96% furnace venting routed around tight side yards
- Chimney liner or power-vent water heater work
- Condenser placement on narrow lots
Around town: Excelsior & Grand · The West End · Wolfe Park · Westwood Hills Nature Center · Minnehaha Creek. Neighborhoods: Fern Hill · Lenox · Bronx Park · Texa-Tonka · Brooklawns
Book in St. Louis ParkWhat are St. Louis Park homes like to heat and cool?
Before World War II, St. Louis Park was a small village along streetcar lines, and Fern Hill grew up beside the line on Minnetonka Boulevard; about half of its houses predate 1945. Those older homes have more in common with Minneapolis houses of the same age: some converted gravity ducts, some boilers, masonry chimneys serving the water heater. Then the population jumped from about 7,700 in 1940 to more than 43,000 by 1960, and the rest of the city filled with small postwar houses that had forced air from day one.
Since then, most new housing has been apartments and condos, including mixed-use projects such as Excelsior & Grand. For single-family owners, the practical split is prewar versus postwar. Prewar houses raise radiator, chimney and asbestos questions. Postwar houses bring small ducts, low basements, and upstairs half-stories that the ductwork never reached.
Winter in St. Louis Park
On St. Louis Park's narrow lots, snow has nowhere to go. It slides off steep story-and-a-half roofs into the gap between houses, right where the furnace's PVC vents and the gas meter usually are, and shoveling packs it in. A buried intake or exhaust shuts the furnace off. In the prewar houses around Fern Hill, converted gravity systems often have returns under the windows and supplies on inside walls, so rooms with big exterior walls lag behind; weatherstripping the old windows helps more than raising the thermostat.
Summer in St. Louis Park
Condensers on St. Louis Park's small lots end up in tight spots: a narrow side yard, behind the garage, a few feet from the neighbor's dryer vent. A condenser that breathes its own hot exhaust, or lint, runs hotter and wears out capacitors and fan motors sooner, so placement deserves a conversation at replacement time. Houses near Minnehaha Creek can hold more moisture in the basement, and a dehumidifier set at 50 percent lets the AC concentrate on the upstairs.
Which utilities and rebates apply in St. Louis Park?
CenterPoint Energy (gas) and Xcel Energy (electric) run the standard rebates here: CenterPoint for high-efficiency furnaces and boilers with any dealer, Xcel for heat pumps and AC, some only through registered contractors. St. Louis Park adds its own Climate Champions for Homes cost share, which can add to utility rebates on cold-climate heat pumps and heat pump water heaters. It requires a Home Energy Squad planner visit before work begins and a rebate from Xcel or CenterPoint, and a furnace alone doesn't qualify.
Rebate programs change every year; check the utility's current terms before you buy. Our guides: Xcel and CenterPoint rebates, heat pump rebates, what happened to the federal credits.
Most-requested in St. Louis Park
Furnace repair in St. Louis Park In St. Louis Park's postwar story-and-a-halfs, the furnace often shares a chimney with the water heater, so draft is an early check on every repair call. Furnace replacement in St. Louis Park A St. Louis Park furnace replacement costs $4,500–$9,500 installed with us, and the written flat-rate quote spells out the venting. AC repair in St. Louis Park For a St. Louis Park air conditioner that won't cool, we charge $79 for the trip and waive it once you approve the repair, with the flat-rate price written before we start. AC replacement in St. Louis Park New central air in St. Louis Park runs $5,200–$9,800 installed, with a Manual J load calculation and a written flat-rate quote.
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St. Louis Park HVAC questions
Who repairs furnaces and air conditioners in St. Louis Park, MN?
Central Minnesota Heating and Cooling serves St. Louis Park and the rest of Hennepin County, about 5 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.
How much does an HVAC service call cost in St. Louis Park?
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.
How do we cool the upstairs of our St. Louis Park story-and-a-half?
Most 1940s and 50s story-and-a-halfs have no ducts to the upper rooms, so central air never reaches them. The simplest fix is one ductless mini-split head upstairs, with the line set run down an outside wall to a small outdoor unit. As a heat pump it also helps heat those rooms in spring and fall. New ducts through the knee walls are possible but messier and usually cost more.
Where can the PVC vent for a new furnace go on a St. Louis Park house with a neighbor close by?
The furnace maker's instructions and the mechanical code set the limits: distance from windows and doors, from the gas meter and air intakes, from the neighbor's house, and height above the snow line. On a narrow side yard that sometimes rules out the obvious spot, and the vent goes through the roof or out the back wall instead. We plan the route before quoting so the price holds.
How do we use St. Louis Park's Climate Champions program for a heat pump?
Order matters. Book a Home Energy Squad planner visit first, since the city requires one within 36 months before any work starts. Then choose a cold-climate heat pump that qualifies for Xcel's rebate, because the city's cost share builds on a utility rebate. A 96% furnace can be part of the project only as the heat pump's backup. Keep the utility rebate paperwork, and check the city's current rules before you sign.
Our prewar St. Louis Park house has a boiler. Should we switch to forced air?
Usually not. Running new ducts through plaster walls in a 1920s or 30s house is costly and disruptive, and a working hot-water system gives even, quiet heat. If the boiler is old, a modulating condensing boiler sized to the radiators is the typical replacement. Cooling can be added separately with ductless heads or a small-duct system. Forced air makes more sense when you're gutting the house anyway.
Also serving near St. Louis Park
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- Minneapolis, MN 5 mi
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- Robbinsdale, MN 6 mi
- Crystal, MN 6 mi
- New Hope, MN 6 mi
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