HVAC
VertX installs heat pumps, AC replacements, furnaces, and ductwork for homes in the San Gabriel Valley and across Southern California, sized with a real load calculation instead of the number on your old unit. It is the natural next step once your roof is making your electricity.
Once your roof makes cheap electricity, the smartest place to spend it is on heating and cooling, the biggest load in almost every SGV home. A modern heat pump turns solar production into comfort at a fraction of what gas and grid power cost, which is why we treat HVAC as part of the same home-energy system, not a separate trade.
The industry habit is to read the tonnage off your old unit and sell you the same thing bigger. We run a proper load calculation, check the ducts, and quote the system your house actually needs. Sometimes that's smaller and cheaper than what you have.
Where we do this
Each city has its own page: the utility, the permit path, fire-zone status, and the kind of homes we see there.
Common questions
In the SGV climate a modern heat pump usually wins: it cools like a high-efficiency AC in summer and heats far cheaper than a gas furnace in our mild winters, especially when solar is making your electricity. We quote both so you can compare real numbers.
A load calculation on your actual house (square footage, insulation, windows, ducts), not a rule of thumb off the old unit's label. Oversized systems short-cycle and cost more forever.
Yes: duct sealing, repair, and replacement. Leaky ducts throw away 20 to 30% of the air you paid to condition, and no new unit fixes that.
Yes. A heat pump in cooling mode is an air conditioner, and modern units are rated to run well above 100 degrees. The old worry about heat pumps was heating in freezing weather, which is not a problem in our winters.
That is the point of pairing them. AC is the biggest load in most San Gabriel Valley homes, and it runs hardest in the afternoon, when your panels are producing the most. With a battery, the evening hours run on stored solar too. When both are in the plan, we size the solar and the HVAC together.
A straight equipment swap is usually a day. Adding or replacing ductwork adds a day or two. Replacements are permitted and inspected by your city, and in California most changeouts also require a HERS test on the ducts and refrigerant charge, which is part of the job.
Programs change often. California and the utilities have run heat pump rebates, and federal tax credits have applied in some years. We check what is current for your address at quote time and put it in writing.
