From Forest Service mechanic to Bozeman's most-called HVAC company.
Mike Halvorson spent fourteen years keeping Forest Service equipment running through Montana winters before he ever installed a furnace. The job was simple in description and brutal in practice: it has to work, and you have to fix it without parts, often in weather that wants to kill you.
In 2008 he and his wife Sarah took the savings, bought a service van, and started Peak Comfort. The first year was three customers a week. By year three, they'd hired their first technician. Sixteen years later, Peak Comfort runs eight techs and answers around twenty-five service calls a day across Gallatin County.
The reason isn't marketing. It's that Mike still personally signs off on every install, still drives to emergency calls, and still tells customers when they don't need the thing the competitor quoted them. We've talked customers out of more equipment than we've talked them into. The result is a business that grows almost entirely on word of mouth.
We don't have a sales department. We don't have a script. We have technicians who explain what they see, owners who answer the phone, and a shop full of parts because we'd rather fix it now than schedule a return trip.
If your furnace dies, call us. We'll come out, we'll tell you the truth, and we'll do the work.
The team
Mike Halvorson
Former US Forest Service mechanic. Will out-debate you on heat-load math.
Sarah Halvorson
Runs the schedule. Knows every customer's name.
Marcus T.
NATE-certified. Heat pump specialist. Owns three snowmobiles.
Devin K.
Ran ductwork on every install since 2017.
Hannah W.
First-call dispatch. Best diagnostic ear on the team.
Pete B.
Came up through restaurant kitchen HVAC. Inspections never fail.
Credentials
Licensed & Insured
Montana HVAC License #ME-19842. $2M general liability.
Certified
NATE certified. EPA 608 universal. Mitsubishi Diamond Contractor.
Partnerships
Carrier, Mitsubishi, Daikin, Goodman, Bosch, Aprilaire, Honeywell.