Howard's Plumbing Heating & Air Conditioning

We are a family run business that my grandfather Russ Howard started back in 1961. He founded the company to provide the local Annandale MN community with a plumbing, heating and air conditioning service that was personal, honest and dependable. Eventually my father Marv took over the company and expanded to offer a wider range of services. Now I run the family business and continue to deliver the same level of trustworthy service that my grandfather and father have provided to our community for well over 55 years.

Almost 35 million homes in America are heated by natural gas fired, forced-air heating systems. Their measurement for efficiency is called an Annual Fuel Utilization Efficiency (AFUE) rating. All furnaces come posted with this rating on the yellow "Energy Rating" label. The Department of Energy refers to units with an AFUE from 90% - 97% as "high efficiency" and 80% - 83% AFUE models as "mid efficiency", anything lower is outdated by today's standards. A new, high-efficiency furnace can save you money in the long run, so if your furnace needs replacement, it pays to get the high-efficiency model.

Sealing ductwork delivers more force to the heat and air conditioning registers throughout your home, because it stops heated or cooled air from being wasted through your leaking ductwork. The average home in the U.S. loses about 25 to 40 percent of heated and cooled air through leaks found throughout the home's air duct system. As an added benefit, sealed ductwork decreases the amount of dust that your HVAC system circulates in your home every time your furnace or air conditioner runs. Aeroseal is a patented breakthrough technology that tackles duct leaks from the inside out.

The new high efficiency central air conditioners deliver year-round comfort and huge energy savings compared to the ones that were installed before the 21st century. An air conditioner cools your home with a cold indoor coil called the evaporator. The condenser, a hot outdoor coil, releases the collected heat outside. A pump, called the compressor, moves a heat transfer fluid (or refrigerant) between the evaporator and the condenser. The pump forces the refrigerant through the circuit of tubing and fins in the coils.

Most of us only think about our homes plumbing when there's no hot water or when you hear that dripping faucet as you're trying to go to sleep. Let Howard's Plumbing update your home with a "tankless" water heater for endless hot water and washerless faucets, to put a stop to constantly replacing those leaky faucet washers. Tankless water heaters instantly supply hot water on demand, so they save energy by not having to keep a large tank of water heated, like traditional water heaters. Our line of Navien water heaters are 99% efficient and have dual stainless steel heat exchangers to guard against corrosion.