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Heat that holds through a Colorado winter.
Cool that gets you through July.
Furnace and AC repair, replacement, and tune-ups across Colorado Springs and El Paso County — same-day service, seven days a week.
4.9 ★ · 243 Google reviews · Licensed & insured · Family owned since 2009
This season’s offers
Timed to the Thermometer
Cooling
$79
AC Tune-Up
Spring special
Claim by phone →Install
$500 off
New High-Efficiency System
Plus 18 months no interest, on approved credit
Claim by phone →What we do
What We Fix, Install, and Maintain
Furnace Repair
No-heat calls jump the line — same day, seven days a week.
Furnace Installation
High-efficiency systems sized and combustion-tuned for 6,000 ft.
AC Repair
Warm air blowing? Most fixes are a part on the truck.
AC Installation
Right-sized cooling — quotes in writing, installed in a day.
Heat Pumps & Mini-Splits
Cold-climate heat pumps that actually work here.
Evaporative (Swamp) Coolers
Spring start-ups, pad changes, winterization — we still love 'em.
Humidifiers & Air Quality
Whole-home humidity for the driest winters in the country.
Water Heaters
Tank and tankless — repair today, replace when it's truly time.
The maintenance plan
Two tune-ups a year. One small monthly payment.
One before the first freeze, one before the first 90° — because Colorado Springs is a two-season town. Manufacturer warranties require documented annual maintenance; we do the documenting.
Essential
$14/mo
Total annual value: $268
- Fall furnace tune-up
- 10% repair discount
- $49 diagnostic (vs $89)
- Next-day priority scheduling
- $50/yr loyalty credit toward a new system
- Written maintenance record for warranty claims
$9.83/mo net after loyalty credit
Join the Two-Season ClubMost popular
Complete
$24/mo
Total annual value: $524
- Fall furnace + spring AC tune-ups
- 15% repair discount
- $29 diagnostic (vs $89)
- Same-day priority scheduling
- After-hours & weekend surcharge waived
- 2 furnace filters a year included
- $100/yr loyalty credit toward a new system
- Written maintenance record for warranty claims
$15.67/mo net after loyalty credit
Join the Two-Season ClubBest value
Total Care
$39/mo
Total annual value: $812
- Both tune-ups + annual water heater flush
- 20% repair discount
- $0 diagnostic — always
- Same-day, front-of-line scheduling
- After-hours & weekend surcharge waived
- 4 furnace filters a year included
- $150/yr loyalty credit — no cap
- Written maintenance record for warranty claims
$26.50/mo net after loyalty credit
Join the Two-Season ClubUp to 80% of the breakdowns we see in January were preventable in October.
The way we work
Four Things We Never Skip
Same-day, 7 days a week
No-heat and no-cool calls jump the line. Call before noon and we’re usually there today.
Background-checked techs
Shoe covers on, drop cloths down, and the same faces year after year.
Altitude-tuned, always
Every furnace we touch gets derated and combustion-tuned for 6,000+ feet. Factory settings assume sea level — the Springs isn’t.
Upfront flat-rate pricing
The number comes before the work, in writing. 100% satisfaction guarantee behind it.
Reviews
Why Colorado Springs Trusts Switchback
4.9
from 243 Google reviews, Briargate to Fountain
Furnace quit on the first cold night of the season up in Briargate. They had a tech out by 2pm, found a cracked igniter, and the price matched the number Dana gave on the phone. Heat back before the kids got home.
Tune-up done, filter swapped, no upsell. That's it. That's the review.
New furnace and AC in our Rockrimmon place. Rich walked us through three quotes — good, better, best — with real numbers, and never once pushed the expensive one. Install crew had it done in a day, hauled everything away, and the city inspection passed first visit. The altitude tuning thing is real: our old furnace always smelled a little on startup and the new one just... doesn't.
Swamp cooler start-up took two visits — the first tech didn't have the right pads on the truck. They came back next morning, no extra charge, and threw in the winterization for the trouble. Would've been 5 stars with the pads on board.
Response from the ownerFair call, Craig — we now stock every pad size on all six trucks from April through June. Thanks for letting us make it right. — Rich
Whole-home humidifier installed in Old Colorado City. We were waking up with nosebleeds every January. House sits at 35% now and the hardwoods stopped gapping. Should have done it years ago.
AC died during the July heat wave out in Falcon. Same-day visit, condenser fan motor on the truck, cold air by dinner. The Two-Season Club paid for itself right there — no weekend surcharge.
Financing
Comfort Now. Pay Over Time.
New systems from about $109/month, with 18-months-no-interest options on approved credit through approved lenders. You’ll see real numbers — monthly and total — before you decide anything.
Talk Numbers — (719) 555-0142
Where we work
Serving Colorado Springs and All of El Paso County
From Monument to Fountain and up Ute Pass to Woodland Park — if your furnace works harder at altitude, you’re in our territory.
- Colorado Springs
- Manitou Springs
- Cimarron Hills
- Security-Widefield
- Fountain
- Fort Carson
- Gleneagle
- Black Forest
- Falcon
- Woodmoor
- Monument
- Palmer Lake
- Green Mountain Falls
- Woodland Park
In the Springs itself you’ll see us most in Briargate, Rockrimmon, Old Colorado City, Broadmoor, Northgate, Stetson Hills, the Powers corridor — anywhere the houses predate their furnaces.
Just outside the area? Call anyway — if we can’t come, we’ll tell you who we’d send instead.
The family
Three Generations of Colorado Springs Winters
Rich Kessler’s father kept the boilers running at the old Ent Air Force Base. Rich grew up handing him wrenches, founded Switchback in 2009, and now his son Eli is the third Kessler with cold hands every January. When we say we know what a Front Range winter does to a furnace — that’s not marketing, that’s the family memory.
Meet the team →Straight answers
What the Springs Asks Us
How much does a new furnace cost in Colorado Springs?
Most of our installs land between $4,800 and $9,500 — efficiency tier, size, and venting move the number. A new AC typically runs $4,500–$8,900. You'll get real good-better-best numbers in writing before anything is decided, and financing from $109/month if you want it.
My furnace works fine — why does altitude matter?
At 6,000+ feet the air is about 20% thinner, so furnaces burn rich unless they're derated and tuned for altitude. Factory settings assume sea level. An untuned furnace runs less efficiently, soots up faster, and can shorten heat-exchanger life — it's the most Colorado Springs maintenance item there is, and it's part of every tune-up we do.
Do I really need a tune-up every year?
Two honest reasons: most breakdowns we see in January are preventable in October, and nearly every manufacturer's warranty requires documented annual maintenance to stay valid. We do the documenting — every Club visit produces a written record you can hand to a warranty claim.
Do you service evaporative (swamp) coolers?
Proudly. Spring start-ups, pad changes, float valves, winterization — half the older homes west of I-25 still run them, they cost pennies to operate in our dry air, and we're not going to talk you into ripping out a system that works.
How fast can you get here?
Call before noon and we're usually there the same day, seven days a week. No-heat and no-cool calls jump the line. Club members go to the front of it.
Do you offer financing?
Yes — new systems from about $109/month, with 18-months-no-interest options on approved credit through approved lenders. Real numbers before you commit, never after.
Not sure what’s wrong? Call us and we’ll tell you straight.
Mon–Sat, 7am–7pm · same-day service, 7 days a week · Call before noon and we're usually there today — heat or cool, seven days a week.