North Country Plumbing & Heating brings full-service plumbing, heating, cooling, and electrical to Brainerd homes and businesses. Our licensed team works across Crow Wing County from the Hwy 371 corridor through NE Brainerd, Rice Lake, and the Buffalo Hills neighborhood. Same-day and priority emergency scheduling during business hours.
North Country Plumbing & Heating is the only Brainerd-area contractor that handles plumbing, heating, cooling, and electrical under a single roof. After we acquired Electric Etc. and Joe's Heating, all three trades came together as one team. For Brainerd homeowners that means one phone number, one truck on the driveway, and one company to call when a service panel, a furnace, and a water heater all need attention in the same week. The shop is based at 13688 Kimberly Road in Crosslake, and our trucks cover Brainerd, Baxter, Nisswa, Pequot Lakes, and the broader Crow Wing County footprint.
Brainerd winters punish equipment that is undersized, neglected, or aging out of its service life. Our heating and cooling team installs and services Armstrong Air furnaces and AC systems, Durastar ductless mini-splits, and cold-climate heat pumps built for Minnesota.
We handle no-heat emergencies, short-cycling diagnostics, ignitor and flame-sensor repairs, blower replacements, condensate drainage, and full furnace or AC replacements with right-sized equipment. For homeowners replacing a 15- to 20-year-old furnace or AC, we lay out the Armstrong Air options side by side with cold-climate heat pump pricing so you can compare operating costs over a Brainerd winter.
Looking for a specific service? See furnace installation in Brainerd, furnace repair in Brainerd, AC repair in Brainerd, or our service hubs for AC repair and heat pump installation.
When a Brainerd furnace or boiler quits in January, the house cools off fast. Heating is most of our winter work in Brainerd, and no-heat calls get same-day and priority emergency scheduling during business hours, Monday through Friday, 8AM to 5PM.
We repair every major furnace brand in Brainerd, from ignitors, flame sensors and pressure switches to inducer and blower motors and control boards. When a furnace is past its service life, we install Armstrong Air gas, propane and dual-fuel furnaces sized with a Manual J load calculation. See Brainerd furnace repair for same-day repair details, or furnace replacement in Brainerd for sizing, installation and permits with the City of Brainerd and Crow Wing County.
Hot-water boiler systems need a different kind of repair than a furnace. We fix zone valves, circulator pumps, pressure loss and leaks, and we install Navien condensing boilers when replacement makes more sense. Because we are licensed for plumbing and heating, a boiler problem that turns out to be a water problem stays with one team. See boiler repair for the problems we fix most often.
A cold-climate heat pump paired with a furnace lets the heat pump handle the milder heating hours while the furnace covers the coldest nights. For homes along the Hwy 371 corridor and in NE Brainerd that want lower operating costs than propane or electric heat, see cold-climate heat pump installation. We check the Crow Wing Power and Minnesota Power rebate programs for your install at quote time.
Keep any system ahead of winter with an annual furnace tune-up.
Brainerd homes range from older bungalows near downtown to newer builds along Hwy 371 and the lakeshore. 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.
If you're chasing a slow drain, a leaking water heater, low hot-water capacity, or a sewer line that backs up every winter, we can run a camera, locate the issue, and quote the repair on the same visit when possible. Brainerd homeowners on city water see a lot of fixture and pressure-regulator work; homes on well systems get more pressure-tank, softener, and filtration calls.
Winter brings its own plumbing calls in Brainerd: frozen supply lines on outside walls, water heaters that give out under heavier winter demand, and well pressure tanks that start short-cycling. Water heater and frozen-pipe calls get the same same-day scheduling during business hours as no-heat calls, and one visit can cover the water heater and the furnace when both need attention.
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Brainerd's older housing stock means a steady stream of panel upgrades, knob-and-tube replacements, and grounding fixes. Our electrical team, anchored by the former Electric Etc. crew, installs service-panel upgrades, dedicated circuits for heat pumps and mini-splits, GFCI-protected outdoor receptacles, EV chargers, and whole-home Kohler and Generac standby generators.
Generator demand is high in Brainerd: well-pump and sump-pump homes lose water and dry-basement protection within minutes of an outage, and working-from-home customers can't afford to wait for Crow Wing Power crews to restore service during summer storms. We size generators against your actual electrical load, not a sales chart.
See residential electrical services for the full list, or call to discuss panel and generator quotes for your Brainerd home.
Brainerd has dozens of contractors. Most are one-trade shops. North Country is the option for homeowners who want a single team to handle the furnace, the water heater, the panel, and the generator without juggling three different scheduling calls. We are licensed, bonded, and insured in Minnesota; we pull permits on jobs that need them; and we publish honest pricing with up-front estimates before work starts. See current specials and savings or financing options when you're planning a larger install.
Ready to get on the schedule? Call 218-692-3000 or visit our contact page to request service. Same-day and priority emergency scheduling during business hours for Brainerd customers.
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