About Us

Ed’s Heating & Air

I am Ed Pelto. Owner operator of Ed’s Heating & Air, Inc. I graduated from Kellogg High School in Roseville, Minnesota in 1981. Graduated from Dunwoody Industrial Institute from the Sheet Metal course in 1983. Worked at Judkins Heating & Air Conditioning in Rosemount, Mn. from 1984-1997. Custom made sheet metal for custom homes. My duties were to measure, make and install these heating and air conditioning systems. In 1997 I joined the Sheet Metal union and worked at Erickson Plumbing Heating and Cooling in Blaine. The work was mostly on the houses in the Metropolitan Airport Commision soundproofing project. Duties were to replace furnaces or air conditioners. Mostly I would be adding air handlers ( fan coils) and full duct systems to houses with hot water heat. So Either from the attic down or from the basement up I would very neatly cut these systems into the hardwood of the beautiful 1930’s neighborhood homes by the lakes in South Minneapolis.

In 1999 I landed a job at Vollhaber Heating and Air Conditioning. Every aspect of my career was utilized at this high paying position as I was now a seasoned veteran in my field of heating and air conditioning. In the spring of 2003 we sold our land in Woodbury. This gave me the capital I needed to slowly build what today is a very small, but personal Heating and Air conditioning business. Ed’s Heating & Air, Inc. was Incorporated 11/14/2003. 1/22/2023 It’s been almost 15 years since I created this page. Seems like just yesterday I wrote the words above. Life is going by so much quicker. We are still the small personal business that I wrote about in 2008. I am still the main installer with Al as my apprentice at the time of writing this. My son EJ is the main service person and has been since 2012. Usually the summers are so busy Ej is selling and keeping Al and I installing. Our main objective is the residential replacement market and of course residential service work. I specialize in fixing what the new house guys did wrong. This would typically be undersized ductwork with too small of an air filter and to make things worse too large of a furnace. Most companies, homeowners or companies that came and went are all too afraid of being short on heat and therefore put in too large of a unit. If this is the case your furnace will destroy itself prematurely. I am constantly looking at duct sizing and furnace air flow charts. If i see we don’t have the capacity to move the amout of air I know a furnace needs to move then we better downsize the furnace or add some ductwork. The larger companies that have salesman pushing the high end equipment may be looking at these problems or they might not. I do know for sure they are concerned about the volume of sales and keeping thier 5 or 10 install crews busy than they are about how long your furnace lasts. I also know the owner of the company is probably not installing these systems and checking them out properly. To me making sure things are done right is more important than volume. I would loose my mind trying to grow my business the way I see others have done. This all comes at the expense of your comfort. If you see an hvac company advertizing on tv, billoards or hear them on the radio that in my mind is a red flag. You will no doubt overpay if you call one of these companies. Your job will most likely not be the best it could have been either. Sure they offer financing too. But at what cost? Most likely twice what it should have been. I have had financing in place for my customers twice in the last 20 years and only used it once. When I don’t use it the banks take it away. I push entry level equipment. No matter what you pay for equipment it all will start breaking at 10 to 15 years like any other appliance.