HVAC Service in Arlington, VA
In Arlington the first question is often whose equipment it is, yours or the condo building's. We repair, replace and install heating and cooling in high-rise units, 1940s brick colonials and new builds with zoned systems.
What to know about HVAC Service in Arlington
One county, one permit office
Arlington County has no incorporated towns, so there is no city-or-county question. Every mechanical permit goes through Arlington County Inspection Services, and replacing a furnace, air handler, condenser or heat pump takes one. The permit is on the written price, not a surprise later.
Brick colonials with ducts added later
Westover, Lyon Village, Arlington Forest and Cherrydale are full of 1940s brick colonials and Cape Cods built with radiators or a gravity furnace. Most got ducts later, often a closet air handler with undersized returns. Garden communities like Fairlington became condos in the 1970s, one small system per unit, condensers on a shared pad or roof.
Arlington lives in towers and colonials
Along the Metro corridors you live in a high-rise or mid-rise condo, and a few blocks off them you live in a 1940s brick house.
So before we ask what broke, we ask whose equipment it is, yours or the building's.
The local concept
The building loop
The building loop is the water piping that many high-rise condos send to every unit, where a fan coil or a water source heat pump in your closet does the heating and cooling.
The building owns the loop, the boiler and the cooling tower. You own the unit in your closet. Check your condo documents before you call anyone, because that line decides who fixes what and who pays.
In a single family house the line is simpler. Everything from the thermostat to the condenser is yours. In a garden condo like Fairlington, check the bylaws, because the pad or the roof under your condenser may belong to the association.
Arlington jobs, from towers to colonials
Condo units in Ballston and Clarendon
Units in the towers near the Ballston and Clarendon Metro stations have small equipment in tight closets. The replacement has to match the building's system and fit through the door.
Colonials in Westover and Lyon Village
1940s brick colonials got their ducts after the fact, often with a closet air handler and a thin return. Upstairs bedrooms run hot until the airflow is fixed.
Fairlington condo systems
Fairlington's garden condos run one small system per unit, with condensers on shared pads or roofs. Replacements follow the association's placement rules.
Two attic systems in new builds
New houses that replaced older ones across North Arlington often have two systems in the attic. Attic units need clean drains and fresh filters before summer, or the ceiling below pays for it.
Rentals along Columbia Pike
Owners of houses and small apartment buildings along Columbia Pike book maintenance between tenants and repairs during a lease.
Shirlington and Columbia Pike townhouses
Townhouses around Shirlington and off Columbia Pike stack two or three floors over one system. When the top floor bakes, the answer is usually return air and balancing. A bigger unit rarely helps.
Popular HVAC services in Arlington
Arlington calls split between condo units and single family houses, and every service below applies to both.
Areas served around Arlington
We cover all of Arlington County, from the Rosslyn to Ballston corridor to Shirlington, Fairlington and Columbia Pike.
From Bryans Road to Arlington
Arlington is roughly 16 miles from our Bryans Road shop, measured in a straight line.
The trip goes up MD 210, over the Woodrow Wilson Bridge on I-495, and north on I-395 past the Pentagon into Arlington.
Arlington HVAC questions
Do I need a permit to replace HVAC equipment in Arlington?
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Why does my 1940s Arlington colonial have one room that never cools?
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Do you work on condo units in Arlington high-rises?
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Why does my Arlington attic unit leak water into the ceiling?
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How far is Arlington from your shop?
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Do you do furnace repair and new HVAC installs in Arlington, VA?
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My Westover colonial still has radiators upstairs. Can it get central air?
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Who do I call first in an Arlington high-rise, the building or you?
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Request HVAC Service in Arlington
Send the form or call (240) 695-4415, 7:00 AM to 7:00 PM daily.
We take insurance jobs. Financing may also be available for qualifying projects. Ask when you call.