Heating and cooling in McKinney
A summary row of "Mechanical Permit Fee $40.00" heads McKinney's permit fee schedule for new construction, remodels and repairs. Its mechanical table lists permit issuance at $40.00, a forced-air or gravity furnace at $9.00 through 100,000 Btu/h and $11.00 above that. Repair, alteration or addition to each heating appliance, refrigeration or cooling unit is $9.00 on that table, and an air-handling unit of no more than 10,000 cfm is $6.50.
With no effective date on the PDF, ask the city whether these figures are current before your contractor quotes against them. The schedule's footer gives the city's address as 221 N. Tennessee, P.O. Box 517, McKinney, TX 75069, and (972) 547-7400. Call Building Inspections at 469-617-4800; applications go in via the Citizen Self Service portal. The city's fraud alert says McKinney doesn't require an "Application Approval Fee" to issue a permit, and that real invoices come only through that portal.
Census estimates (2020 to 2024) show a median year built of 2007 in McKinney, with 5.8% of units dating to the 1950 to 1979 years. The decision at the counter is which row your equipment falls in: a furnace by Btu/h, an air-handling unit by cfm, or a repair to an existing appliance.
What heating and cooling work costs near McKinney
Nobody's given us a quote for work in McKinney yet, so this page can't show a city price. The Texas page lists the estimates with what technicians earn (the Texas mean in May 2025 BLS wage data is $28.43 an hour, which is their pay, not your price) and some city permit fees. How we estimate costs.
Permits for heating and cooling work in McKinney
Texas cities issue the permit for replacing a furnace, air conditioner or heat pump, and each city sets its own fee; the ones cited on our Texas page all require one. TDLR licenses the air conditioning and refrigeration contractor, so ask for that license number as well as what your city's permit office needs.