About North Draft Heating & Cooling
A Grand Rapids heating and cooling contractor that draws the plan before it quotes the job.
Named for the cold spot by the window
Every old West Michigan house has one: the chair by the north wall that nobody sits in from November to March. Tom Kowalski spent twelve years installing equipment for other contractors and kept seeing the same thing. New furnaces went in, and the cold spot stayed.
The problem was rarely the furnace. It was air going to the wrong places. North Draft started in 2011 with one van and one rule: before we quote, we draw how air moves through your house, room by room.
We still work that way, with a crew of fourteen.
Licensing and insurance
Ask any contractor for these before they start work. Ours are on every estimate.
- Contractor licenseLicensed Michigan mechanical contractor
- Refrigerant handlingEPA Section 608 certified technicians
- Liability insuranceGeneral liability coverage on every job
- Workers' compFull coverage for every employee
- PermitsPulled and inspected on every replacement
Our warranty
Manufacturer warranties cover parts. Ours covers the work, and it is written so you don't need a lawyer to read it.
- New systems10 years parts and labor on equipment we install
- Repairs1 year on parts and labor; if the same repair fails, the return visit is free
- Comfort promiseIf a new system can't hold every room within 2 degrees of the thermostat in its first year, we rebalance it at no charge
The people you'll meet
The office, the dispatcher and the technicians who show up at your door.
Want us to draw your house?
A comfort assessment takes about an hour. We'll map the air path, find the cold spots and give you a written plan, whether or not you hire us.