Dependable Heating & Cooling.

Washington insures this business under a single workers'-comp class for HVAC and refrigeration installation, service and repair, so the record lines up with what it advertises. It lists residential and commercial installation, energy-efficient upgrades and water heaters alongside the core heating and cooling work. The state lists Kristopher Amsden and William Montgomery as principals since 2025, the year the business formed. Dependable describes itself as locally and family-owned, and it advertises a discount for first-time customers. This is a small, newly formed outfit, and the state puts the crew at one to three people, so the owner is likely to be the one showing up. That suits a homeowner who wants the same few faces handling a furnace tune-up in the fall and an AC check in the spring, or someone who needs a heat pump or mini split put into a house or small commercial space. Large commercial construction and public works projects sit outside its scope. Around Spokane, the easiest time to replace a furnace or add a heat pump is early fall or late spring, before the first hard freeze or the first heat wave fills every HVAC schedule in town. Have heating equipment checked before October, when cold snaps start testing older systems, and get cooling serviced before the dry summer heat arrives. Long stretches of freeze-thaw are hard on outdoor units, so clear snow and ice from around a heat pump through the winter. Ask any installer how a heat pump will perform on the coldest days and what backup heat it relies on.