Howe Furnace Company

Outstanding service. Appt in 3 days; arrived on time; through inspection of old floor furnace; removed heater element for 1^st time in 100 years; thoroughly cleaned it. Highly recommend Howe Furnace!!!
Charlie Vella

I’m surprised that I don’t see more reviews on here. I guess that people that hire contractors to do furnace installation and repair, don’t spend a lot of time writing Unilocal reviews,…including me.
Bottom line — these guys are FANTASTIC! I’ve got a big two-​family home and I’ve done some extensive renovations — including two new furnaces, new kitchen vent hoods and venting, and new bathroom vents. And I’ve had things as simple as a new wireless thermostat installed.
What I like most about Howe Furnace is that when I call, I get to talk to someone who knows their stuff, is professional and friendly, and can speak to me in a manner that I can understand. No issues of «I really couldn’t understand exactly what he was saying, but I think…» And when I don’t get someone on the phone on the first try, someone always calls me back promptly.
Anyway, over the past four years of experience with Howe Furnace and its family of 3 or 4 employees, I have always been happy with the work and I have always felt like I got a fair deal. Of most significance, I can say that all the equipment that has been installed has continued to work flawlessly.
I wouldn’t hesitate to call Howe Furnace for new installation or repair of an existing system. I’ve recommended them to many friends, all who have reported a similar experience. Good people.

High winds blew our heat stack vent pipe-​thingy over on the roof. My neighbor alerted us so we’d know not to turn on the furnace and burn our houses down, choke ourselves or whatnot.
Called Howe at 9:30AM, they were over for an estimate by 12PM– came back and fixed it by 3PM. They did a good job for a very reasonable price.

Howe installed a furnce two years ago and I finaly got around to a review. I called them on a recommendation from a contractor friend. They provided a very competitive bid and excellent installation work. I followed up a year later with some minor issues and the service was prompt and efficient. Family owned, very responsive, friendly and customer oriented. Highly recommended

One of the Sons-​Scott came over to give me a free estimate after his work shift. I liked the price although the labor cost was too low. While replacing a wall gas heater, Scott ran into some gas line problems as well as electrical ones. I purchased the extra gas line and electrical parts from my local hardware store and Scott finished the job with no extra labor charge. I ended up giving him extra money to cover his labor costs. Scott exceeded my expectations especially since he is a young man without the experience of a seasoned pro.
James C.
Pacifica, CA

Long and short, years ago — same family business, son who is current owner helped install new duct work and furnace. We were charged for having a flue liner installed, but this was not done. So this year when we had the furnace replaced, this was discovered and we had to pay — again! for a flue liner. This time we watched it being done and had an inspector come out. We contacted Howe Furnace, but of course, they do not want to reimburse us for this flue liner expense. Since the furnace installation was a one day job we did not have time to call Howe Furnace and ask them to come over and put in a liner. Sadly, we would have liked some reimbursement from this business who should stand behind their workmanship and profession!!! Times are tough, but to renege on what you charge for and say you will do is not OK!

I signed up for Unilocal,just to write this, my first, review. These guys are great! I felt that it was time to replace the old, inefficient furnace in my house so I got estimates from three different installers. Darin, from Howe Furnace, scheduled an appointment for the very next day, showed up on time, explained the options, and prepared a very competitively-​priced quote.
What I especially liked is that he didn’t try to up-​sell me on the most expensive furnace. He indicated that it was slightly more efficient, but that the cost savings probably would never pay for the initial investment. That having been said, the furnace that his team DID install is much smaller than the one that I had before AND it is much more efficient. It works great!
But the real bonus that I got from this installation is that they were able to convert my existing ductwork from a one-​zone system to two! Now, there is a thermostat upstairs and one downstairs. Not only is the temperature throughout the house controlled more uniformly, but I can turn down the thermostat in parts of the house that aren’t used during the day. That alone is saving me money in heating costs.
Darin and his whole crew — Scott, Chris, and Craig — were very easy-​going, worked quickly, and cleaned up afterwards.
After some previous bad experiences with other contractors, I will now ONLY be calling Howe Furnace.
I am a very happy camper.

Called for an appointment and the repair guy never called back. I called back a few days later and arranged for a morning appointment. Repair man never showed up, and when I called he said he could do it in the afternoon. After already missing work, I decided to find someone else to do the work.
Both people I talked to were very nice and apologetic (hence the 2 stars rather than 1), but I don’t like to deal with companies that don’t respect my time.

Family business — was referred by my electrician. They installed a galvanized kitchen vent duct through the roof for my new wall hood. It rained the day it was installed and not a drip of water leaked from the roof. Great follow up and attention to detail.