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HVAC Contractors Serving the Asheville Area

33 local businesses listed

Thirty-three heating and cooling companies working from Waynesville to Black Mountain and from Weaverville to Flat Rock, including a family firm in business since 1955 and an employee-owned contractor that dates to 1921.

Between them they cover heat pumps, gas, propane, and oil furnaces, dual fuel, boilers and radiant heat, geothermal, and ductless mini splits. Filter below by town, by residential or commercial, or by 24/7 emergency service. Below the listings is a heating-season guide: what to check before you call about no heat, what a service call costs, heat pump versus furnace versus dual fuel, boilers and the H-1 license, and how to check a contractor’s license.

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No heat tonight? Check these five things first

It’s the first properly cold night of the year, the house is getting colder, and the vents are blowing room-temperature air or nothing at all. Before you call anyone, take five minutes. A fair share of no-heat calls are fixed by one of these, and if not, you’ll be able to tell the dispatcher exactly what you’re seeing.

  1. The thermostat. Is it set to Heat, with the set point above the room temperature? If it runs on batteries, replace them. A dead thermostat looks exactly like a dead furnace.
  2. The breaker and the switch. Check the panel for a tripped breaker labeled furnace, air handler, or heat pump. Most furnaces also have a light-switch-style shutoff on or near the unit, and someone has usually flipped it by accident.
  3. The filter. A badly clogged filter can make a furnace overheat and shut itself down. If yours is gray and matted, swap it.
  4. The fuel. If you heat with propane or oil, look at the tank gauge. A lot of houses outside the gas lines run on one or the other, and an empty tank shows up as a furnace that won’t light.
  5. The outdoor unit. If you have a heat pump, frost on the outdoor coil in cold, damp weather is normal, and so is the unit stopping now and then to clear it, sometimes with a puff of steam. A solid block of ice that doesn’t clear isn’t normal. Neither is a fan that won’t turn.

If none of that fixes it, call. Say “no heat” early. If anyone in the house is elderly, an infant, or medically fragile, say that too, because it changes where you land in the queue.

Who answers after hours

Plenty of the companies on this page say they take emergency calls around the clock, and the 24/7 filter above the listings narrows it to them. Two details are worth knowing before the cold night, though.

Some companies only offer round-the-clock emergency service to people already on their books. Quality Air makes it free to Quality Club members, and All Ways handles emergencies for its existing customers. Mike’s in Candler notes that some restrictions apply. So if you have a maintenance plan with someone, they’re your first call, and if you don’t, fall is a good time to get one.

Others are straightforward about their limits, which is useful in its own way. Mills River Mechanical says no-heat calls usually get a visit the same day or the next, routine work can take one to two weeks, and weekend or holiday calls cost a premium. You know what you’re getting.

What the service call costs

Almost every HVAC company charges a fee to come out and diagnose the problem before you agree to any repair, and the fee is higher after hours. Very few publish it. Two companies on this page do:

Company What they publish
Carolina Comfort (Weaverville) Residential diagnostic $155 + tax; $232.50 after hours; no second diagnostic fee if called back within seven days for the same problem
1st Choice Service Group (North Asheville) $69 service-call fee, waived for members of its Premier Customer Agreement

For everyone else, two questions on the phone settle most of it: what is the diagnostic fee, and does it count toward the repair if I go ahead? Then ask whether a maintenance plan waives or discounts it. Several plans here do, including Ward’s WardGuard, Champion’s MVP plan, and Haywood Heating’s service agreement.

Heat pump, furnace, or both

Nearly every company on this page installs and services heat pumps. They heat in winter and cool in summer, and their cold-weather performance has come a long way. ENERGY STAR tests its cold-climate heat pumps down to 5°F and notes that they keep running below that. ENERGY STAR also says that once it’s colder than that, pairing the heat pump with a backup is the efficient way to keep the house warm.

That backup is where the real decisions are. There are three common setups:

  • Heat pump with electric heat strips. The strips in the indoor unit kick in when the heat pump can’t keep up. It’s simple, but strip heat costs a lot to run, so a heat pump that leans on it all winter is a sizing or repair problem.
  • Dual fuel. A heat pump paired with a gas, propane, or oil furnace, with the system switching to the furnace below a set outdoor temperature. ENERGY STAR describes this as an option if you already have a fairly new furnace. Bullman says it picks the switchover point partly on the house’s elevation, which is the kind of answer you want to hear.
  • Furnace with air conditioning. Still common where there’s natural gas at the street, and on propane in places where there isn’t.

The ENERGY STAR guide to air-source heat pumps covers dual fuel and cold-climate models in plain language. It’s worth ten minutes before you sit down with a quote.

Whatever you choose, the system should be sized for your house. ENERGY STAR says the contractor should use a Manual J load calculation. A house on a ridge in Fairview and a house in a West Asheville hollow don’t need the same thing, even at the same square footage. B&R, Mike’s, All Ways, Comfort Central, and Mountain Air all say they size systems this way. If a quote just matches what’s there now, ask why.

If your house has no ducts, or has an addition the ducts never reached, ductless mini splits are the usual answer, and most companies here install them.

Boilers, radiators, and the older house

Some of the older houses in Montford, Kenilworth, and the neighborhoods around downtown were built around a boiler and radiators. Some still run that way, and some have had a heat pump added for cooling.

This is where licensing matters in a way people don’t expect. North Carolina’s H-1 license covers hot water and steam heat. The H-3 license, which nearly every residential HVAC company holds, covers forced air. A great H-3 contractor may legally be unable to touch your boiler. On this page, Stickels Service Company and Mike’s Heating & Cooling both state they hold H-1 alongside H-3. All Seasons, Bolton, Comfort Central, Gentry, Parkway, MB HAYNES, Quality Comfort, TW & Company, and Ward also list boiler work. Ask any of them which license their boiler work is done under.

Oil is the other older-house question. White & Williams still installs Thermo Pride oil furnaces, and All Seasons, Haywood Heating, Precision Comfort, MB HAYNES, Call Dad, and All About all work on oil. Comfort Central says plainly that it doesn’t. If you’re thinking of moving off oil, Mike’s offers heat pump conversions from oil and propane furnaces.

Fall is when to get it checked

ENERGY STAR’s advice is an annual check-up before each season: heating in the fall, cooling in the spring. Contractors get busy once the weather turns, and October appointments are far easier to get than January ones.

A fall heating visit should cover the thermostat and controls, the electrical connections, and the condensate drain. On a gas or oil furnace it should also check the fuel connections, burner, and heat exchanger, because a cracked heat exchanger is a safety problem, not just an efficiency one. Between visits, check or change the filter monthly, and keep leaves, brush, and snow off the outdoor unit. If you burn gas, propane, or oil, make sure there’s a working carbon monoxide alarm.

Repair or replace

When a technician says the system is done, ask them to put the reasoning in writing: the age of the equipment, what failed, what the repair costs, and what replacement costs. A good company will lay that out without being asked. Brown Road in Hendersonville puts it well on its own site: “We’ll tell you when a repair makes sense. We will also tell you when a replacement deserves serious consideration.”

If you replace, the job needs a mechanical permit and inspection, and a licensed contractor pulls it as a matter of routine. Buncombe County building permits explains which office handles your address.

Check the license before you sign

North Carolina licenses heating contractors through the State Board of Examiners of Plumbing, Heating and Fire Sprinkler Contractors, and the lookup is public. For a furnace or heat pump in a house, you’re looking for H-3. For a condo, townhouse, or duplex, the license also needs to be Class I, because Class II only covers single-family detached homes. NC HVAC license lookup walks through the search and what each code means.

Several companies here print their license numbers, which is a habit worth rewarding: Mike’s (#36169, H-1, H-2, H-3 Class 1), Comfort Central (29504), Gentry (#31602), Mountain Air (#22628), Bullman (#13843), Parkway (#29792), B&R (#36332), All About (HVAC #6548), and Appalachian Comfort (mechanical #L.34322).

The companies on this page

Asheville

White & Williams, family-owned since 1955 and now at Kenilworth Knolls after Helene flooded its old shop. Gas and oil furnaces, heat pumps, geothermal, and generators. 24/7.

MB HAYNES, on Deaverview Road since 1921 and employee-owned. Heating, plumbing, electrical, and solar, with water and steam boilers and oil furnaces on the heating side. 24/7.

Bolton Services, on Elk Mountain Road, carries on the old Moser company that served WNC from 1928. HVAC and plumbing, with boilers as a specialty. 24/7.

Quality Air, on Sardis Road since 1990. Bryant and Carrier, with free 24/7 emergency service for Quality Club members.

Quality Comfort Heating & Cooling, on Emma Road since 2005 and no relation to Quality Air. Furnaces, heat pumps including dual fuel, boilers, plus fireplaces and gas lines. 24/7.

1st Choice Service Group, North Asheville since 2007. Lennox Premier Dealer, geothermal, and an electrical crew for generators and panel upgrades.

Bullman Heating & Air, North Asheville since 1993 and now part of the NearU group. Trane, dual fuel, geothermal. 24/7.

Ward Plumbing, Heating & Air, on Grove Street, with offices in Waynesville and Sylva. Both trades, boilers included. NC #37519.

B&R Service, North Wilkesboro since 1967, with an office on Merrimon Avenue. Design-led, with Manual J and D sizing and geothermal.

Call Dad, a Charlotte-founded company with an Asheville office on Rosscraggon Road. Heating, cooling, and plumbing, 24/7.

Air Craftsman Heating & Cooling, Old Charlotte Highway. Residential and commercial service. No current website, so call.

Asheville Mechanical, West Asheville. Heating repair and installation with same-day service. Phone only.

Ducky Ducts, duct cleaning, sealing, and dryer vents since 1997. The call for the ductwork itself, not for a furnace repair.

Candler

Mike’s Heating & Cooling, woman-owned, since 1990. Holds H-1, H-2, and H-3, works on boilers and geothermal, and does oil-to-heat-pump conversions.

American Air Heating & Cooling, locally owned since 2003. Rheem Pro Partner with union technicians. 24/7.

Arden and Fletcher

Mountain Air Mechanical, Arden since 1996 and now part of NearU. Trane and Mitsubishi, dual fuel, and load calculations that account for elevation. 24/7.

All Seasons Heating & Air, Fletcher since 1996. Gas, oil, and electric furnaces, boilers, radiant floors, and cold-climate ductless. 24/7.

Sheer Comfort Heating & Air, Fletcher, second-generation and run by Travis Shearer. Rheem dealer, with an online replacement estimate.

Mills River

All About Heat & Air, the HVAC side of the family-run All About, with gas, oil, and electric furnaces and boilers. 24/7, with no overtime charge.

Mills River Mechanical, family-owned since 2019, with a plainly stated policy on response times.

Appalachian Comfort Systems and Controls, family-run, with roots in Pisgah Forest. Heat pumps, gas furnaces, ductless, and commercial VRF.

Swannanoa and Black Mountain

Gentry Service Group, Swannanoa since 1963, formerly Gentry Heating. Carrier Factory Authorized Dealer, with furnaces, boilers, and generators. 24/7.

Stickels Service Company, Swannanoa, family-owned. H-1, H-2, and H-3 licensed, with radiant, boilers, and geothermal.

TW & Company, Black Mountain since 1996. Boilers, geothermal, and Mitsubishi ductless, backed by a full-refund promise.

Perfect 72° Heating and Cooling, Black Mountain, family-owned. Open seven days, 7 to 7, and fabricates its own ductwork.

Weaverville

Carolina Comfort Heating & Cooling, third-generation and independent, with more than fifty years in business. Technicians aren’t paid on commission, and the service-call price is published.

All Ways Heating & Air, on Old Mars Hill Highway. American Standard, Trane, and Mitsubishi dealer, with geothermal and load calculations.

Pisgah Forest

Comfort Central, family-owned. Gas and propane furnaces, boilers, radiant, geothermal, and dual fuel. Open Monday to Saturday, 24/7 for emergencies.

Hendersonville and Flat Rock

Champion Comfort Experts, Flat Rock since 2004. Heating, plumbing, and electrical, open around the clock.

Precision Comfort Services, Flat Rock since 2017. Oil furnaces and standby generators, priced up front.

Brown Road Heating and Cooling, family-owned, working Henderson County.

Waynesville

Parkway Heating & Air, family-owned and veteran-operated since 1975. Boilers and radiant heat, and a five-year labor warranty on residential installs. 24/7.

Haywood Heating & Air Conditioning, since 1980. A Carrier dealer that also does oil furnaces and builds ductwork in its own sheet metal shop.

How companies get listed here

Nearly every business on this page is independent and based in Western North Carolina. Three are part of something bigger, and we say so in their listings: Bullman and Mountain Air are now part of the NearU group, and Call Dad runs offices across the Carolinas. We generally leave out national franchises and chains. That isn’t because they can’t fix a furnace. It’s because there are already plenty of places to find them.

Listings are free. Businesses can claim a listing to keep their details current, and a few pay for a featured slot, which moves them up the page and is labeled wherever it appears. Nothing else about the order is for sale. We don’t sell your contact information or charge these companies per lead.

When you’re ready, pick two or three companies near you and ask each the same three questions: what the diagnostic fee is, which license class the job falls under, and how they’d size the system. If you’d rather start with a shortlist, the best HVAC companies in Asheville goes deeper on seven of them. If the problem is really the water heater, start with plumbers. If the house loses heat as fast as the system makes it, call insulation contractors before you size a new system.

Frequently asked questions

  • How much does a furnace repair call cost in Asheville?

    Most companies charge a diagnostic or service-call fee before any repair, and the fee is higher after hours. Two companies on this page publish theirs. Carolina Comfort in Weaverville lists a residential diagnostic fee of $155 plus tax, or $232.50 after hours, with no second fee if they come back within seven days for the same problem. 1st Choice in North Asheville lists a $69 service-call fee that its maintenance members don't pay. For anyone else, ask two things on the phone: what the fee is, and whether it counts toward the repair.

  • Who can I call for no heat at night in Asheville?

    More than half the companies on this page say they take emergency calls around the clock, including Gentry in Swannanoa, White & Williams, MB HAYNES, Bolton, and Quality Comfort in Asheville, All Seasons in Fletcher, Mountain Air in Arden, All About in Mills River, Comfort Central in Pisgah Forest, and Champion in Flat Rock. Use the 24/7 filter on this page. A few, like Quality Air and All Ways, give round-the-clock emergency service only to existing members or customers, which is one good reason to sign up for a maintenance plan before winter.

  • Is a heat pump enough to heat a house in Asheville?

    For most houses, yes, as long as it's sized properly and has a backup. ENERGY STAR tests its cold-climate heat pumps down to 5°F, and they keep running below that, but a backup heat source is the most efficient way to cover the coldest nights. That backup is usually electric heat strips in the air handler, or a gas or propane furnace in a dual-fuel setup. Ask the contractor what the backup is and when it turns on.

  • What does emergency heat mean on my thermostat?

    On a heat pump system, emergency heat shuts the heat pump off and runs only the backup heat, usually electric strips. It's meant for when the outdoor unit has failed or is damaged, not for cold nights. The system brings in backup heat on its own when it needs to. Running on emergency heat for days costs noticeably more, so if you've switched it on, call for a repair rather than leaving it there.

  • When should I have my heating system serviced?

    In the fall, before the first cold snap. ENERGY STAR recommends an annual pre-season check-up, heating in the fall and cooling in the spring, because contractors get busy once the weather turns. A fall heating check should look at the gas or oil connections, burner, and heat exchanger on a furnace, and at the controls and defrost on a heat pump. Check or change your filter monthly through the winter.

  • What license does an HVAC contractor need in North Carolina?

    For a forced-air furnace or heat pump in a house, an H-3 heating license, which covers systems of 15 tons or less. Boilers, radiators, and other hot water or steam heat need H-1, which many residential HVAC companies don't hold. Class II limits a contractor to single-family detached homes, so condos and townhouses need Class I. The State Board of Examiners of Plumbing, Heating and Fire Sprinkler Contractors has a free public lookup.

  • Which Asheville HVAC companies work on boilers and oil furnaces?

    For boilers and hot water heat, try Stickels Service Company in Swannanoa and Mike's in Candler, which both hold the H-1 license, or All Seasons in Fletcher, Bolton Services, Comfort Central, Gentry, Parkway in Waynesville, and MB HAYNES. For oil furnaces, White & Williams, All Seasons, Haywood Heating, Precision Comfort, MB HAYNES, and All About all list oil work. Comfort Central doesn't work on oil systems.

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