Acme • 20+ Years Experience • Locally Owned • Licensed & Insured • 5.0 on Google
Our Services
Heating, Cooling and Plumbing for Acme Homes
Year-round house or summer place, here is what we take care of.
Heating
New furnaces, no-heat repairs and fall tune-ups with a carbon monoxide test.
Air Conditioning
Central air installed, repaired and checked in spring, before the summer crowds arrive.
Heat Pumps & Mini-Splits
Cold-climate heat pumps and ductless systems for additions, sunrooms and cottages.
Plumbing
Well pumps, water softeners, water heaters, gas lines and leak detection.
Indoor Air Quality
Purifiers, UV lights and humidifiers for a house that has been shut up for months.
Maintenance Plans
Both seasonal tune-ups booked for you, from $25 a month, plus member repair discounts.
Replacing a whole system? Financing through GoodLeap can spread the cost.
Local Homes
Acme Homes: Bay Shore, Wells and Second Homes
Acme Township has nearly 10 miles of East Grand Traverse Bay shoreline, with Bayside Park, Sayler Park and the Deepwater Point Natural Area along the water, and Acme Creek and Yuba Creek running down to the bay.
Census figures count about 2,300 homes in the township. The median home was built in 1985, and nearly 30% have gone up since 2000. Nearly nine in ten occupied homes are lived in by their owners.
Two things set Acme apart. About one home in five is a seasonal or second home, roughly double the county rate. And the township has no municipal water system, so most homes draw their water from private wells.
Most homes heat with natural gas, about 71%. Nearly one in five uses propane, and about 9% heat with electricity.
Heating
Keeping Acme Homes Warm
Across Acme Township we put in new furnaces, take no-heat and repair calls and do yearly heating tune-ups.
Whatever your fuel, a furnace has to be set up for the fuel it burns. If a propane furnace is being replaced, the new one should be set up and tested for propane, with the gas pressure checked, before the job is called done.
If you heat with propane, a cold-climate heat pump is worth pricing. It can cost less to run than propane for much of the winter, depending on your electric rate and propane price, and many homes keep the furnace as backup for the coldest nights. Our article on heat pumps in Northern Michigan winters explains how that setup works.
A carbon monoxide test is standard on our fall visits, which matters even more in a house that sits empty for weeks at a time.
Cooling
Air Conditioning for Acme Summers
Acme fills up in summer, and that is when air conditioning gets tested. A system that sat idle all winter is best checked in spring, before the first warm week rather than during it.
We install central air conditioning, handle AC repair and do spring cooling maintenance. For additions, sunrooms and cottages without ductwork, a ductless mini-split heats and cools individual rooms.
Houses that sit closed up for months can come back stuffy and dusty. Our indoor air quality work covers air purifiers, UV lights and humidifiers.
Plumbing
Wells, Water Heaters and Plumbing in Acme
With no municipal water system in the township, most Acme homes depend on a private well. That puts a well pump, a pressure tank and often a water softener between the ground and your tap.
According to the U.S. Geological Survey, calcium and bicarbonate are the main minerals dissolved in the county’s groundwater, the combination that builds scale inside water heaters and on faucets. Flushing the water heater regularly helps it last.
Our plumbing services cover well pumps, water softeners, water heaters, gas lines and leak detection. Selling a home near the bay or one of the creeks? Since January 1, 2026, Grand Traverse County has required most homes with a well or septic system within 300 feet of a lake, stream or other surface water to have those systems evaluated by a county-certified evaluator before sale.
Second Homes
Looking After a Second Home in Acme
About one Acme home in five sits empty for part of the year. A house with nobody in it loses the everyday warmth of being lived in, and the water lines are usually what fails first.
For a seasonal home, we recommend leaving the furnace on at about 55°F, having it checked in the fall, and adding a smart thermostat that alerts you if the temperature drops. If nobody will check the house all winter, drain the water. Our summer home winterization guide walks through it.
We book fall close-up visits and spring start-ups for seasonal homes, and our maintenance plans keep your spring and fall tune-ups on one schedule.
Reviews
Reviews from our customers
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"I highly recommend Mammoth Mechanical. They are fast and efficient."
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"From start to finish he communicated with me and gave us multiple solutions based on cost."
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Acme questions, answered
Straight answers on heating, cooling, wells and second homes
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