Heating and cooling in Daytona Beach
Daytona Beach's 2025-2026 Fee Schedule, whose PDF footer reads Revised 09/30/2024, lists residential one- and two-family mechanical permits, new and existing construction, at $97.65. It's a fiscal-year schedule. Ask whether a later year's schedule has replaced it. Elsewhere the schedule lists a $56.35 re-inspection fee, a $33.80 application fee, a technology surcharge of 10% of the permit fee, and $112.75 or double the permit fee, whichever is greater, for working without a permit.
Commercial work starts at $97.65 for the first $1,000, plus $9.00 per additional $1,000. Permits & Licensing is at 301 S. Ridgewood Ave., Room 127B; the phone is (386) 671-8178 and the doors are open 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. on weekdays. Online permit and license services run on the Intuitive Municipal Services (iMS) platform. Separate email contacts cover permit review. Daytona Beach prints no code edition. Nor do its pages name a local amendment or National Electrical Code edition.
Mechanical work on a property with a single-family dwelling is outside Florida's $7,500 permit exemption. Daytona Beach's housing has a median year built of 1981, and the median owner-occupied home value is $287,700 (ACS 2020 to 2024). For a one- or two-family home, the replacement permit line is the $97.65 one.
What heating and cooling work costs near Daytona Beach
Nobody's given us a quote for work in Daytona Beach yet, so this page can't show a city price. The Florida page lists the estimates with what technicians earn (the Florida mean in May 2025 BLS wage data is $27.55 an hour, which is their pay, not your price) and some city and county permit fees. How we estimate costs.
Permits for heating and cooling work in Daytona Beach
Florida cities and counties issue the permit for replacing an air conditioner, heat pump or furnace, and each sets its own fee; the state's $7,500 small-job permit exemption leaves out mechanical work. DBPR certifies or registers the air-conditioning contractor, so ask for that license number as well as what your permit office needs.
Heating and cooling jobs in Daytona Beach
Sources for Daytona Beach
- The City of Daytona Beach 2025-2026 Fee Schedule Read Oct 24, 2026.
- Permits & Licensing | Daytona Beach Read Oct 24, 2026.
- Florida Statutes s.553.79 Permits; applications; issuance; inspections (1)(g) Read Oct 24, 2026.
- ACS 5-year B25035 Median Year Structure Built
- ACS 5-year B25077 Median Value (owner-occupied units)