Catalina Foothills AC, heating & plumbing — custom-built or not.

Replacing an AC or heat pump in the Catalina Foothills? Picture Rocks Cooling, Heating & Plumbing sizes every replacement with a Manual J heat-load calculation, and a quality AC replacement starts around $10,500 for a 2- or 3-ton system. The home visit for the quote is free. Need a repair instead? We run same-day AC and heating repair here, starting with an $89 diagnostic that's waived when you go ahead with the repair, with the price in writing before work starts.

We're family-owned, serving Tucson since 2001, with 1,000+ reviews across platforms. We work from River Road up to Sunrise and Skyline Drives, and along Campbell Avenue and Swan Road. Call (520) 655-8551, or book online.

Catalina Foothills sits at the base of the Santa Catalina Mountains, in unincorporated Pima County north of central Tucson, along the River Road and Sunrise Drive corridor. Homes up here run larger and custom-built more often than not, usually multi-zoned, with equipment exposed to a full Tucson summer and heavy monsoon dust.

We work both sides of the house — AC and heating, plumbing and water heaters — because a comfortable home depends on all of it, not just the system with the compressor outside. All work is guaranteed — see exactly what that covers on our warranty page — and qualifying residential installations carry our 1-Year Money-Back Guarantee on top of that.

In July 2026, we completed an AC compressor replacement in Catalina Foothills.

A bigger custom home often runs more than one system, with long duct runs and rooms that face the afternoon sun. So we size each system to the part of the house it serves: a Manual J heat-load calculation, ductwork testing, and measureQuick verification of the finished install, scored from live instruments. Many homes here heat with a heat pump, and replacing one gets the same sizing as an AC. A heat pump cools all summer and covers our short, mild winters from the same outdoor unit.

A quality AC replacement starts around $10,500 for a 2- or 3-ton system and around $11,000 for a 4-ton, whatever brand goes in. Qualified residential installs carry our written 1-Year Money-Back Guarantee, and financing runs from $500 to $65,000 with terms up to 15 years, subject to approved credit. See financing options.

For a guest wing, casita or addition the main ducts never reached, a ductless mini-split starts at $5,500 for a single zone. Every mini-split install is backed by our written warranty.

Compare heat pump replacement, AC installation and replacement and furnace installation.

We run same-day AC repair and same-day heating repair in the Foothills. Every visit starts with the $89 diagnostic. On an AC we test electrical connections, refrigerant pressures and airflow, and every furnace visit includes a gas and carbon monoxide safety check. Then you get one flat price in writing. Common repairs: a capacitor about $210–$250, a contactor $300–$375, a condenser fan motor $700–$900, a furnace ignitor about $360 and a blower motor about $725. Repairs carry a written 1-year parts-and-labor warranty. See AC repair and furnace repair.

Equipment that runs hard all summer rewards a tune-up. A one-time AC tune-up is $129, or get spring and fall tune-ups plus a plumbing inspection in the Home Wellness Club for $195 a year. See AC maintenance.

Start with where the problem stops. Is it one bedroom, an entire wing, or every room served by a particular thermostat? In a larger home, that distinction is more useful than describing the whole house as hot. Write down the thermostat setting, the temperature displayed, and when the discomfort starts.

During Tucson's long cooling season, March into October, keep notes on whether the same rooms struggle each afternoon or whether the problem appeared suddenly. If you have multiple systems, tell us which thermostat controls the uncomfortable area, if you know. You don't need to climb onto the roof or identify equipment yourself.

For plumbing trouble at the far end of the house, note whether it affects one fixture or several, and hot water, cold water, or both.

Then call us: Picture Rocks Cooling runs same-day plumbing service in the Foothills. A residential service call is $89, waived when you go ahead with the repair, and water pressure gets measured with real tools rather than guessed at. Electric tank water heaters start at $2,511 and tanked gas units at $2,743 installed; tankless is quoted in your home, and the estimate visit is free. See plumbing services, water heaters and leak detection.