HVAC, Plumbing & Electrical
in Francis, UT

Francis sits at roughly 6,580 ft and lives in IECC Zone 7 — alpine winters; heating reliability outweighs cooling capacity. Nameplate AC capacity derates about 26% from sea level, which is why builder-spec systems here feel undersized on 78°F afternoons. Furnaces also need high-altitude kits to burn cleanly — our Manual J includes elevation correction on every replacement. Winter design lows hit 8°F, so we spec heat pumps with properly sized backup rather than single-stage gas furnaces that short-cycle.

Francis water is moderate (~8 gpg) on a mix of municipal and private well supply. Unsoftened hard water cuts water-heater life 20–30% by scale, slows tankless flow rates, and leaves film on glass and fixtures. A properly sized ion-exchange softener plus under-sink reverse osmosis at the kitchen sink is our baseline plumbing package here, and we match softener capacity to measured grains-of-hardness plus gallons-per-person-per-day — not a one-size spec sheet.

Housing stock in Francis is mixed, so our electrical work ranges from panel upgrades on 1970s ranches to EV-charger and heat-pump circuit adds in newer builds — plus a steady stream of grandfathered FPE Stab-Lok panels that need to come out for insurance reasons.