LIMITED POWER OF ATTORNEY FOR SECTION 16 REPORTING OBLIGATIONS

The undersigned hereby makes, constitutes, and appoints Trent T. McKenna and
Katie A. Young, each acting individually, as the undersigned's true and lawful
attorney-in-fact, with full power and authority as hereinafter described on
behalf of and in the name, place, and stead of the undersigned to:

(1)  prepare, execute, acknowledge, deliver, and file Forms 3, 4, and 5
     (including any amendments thereto) with respect to the securities of
     Comfort Systems USA, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), with the
     United States Securities and Exchange Commission, any national securities
     exchanges, and the Company, as considered necessary or advisable under
     Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules and
     regulations promulgated thereunder, as amended from time to time (the
     "Exchange Act");

(2)  seek or obtain, as the undersigned's representative and on the
     undersigned's behalf, information on transactions in the Company's
     securities from any third party, including brokers, employee benefit plan
     administrators, and trustees, and the undersigned hereby authorizes any
     such person to release any such information to the attorney-in-fact and
     approves and ratifies any such release of information; and

(3)  perform any and all other acts that, in the discretion of such
     attorney-in-fact, are necessary or desirable for and on behalf of the
     undersigned in connection with the foregoing.

The undersigned acknowledges that:

(1)  this Power of Attorney authorizes, but does not require, such
     attorney-in-fact to act in his or her discretion on information provided to
     such attorney-in-fact without independent verification of such information;

(2)  any documents prepared and/or executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf
     of the undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney will be in such form
     and will contain such information and disclosure as such attorney-in-fact,
     in his or her discretion, deems necessary or desirable;

(3)  neither the Company nor such attorney-in-fact assumes (i) any liability for
     the undersigned's responsibility to comply with the requirement of the
     Exchange Act, (ii) any liability of the undersigned for any failure to
     comply with such requirements, or (iii) any obligation or liability of the
     undersigned for profit disgorgement under Section 16(b) of the Exchange
     Act; and

(4)  this Power of Attorney does not relieve the undersigned from responsibility
     for compliance with the undersigned's obligations under the Exchange Act,
     including without limitation the reporting requirements under Section 16 of
     the Exchange Act.

The undersigned hereby gives and grants the foregoing attorney-in-fact full
power and authority to do and perform all and every act and thing whatsoever
requisite, necessary, or appropriate to be done in and about the foregoing
matters as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could
do if present, hereby ratifying all that such attorney-in-fact of, for, or on
behalf of the undersigned, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of
this Limited Power of Attorney.

This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the
undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4 , and 5 with respect to the
undersigned's holdings of and transactions in securities issued by the Company,
unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the
foregoing attorney-in-fact.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be
executed in Harris County, Texas as of this 15th day of December, 2011.



                                       /s/ William F. Murdy
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                                       William F. Murdy