Furnace and AC replacement in Upperville.
Furnace and AC replacement in Upperville runs $8,898 to $23,000 installed. The furnace here burns propane, and the outdoor unit lives under old trees.
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Upperville systems: propane heat all winter, then hail and falling limbs in summer.
Heating outweighs cooling here close to five to one. Purcellville’s 1991 to 2020 normals, the nearest long record to the village, count about 4,940 heating degree days a year against 1,050 cooling, and in 20184 the furnace half of the pair burns propane: the Census finds no owner home there on utility gas. Summer still has teeth. That same station averages 86 degrees on a July afternoon and about 30 days a year at 90 or higher, and on July 20, 2019 the Weather Service put heat indices past 110 across northern Fauquier.
Hail is the hazard that’s particular to this stretch of Route 50. NOAA’s storm records place golf-ball hail near Upperville twice, in August 2011 and on August 10, 2021, the second time about half a mile southwest of the village. Stones that size can mash the thin aluminum fins on an outdoor coil flat, and a coil that can’t move air can’t shed heat. If yours took that beating and has struggled every summer since, put it in the repair or replace math.
The trees are the other one. The state’s register describes the village as shaded by masses of trees for its whole length, and the wind keeps testing them: dozens of trees, branches and wires came down around Upperville on August 7, 2023. Before a new condenser goes on the old pad, look up. A spot out from under the big limbs is worth a few more feet of line.
Most whole-system jobs in the village are in the twentieth-century houses. The historic district’s survey counts four Minimal Traditional houses from about 1945 to 1955 and thirteen ranches, a style that kept going up here into the late 1900s. Houses like those were built with ductwork, so the furnace and the air conditioner come out and go in as a pair, with one permit for the furnace and one visit.
What a new furnace and AC costs in Upperville.
$8,898 to $23,000 installed for a furnace and air conditioner replaced together, 2 to 5 ton, from the same price book as our estimator. Where you land depends on the size of the house, the efficiency you pick, and what the ductwork and venting need.
- Furnace and AC together, installed$8,898 to $23,000
- Furnace alone, keeping your AC$4,285 to $14,040
- Heat pump system instead$8,499 to $21,650
The HVAC replacement estimator gives your house its own number. Then we measure, and the price is in writing before anything is ordered.
Two years of labor come with every install. Monthly plans are on our financing page.
When replacing both makes sense in Upperville.
Flattened fins and a summer it never caught up
An outdoor unit with a hail-mashed coil or a dent from a falling branch, running long and still losing to a 90 degree afternoon, often has a worn compressor behind the damage. A $99 diagnostic visit sorts out the coil from the compressor before anybody prices a new pair.
The outdoor unit runs on R-22
The label on its side names the refrigerant. R-22 hasn’t been made or imported in the US since 2020, so a leak gets expensive. Replace it on your schedule, not in July.
A big repair on an old system
A compressor or heat exchanger on a system past 15 years deserves a replacement price beside it, and you’ll get both numbers.
Who signs off on a new system in Upperville.
Fauquier County
Fauquier County counts swapping an electric appliance for a similar one in the same spot as an ordinary repair that needs no permit. Moving an appliance to a new spot takes one. Source.
Fauquier County wants a permit for any fuel-fired appliance, so a gas or propane furnace replacement is permit work even in the same spot. Trade permits need no plans, and usually no zoning approval. Source.
How to pick who replaces your furnace and AC in Upperville.
Ask every company that quotes the job, us included.
Did they say where the new outdoor unit will go, and why there?
In a village under big trees, ask the installer to walk the yard with you and name the spot: out from under heavy limbs, off ground that holds water after a storm, with the clearance the maker calls for on every side.
Do they size it to the house, or copy the old label?
The old size is a guess somebody made years ago. Ask whether they measure the house and check the ductwork first. Too big short cycles; too small runs all afternoon in August.
Is the whole job in the written price?
Furnace, outdoor unit, matching coil, refrigerant lines, thermostat, permit and hauling the old one away. If it isn’t on the paper, ask.
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Our free second opinion looks at the system you were quoted on and tells you what it actually needs, with our price if you want it.
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Furnace and AC replacement questions from Upperville.
I rent my Upperville house. Who decides on a new system?
The owner does. In 20184 the Census counts about seven in ten occupied homes as rented. We can show you what we found, and send the written price to the owner, or whoever manages the property, for the go-ahead.
Does a new furnace and AC need a permit in Upperville?
The furnace does, on either side of the county line: Fauquier County wants one for any fuel-fired appliance, and Loudoun County for any furnace swap, propane included. The cooling side differs. Fauquier counts an air conditioner swapped like for like in the same spot as an ordinary repair, and wants a permit only if it moves.
How much does a new furnace and AC cost in Upperville?
$8,898 to $23,000 installed for the pair, by size and efficiency. A furnace alone, keeping your AC, is $4,285 to $14,040. The HVAC replacement estimator gives your house its own number.
Do I have to replace both at the same time?
No. If the AC is young and only the furnace failed, replace the furnace. If they’re the same age, do both: a new outdoor unit needs a matched coil, and one built for the old refrigerant isn’t rated for the new one.
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