Heating and cooling in Tallahassee
Tallahassee's Growth Management fee schedule, Resolution 22-R-42 and effective October 1, 2026, lists a $70.07 application fee for one- and two-family mechanical permits. For a system change out it prints $148.90 per unit for 5 tons or 60,000 BTU and $10.42 for each additional ton or 12,000 BTU. A separate line for air handlers, compressors and condensers reads $70.07 per unit for 5 tons or 60,000 BTU and $6.96 for each additional ton.
They're in two columns on the PDF. The schedule also says a $2.50 training surcharge shall be added to each mechanical permit. Growth Management and Leon County's DSEM (850.606.1300) share one address, 435 North Macomb Street. Call the city at 850-891-7001. To book an inspection, use the automated line, 850-891-1800, for a morning slot (8 a.m. to 12 p.m.), an afternoon slot (1 to 3 p.m.) or all day. The city's start-here page says plans are checked against the Florida Building Code and other state and local rules, without naming an edition.
Florida's licensing statute limits a Class B air-conditioning contractor to 25 tons of cooling. ACS gives a 1988 median year built. A full system change out takes the $148.90 line; an air handler, compressor or condenser alone takes the $70.07 line.
What heating and cooling work costs near Tallahassee
Nobody's given us a quote for work in Tallahassee 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 Tallahassee
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 Tallahassee
Sources for Tallahassee
- City of Tallahassee: Schedule of Permit and Review Fees, Resolution 22-R-42 (effective Oct 1, 2026) Read Oct 24, 2026.
- City of Tallahassee: Growth Management building inspection start-here page Read Oct 24, 2026.
- Tallahassee-Leon County: Contact Us Read Oct 24, 2026.
- Florida Statutes s.489.105 Definitions Read Oct 24, 2026.
- ACS 5-year B25035 Median Year Structure Built