Pricing
How pricing works
We don't post prices, because two old houses never need the same route. Here is how the number is made.
What decides the price
The number of floors and zones. How hard the route is. The equipment. Where the outdoor unit goes. Electrical work. Permits and any historic review. The finishing at each outlet, and any wall the plan says has to open.
What the estimate includes, and what it doesn't
Each piece of work is a line on the plan, with the equipment named by model. Permits, removal of old equipment and cleanup are lines too. Painting a whole room, and any plaster work beyond the openings the plan names, are not in it unless a line says so.
What happens at the survey
We walk every floor, measure and find the route. Before you book, we tell you whether the survey has a fee and whether it is credited toward the work if you go ahead.
After hours
We plan and install on weekdays, and nobody answers the phone at night. For a carbon monoxide alarm or a gas smell, leave the house and call 911. If your heat fails, call in business hours and we'll book the earliest visit.
When you get the number
In writing, after the survey and before any work starts, as a fixed price for the lines on the plan. If we find something that changes the work, we price it in writing and wait for your yes.
About the plan.
Can you give me a price over the phone?
No, and we'd rather say so. Two rowhouses on the same block rarely need the same route. The price comes in writing after the survey, and the pricing page says what moves it.
Will you open my plaster walls?
Not as a first move. The survey looks for a route through closets, old chimney chases and the space above a hall ceiling before it looks at a wall. If one wall has to open, the plan says which wall, how big the opening is, who patches and paints it, and what that adds. Nothing is cut until you agree.