How much does HVAC installation cost in Pittsburgh? The usual HVAC job filed with Pittsburgh is $7,800, from 1,714 priced permits (October 2023 through September 2026); the middle half of firms file between $5,700 and $12,450. A filed value is what the contractor wrote on the permit, not a quote or the final bill.
The usual HVAC job filed with Pittsburgh is $7,800, from 1,714 priced permits, October 2023 through September 2026. The middle half of firms usually file between $5,700 and $12,450. Half of jobs were filed for less, half for more. A filed value is what the contractor wrote on the permit, not a quote or the final bill. An HVAC permit here usually takes 161 days from issue to final inspection. How long permits take →
Approximately, from each firm's own spread: every firm's range of filed values, weighted by its 1,714 priced permits across 153 firms, pooled into one. Half of Pittsburgh HVAC permits were filed between $5,000 and $14,400.
| Percentile | Filed value | Reads as |
|---|---|---|
| 10th | $2,000 | 1 in 10 permits filed below |
| 25th | $5,000 | 1 in 4 filed below |
| 50th | $7,800 | the middle permit |
| 75th | $14,400 | 1 in 4 filed above |
| 90th | $20,300 | 1 in 10 filed above |
Firms split into thirds by the usual value of the homes they work on, with each third's usual filed value weighted by permits. Home values: Allegheny County assessments (2012 base values). Home values are on the county's old 2012 base.
| Firms working on | Usual home value | Usual filed value | Firms | Permits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lower third | under $100,000 | $8,000 | 51 | 534 |
| Middle third | $100,000–$178,800 | $6,000 | 51 | 568 |
| Upper third | $181,500 and up | $9,700 | 51 | 616 |
Top 10 by permits in the last 12 months. Usual is each firm's middle filed value; middle half is the range its middle half of jobs were filed in. Busy is not the same as careful: pick what you value to build a list.
| Firm | Permits | Last 12 mo | Usual | Middle half | Finished |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tudi Mechanical Systems | 66 | 27 | $16,383 | $8,851–$26,827 | 13.9% |
| Revive Heating and Cooling, LLC | 42 | 26 | $5,000 | $1,625–$8,750 | 81.4% |
| R. Davis Mechanical, LLC | 52 | 23 | $11,250 | $7,375–$15,250 | 85.6% |
| Wiseman Heating & Cooling, Inc. | 88 | 22 | $4,000 | $1,000–$10,250 | 83.2% |
| Weidner Heating & Air Conditioning Inc | 45 | 14 | $10,000 | $7,000–$15,000 | 89.2% |
| Beverly Heating and Cooling Inc | 24 | 13 | $6,250 | $3,000–$10,750 | 94.7% |
| J.A. Sauer Co | 26 | 12 | $22,104 | $11,977–$35,015 | 84.7% |
| JRB Heating & Cooling LLC | 21 | 12 | $12,500 | $7,500–$18,750 | 7 of 9 |
| Hernandez Heating and Cooling LLC | 51 | 11 | $6,000 | $5,000–$12,000 | 78.0% |
| Conditioned Spaces | 26 | 11 | $9,000 | $3,500–$10,000 | 80.5% |
Line your quote up against the file. In Pittsburgh, 1 in 10 HVAC filed values sit under $2,000, the middle half between $5,000 and $14,400, and 1 in 10 over $20,300.
Pittsburgh files the fewest HVAC permits in August (79 against an average month of 100) and the most in October (137). If you can choose, ask for quotes in a quiet month. We have no prices by month, so this is about crews' schedules, not a discount. When each trade is busiest in Pittsburgh →
Source: City of Pittsburgh permits (Western Pennsylvania Regional Data Center). The window is October 2023 through September 2026; a permit filed after that isn't here yet.
Usual is the middle permit: half were filed for less, half for more. Only permits with a filed value count; a value of $0 or none is left out.
The spread is approximate: we keep seven points of each firm's own range of filed values, not every permit, and pool them.
Nobody paid to be on this page and nobody can. How the records work in Pittsburgh →
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