About Firlands

An upstairs bedroom that bakes every August, baseboards that run all winter, a bungalow that was never built for air conditioning? At Firlands Portland Mini Splits we plan and install mini splits across Portland, Oregon and Vancouver, Washington. Here is what we take on, how a job runs and how to reach us.

What do we work on?

Ductless and ducted mini-split heat pumps: one room or the whole house, ADUs and garages, new systems and replacements, and the repair and maintenance that keep them running.

• Single-zone installation
• Multi-zone installation
• Whole-house systems
• Replacement
• Baseboard to mini split
• ADUs and additions

How do we plan a system?

Room by room. You send photos and we give you a rough range on the phone. On the visit we measure each room, check the panel, and look at the walls for line routes and a spot for the outdoor unit out of the wind and off the front of the house.

The written estimate lists each head and its capacity, the outdoor unit, the line-set route, how each head drains (gravity or a pump), the circuit, the permits, the price and what isn’t included. Two estimates are only comparable when they list the same things, so ours lists all of them.

The standards we work to

• Every room measured. Heads are sized from what we measure in each room on the visit, not from the square footage of the house.
• Cold-climate equipment where a head has to heat. Those models keep their heating output on the coldest mornings, so the house doesn’t fall back on baseboards in January.
• A nitrogen pressure test and a deep vacuum. Every line set holds nitrogen pressure, then a vacuum held below 500 microns, before any refrigerant is released.
• Every drain tested with water. Gravity drain or pump, we pour water through it before we call the head finished.
• Test readings on paper. You get the pressure, vacuum and startup readings for your system at handover.
• Permits closed with the final inspection. City permit fees are in the price, and the job isn’t done until the final inspection passes.
• Lead-safe dust containment in older houses. In a house built before 1978, the wall openings are worked under containment and cleaned up as lead-safe work.

How do we price a job?

Every house gets its own written estimate after the visit. The price follows the number and type of heads, the line routes, where the outdoor unit can go and what the panel needs. Our typical ranges are in the Portland cost guide.

Where a system replaces electric resistance heat in Oregon, Energy Trust’s incentive can apply, and the installer signs the application with you. In Vancouver and Clark County the work is done under Washington licensing through Clark Public Utilities’ contractor network, which its ductless rebate requires. The terms set out how the work is arranged.

Where do we work?

Portland, the towns around it from Hillsboro to Gresham and down to Oregon City and Canby, and Vancouver and Clark County across the river. The service areas page shows the permit office and utility for each place.

How do you reach us?

Call (971) 458-4515 during business hours (Mon-Fri 8am-6pm, Sat-Sun 9am-2pm), or send the form at the bottom of this page. Tell us which rooms aren’t comfortable, what heats the house now, and roughly where it is.