Heating
Heating Installation and Replacement
Furnaces, heat pumps and ductless systems from NATE-certified technicians, sized to your house and quoted free, with Comfortmaker financing on approved credit.
Why a replacement is not a swap of the box
A furnace or air handler in a Conroe attic or garage closet is only the visible part of a system. Around it sit the supply plenum, the return, the flue, the gas line, the drain and the platform the whole thing rests on. When the old unit fails, the easy move is to drop a new cabinet where the old one stood and call it finished. The new unit then inherits every problem the old one had: a return that was always too small, flex duct crushed under insulation, a plenum that leaks into a hundred degree attic.
Oversizing is the quiet mistake. A furnace chosen by rule of thumb or square footage over the phone burns in short bursts, shuts off before the rooms even out and swings the house between warm and cool. Undersizing is the loud one, running flat out on the coldest night and never catching up. Neither shows up in a quote that lists only a model number. That is why our free estimate on a replacement system starts with the house itself, its layout and its ductwork, and ends with a number we can explain.
A replacement is also the cheapest moment to fix the things around the unit. It is the time to decide between a furnace and a heat pump, to look at a cold room that a ductless zone would settle, and to deal with the water heater at the same visit, because Luxury Air holds Texas master plumber licence MPL45324 as well as the HVAC contractor licence. One customer had central air, furnace and a new water heater changed in a single day, and the crew finished by cleaning up after themselves.
Air handler installed in an attic, ductwork wrapped in silver insulation
Sizing, setting and the numbers we record before we leave
Sizing comes from a load calculation, not a table of square footage. Wall and ceiling insulation, window area and orientation, duct leakage and the shape of the house all change how much heat it actually needs, and the number that results decides whether the furnace or heat pump sits comfortably in its range or fights it all winter. We install Comfortmaker equipment, and the model is chosen to match that figure rather than the other way around.
On install day the work is mostly the unglamorous parts done carefully. The platform is set level and supported so the cabinet does not rack in the attic heat. The condensate drain is sloped and connected, the flue is run to the manufacturer's clearances, and gas connections are leak tested joint by joint. If the job includes a heat pump or a new coil, the line set is pressure tested and evacuated, then the refrigerant charge is set and verified rather than estimated. Duct transitions are sealed, not just taped on.
Before the crew leaves, the readings are taken and written down. Gas manifold pressure, the temperature rise across the furnace against its nameplate range, and the total external static pressure the blower is working against all go on the job record you keep. On a heat pump we also confirm the defrost cycle runs. Static pressure matters because a perfect new furnace on an undersized duct system still moves too little air, and a number is the only thing that tells you before the first winter does.
Financing, the second opinion and what comes after install
Estimates on replacement systems are free and carry no obligation. If the number is the sticking point, financing is available for up to 60 months through the Comfortmaker credit card, issued with approved credit by Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., and subject to credit approval. We would rather you know the monthly figure before the old furnace is pulled out than discover it afterward, so the conversation about payment happens at the estimate, not on install day.
If you already hold a quote, bring it. Luxury Air offers a same-day second opinion on system installs, subject to scheduling availability and location, and the point is to compare like with like: tonnage or input rating, efficiency, what is included, and whether the ductwork was looked at at all. Sometimes that comparison shows the other quote is sound and we say so. Sometimes it shows a number that was never measured. Either way, you decide with the figures in front of you.
After the install, the first heating season is the test. Listen for new noises, watch for short cycling, and notice any room that runs off from the rest, and call us if one of them appears; we answer seven days a week, 7:30am to 8pm, across Conroe, The Woodlands, Magnolia, Montgomery, Spring and Willis. The work carries a written guarantee, and the maintenance agreement from $16.58 a month keeps the new system checked twice a year with a 21-point inspection, priority status and no overtime fee.
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From a customer’s own words
A full changeout, finished and cleaned up in a day
“Today I had four installers here for less than five hours.”
“Alex, Lazaro, and Roy did the installation and Jason did the water heater.” They add that the crew “go out of their way to keep things clean and do a great job of cleanup afterwards.”
What the crew writes down before it leaves: manifold gas pressure, temperature rise and total external static pressure, with the nameplate range beside each so you can see where the figure sits. The water heater in that job was done by the same company, under the same roof; see how the plumbing side works.