Heating, cooling and air quality
What each heating and cooling service involves, from a new furnace to a sealed duct run, and what to expect from a certified company.
Heating and cooling is the equipment in the basement or closet, the outdoor unit beside the house, the ducts between the joists and the thermostat on the wall, all working as one system. The pages below describe each service: what it is, how a technician approaches it, and what separates a system that is sized, sealed and commissioned properly from one that merely runs.
After a loss, the system is often part of the rebuild: a furnace that stood in floodwater, ducts that carried soot through the house after a fire, a condenser crushed by a fallen limb. A certified company recovers refrigerant, removes what cannot be saved, and installs and tests the replacement, pulling permits where the local code requires them.
9 services
Air conditioner installation
A system sized to the house, set on a level pad and charged to the manufacturer's specification.
Air conditioner repair
A diagnosis first, then the repair, then a check of the whole system before the technician leaves.
Furnace installation
A furnace sized to the house, vented correctly and fired and checked before the company leaves.
Furnace repair
The failure traced through the furnace's own sequence of operation, then repaired and run through its cycles.
Heat pump installation
One system that heats and cools, sized to the house and set up so backup heat runs only when it should.
Ductless mini-split installation
Room-by-room heating and cooling without ducts, with each head sized and placed for its space.
Ductwork installation and repair
Ducts sized to the rooms, hung straight, sealed at every seam and tested for airflow.
Air duct cleaning
The whole system put under vacuum while brushes and air whips loosen what has collected inside.
Thermostat installation
A control matched to the equipment, wired correctly and configured so every mode runs as it should.
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