Heating and cooling in Pasadena
For HVAC and refrigeration, Pasadena's fee schedule prints residential replacement of an A/C condenser at $40.00 each, a heater or air handler at $40.00 each, and a complete residential heating and air conditioning system at $50.00 "plus $5.00/ton." A/C duct replacement is $30.00 "plus $3.00/outlet," minimum and miscellaneous air conditioning permits are $50.00, and a re-inspection is $50.00. The schedule text prints no effective date. The same ordinance charges double for work started before a permit.
On the first floor of City Hall, 1149 Ellsworth, the Permit Department has self-serve kiosks and in-person help, keeping 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. hours. No permits are issued after 4:30 p.m. each day. Call 713-475-5575 or write to permitdept@pasadenatx.gov. A banner on the Permits & Licenses page reads "2024 Codes go into effect February 2, 2026," though it does not say which codes. Housing in Pasadena: 50.6% of units were built between 1950 and 1979, with 1977 as the median year built (ACS, 2020 to 2024).
TDI's 7/21/2025 list of windstorm designated catastrophe areas covers Pasadena; that's a county-based designation for windstorm inspections and TWIA coverage of last resort, not a wind-speed rating. It comes down to a single condenser swap at $40.00 or a complete system priced by the ton.
What heating and cooling work costs near Pasadena
Nobody's given us a quote for work in Pasadena 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 Pasadena
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.