Heating and cooling in Odessa
Odessa's Master Permit Fee Schedule, dated January 16, 2018, prints the mechanical permit as "$50.00 + $10.00 per unit + complete mechanical $0.05 per sq. ft.," with finish-out only or rough-in only at $0.025 per sq. ft. There's no newer schedule on the city's page, so the figures date from 2018. Re-inspection is $50.00 for the first and second visit, on that same schedule. City Hall, 411 W. 8th Street, Odessa, TX 79761, houses the Building Inspection (Permits) Division, and the city's main line is 432-335-3200.
You apply online at MGO Connect, and the page says occupied gas and electric permits are issued the same day. The 2018 ICC codes, with city amendments effective July 1, 2018, are on Odessa's Building Inspection page, including the 2018 IMC and the 2018 IECC, each with an amendment PDF. The page still carries the 2018 "will go into effect" wording and shows no newer cycle. Census data for 2020 to 2024 show 45.1% of Odessa's housing units erected from 1950 to 1979 and put the median year built at 1980. Before you pay, call the Permits Division on the City Hall main line and ask whether those amounts still apply to your job.
What heating and cooling work costs near Odessa
Nobody's given us a quote for work in Odessa 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 Odessa
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.