Heating and cooling in Tyler
Tyler's Schedule of Fees page sets a $50.00 minimum for new heating, ventilation, duct work, air-conditioning or refrigeration systems, and the page adds that residential and commercial amounts may vary. Repairs, alterations and additions carry a $50.00 minimum too, and a commercial hood is $50.00. "Effective October 1, 2024" appears next to the nonresidential building fee row, and the mechanical rows don't carry a separate date. The residential minimum building fee is $50.00, plan check is 20% of the permit fee for residential and 25% for nonresidential, and re-inspection fees are $50.00.
Tyler Development & Planning (Building Services) is at 423 W. Ferguson St., Tyler, TX 75702. Building Inspections answers at (903) 531-1151 and Planning at (903) 531-1175, with Building Services open Monday through Friday from 7:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Permits are submitted through eTRAKiT and ProjectDox. The Current Code References page lists the codes in force for building plans from January 1, 2024, among them the 2021 IRC, IMC and IECC, together with the 2023 National Electrical Code.
In Tyler, 40.5% of housing units date to the 1950 to 1979 span, and the median year built is 1978 (ACS, 2020 to 2024). New system or repair, the schedule lists the same $50.00 minimum for both.
What heating and cooling work costs near Tyler
Nobody's given us a quote for work in Tyler 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 Tyler
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 Tyler
Sources for Tyler
- Schedule of Fees, City of Tyler Read Oct 23, 2026.
- Development & Planning, City of Tyler Read Oct 23, 2026.
- Current Code References, City of Tyler Read Oct 23, 2026.
- ACS 5-year B25035 Median Year Structure Built
- ACS 5-year B25034 Year Structure Built