Best Gas Furnace Installation in Minneapolis MN

I finally got around to getting the living room electrical issue addressed. The cats had a huge fight some time ago, and I'd lost power to 3/4 of the room. Because I figured that it was going to be a pretty spendy proposition, I hemmed and hawed about it.

When I finally broke down to address it, I used the Yelp Get-A-Quote feature to find reputable companies to get the job done.

Erickson was one of the responding companies. They were not the company who promised me the cheapest rates. Their contact was professional and friendly. After giving my phone number, I was called by a young lady who asked me to return the call if I was interested in having them work on my home (I was in my 10,000th Zoom meeting at the time of the call).

I called back and was asked a few more questions about the issue and I explained that I believed that one outlet was the source of the problem and that fixing it would end all the other problems. I was told that they bill for time and materials and that the cost would be around $200, depending upon the amount of time the electrician would be working. This was in line with the research I'd done on outlet replacement costs.

I took a deep breath and accepted the time slot of 7:30 - 9:30 Thursday. This was a quicker time than some of the other companies had available, and I didn't want to wait any longer.

Dean was right on time and got right to work inspecting what needed to be done. We chatted a bit as he was preparing to get into the outlet. I showed him down to the basement to ensure that the circuit was off. He'd mentioned several things about the wiring and such while down there. I've made mental notes of them. Before going down, he tried to use a device that would read the current but couldn't get it into the outlet (it was pretty melted).

After taking apart the outlet, which was very crispy, he explained that the problem was the wiring in the outlet itself and that my cats fighting didn't cause the overload. It was a fire waiting to happen. I wasn't happy to hear that, as I've now got concerns about all the other outlets in the house.

It didn't take him any time at all to switch out and correctly rewire the new outlet. This was probably the best $205 I've spent on the house thus far.

Dean was friendly, professional, and fast. I'm feeling quite happy that Yelp has helped me go three for three with service professionals coming to work on things in my home. I know that I'll be calling Erickson for anything that comes up in the future.

Actual installation process of new HVAC system was fine. However, he was supposed to submit a $450 rebate for us- never did or said he did and maybe used the wrong number. I have now reached out to him in every way possible with no response. My texts to him make it seem that he has blocked me. So that sucks. Michael, if you see this, all I need is the info for you so I can submit it myself and get the $450 back that is owed to me based on our agreement, what I paid and what you said you would take care of.

Totally unprofessional to ghost people like this.

Jeff was great! I called these guys for a furnace tune up. He explained everything that was going on with the furnace and I felt comfortable with his recommendations. He was friendly and went above and beyond when I needed help and he even fixed my thermostat that kept flashing filter. If you're looking for friendly and affordable heating and AC people, these are your guys! Highly recommend!

Charlie was on time, did good work and great to work with. Nice job. Can recommend.

Installed a system pressure regulator for the house.

The best in the business! We've used them a few times now and they never fail to exceed our expectations. Fast, friendly, and professional service. We will definitely be calling Legend the next time we need heating, ac, or plumbing work done. Thank you, Erik, for getting our ac fixed so quick!

Everything you could ask for in a great service company. John gave specific detailed feedback, weighed the costs and benefits of what actions to take, showed commitment to customer satisfaction and feasibility in price and functionality, and I got to learn plenty of baseline information about the specific problems that were occurring on my unit so I know why decisions are made.

Always prompt.  Quality work at a fair price.

We had contacted last night for emergency service as we had no heat. We talked to dispatch who talked to the tech and stated he couldnt guarantee that he had the part available but had something that may work. Dispatch stated we could have someone out first thing in the AM between 8-10 with the part. She explained to turn on our faucets and advised if we had any heaters to run to assure nothing would happen tonight until AM.We contacted office at 9:15AM to check status and we were then told the appointment was set between 10-2?? We then told them about our convo last night and was transferred to ztephanie who reached out to tech and was going to call back.. NO CALL. We called back at 9:45 spoke to gal who said that someone was to have called us back 20min ago to update status but since we didnt receive the call gal stated that the tech is on an emergency call and we were the next appointment. 10:45 no service tech called back spoke with Manager Kristi who couldnt tell us how many more appointments were before us and stated that she is unsure of why we were told we would be first appointment in the AM. 11:20 we cancelled our appointment as the attitude and lack of communication that we were given implied that we would be getting nicked and dime for following up on an appointment. I never experienced such horrible customer service and I would never suggest this company.

I had water coming into my kitchen and settling in front of my oven.  Nothing else was wet.  You could feel the floor squishing.  No water at the sink or at the fridge.  Called and left a message.  I had water under my wood floor.  Nick came out tonight and within minutes he was able to identify what the problem was.  The water hose from the air conditioner had come disconnected.  After soaking up the water by the furnace he was able to clean up the mess.  We now have a fan in the laundry/furnace room and another in the kitchen trying to dry everything up.  He advised me to run the fans for a week, 24/7.  Next week, we will see how everything is.  I'm real concerned about the wood floor.  Nick, reassured me they will do everything that they can to get my areas back to normal.  Nick was involved with my installation of my furnace and air conditioner about 18 months ago.  I trust and believe he knows what he is doing......

Thanks~Jeri

Before I begin, I want to say that I have a unique situation. When my house was built (far before I bought it) they decided not to make room for a furnace inside the house. Instead, they opted to go with a furnace/air conditioner combo unit on the outside of the house.

My existing combo unit died in 2013. I hired Sabre Heating & Plumbing to install a new unit. On the installation day (Friday, December 20, 2013), I should have realized that Sabre was not the company I should have gone with. I was at work when they installed it. When I returned home, I tried to turn on the furnace but it would not turn on. I decided to look around the new unit to see if there was a power switch or button. I couldn't find one but instead found a pair of fuses just sitting on top of the unit and two wires coming out of the ground, neither attached to anything (see included images). I told them what I saw and the next day they came out and fixed it. Strangely, I did not see the fuses or wires poking out of the ground later.

To protect my investment, I signed up for their Sabre Blue Maintenance Plan. For $300/year, a technician would come out twice a year to make sure the unit was running correctly. For the first few years, everything seemed to be working just fine. I believed that when they came out for the biannual checkup that they were doing a thorough inspection of the unit. Also, since there were different technicians who came out over the years, if one technician missed something then the next one would probably catch it (or so I thought).

Things started to go wrong in the summer of 2018. At the beginning of August 2018, the air conditioner was not cooling my house so I had them come out. I looked back in my email and all I could find was a charge for $106.25. I don't delete emails so I was surprised to find no work order. On 8/16/2018, there was another charge for $108.00 to replace an ARMOD. On 10/11/2018, again my combo unit was having issues and I was charged another $125.00 for a trip fee. Next year on 8/22/2019, I again needed them to come out and repair my unit. This time at $234.00 and again with no work order so that I could not trace back what they did. One month later on 9/20/2019 they had to come out again. This time to replace the TXV at $433.89. The sheer number of issues with my unit should lead me to believe that these $300/year biannual checkups were either not being done or being done by untrained technicians.

This leads to the most recent issue. On 2/4/2020, I noticed my furnace making a loud whirring noise. On the following day, it stopped producing heat. The technician who came out replaced the inducer motor. I asked what I could do to prevent this going forward and he told me that sometimes they just seize up. He got the furnace working but I noticed that there was barely any air pressure coming out of the vents. I was happy the furnace was working so I just let it run for the night. I woke up cold at 3:00 am and saw that the temperature in my house was 56 degrees. I called Sabre again the next day and informed them that the furnace would run for 20 minutes and then shut off. They sent a different technician the following day. After working on it for a number of hours the technician told me that furnace was overheating and that a safety switch was turning it off. I asked him what could be causing it to overheat and he replied: I don't know. He told me that he would increase the high limit so that the overheating would not shut off the furnace. I didn't like this answer so, for the first time, I decided to call another HVAC company, Blue Ox. Within 20 minutes the Blue Ox technician discovered that the evaporator coil was completely blocked by dirt and dust. The reason why it was overheating was that no air was coming through the intake and the motor was trying extra hard to suck in air. In addition to this, the Blue Ox technician noticed that the exhaust vent was still taped inside the furnace where the evaporator coil was. The Sabre technicians who installed the furnace didn't know or even bother to inspect the unit after they had installed it (hence the random fuses and bare wires). Since this exhaust vent had been in there since the installation, it meant that no Sabre technicians had bothered to look at the evaporator coil, not on the numerous times they came out to fix the unit or on the many biannual checkups. In addition, these experts rarely offered solutions and were not even curious as to what the underlying issues were. This makes me believe that they are either severely under-trained, extremely lazy, or unethical. Any way you cut it, it is a good reason to go with someone besides Sabre.

Service providers were good.  on time, health conscious.

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Spoke with Ari, CS Manager.  She advised that since I failed to show it to the service guy- I couldn't get.  I pressed her.

She advised that the issue was too petty to take to the manager/leader of the org.  Not sure if Ari understands how tight people's budgets are.  

Spent 1/2 pay check with them.

Her sarcasm was undeniable.

We encountered BWS Heating almost by accident: they were chosen by our property management company to do emergency service on the water heater at our rental property in the Twin Cities area. At the time (01/18/2020) , we were out of the state and went along with their recommendation.
Simply put, I would never choose to do business with BWS again.

First, the diagnostic service that they provided cost us $188 because it involved overtime because the work occurred on a Saturday.

Second, the work involved in relighting the pilot light for the water heater cost us another $200.

Interestingly, our contract with Renters Warehouse stipulates a $400 ceiling on emergency repairs. As noted below, the charge of $388 was probably not an accident (see Fourth below).  

Third, we received a quote for a new water heater with two options (either 40 or 50 gallon capacity) with pricing but no indication whatsoever about the manufacturer or any other product details for the units being proposed.

Fourth, after the immediate crisis was resolved, we learned that BWS pays a referral fee (or kickback) to Renters Warehouse whenever they are referred for a service call.

We did, in fact, contract with another company, one within 6 miles of our residence in contrast to the 25-30 mile distance for BWS. This firm not only provided us with specific details of the product options that they recommended, but went above & beyond installing the new water heater by making a couple of small improvements in our furnace room operation (at no additional cost, by the way).

Thom B.

We just moved to town and desperately needed a plumber for some issues in our new home. Not knowing any plumbers in town I decided to google plumbers and ran across this company. I called and they immediately set me up with an appointment. I received a text message confirming the appointment. They arrived when they said they would and quickly diagnosed the problem and fixed it. About a week later I had another issue. Called City View Plumbing and again received immediate service. The same plumbers I had before arrived and I knew that I was in good hands! Again they quickly diagnosed the problem and will fix it once the part comes in. Nobody loves water leaks or plumbing problems. I now have peace of mind that this company will always be there for me in a time of need. I will definitely recommend them highly to anyone looking for a plumber or having plumbing issues. Kudos to a very well run company!

I 'won' a free humidifier.  Air Mechanical installed it in the furnace system and I was set up.  Shortly after, a transformer failed in the furnace.  They came back and installed a new transformer at a cost of nearly $400.  A couple days later, that transformer blew the internal fuse.  Air Mechanical returned and installed a new transformer.  I made sure the humidifier was never turned on until I got in a new furnace, it was worked great ever since.  And no, Air Mechanical did not install the new furnace and will never be back in my house.

I bought a new house and they've had 3 technicians come over for free to make sure everything was good and they were very friendly and efficient and I've had no problems with service. Jeremy and Drew were great to deal with! A+++

They sold and installed the wrong part for our furnace. We had to hire another contractor the next day and pay for the correct part AGAIN. They refuse to give us our $468 back for a part that was completely useless!! Do NOT whatever you do use this company. They are scammers!!!

I'd call it a generous 2 star rating.   About a year ago we had Genz-Ryan install a new furnace in our house.   3 repairs later we are hoping that the problem has been resolved, but admittedly have lost our confidence that the furnace isn't a lemon.   After the third repair, and a visit from their manager, we purchased an extended warranty on our brand new furnace because of our lack of faith that the problem has been resolved (or can be resolved).   Our expectation (silly us) was that they would install a furnace, and it would work.  Kind of need a good furnace when you live in Minnesota.   Got our fingers crossed, but wish we had gone with another brand of furnace.    Our previous furnace that they replaced went for 25 years without an issue.   The furnace installer didn't speak well of our old furnace brand, but frankly it ran circles around the new furnace.   If only we could get the old furnace back....

I recently listed my house for sale and wanted to replace an old, non-working AC unit.  I called Uptown Plumbing, Heating and Cooling  on 5/25 to schedule an appointment for a quote.  On the phone with the scheduling person, I mentioned that I was looking for a cost effective solution as I won't be here to enjoy the new AC. She immediately stopped and said, Then we aren't for you.  We only deal with premium products, and have premium pricing.  So without knowing my price point, the size of my home, or any facts of my situation, I was greeted with a condescending tone and basically told we are too expensive for you.  It seems this company gives outrageous pricing on standard equipment and services, likely in the hope that a customer won't shop around. While they missed an opportunity to earn a customer, one that would have spent several thousand dollars, it looks like I missed the opportunity to be grossly overcharged.