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Old Skool HVAC,LLC

4.70(
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Old Skool HVAC,LLC

4.70(
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Approved Pro
Customers say: Quality work
Recommended by 90% of Angi customers
Recommended by 90% of HomeAdvisor customers
12 local quotes requested

I service ALL makes and models of heating equipment. Oil, gas/propane, heat pumps, water heaters, boilers (hot water and steam) and refrigeration equipment. I do both residential and commercial work. All work comes with warranties. Licensed and insured. PA098480 Oil furnace/boiler cleaning $159.00, Gas furnace clean/tune-up $ 69.00 Heat pump clean/tune-up $ 79.00 Military, Senior, Public service(Fire/Police) Discounts NO ADDED OVERTIME OR WEEKEND RATES....EVER!!! Same price any time. Any day. Including holidays. 30 years' experience !!!! FREE estimates on new equipment replacements FREE 2nd opinions 302-669-9167

"They were professional, and they did a very well job."

Richard M on June 2022

I service ALL makes and models of heating equipment. Oil, gas/propane, heat pumps, water heaters, boilers (hot water and steam) and refrigeration equipment. I do both residential and commercial work. All work comes with warranties. Licensed and insured. PA098480 Oil furnace/boiler cleaning $159.00, Gas furnace clean/tune-up $ 69.00 Heat pump clean/tune-up $ 79.00 Military, Senior, Public service(Fire/Police) Discounts NO ADDED OVERTIME OR WEEKEND RATES....EVER!!! Same price any time. Any day. Including holidays. 30 years' experience !!!! FREE estimates on new equipment replacements FREE 2nd opinions 302-669-9167

"They were professional, and they did a very well job."

Richard M on June 2022


"These guys are complete rip-offs!!! I got two other estimates for the replacement of a service cable. They were $500.00 and $700.00. Gen3's price... $4100.00 It took an inordinate amount of phone calls, texts, and emails to get an appointment for an estimate. Then they did not bother to send it to me. I had to call back for the estimate. These guys are the worst, most dishonest operators I have ever seen. They are 8 times more expensive than every one else. THINK ABOUT IT..... 800% more than the competition. Do not call these guys. OBVIOUSLY A DUMB GUY that thinks the public is STUPID. Don't trust them!!!!!! CROOKS"

Steve S on November 2025

GEN3 is Your Friendly Neighborhood Home Expert, serving Philadelphia and the surrounding areas for 25 years. Give us a call for all of your electrical, heating & cooling and water heater needs!

"These guys are complete rip-offs!!! I got two other estimates for the replacement of a service cable. They were $500.00 and $700.00. Gen3's price... $4100.00 It took an inordinate amount of phone calls, texts, and emails to get an appointment for an estimate. Then they did not bother to send it to me. I had to call back for the estimate. These guys are the worst, most dishonest operators I have ever seen. They are 8 times more expensive than every one else. THINK ABOUT IT..... 800% more than the competition. Do not call these guys. OBVIOUSLY A DUMB GUY that thinks the public is STUPID. Don't trust them!!!!!! CROOKS"

Steve S on November 2025


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Christian Home Services Heating, Cooling, Plumbing & Electrical

4.51(
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Christian Home Services Heating, Cooling, Plumbing & Electrical

4.51(
209
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Customers say: Super punctual
91 local quotes requested
36 years of experience

Christian Heating, Cooling, & Plumbing has been a leading service provider in the Bucks County and surrounding areas since 1989. We've served thousands of customers providing each customer with expert technicians, honest pricing, prompt and friendly service, and personalized advice & recommendations on your heating & cooling or plumbing systems tailored to your requirements. We pride ourselves on our high-level of personalized customer service to ensure that your home environment is as safe and comfortable as possible. We offer service and installation of HVAC systems from Carrier & Daikin. Our expert service technicians receive ongoing training weekly to ensure they are able to fix any issue our homeowners may encounter.

"4/29/23 Christian tech checks our our home AC. He notes the cooling coils are rusty, a source of coolant leak, and the system, at 14 years age, is near it's end of life. He also noted some mold in the blower blades, which isn't easily seen. He put pressure gauges on the system at outside valves and reported coolant pressure was good. System was test run successfully. He sold us a 1 year maintenance agreement. 6/2/23 outside temp reaches 93 deg. We turned on the AC and only warm air came out. Outside compressor WOULD NOT RUN. We had Christian rep come out. He said all coolant had leaked out. He offered a leak test with dye for $510, or replace the "rusted" coil for at least $3681. We declined. A Christian salesman later quoted a full system replacement. We had another AC company investigate. He found the outside valves HAND TIGHT ONLY, which would allow coolant leak. We had him pressure test with nitrogen over a 4 day weekend, which he charged ONLY a $149 service call. Starting psi over 300. Psi after 4 days over 300 psi. We had him recharge the system. He noted that coils are rusty within 6 months from new. We then had him recharge the system. Total costs with labor & visits both companies $1,595. 7/11/23 Date writing this review. AC working well, same electric power usage for air temps as prior years. Christian seems more interested in selling new systems. Giving benefit of doubt, their 4/29 "technician" was incompetent."

Lawrence S on November 2023

Christian Heating, Cooling, & Plumbing has been a leading service provider in the Bucks County and surrounding areas since 1989. We've served thousands of customers providing each customer with expert technicians, honest pricing, prompt and friendly service, and personalized advice & recommendations on your heating & cooling or plumbing systems tailored to your requirements. We pride ourselves on our high-level of personalized customer service to ensure that your home environment is as safe and comfortable as possible. We offer service and installation of HVAC systems from Carrier & Daikin. Our expert service technicians receive ongoing training weekly to ensure they are able to fix any issue our homeowners may encounter.

"4/29/23 Christian tech checks our our home AC. He notes the cooling coils are rusty, a source of coolant leak, and the system, at 14 years age, is near it's end of life. He also noted some mold in the blower blades, which isn't easily seen. He put pressure gauges on the system at outside valves and reported coolant pressure was good. System was test run successfully. He sold us a 1 year maintenance agreement. 6/2/23 outside temp reaches 93 deg. We turned on the AC and only warm air came out. Outside compressor WOULD NOT RUN. We had Christian rep come out. He said all coolant had leaked out. He offered a leak test with dye for $510, or replace the "rusted" coil for at least $3681. We declined. A Christian salesman later quoted a full system replacement. We had another AC company investigate. He found the outside valves HAND TIGHT ONLY, which would allow coolant leak. We had him pressure test with nitrogen over a 4 day weekend, which he charged ONLY a $149 service call. Starting psi over 300. Psi after 4 days over 300 psi. We had him recharge the system. He noted that coils are rusty within 6 months from new. We then had him recharge the system. Total costs with labor & visits both companies $1,595. 7/11/23 Date writing this review. AC working well, same electric power usage for air temps as prior years. Christian seems more interested in selling new systems. Giving benefit of doubt, their 4/29 "technician" was incompetent."

Lawrence S on November 2023


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Petro Home Services

4.55(
92
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Petro Home Services

4.55(
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Customers say: True professional
435 local quotes requested
122 years of experience

With over 100 years experience, we know how to keep you comfortable, safe and help you save on energy costs. Our local 24/7 customer service and support means automatic heating oil deliveries and our service response is always fast. We never run out of heating oil plus our pricing and payment plans are designed to help you manage your costs all year round. Experience the Petro difference today!

"The plumber was berybeasybto deal with and very experienced. He did a great job."

Gerald M on December 2025

With over 100 years experience, we know how to keep you comfortable, safe and help you save on energy costs. Our local 24/7 customer service and support means automatic heating oil deliveries and our service response is always fast. We never run out of heating oil plus our pricing and payment plans are designed to help you manage your costs all year round. Experience the Petro difference today!

"The plumber was berybeasybto deal with and very experienced. He did a great job."

Gerald M on December 2025


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East Coast Comfort Inc

4.89(
561
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East Coast Comfort Inc

4.89(
561
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Customers say: Quality work
Recommended by 97% of Angi customers
Recommended by 97% of HomeAdvisor customers
61 local quotes requested

2020 Proud Super Service Award winning company on Angie's List! With over 30 years of combined professional HVAC experience at ECC our comfort team of professionals are there to provide residential & commercial quality service & installation. We are your "Elite Fujitsu Ductless HVAC installers" and we offer our customers "peace of mind" with low-cost service plans that will prevent premature system failure, lower utility costs, optimize system performance & help provide healthier air quality for you & your family! Contact us today, we look forward to servicing you soon!

"East Coast comfort did the most horrible thing to us, and they have treated us with utter contempt. We have been with East Coast Comfort since they began when Ed McCollum and Anthony Mongeluzi started the company in 2006. Both Ed and Anthony were to our home in the early years of their business, performing maintenance and repairs, and one of them was here when they installed our current unit. We gave them a favorable review on Angie’s List, and we have never had any complaints about them in almost 20 years, until Lisa Hawthorne. We schedule routing maintenance, so we do not have equipment failures and outages. We have repeatedly been asked by Ms. Hawthorne of East Coast Comfort to reschedule our maintenance appointments, and we have always acquiesced. This occurred again a few weeks ago, and we rescheduled for last week. Ms. Hawthorne again called the day before our scheduled maintenance appointment last week, asked again to change the appointment because of the volume of emergency calls they were receiving, and we agreed as long as Ms. Hawthorne promised we would be given priority scheduling if our system went down. The next day, our air conditioning failed, and I contacted Ms. Hawthorne. A technician came to our home on the afternoon of the next day, but he said parts had to be ordered, and it could be days before they would arrive. I have emails supporting that we requested Ms. Hawthorne to order the needed parts, and she emailed back that the parts would be $1500.00 and labor $500.00. Though we made it clear from our emails that we wanted to get the system repaired as quickly as possible, she did not order the parts and would not grant us priority scheduling. When we learned of this betrayal, we contacted William Henderson Heating, Cooling, Plumbing, and Electrical Services. They worked us into their schedule for same-day service. I have an email exchange that proves how disdainful Ms. Hawthorne was to longtime customers of East Coast Comfort, both of us senior citizens, and one with a cardiac condition. A request we made to Ms. Hawthorne to speak with Mr. McCollum or Mr. Mongeluzi was ignored. In other words, other people had their systems repaired because of our kindness, so we can swelter in the heat and humidity. I consider their behavior toward us to be elder abuse. Good riddance East Coast Comfort, we are now receiving our comfort from William Henderson."

Larry B on June 2025

2020 Proud Super Service Award winning company on Angie's List! With over 30 years of combined professional HVAC experience at ECC our comfort team of professionals are there to provide residential & commercial quality service & installation. We are your "Elite Fujitsu Ductless HVAC installers" and we offer our customers "peace of mind" with low-cost service plans that will prevent premature system failure, lower utility costs, optimize system performance & help provide healthier air quality for you & your family! Contact us today, we look forward to servicing you soon!

"East Coast comfort did the most horrible thing to us, and they have treated us with utter contempt. We have been with East Coast Comfort since they began when Ed McCollum and Anthony Mongeluzi started the company in 2006. Both Ed and Anthony were to our home in the early years of their business, performing maintenance and repairs, and one of them was here when they installed our current unit. We gave them a favorable review on Angie’s List, and we have never had any complaints about them in almost 20 years, until Lisa Hawthorne. We schedule routing maintenance, so we do not have equipment failures and outages. We have repeatedly been asked by Ms. Hawthorne of East Coast Comfort to reschedule our maintenance appointments, and we have always acquiesced. This occurred again a few weeks ago, and we rescheduled for last week. Ms. Hawthorne again called the day before our scheduled maintenance appointment last week, asked again to change the appointment because of the volume of emergency calls they were receiving, and we agreed as long as Ms. Hawthorne promised we would be given priority scheduling if our system went down. The next day, our air conditioning failed, and I contacted Ms. Hawthorne. A technician came to our home on the afternoon of the next day, but he said parts had to be ordered, and it could be days before they would arrive. I have emails supporting that we requested Ms. Hawthorne to order the needed parts, and she emailed back that the parts would be $1500.00 and labor $500.00. Though we made it clear from our emails that we wanted to get the system repaired as quickly as possible, she did not order the parts and would not grant us priority scheduling. When we learned of this betrayal, we contacted William Henderson Heating, Cooling, Plumbing, and Electrical Services. They worked us into their schedule for same-day service. I have an email exchange that proves how disdainful Ms. Hawthorne was to longtime customers of East Coast Comfort, both of us senior citizens, and one with a cardiac condition. A request we made to Ms. Hawthorne to speak with Mr. McCollum or Mr. Mongeluzi was ignored. In other words, other people had their systems repaired because of our kindness, so we can swelter in the heat and humidity. I consider their behavior toward us to be elder abuse. Good riddance East Coast Comfort, we are now receiving our comfort from William Henderson."

Larry B on June 2025


T.K. Heating & Cooling

5.00(
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T.K. Heating & Cooling

5.00(
2
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Customers say: Quick response
Recommended by 100% of Angi customers
Recommended by 100% of HomeAdvisor customers

Small business. Competative Rates. All work is warranteed. Top Quality Workmanship.

Small business. Competative Rates. All work is warranteed. Top Quality Workmanship.


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AJ Perri

4.31(
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AJ Perri

4.31(
1,534
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Customers say: Super punctual
54 years of experience

For fast and exceptional service for all of your heating, cooling or plumbing needs, call us now: 732-333-3655! Since 1971, A.J. Perri has been proudly serving New Jersey homeowners and businesses across Bergen*, Essex, Mercer, Middlesex, Monmouth, Morris*, Ocean*, Somerset, Passaic*, Hudson*, Sussex*, and Union counties. With over 50 years of experience in heating, air conditioning, plumbing, and indoor air quality systems, A.J. Perri stands behind every installation, service and product with an unmatched 100% satisfaction guarantee. A.J. Perri offers you peace of mind and an established reputation for reliability, quality, and excellence in customer service. You can trust A.J. Perri to take care of your furnace, air conditioner or plumbing repair, service, or replacement. A.J. Perri can also help you with your heat pump, air handler, ductless split system, water heater or purification, sump pump, air cleaner, air filtration system, humidifier, and air ducts. Contact us if you have any questions about service in your area. Service offered 24/7/365. For more information: call or email us at info@ajperri.com. *Additional info: Not all services available in all areas. License# 19HC00103100, 36BI01256600, PA- PA126178

"After my bathroom faucet broke, I scheduled an appointment for today 12/16/25 between 12-4. A representative called at 3ish to report the plumber was running late. At 5pm still noone I called, got voicemail, 6pm still noone and no call I called got voicemail at 7pm still noone I call get the voicemail it?s now 10pm No more calls from me! What a unprofessional company never again and never will anyone I know reach out to them for service! "

Debra T on December 2025

For fast and exceptional service for all of your heating, cooling or plumbing needs, call us now: 732-333-3655! Since 1971, A.J. Perri has been proudly serving New Jersey homeowners and businesses across Bergen*, Essex, Mercer, Middlesex, Monmouth, Morris*, Ocean*, Somerset, Passaic*, Hudson*, Sussex*, and Union counties. With over 50 years of experience in heating, air conditioning, plumbing, and indoor air quality systems, A.J. Perri stands behind every installation, service and product with an unmatched 100% satisfaction guarantee. A.J. Perri offers you peace of mind and an established reputation for reliability, quality, and excellence in customer service. You can trust A.J. Perri to take care of your furnace, air conditioner or plumbing repair, service, or replacement. A.J. Perri can also help you with your heat pump, air handler, ductless split system, water heater or purification, sump pump, air cleaner, air filtration system, humidifier, and air ducts. Contact us if you have any questions about service in your area. Service offered 24/7/365. For more information: call or email us at info@ajperri.com. *Additional info: Not all services available in all areas. License# 19HC00103100, 36BI01256600, PA- PA126178

"After my bathroom faucet broke, I scheduled an appointment for today 12/16/25 between 12-4. A representative called at 3ish to report the plumber was running late. At 5pm still noone I called, got voicemail, 6pm still noone and no call I called got voicemail at 7pm still noone I call get the voicemail it?s now 10pm No more calls from me! What a unprofessional company never again and never will anyone I know reach out to them for service! "

Debra T on December 2025


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Wilson Mechanical HVAC L.L.C

5.00(
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Wilson Mechanical HVAC L.L.C

5.00(
3
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Customers say: Quick response
Recommended by 100% of Angi customers
Recommended by 100% of HomeAdvisor customers

Wilson Mechanical Heating Ventilation & Air Conditioning (WMHVAC), we do general repairs, maintenance and install in all major air conditioners and heating systems. Family business owned and operated since 2006.

"Excellent. He knew exactly what the problem was and it was affordable for the cost repair."

Knight D on December 2019

Wilson Mechanical Heating Ventilation & Air Conditioning (WMHVAC), we do general repairs, maintenance and install in all major air conditioners and heating systems. Family business owned and operated since 2006.

"Excellent. He knew exactly what the problem was and it was affordable for the cost repair."

Knight D on December 2019


Rick Gasper General Contracting

5.00(
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Rick Gasper General Contracting

5.00(
1
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Customers say: Quick response
Recommended by 100% of Angi customers
Recommended by 100% of HomeAdvisor customers

Owner is "hands on" in all aspects of the job, from inception to completion. We provide quality workmanship at a fair price. We work closely with the consumer.

Owner is "hands on" in all aspects of the job, from inception to completion. We provide quality workmanship at a fair price. We work closely with the consumer.


ProVision Remodeling

5.00(
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ProVision Remodeling

5.00(
1
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Recommended by 100% of Angi customers
Recommended by 100% of HomeAdvisor customers

Provision Remodeling offers quality jobs, backed up by many happy customers. We can meet any budgets. Free Estimates

Provision Remodeling offers quality jobs, backed up by many happy customers. We can meet any budgets. Free Estimates

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FAQs for swamp cooler installation and replacement projects in Philadelphia, PA

Swamp coolers are quite energy-efficient, using only 15% to 35% of the electricity that traditional central air conditioning units consume. This can lead to significant savings on your energy bills. However, keep in mind that swamp coolers require water to operate and may not cool your home as effectively in extremely hot or humid conditions. When considering overall efficiency, it is essential to weigh both electricity and water usage, as well as the cooling needs specific to your local climate.

Evaporative coolers only work in dry climates because they cool by moistening the air. If the air is already moist, this will have little to no cooling effect. Central AC is a better choice if you live in a humid climate, such as the Midwest, eastern, or western coastal regions.

To install a swamp cooler on a roof, a local HVAC specialist will first find and cut a spot free of wiring and obstructions. They’ll then install metal bracing, legs, brackets, the ceiling duct register, ductwork, power, and thermostat wires. Once installed, they’ll seal all openings, attach duct connections, and install a thermostat. Before leaving, they’ll run cool water piping to the unit and inspect all the connections.

The cost to repair your swamp cooler ranges from $50 to $600, depending on the issue, whether new parts are needed, and the chosen repair service. Depending on the type of pad your system uses, you will need to change out the pads every one to three years for proper operation. When budgeting for the cost to repair a window unit, expect to pay around $230.

The U.S. Department of Energy states that swamp coolers can cool a single room by five to 15 degrees Fahrenheit. However, this largely depends on the size and installation method of the evaporative cooler. You can only achieve these results in a dry climate, such as the American South, as it’s easier to cool rooms in humid environments with central air.

Swamp cooler water usage varies depending on the size of the unit. Smaller evaporative units may use one gallon per hour, while much larger units could use up to 15 gallons of water per hour. Most homeowners can expect their unit to use between seven and 10 gallons of water per hour of usage.

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