Local company.
Based in Santa Clara, serving Los Gatos daily. Understanding of both valley and mountain HVAC needs.
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HVAC service in Los Gatos
AC Repair & Installation in Los Gatos, CA
EVS Mechanical provides full HVAC services to Los Gatos homeowners and businesses: furnace installation, AC installation, heat pump installation, mini split installation, duct repair, ductwork installation, HVAC repair, preventive maintenance, and commercial HVAC.
CA License #1089826Owner on every install — no subs5.0-star Google rating
HVAC in Los Gatos, at a glance
Los Gatos HVAC services — EVS Mechanical provides furnace installation, AC installation, heat pump installation, mini split installation, duct repair, and HVAC repair in Los Gatos, CA. Owner-operated and multi-brand — not locked to one manufacturer. Licensed (CA #1089826), no call centers, live response from the team that does the work. Final quote is the price you pay. Call (408) 300-8254 for a free estimate.
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For your Los Gatos home
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Selected service
Furnace Installation
Gas furnace replacement and new installation. Carrier, Bryant, Goodman, Daikin, Lennox. Manual J load calculation. Permits handled.
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Furnace Installation
Gas furnace replacement and new installation. Carrier, Bryant, Goodman, Daikin, Lennox. Manual J load calculation. Permits handled.
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AC Installation
Central air conditioning installation and replacement. Carrier, Bryant, Daikin, Lennox, Goodman.
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Heat Pump Installation
Ducted and ductless heat pumps. Carrier, Mitsubishi, Daikin, Bosch, Lennox.
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Mini Split Installation
Single-zone and multi-zone ductless systems. Carrier, Mitsubishi, Fujitsu, Daikin.
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Duct Repair
Leak sealing, disconnected joint repair, airflow restoration.
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Ductwork Installation
New duct systems for additions, new construction, and HVAC replacement.
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HVAC Repair
Emergency and same-day repair for all brands and system types.
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Preventive Maintenance
Annual and bi-annual maintenance plans. Priority scheduling.
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Commercial HVAC
Light commercial installation, repair, and maintenance.
What's different about an Los Gatos install
Local work, directly accountable.
You talk to the owner. The owner runs your install — no subcontractors, no finger-pointing.
Foothills experience.
EVS has experience with hillside installations, crawlspace ductwork, and the longer heating seasons in the Los Gatos mountains.
Real load calculations.
Proper sizing matters even more in Los Gatos varied climate zones.
Permits handled.
EVS manages the full permit process with the Town of Los Gatos.
Owner-operated, no middlemen.
Euler Vargas oversees every install — you work with the owner, not a sales rep or a call center. The team that quotes the job is the team that does the work.
Multi-brand, not locked to one.
We carry Carrier, Bryant, Goodman, Daikin, Lennox, Mitsubishi, Bosch, and Fujitsu — and we're not factory-authorized to push any single one. You get the unit that fits your home and budget, not the one a dealer is incentivized to sell.
No warranty or maintenance lock-in.
Your equipment warranty stays the manufacturer's warranty — it doesn't disappear if you skip a recurring maintenance contract. We offer maintenance because it extends the life of your system, not as the price of keeping your coverage.
Final quote is the price you pay.
No add-ons, no upselling on equipment you don't need. We're not a sales company — we're the ones who actually do the work.
We take the jobs others won't.
Full responsibility from design to installation, including the difficult ones other companies pass on. We support on-budget work for churches, veterans' facilities, and charities.
Local company.
Based in Santa Clara, serving Los Gatos daily. Understanding of both valley and mountain HVAC needs.
Foothills experience.
EVS has experience with hillside installations, crawlspace ductwork, and the longer heating seasons in the Los Gatos mountains.
Real load calculations.
Proper sizing matters even more in Los Gatos varied climate zones.
Permits handled.
EVS manages the full permit process with the Town of Los Gatos.
Owner-operated, no middlemen.
Euler Vargas oversees every install — you work with the owner, not a sales rep or a call center. The team that quotes the job is the team that does the work.
Multi-brand, not locked to one.
We carry Carrier, Bryant, Goodman, Daikin, Lennox, Mitsubishi, Bosch, and Fujitsu — and we're not factory-authorized to push any single one. You get the unit that fits your home and budget, not the one a dealer is incentivized to sell.
No warranty or maintenance lock-in.
Your equipment warranty stays the manufacturer's warranty — it doesn't disappear if you skip a recurring maintenance contract. We offer maintenance because it extends the life of your system, not as the price of keeping your coverage.
Final quote is the price you pay.
No add-ons, no upselling on equipment you don't need. We're not a sales company — we're the ones who actually do the work.
We take the jobs others won't.
Full responsibility from design to installation, including the difficult ones other companies pass on. We support on-budget work for churches, veterans' facilities, and charities.
Why Los Gatos is different
What changes an HVAC decision in Los Gatos.
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Housing stock in Los Gatos
What your home's age means for your HVAC.
Los Gatos has five National Register historic districts plus post-war ranch and wooded hillside stock. The stock and slope drive the system:
Historic districts (Almond Grove, Broadway, Fairview Plaza, University-Edelen, Downtown — National Register–listed).
Late-1800s to early-1900s Victorians, Queen Anne, and Craftsman homes; anything predating 1941 is treated as potentially historic, so exterior condenser placement, line-set routing, and roof penetrations can trigger design/CEQA review.
Post-war ranch (Rinconada/Vasona, Blossom Hill/Blossom Manor/Shannon, east foothills Belwood/Belgatos).
Conventional ducted heat-pump conversion is feasible, with 100–200A panels depending on era.
Hillside & mountain (HR-1/HR-2.5 districts, Chemeketa Park, Lexington Hills, Redwood Estates).
Steep grades, private roads, and geologic-hazard rules; more than half of hillside Los Gatos is in the Very High Fire Hazard Severity Zone (defensible-space and structure-hardening requirements). Some mountain pockets rely on propane and private wells (no gas main) — we confirm per address.
What Los Gatos homeowners ask
HVAC in Los Gatos
A ducted heat pump (1.5–3 tons) for an average Los Gatos home starts at $5,000; ductless mini-split systems are priced separately by zone, starting around $1,900 per zone. The final number depends on whether it's ducted or ductless, the brand (Carrier, Mitsubishi, Daikin, Bosch, Lennox), and whether we're converting a gas furnace to a full electric heat pump — an electrical panel upgrade or new ductwork adds to the total, a direct one-to-one swap keeps it down. We run a Manual J load calculation so the system is sized to your home, and the written quote is the price you pay — no upselling on things you don't need.
Yes. We run same-day AC repair across Los Gatos for cooling failures, warm-air issues, refrigerant leaks, and frozen coils. A real customer called us at 10am, we were at his house by 11am, and the failed system was installed by 4pm. Call (408) 300-8254 if your AC is out in Los Gatos.
Yes — downtown Los Gatos, Almond Grove, Rinconada Hills, and the mountain communities like Aldercroft Heights. Mountain areas can see more PG&E power shutoffs (PSPS) during fire season, so we can discuss heat pump plus battery backup options that keep heating and cooling running through outages.
Yes — light commercial HVAC installation, repair, and maintenance in Los Gatos, including small offices, retail, restaurants, and multi-tenant buildings along Los Gatos Boulevard and downtown. We're a family-run, licensed contractor (CA #1089826) that treats small commercial work with the same owner-on-every-job accountability as residential.
AC replacement in Los Gatos starts at $4,800 for an average home — the final number depends on the system, brand, and whether your home needs an electrical panel upgrade or ductwork changes; a direct one-to-one swap with easy access keeps it down, a panel upgrade or ductwork changes add to it. We do a Manual J load calculation so the new system is sized to your home, and the written quote is the price you pay.
Yes. Los Gatos homes are served by PG&E, and heat pump and high-efficiency HVAC upgrades can qualify for TECH Clean California incentives. For mountain-area homes, a heat pump also pairs with battery backup for PSPS resilience.
Yes — HVAC installations and replacements in Los Gatos require a permit through the Town of Los Gatos Building Division, and EVS pulls the permit and schedules the inspection as part of every job. You don't deal with the town.
Customer reviews
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58 Google reviews
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“I called EVS Mechanical at 8:45 pm during a heat wave where the temperature reached 104 degrees in Los Gatos. They were able to get appointment for 10:00 am the following day. The fact that they were so busy with the heat wave was amazing customer service. Euler Vargas who is the owner, called me right on time at 9:45 am and arrived just on time. He fixed the issue very quickly. He and his assistant were very polite. I highly recommend EVS to anyone who is looking for a great HVAC contractor!”
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Sean O'Halloran
Heat-wave emergency, next-morning service · Los Gatos
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