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Heating Services in West Palm Beach, FL
Spectrum AC repairs, installs, and maintains heat pumps, electric heat strips, and furnaces for homes and businesses across West Palm Beach and Palm Beach County. Our heating work is handled by the same NATE-certified and EPA Universal-certified technicians who keep your AC running all summer. South Florida winters are short, but a cold front can still drop temperatures into the 40s overnight, and you’ll want heat that works on the first try. Visit our homepage to book online or grab an instant quote.
Heating
What we handle
Every one of these has its own page with real answers, pricing guidance and the things worth knowing before you book.
Heating Repair
Heat pumps, heat strips, and furnaces that blow cold air on heat mode, trip breakers, or give off a burning smell. We find the part that failed and fix it, often on the first visit.
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Heating Installation
Heat pump, heat strip, and furnace installations sized with a proper load calculation and installed to code, with permits handled, for replacements, additions, and new construction.
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Heating Maintenance
A fall checkup of your heat strips, reversing valve, and defrost controls, so your heat works on the first cold night. It’s included in our Hero Maintenance Program.
Learn moreOur Heating Services in West Palm Beach
Each service below has its own page with more detail on what to expect.
- Heater Repair: Diagnosis and repair for systems that blow cold air on heat mode, trip breakers, or give off a lingering burning smell, including heat strip and furnace repairs.
- Heater Installation and Replacement: Properly sized heat pump, heat strip, and furnace installations for replacements, additions, and new construction.
- Heater Maintenance: Fall checkups that test heat strips, reversing valves, and defrost controls before the first cold front, included in our Hero Maintenance Program.
- Heat Pumps: Repair, replacement, and installation for the all-in-one systems that cool in summer and heat efficiently in winter.
Hero Membership
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- Priority scheduling
- Seasonal tune-ups
- Member pricing on repairs
- HVAC, plumbing and electrical
24/7 Emergency Heating Service
Cold snaps in South Florida are rare, which is exactly why they catch people off guard. If your heat fails during a cold front, and you have young kids, older family members, or someone with health concerns at home, we treat it as a priority. A live person answers our phone around the clock, every day of the year.
Reach out for emergency service if you smell burning that won’t go away, your breaker keeps tripping when the heat turns on, or your system isn’t producing any heat at all during cold weather. If you notice a strong burning or electrical smell, turn the system off at the thermostat before contacting us.
Signs Your Heating System Needs Service
Since you don’t use your heat often, it’s easy to miss problems until the night you need it. Watch for these signs:
- The system blows cool or room-temperature air when it’s set to heat.
- A burning smell that lasts longer than the first few minutes of the season, which usually means more than just dust burning off.
- Your breaker trips shortly after the heat strips kick on.
- The outdoor unit ices over during a cold snap and doesn’t clear itself.
- Loud clicking, buzzing, or whooshing sounds when the system switches from cool to heat.
- Your electric bill jumps sharply during a cold week, which can point to heat strips running more than they should.
- Some rooms warm up while others stay chilly.
Common Heating Problems in West Palm Beach
West Palm Beach might only get a handful of cold nights each year, but that pattern creates its own set of problems. Equipment that sits unused for months can fail the moment it’s asked to work. Humidity and salt air don’t help either.
- Burned-out heat strip elements that fail on their first use after sitting idle all summer.
- Stuck reversing valves that leave a heat pump stuck in cooling mode.
- Faulty defrost controls that let ice build up on the outdoor coil during cold fronts.
- Corroded electrical connections in air handlers, caused by humidity and condensation.
- Tripped or failing limit switches and sequencers that keep heat strips from turning on.
- Thermostat settings or wiring that don’t properly call for auxiliary heat.
- Salt corrosion on outdoor heat pump coils in homes near the Intracoastal and the beach.
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Types of Heating Systems We Service
West Palm Beach homes use a few different heating setups, and our technicians work on all of them regardless of brand.
- Split Heat Pumps: The most common heating system in Palm Beach County, using an outdoor unit to move heat indoors when the weather turns cool.
- Electric Heat Strips: Resistance heating elements installed in the air handler, used as primary heat in some homes and as backup heat in others.
- Ductless Heat Pumps: Mini-split systems that heat and cool individual rooms, popular in additions and older homes without ductwork.
- Packaged Heat Pumps: All-in-one outdoor units that handle both heating and cooling, common on some older homes and commercial buildings.
- Gas Furnaces: Less common here, but still found in some homes, especially those with natural gas or propane service.
- Dual-Fuel Systems: Heat pumps paired with a gas furnace that takes over on the coldest nights.
Financing
Financing made simple.
Payments as low as $99/month on new systems. Multiple financing options including 0% interest plans and extremely competitive rates, plus financing on qualifying service calls and repairs.
Financing subject to credit approval.
Why You Should Hire a Licensed Heating Contractor in West Palm Beach
Heating systems combine high-voltage electrical components with refrigerant circuits, and gas furnaces add combustion and carbon monoxide risks. Florida requires this work to be done by a licensed mechanical or air conditioning contractor. A licensed contractor also pulls Palm Beach County permits for equipment replacements.
Licensing protects you in other ways too. Manufacturers often require licensed installation to honor equipment warranties, and unpermitted work can cause trouble when you sell your home. Before you hire anyone, ask for the license number, insurance, and technician certifications. Spectrum AC holds an AC Contractor Certification, and our team is NATE-certified and EPA Universal-certified.
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A live person answers every call, 24/7. Book online in about a minute, and we’ll get a licensed technician out to you, often the same day.
Book Now, schedule service onlineHow Our Heating Service Works
- Book Service: Schedule online, request an instant quote, or reach our team any time, day or night.
- Diagnose: Your technician tests heat strips, the reversing valve, defrost controls, electrical parts, and thermostat operation.
- Review Options: We explain what we found and give you upfront pricing before starting any work.
- Complete the Work: We handle the repair, replacement, or tune-up with care for your home.
- Test in Heat Mode: We run the system through a full heating cycle to confirm it’s producing warm air safely.
- Follow-Up: We check in afterward to make sure your home is staying comfortable.
Heating Service in West Palm Beach Neighborhoods
We handle heating repairs and installations across the whole city. Here are a few of the neighborhoods we serve:
- Central Park
- Hillcrest
- El Cid
- Northwood
- Andros Isle
- Mango Promenade
- Palm Beach Lakes
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Why Choose Spectrum AC for Heating Services in West Palm Beach
Since 2014, Spectrum AC has kept Palm Beach County homes comfortable through every season, including the chilly nights most people forget about until the heat won’t kick on. Our NATE-certified and EPA Universal-certified technicians repair and install heat pumps, heat strips, and furnaces from every major manufacturer, and we operate under Florida Certified Air Conditioning Contractor License CAC1820232. With a shop in the West Palm Beach area, a location in Tampa, and a live team answering calls 24/7, we’re ready whenever a cold front rolls through.
Heating Service Costs and Financing in West Palm Beach
Heating costs depend on the job. Replacing a heat strip element or sequencer is a smaller repair, while a new heat pump system depends on your home’s size, the equipment’s efficiency rating, and any ductwork or electrical updates needed. We always give you the price upfront so you can decide with the full picture.
If you’re replacing your system, financing makes it easier to choose the right equipment instead of the cheapest option. Payments start as low as $99 per month on new systems, and our team can walk you through the options when you request your quote.
Heating Service FAQs
Get Your Heat Ready Before the Next Cold Front
The best time to find out your heat doesn’t work is before you actually need it. A quick fall checkup can catch a failing heat strip or stuck reversing valve while it’s still an easy fix. Book online, request an instant quote, or give us a call to get on the schedule.
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Where we work
Two bases. One standard.
Our shop sits in Mangonia Park just north of West Palm Beach, and we run a second operation in Tampa Bay. That covers Palm Beach, Broward, Hillsborough, Pinellas, Polk and Sarasota counties, 69+ cities in total, with the same crew standard and the same 24/7 dispatch in both.