Heating and cooling in San Antonio
CPS Energy's HVAC Rebates page lists central A/C at $90 to $310 per ton, heat pumps at $90 to $310 per ton and window A/C at $50 to $75. You apply on the CPS Energy rebate site or on paper, and questions go to 210-353-2728. The city's side is the Development Services Department, reached at 3-1-1 or 210-207-6000, with permits through the BuildSA portal and small repair permits issued over the counter at 1901 S.
Alamo St. Its mechanical permit form, which carries no effective date, lists a base mechanical permit fee of $57.50 for commercial and existing residential work. The same form lists per-item fees: a gas furnace $11.04, and $7.19 each for an air handler, condensing unit, mini split, heat pump, cooling coil and electric heat strips. It also asks for the SEER2 rating and whether the equipment is new or relocated, with a note to select No if you are replacing.
No mechanical code edition is named on San Antonio's residential permit pages, so ask the counter which one your job is reviewed under. San Antonio's median year built is 1985 (ACS, 2020 to 2024). If you're choosing between a heat pump and a gas furnace, you've got three numbers to set beside the quote: the CPS per-ton range for the heat pump, and the city's $7.19 and $11.04 form lines for each.
What heating and cooling work costs near San Antonio
Nobody's given us a quote for work in San Antonio 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 San Antonio
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.
Heating and cooling jobs in San Antonio
Sources for San Antonio
- CPS Energy: HVAC Rebates Read Oct 23, 2026.
- City of San Antonio DSD: Residential Permits Read Oct 23, 2026.
- San Antonio DSD: Mechanical Permit Application (PDF) Read Oct 23, 2026.
- ACS 5-year B25035 Median Year Structure Built