Plumbing, heating and air conditioning for Manhattan, Kansas and the Flint Hills. Family-run, licensed and insured, and still answering the phone at two in the morning when it matters.
Call before 3 pm on a weekday and there is a good chance we reach you the same day. If we cannot, we tell you straight away.
Voted Best Plumbing Contractor by local readers. Three generations of Manhattan families have had our number on the fridge.
Full general liability and workers’ compensation cover. Certificates on request, identification on every technician.
You approve the price before a tool comes out of the van. No hourly surprises, no parts you did not agree to.
Five core services, one crew, and one phone number. Whether it is a leaking trap or a complete system changeout, the same licensed technicians handle it start to finish.
Cooling
Installation, repair and replacement of central air, heat pumps and ductless mini-splits — sized correctly and tested before we leave.
Plumbing
Everything from a dripping faucet to a full repipe, backed by 24-hour emergency response for the Manhattan area.
Heating
Furnace and boiler service that keeps Kansas winters outside where they belong, including combustion safety testing.
Hot water
Tank, tankless and hybrid heat-pump water heaters — supplied, installed to code and flushed on schedule.
Drains
Cabling, hydro-jetting and camera inspection for kitchen lines, floor drains and main sewer laterals.
Henton Plumbing and Air Conditioning opened its doors in 1942 and has been in the same business ever since: keeping water running where it should, heat on in January, and cold air moving in July.
We are deliberately a small shop. The person who answers the phone knows the technician who will be at your house, and the technician has usually been here long enough to remember the last time he worked on your system.
The same sequence whether you are calling about a dripping tap or a whole-house system replacement.
Tell us what the system is doing. We ask enough questions to send the right technician with the right parts on the truck.
Measurements, not guesses. Electrical readings, static pressure, refrigerant state, combustion analysis — whatever the job calls for.
We explain the fault in plain language, show you the options, and quote the work before anything is dismantled.
The job is not done until the system has been run and verified, the work area is clean, and you know what we changed.
Nobody likes calling a contractor without a sense of the number. This estimator uses the ranges we actually invoice in the Manhattan area, adjusted for equipment age and how urgently you need us.
It is a guide, not a quote — the real figure comes from a technician looking at your system. But it should tell you whether you are budgeting hundreds or thousands.
Estimate only. Parts availability, access and the condition of surrounding components all move the final figure.
Get a firm quoteA full spring air-conditioning service and a full fall furnace service, each with a written report. Agreement holders move to the front of the queue during heat waves and cold snaps — exactly when everyone else is waiting three days.
A selection of comments from customers across Riley and Pottawatomie counties.
Long-form, practical articles written by the people who do the work — not filler.
Air Conditioning
A real tune-up is not a quick look and a sticker on the cabinet. Here is the twelve-point service every central system in the Flint Hills should get before June, and what each measurement actually tells you.
Water Heaters
Three technologies, three very different ownership costs. We break down capacity, venting, recovery rates, installed price and the real-world lifespan we see in Riley and Pottawatomie counties.
Plumbing
Pipes rarely split where the ice forms. Understanding that one fact changes how you protect a house — and what you do in the first ten minutes after a line freezes.
Yes. Our office is open Monday to Friday, 8 am to 5 pm, and a technician is on call the rest of the time. Emergency work is billed at a premium rate: time-and-a-half on weekday evenings and Saturdays, and double time on Sundays and holidays. We will tell you which rate applies before we dispatch, so there is no surprise on the invoice.
We cover Manhattan and the surrounding Flint Hills communities, including Wamego, St. George, Ogden, Riley, Leonardville, Randolph and Junction City. If you are outside that ring, call us anyway — we will tell you honestly whether we can get to you in a reasonable time or refer you to someone closer.
A standard diagnostic visit during business hours covers the trip and up to the first hour of troubleshooting. Once the technician has identified the fault they will quote the repair before doing the work. You always approve the price before we pick up a tool. Our estimator on this page gives a realistic range for common jobs.
For $119 per year we perform two scheduled visits: a spring air-conditioning service and a fall furnace service. Each visit is a full tune-up, not a quick look — electrical measurements, refrigerant or combustion checks, cleaning, and a written report. Agreement holders also receive priority scheduling during heat waves and cold snaps.
Call the office before 3 pm on a weekday and we can usually be at your door the same day. After hours, the emergency line is answered by a real person.
