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Springfield heating repair, from the gas furnaces of Kings Park and North Springfield to the heat pumps of Newington Forest, priced before the work starts.
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Two of our technicians in a Northern Virginia utility room, between the furnace and the water heater.
Licensed and insuredVirginia Class A contractor #2705192276
24/7 emergency serviceOften same-day, and we will tell you honestly when we can get there.
Our own HVAC installersA dedicated heating and cooling team, separate from our plumbers
Price in writing firstYou see every option priced before anything is ordered
What it costs
The same price book as the rest of our site. The diagnostic visit is $99, and the tech prices the repair before starting it.
Flame sensor cleaned
$95 to $180
Igniter or flame sensor replaced
$240 to $410
Blower wheel pulled and cleaned
$300 to $440
Thermostat replaced
$300 to $640
Control board
$550 to $1,180
Blower motor
$670 to $2,400
Repair diagnostic visit
$99
Often same-day, and we will tell you honestly when we can get there.
With Comfort+ membership, $20 a month or $199 a year, the diagnostic visit is included, any service is 15% off, and a heating maintenance visit comes every fall.
What’s different in Springfield
Gas runs the heat in most of Springfield: six in ten owners across town, close to nine in ten in Kings Park and North Springfield. Those houses date from the 1950s, 60s and 70s, so the furnace in the basement or the utility room is rarely the first one. Plenty are on their third or fourth, still pushing air through ductwork that was installed with the house.
A furnace dropped into an older house inherits what the house gave the last one: a one inch filter slot, a return smaller than today’s blowers want, a long run to the far bedroom. When a furnace trips on its high limit, runs a few minutes, stops and starts again, restricted airflow is usually behind it, and a new part won’t cure that. A clean filter and a blower wheel cleaning, $300 to $440, often will.
The Newington end of town is the exception. Three in four Newington Forest owners heat with electricity, and close to six in ten in Newington, which usually means a heat pump with an air handler and electric strips as backup. A heat pump that can’t keep up on a cold morning hands the job to those strips, and you notice it on the electric bill before you feel it in the house.
West Springfield, mostly 1960s and 70s with about four in ten homes townhouses, is two thirds gas. In those townhouses the furnace tends to be tucked into a closet or a corner of the basement, and the repair goes quicker when the tech can get both hands on it.
Neighborhood by neighborhood
Census figures for each place, and what that usually means for the heat. Median year built and heat count owner-occupied homes only.
| Place | Median home built | Most homes are | Heated with | What the heat usually is |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Springfield | 1968 | single-family houses, about 6 in 10 | gas, about 6 in 10 | Gas furnaces in older houses, often sharing a chimney with the water heater. |
| West Springfield | 1972 | single-family houses, about 5 in 10 | gas, about 7 in 10 | Gas furnaces in older houses, often sharing a chimney with the water heater. |
| Newington | 1981 | townhouses, about 6 in 10 | electricity, about 6 in 10 | Mostly electric heat, usually heat pumps with backup strips. |
| Newington Forest | 1984 | townhouses, about 5 in 10 | electricity, about 7 in 10 | Mostly electric heat, usually heat pumps with backup strips. |
| North Springfield | 1957 | single-family houses, about 9 in 10 | gas, about 9 in 10 | Gas furnaces in older houses, often sharing a chimney with the water heater. |
| Kings Park | 1966 | single-family houses, about 8 in 10 | gas, about 9 in 10 | Gas furnaces in older houses, often sharing a chimney with the water heater. |
| Ravensworth | 1964 | single-family houses, nearly all | gas, nearly all | Gas furnaces in older houses, often sharing a chimney with the water heater. |
By the numbers
From the Census Bureau’s 2020 to 2024 survey. Median year built and heat count owner-occupied homes only.
What you’d notice
A furnace runs longest when it’s coldest, and a starved return or a clogged filter lets the heat exchanger get hot enough for the limit switch to shut the burners down. It cools, relights and trips again. Change the filter first; if it keeps doing it, call.
The burners fire and go out a few seconds later, over and over. That’s usually a dirty flame sensor, and cleaning it takes about ten minutes.
No glow, no flame. A cracked igniter is the usual part, and on a high-efficiency furnace a clogged condensate line can stop it cold too.
Safety and paperwork
Fairfax County Fire and Rescue says to have the heating system cleaned and checked by a professional every year, and to keep anything that burns at least three feet from the furnace and the water heater. Source.
Fairfax County Fire and Rescue names a faulty gas furnace or water heater as a carbon monoxide source, says to have gas appliances inspected every fall, and to put a CO alarm on every floor. Source.
Our Virginia Class A contractor license, 2705192276, is on the side of the van.
Choosing who fixes it
Questions worth asking anybody who comes out, us included.
In a 1960s Springfield house, a furnace that keeps tripping is often an airflow problem wearing a parts costume. Ask for the temperature rise across the furnace and the static pressure to be measured before anybody sells you a second limit switch.
Flame sensors, igniters and control boards all have a going rate. A tech who can’t tell you the number before starting is asking you to find out afterwards.
Getting the burners lit is half a heating call. Ask whether they check the flue and test for carbon monoxide while the panel’s open.
A big repair on a furnace past 15 or 20 years deserves a replacement price next to it. A good tech puts both numbers in front of you and lets you choose.
Two of our crew going over a work order before the day's calls.
From our Google reviews
5.0 stars across 1,132 reviews. Read them on our reviews page.
Called in the morning for a broken furnace. The technician came out same day. David was very knowledgeable and helpful. We will definitely use SwiftPro for our furnace maintenance in the future as well.
Where we work
Next door to Springfield: Burke, Annandale, Fairfax Station, Lorton and Alexandria.
Questions
Yes. Every Springfield ZIP is Fairfax County, and the county wants a permit for any gas furnace swap, like for like included, with a chimney vent certification to go with it. Replacing a heat pump in Newington Forest goes through the county’s mechanical permit instead.
Not when it’s cold out. AUX is the electric strips helping the heat pump, and it should come and go. If it stays lit all day in 40 degree weather, or the outdoor unit is frosted over and never clears, the heat pump needs a look.
Three things. The new furnace exhausts through PVC out a side wall instead of up the chimney; it makes condensate that needs a floor drain or a small pump; and the gas water heater is left alone on the chimney, which then needs checking and sometimes a liner. It’s a bigger job than a straight swap, and the quote should say so.
The diagnostic visit is $99. A flame sensor cleaned is $95 to $180; an igniter or flame sensor replaced, $240 to $410; a control board, $550 to $1,180; a blower motor, $670 to $2,400.
Fix the small parts on almost anything. Before a big repair on an old furnace, look at the replacement number: a furnace alone, keeping the air conditioner you have, runs $4,285 to $14,040 installed, and the HVAC estimator gives your number in about a minute. From about $71 a month at 0% APR for 60 months, the whole price financed, on approved credit.
Ready when you are
Call, or send the form at the top. The tech prices the repair from the book before starting, and if the furnace is at the end of its life you’ll hear that first.
SwiftPro Heating, Cooling & Plumbing
4230 Lafayette Center Dr N, Chantilly, VA 20151
44679 Endicott Dr, Suite 211, Ashburn, VA 20147
Virginia Class A contractor license #2705192276
SwiftPro Heating, Cooling & Plumbing is a licensed, BBB Accredited (A rating), independently owned heating, cooling and plumbing company in Chantilly, serving Springfield and the rest of Northern Virginia. Virginia contractor license #2705192276. 5.0 stars across 1,132 reviews on Google, Angi, Yelp, the BBB and Facebook. SwiftPro maintains a dedicated HVAC team and a dedicated plumbing team.
From SwiftPro Heating, Cooling & Plumbing in Chantilly. Housing figures are the Census Bureau’s American Community Survey, 2020 to 2024, for each place named; permit, water and sewer facts link to each office’s own page and were checked in September and October 2026.