Heating & cooling
AC & HVAC repair in East Palo Alto.
Furnace and heat pump repair for East Palo Alto's rental housing and the newer University Avenue development.
East Palo Alto sits along the bay side of the Peninsula, between Palo Alto and Menlo Park, in the 94303 ZIP code. Most of the housing is dense rental, apartment buildings and older single-family homes, and the heating in a lot of it is original wall furnaces or basic forced-air systems installed decades ago and repaired as needed since.
The newer mixed-use development going in near University Avenue is bringing modern ducted systems and, in some cases, heat pumps installed from the start. On the older rental stock, the practical move is almost always repair rather than replacement: a thermocouple, an igniter, or a pressure switch covers most of what fails.
We run East Palo Alto with the Menlo Park and Palo Alto leg of our Mid-Peninsula route, about 50 to 65 minutes from our San Ramon base. EPA Section 608 Universal certified, CSLB #1136642. The diagnostic is $99, credited toward the repair when you book it, with a written itemized quote before work begins.
Older rental housing: repair first
A wall furnace or an aging forced-air system that won't light usually needs a thermocouple, an igniter, or a gas valve, stocked parts and a same-visit fix in most cases. We diagnose to the actual fault rather than pushing a replacement on equipment that still has service life left. See furnace repair.
No existing ducting, and the ductless option
A lot of the older housing stock here has no ducts for cooling. Where a homeowner or landlord wants AC added, a ductless mini-split does the job without cutting chases into the original structure. We install Mitsubishi and Daikin, factory trained on both. See ductless mini-split repair.
University Avenue's newer ducted systems and heat pumps
The newer construction near University Avenue is bringing in modern ducted systems and heat pumps installed from the start, which need less repair right now but benefit from regular maintenance to stay that way. See HVAC maintenance and heat pump repair for the newer equipment side.
Common questions, East Palo Alto.
- Do you repair older wall furnaces in East Palo Alto's rental housing?
Yes. Thermocouples, igniters, and gas valves cover most of what fails, and most are same-visit fixes. We only recommend replacement when parts no longer exist or the heat exchanger is compromised.
- My unit has no ductwork. Can you still add cooling?
Yes. A ductless mini-split adds cooling without cutting duct chases into the original structure. We plan head placement and line-set routing before anything gets drilled.
- What does an HVAC service call cost?
The diagnostic is $99, credited toward the repair when you book it with us, with a written quote before work begins. We hold EPA Section 608 Universal certification and CSLB license #1136642.
Heating & cooling