Serving Magna

Heating & cooling for Magna, from Main Street to the new west side

Magna runs on two kinds of houses: the mining-town blocks that have stood for a century, and the new subdivisions filling in the west valley. Both live with the dustiest air in the county — and their HVAC should be maintained like it.

  • Licensed & insured · DOPL #13652729-5501
  • Family-owned since 2006
  • 4.8 · 218 Google reviews
  • Se Habla Español

A company town's houses, a century later

Magna grew up alongside the copper operation on the Oquirrh slope, and its historic core still shows it — sturdy early-1900s homes near Main Street that have outlived every furnace ever put in them. A century of remodels leaves layered mechanical history: gravity-furnace basements, ducts extended by three different owners, additions that never quite joined the airflow. We untangle these houses for a living. Sometimes the answer is a duct correction; sometimes it's a ductless head for the back addition; sometimes the old furnace really is done andreplacement gets sized for the house as it stands today, not as it was drawn in 1915.

Dust is Magna's HVAC tax

Between the open west bench, the trucks, and the dry lakebed to the north, Magna catches more airborne grit than anywhere else we serve. Your HVAC pays that tax first: condenser coils mat over, filters load up in half the time the box promises, and blower motors work harder every season the buildup is ignored. The counter is boring and cheap — a filter cadence matched to the wind, a real coil cleaning with theseasonal tune-up, andfiltration that actually captureswhat the west wind delivers, which matters double during inversion and fire-smoke weeks.

The new west side is building fast

Magna's other story is the subdivisions rising west of 8000 West — young families in brand-new homes with builder-installed systems. Two checks are worth making early: the manufacturer warranty registration (production subcontractors skip it constantly; we'll verify yours and fix it if we can) and the equipment itself, which was chosen for the builder's budget, not your gas bill. A tune-up rhythm from year one, with construction dust still blowing off the surrounding phases, protects the machine through its warranty years and tells you early what you're working with. Se Habla Español — every technician, every visit.

★★★★★

“These guys installed the A/C at my house a couple of years ago. It finally broke, and I called them to service it. They told me my air ducts were dirty and the whole A/C needed to be serviced. They quoted me a price to do it all, and my A/C has been running fine since. I would totally recommend them for excellent service and honest work.”

Jose Perez · September 2025 ·read more Google reviews

Magna questions

Straight answers for Magna homeowners

Why do my filters look gray after a windy week?

Magna sits closest to the two biggest dust sources in the county: the open range at the valley's west edge and the exposed lakebed to the north. When the wind works, that dust rides it — into condenser coils, return grilles, and filters. A tighter filter cadence and a coil cleaning each season keep the system breathing; we set the schedule to Magna's wind, not the filter box's marketing.

Our Main Street-era house has been added onto three times. Can you make it comfortable?

Usually, yes — once we map what each remodel did to the airflow. Magna's older homes have carried a century of additions, and every one borrowed heat from the rooms before it. The fix might be duct corrections, a return where one never existed, or a ductless head for the room the ducts can't reach. We quote the cheapest fix that actually works.

We just bought in one of the new west-side developments. What should we watch?

Two things: whether the builder's subcontractor registered your equipment warranty (often nobody did — we'll check), and how fast construction dust ages filters while the surrounding phases keep building. New-home HVAC isn't maintenance-free; it's equipment that deserves a tune-up rhythm from year one, especially here.

Is a swamp cooler still a fair choice in Magna?

It cools, but you pay in other ways: a water bill all summer, winterizing every fall, and vents that pull outside air in — including dust and smoke on the exact days you want the house sealed. Conversions to refrigerated air are steady work for us in Magna, and modest home sizes keep them on the reasonable end.

How fast can you get to Magna?

About 20 minutes from our Salt Lake City shop out SR-201. Magna anchors the west end of our service map and we schedule it with the drive built in — real windows, not fiction. Call (801) 678-5748; phones answer until 8 PM weekdays.

Ready when you are, Magna

Call or text and a real person from our Salt Lake City shop will get you scheduled. Monday through Friday, 8 to 8. After 8, text or leave a voicemail — you're first in line at 8 AM. Se Habla Español.