North Country Plumbing & Heating - including the team formerly known as Electric Etc. - serves Baxter homes and businesses across the Westgate Mall corridor, the Hwy 210 retail district, and the residential streets west of Brainerd. Plumbing, heating, cooling, and electrical, all under one roof. Same-day and priority emergency scheduling during business hours.
Baxter has more home-service contractors per capita than most Brainerd Lakes Area towns, but only one of them covers plumbing, heating, cooling, and electrical with their own employees. North Country Plumbing & Heating combined three local businesses - the original North Country plumbing team, Joe's Heating, and the Baxter-based Electric Etc. - into a single shop. For Baxter homeowners that means a furnace install, a water heater replacement, and a service-panel upgrade can all be scheduled through one office and dispatched out of one truck if needed.
Electric Etc. was the long-running Baxter electrical contractor and is now part of North Country. The same electricians are still here. They install service-panel upgrades, knob-and-tube replacements, dedicated circuits for heat pumps and mini-splits, GFCI outdoor receptacles, Level 2 EV chargers, and whole-home Kohler and Generac standby generators.
If Electric Etc. wired your home, your remodel, or your service upgrade, the records and the relationships came with us. Baxter customers can still call about the original work and get an electrician who knows the install.
See our residential electrical services for the full list, plus commercial electrical services for retail and office tenants in the Hwy 210 corridor.
Baxter homes range from 1970s-era ranches near Forestview to newer builds north of the bypass. Our heating and cooling team installs and services Armstrong Air furnaces and AC systems, Durastar ductless mini-splits for additions and bonus rooms, and cold-climate heat pumps for homeowners cutting propane or fuel-oil costs.
We handle no-heat service calls, short-cycling diagnostics, ignitor and flame-sensor work, blower and capacitor replacements, condensate and drainage repairs, and full furnace or AC replacements. For older Baxter homes still running 80% AFUE furnaces, we lay out higher-efficiency Armstrong Air options against propane and electric operating costs so you can see the year-one and year-ten payback.
Related: furnace repair, furnace installation, AC repair, heat pump installation, and mini-split installation.
Our plumbing team services and replaces Bradford White tank water heaters, installs Navien tankless water heaters and condensing boilers, clears drains and sewer lines, and handles fixture replacements, repipes, and water-quality work.
Common Baxter calls: water heater leaks in finished basements, kitchen drain backups, garbage-disposal swaps, frost-free spigot replacements before winter, and softener service for homes on city water with high iron readings.
Related: plumbing services, tank water heater installation, tankless water heater installation, and water quality and filtration.
Baxter homeowners have plenty of choices. North Country wins the call when customers want one contractor for the whole house instead of three. We are licensed, bonded, and insured in Minnesota; the Electric Etc. acquisition kept the same electricians on the trucks; and we publish honest pricing with up-front estimates before work starts. See current specials and savings and financing options for larger installs.
Call 218-692-3000 or use our contact page to request service. Same-day and priority emergency scheduling during business hours for Baxter customers.
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