Heating, cooling and plumbing in Springfield, from North Springfield to Saratoga.
Six in ten Springfield houses were built before 1980, and Newington Forest runs to 1980s townhouses and heat pumps. What we find, what it costs, who signs off.
- Prices in writing, first
- Dedicated HVAC and plumbing teams
- Virginia license #2705192276
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A 1957 house and a 1984 townhouse, one town name.
Springfield’s four ZIP codes hold five Census places, and the median owner home in them runs from 1957 to 1984.
North Springfield and Kings Park, both in 22151, are the oldest. About two thirds of North Springfield’s homes went up before 1960, nearly all of Kings Park went up before 1980, and close to nine in ten owners in each heat with gas. Think gas furnace and gas water heater venting up one chimney, and supply pipe that started life as galvanized steel or early copper.
West Springfield, in 22152 with Rolling Valley, Orange Hunt and Cardinal Forest, is mostly 1960s and 70s, its median owner home built in 1972, about four in ten homes townhouses, two thirds on gas. Springfield itself, in 22150 along Backlick and Old Keene Mill Roads, mixes 1950s and 60s houses with condo buildings, and about a third of its homes are rented.
Newington Forest, in 22153 with Saratoga, is the odd one out: built mostly in the 1980s and 90s, about half townhouses, and three in four owners heat with electricity. Heat pumps, electric water heaters, and the years grey polybutylene supply pipe was going into new houses.
Heating, cooling and plumbing, one phone number.
A dedicated HVAC team and a dedicated plumbing team out of one shop, so the puddle by the furnace that turns out to be the air conditioner’s drain line is still one call.
Heating
Six in ten Springfield owners heat with gas, mostly in houses well past their first furnace, and Newington Forest is where the heat pumps are. Our Springfield furnace repair page prices the common repairs, and the Springfield furnace write-up covers what breaks in houses this age.
Cooling
Across most of town the cooling is a central air conditioner outside, sharing the gas furnace’s blower inside; in Newington Forest one heat pump does both jobs. Everyday AC repairs are priced on our Springfield AC repair page, and duct cleaning and dryer vent cleaning each have a Springfield page too.
Plumbing
Fairfax County’s plumbing code didn’t require a pressure reducing valve until December 4, 1972, and most of Kings Park and North Springfield was built before then. A gauge on an outside spigot tells you in a minute whether the pressure says you need one, and the Springfield plumbing write-up walks through galvanized and cast iron.
Springfield pays the same prices as every town we serve.
One price book for all of Northern Virginia, and the number is in writing before anybody starts work.
- AC run capacitor replaced$240 to $370
- Refrigerant topped up$190 to $740
- Condensate drain cleared$175 to $420
- Repair diagnostic visitabout $99
- Drain cleaning, one fixture$200 to $800
- Main sewer line cleaning$550 to $1,650
- Leak detection$200 to $500
- Pressure reducing valve replacement$500 to $1,000
- Water heater, tank, installed$2,757 to $7,494
These come straight from the price book on our plumbing page and our AC repair page. Replacing a water heater? The water heater estimator prices yours, permit included, in about a minute.
Thinking about a new furnace or air conditioner instead of another repair? The HVAC estimator shows the installed range for your house size before anyone visits.
One county behind all four ZIP codes.
Your water
Fairfax Water, which serves 97 percent of Fairfax County residents, from the Potomac and the Occoquan. Its 2025 figures ran 3.0 to 10.8 grains per gallon by plant and month: moderately hard to hard, enough to leave scale in a tank every year.
Reports: Fairfax Water, 3 to 10.8 gpg.
Your permit office
Fairfax County, in every Springfield ZIP. Swapping a gas furnace or a gas water heater takes a county permit even like for like, with a chimney vent certification. An emergency replacement can start first, as long as the application goes in by the end of the next working day.
Permit pages: Fairfax County.
Your sewer line
Fairfax County’s code makes the homeowner the owner of the whole lateral, house to county main, including the part under the street. Under a house from the 1950s or 60s it may be the pipe the builder laid, which is why a camera comes before any talk of digging.
Sources: Fairfax County Code 65-6-5 and Fairfax Water’s rules on pressure reducing valves.
What our customers say.
They gave me a 4 hour window but were out at the property within the hour.
I reached out to them after 6 pm when our AC unit stopped cooling the house and they had someone out the next morning.
They were able to come early the next morning after I called.
5.0 stars across 884 Google reviews. Read them on our reviews page.
Voted a Nextdoor Neighborhood Faves winner two years running: 2026 in 30 Northern Virginia neighborhoods, 2025 in Emerald Chase (Herndon) and Hunters Run (Chantilly).
Listed in both the HVAC and Plumbing categories of Northern Virginia Magazine’s Best Home Experts directory, which is exactly how we’re built: a dedicated HVAC team and a dedicated plumbing team.
All four ZIP codes, 22150 to 22153.
22150: Springfield proper, Lynbrook and the streets off Backlick and Old Keene Mill Roads. 22151: North Springfield and Kings Park. 22152: West Springfield, Rolling Valley, Orange Hunt, Keene Mill and Cardinal Forest. 22153: Newington Forest and Saratoga. Next door:
Springfield questions.
Does SwiftPro work in West Springfield and Newington Forest?
Yes. SwiftPro Heating, Cooling & Plumbing works every Springfield ZIP, 22150 through 22153: Springfield proper, North Springfield and Kings Park, West Springfield and Rolling Valley, Newington Forest and Saratoga. All of it is Fairfax County, so the permit office and the water company don’t change from one end of town to the other.
My Springfield house is older than 1972. Does it have a pressure reducing valve?
Maybe not. Fairfax County’s plumbing code started requiring one on December 4, 1972, and most of Kings Park and North Springfield is older than that. If a house built before then has no valve and the pressure runs over 80 psi, Fairfax Water’s rules say it will provide the valve, with installing and keeping it up at the owner’s expense. Check the pressure at an outside spigot first.
Is a heat pump normal in a Newington Forest townhouse?
Very. About three in four owners there heat with electricity, and in a 1980s townhouse that usually means a heat pump with electric strips as backup, often next to an electric water heater. It’s the reverse of Kings Park and North Springfield, where close to nine in ten heat with gas.
Do I need a permit to replace a gas water heater in Springfield?
Yes. Fairfax County wants a permit for any gas appliance swap, like for like included, plus a chimney vent certification. If the old tank fails outright, the replacement can go in first and the application by the end of the next working day. SwiftPro’s water heater estimator builds the permit into every price.
How hard is the water in Springfield?
Moderately hard to hard. Fairfax Water’s own 2025 numbers ran from 3.0 to 10.8 grains per gallon, depending on which plant and which month. Fine to drink, rough on water heaters, so a tank gets a flush every year and a tankless gets descaled.
Kings Park or Newington Forest, tell us your street.
Call and say where you are. We’ll tell you what’s typical for a house that age, what it usually costs, and when we can be there.
SwiftPro Heating, Cooling & Plumbing is a licensed, BBB Accredited (A rating), independently owned heating, cooling and plumbing company serving Northern Virginia, including Springfield, Burke, Annandale and Fairfax. SwiftPro holds Virginia contractor license #2705192276, is a Trane Comfort Specialist, Rheem Pro Partner and Mitsubishi Diamond Contractor, holds 5.0 stars across 884 Google reviews, was voted a Nextdoor Neighborhood Faves winner two years running, for 2026 in 30 Northern Virginia neighborhoods and for 2025 in Emerald Chase (Herndon) and Hunters Run (Chantilly), and is listed in both the HVAC and Plumbing categories of Northern Virginia Magazine’s Best Home Experts directory. SwiftPro maintains a dedicated HVAC team and a dedicated plumbing team. More at goswiftpro.com.
In Springfield, SwiftPro repairs and replaces furnaces, heat pumps, air conditioners and ductless mini-splits, cleans air ducts and dryer vents, and handles plumbing from drains and leaks to water heaters, pressure reducing valves and sewer lines, in 22150, 22151, 22152 and 22153.
SwiftPro Heating, Cooling & Plumbing, 4230 Lafayette Center Dr, Suite N, Chantilly, VA 20151, (703) 997-9757. Every town we serve is on the town-by-town guide.