Heating and Cooling in Anaheim, CA

The city also runs big, from the 1857 German colony downtown to the master-planned Anaheim Hills that fills its eastern third. It recorded 115°F on July 6, 2018. Anaheim is about 16.9 miles from our Paramount Boulevard shop, roughly 27 minutes without traffic. Hills addresses add more, so call to confirm scheduling for your address.

Why does Anaheim Public Utilities change the math?

Anaheim Public Utilities is the city’s own electric utility, so Edison rebates do not fit here. APU’s site lists an A/C tune-up rebate for residential customers of up to $100, or $150 for income-qualified customers, once every 12 months. It also lists heating and cooling incentives. Terms and funding change, so confirm with APU at 714-765-4250 before you count on any of it.

Rebates are filed with APU, and the tune-up program calls for a licensed HVAC contractor. Check any contractor’s C-20 license on the CSLB site first. Gas still comes from SoCalGas.

APU calls itself the only municipal electric utility in Orange County. Its heating and cooling page lists $200 per ton for ductless mini-split heat pumps and points to a separate South Coast AQMD heat pump rebate.

From the Anaheim Colony to Anaheim Hills: housing by era

Census survey data for 2019 to 2023 put the median home at 1973, younger than most of our map. Central tracts date largely from the 1950s, at about 22.5% of units, and the 1970s add another 23.4%. Those single-story homes bring attic ducts and tired split systems.

Anaheim Hills brings larger two-story homes on slopes, where upper floors overheat. The Anaheim Colony, the largest of three downtown historic districts, holds the oldest stock.

Apartments matter just as much. Renters hold about 54.1% of occupied units, and 23.3% of housing sits in buildings of 20 or more units, including the blocks rising around the Platinum Triangle.

City planning documents count over 7,300 homes built in the Hills from 1980 on, so a 1985 house is past 40 and its ducts may be too. The Colony had 1,118 contributors on a 2016 city list. A Mills Act contract ties the exterior to historic accuracy, so talk to Planning before a condenser goes in view of the street.

Side yard or rear yard? Table 4-J and your condenser

Table 4-J in Section 18.04.100 of the Anaheim Municipal Code bars air conditioning units from the front setback in single-family zones. They may go in side and rear setbacks, provided at least one side yard keeps 3 feet clear. Section 18.38.160 adds that ground-mounted mechanical equipment must be screened from public rights-of-way.

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Late heat and smoke along Santa Ana Canyon

NOAA’s 1991 to 2020 normals for its Anaheim station put the August high at 88.8°F and September at 87.8°F, with about 11 days of 90°F or hotter in each. October still averages 83.4°F, so a spring tune-up has to last.

Canyon Fire 2 started off East Santa Ana Canyon Road on October 9, 2017, and CAL FIRE reports 9,217 acres burned and 25 structures destroyed. Read our guide to wildfire smoke and indoor air.

From our shop to your door, and City Hall permits

We head out from Paramount Boulevard with our tools. You hear the diagnosis in plain terms and the price up front, and a test run ends the job. Permits run through the City of Anaheim Building Division, City Hall, 200 S. Anaheim Blvd., Suite 145, 714-765-5153.

The city’s HVAC page lists mechanical and electrical permit applications plus a verification summary for the ECC-Rater (formerly called a HERS rater), the independent tester state rules require. Ask your contractor who pulls the permit.

Anaheim Canyon, the Platinum Triangle and the Resort

Anaheim Canyon, north of the 91 and east of the 57, holds about 63% of the city’s industrial space. The Platinum Triangle covers about 820 acres around Angel Stadium. Smaller motels and shops around the Convention Center lean on through-the-wall and rooftop units. Give us La Palma Park, Modjeska Park, Boysen Park or Oak Canyon Nature Center as a reference point when you call.

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Neighboring cities in north Orange County

See also Fullerton, Buena Park, Santa Ana, Irvine and Pomona.