New AC Installation in Woodland Hills, CA

New central AC installation in Woodland Hills costs $6,500 to $15,500 in 2026 for a typical 3.5-to-5-ton split system. EA Mechanical reaches Woodland Hills in about 35 minutes from our Tujunga shop via the 101 West. Woodland Hills holds the Los Angeles County all-time temperature record (121°F, July 2006), which means installs here are sized larger and specced more aggressively than valley-floor properties further east. Call (818) 988-9060.

Woodland Hills Manual J load calculations almost always recommend more tonnage per square foot than equivalent installs in Valley-Village or Burbank. The same 2,200-square-foot ranch home that needs 3 tons in Toluca Lake commonly needs 3.5 to 4 tons in Woodland Hills because the design-day high temperature pushes 110°F rather than 100°F. Undersized installs in this area produce comfort complaints by August every year — we right-size from the bid stage.

On hillside properties near Upper Las Virgenes Canyon Open Space and the Mulholland corridor, install conversations expand to include enhanced air filtration (MERV-13 minimum) and duct sealing for wildfire smoke and ash protection. See /carrier/, /lennox/, /mitsubishi-ductless/, and /heat-pumps/ for brand options, and /blog/heat-pump-installation-cost-los-angeles-2026/ for the heat-pump pricing breakdown.

Sizing AC for the Hottest Block of LA County

The Manual J inputs that matter most for a Woodland Hills install are design-day temperature, wall and roof orientation, and window solar gain — and they all push tonnage higher here than in cooler Valley neighborhoods. We size Woodland Hills installs to the worst-case July afternoon (110°F outdoor, full sun on west elevation) rather than the average summer day. The result is a system that runs at partial capacity on moderate days and ramps to full output during the heat events the area is famous for. Variable-speed compressors are almost always the right call for Woodland Hills installs — they avoid the short-cycling that destroys fixed-capacity equipment in this climate.

Warner Center commercial and mixed-use properties along Topanga Canyon Boulevard run a different install profile: rooftop package units in the 5-to-25-ton range with multi-zone interior layouts. We design and install commercial rooftop equipment with BMS integration for multi-tenant buildings. For office-tower retrofits we coordinate equipment crane delivery and tenant disruption windows.

• Worst-case design-day Manual J — sizes for July 110°F afternoons rather than average summer days
• Variable-speed compressor specification — avoids short-cycling stress in extreme-heat climate
• MERV-13 filtration and duct sealing for hillside properties exposed to wildfire smoke and ash
• Warner Center commercial rooftop package unit installs with BMS integration for multi-tenant buildings

Heat-Pump Installation as the LADWP-Rebate-Maximizing Path

Woodland Hills homeowners pulling the AC install permit at the same time as a furnace replacement should compare a unitary heat-pump install against a separate AC + gas furnace pair. LADWP pays up to $2,500/ton for qualifying heat-pump systems — a 4-ton heat-pump install can unlock $10,000 in rebates that an AC-only install cannot. The math depends on your gas usage and electricity rate, but for most Woodland Hills households the heat-pump path is cost-competitive over a 7-to-10-year horizon. See /heat-pumps/ for equipment details and /hvac-rebates-tax-credits/ for the current rebate stack.