Chandler is one of the cities where both Salt River Project (SRP) and Arizona Public Service (APS) serve customers; the City of Chandler’s own utility schedules name both. Your electric bill tells you which one you have, and that decides which rebate programs you can use. SRP rebates currently listed As of November 2026, SRP’s …
Homeowners often ask whether replacing an air conditioner in Chandler needs a city permit. The short answer: the city’s own manual does not list AC or heat pump replacement as exempt, so plan on one unless the city tells you otherwise. What the city’s manual says The City of Chandler Homeowner’s Building Permit Manual (revised …
Much of Chandler’s housing from the 1990s and 2000s is two-story, and many of those homes cool both floors with a single system. On a 106°F July afternoon it is common to find the downstairs at 76°F and the bedrooms upstairs at 82°F or more. Here is why, and what actually helps, in rough order …
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This page covers installing cooling where there was none: a room addition, a backyard casita, a converted garage or workshop, or a new custom home. Replacing an existing system is a different job; see our AC replacement page for that. Additions and converted garages Tapping an addition into the existing system rarely works well. The …
In a city where the average January low is 41°F, a gas furnace runs far fewer hours than one in a cold climate. That makes the replacement decision different: efficiency upgrades pay back slowly, but safety and reliability still matter on the nights that drop toward freezing. When replacing makes sense The heat exchanger is …
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Chandler’s climate suits heat pumps well: long, hot summers where the cooling side earns its keep, and short, mild winters where heating demand is light. Whether you are replacing an old heat pump or switching from an AC-plus-gas-furnace setup, here is what to think through. Sizing for both seasons In Chandler the cooling load sets …
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A heat pump is an air conditioner that can run in reverse. In Chandler that means it carries the full cooling load from May through October and then heats on winter nights that average 41°F in January. Because it works year-round, it wears faster than a cooling-only AC and has a few failure points an …
West Chandler grew fast in the 1980s and 1990s, when the city’s population went from about 29,700 in 1980 to nearly 90,000 in 1990 and over 176,000 by 2000. The Price Corridor, along the Loop 101 and Price Road, became one of the Valley’s main employment areas, now home to a Northrop Grumman campus of …
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Sun Groves is a master-planned community of roughly 600 acres in southeast Chandler, near the San Tan Mountains, about 10 miles from downtown. Most homes went up in the 2000s from builders including Blandford, Standard Pacific, Richmond American, KB, Taylor Woodrow, Fulton and D.R. Horton, in both single-story and two-story plans. That timeline puts many …
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Chandler started downtown. Alexander J. Chandler opened the town-site office in May 1912, and the San Marcos Hotel opened in November 1913. The blocks around the square still hold some of the oldest buildings in the city, and the homes nearby range from early 20th-century houses to mid-century ranches and small infill builds. That mix …