HVAC Repair in Bowling Green, KY
Homes here need heat from October through April and cooling from May through September. If your system quits, tell us what it's doing and a licensed contractor who covers Warren County will get in touch.
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Warren County runs its systems nearly all year
Your furnace works October through April here. Your air conditioner takes over May through September. There is almost no month where one system or the other is not running.
Winter nights averaging 29°F keep the burner or heat pump cycling for hours at a stretch. Summer afternoons near 88°F keep the compressor under load most of the day. 56.5% of homes here heat with electricity, so a tripped breaker or a failed heat strip shows up as a cold house, not a furnace problem. Warren County has also logged 98 damaging wind events and 11 winter storms over the past ten years, and storms like that cut power. Most systems restart on their own once power is back. One that does not usually has a problem that was there before the outage.
- 7 months
- October through April, your system heats
- 5 months
- May through September, it cools
- 29°F
- the average winter night it heats against
- 88°F
- the average summer afternoon it cools against
NOAA nClimDiv, 1991–2020 normals
Kentucky requires HVAC contractors to hold a state license.
The license comes from the Department of Housing, Buildings and Construction, and getting one means the state tested the contractor and keeps a record of them. It is issued to the contractor, not to the job, so it does not have to be renewed or reissued for each repair someone in Warren County calls them for.
For a heating and cooling repair, that state license is what stands behind the person working on your system. It covers the contractor as a whole, so the same license applies whether they are checking a refrigerant leak or working on the gas side of the system.
Sources: Kentucky Legislative Research Commission · Kentucky Department of Housing, Buildings and Construction
- Why is my heat not working?
- Start with the thermostat and the breaker before you assume the worst. If it's set to heat and the temperature is above room temp but nothing kicks on, check the breaker or fuse for the furnace or air handler. Furnaces need a working igniter or pilot to start, and a flame sensor that's dirty or worn can shut the burner down as a safety measure. If you smell gas, don't keep testing it, leave the house and call the gas company. With nights averaging 29°F here in the winter, a furnace that won't start needs a contractor out quickly rather than waiting to see if it fixes itself.
- Why is my system running but not cooling the house?
- The fan running doesn't mean the system is cooling. Usually it points to one of two things. The refrigerant charge is low, or the airflow through the coil is blocked. A dirty filter starves the coil of air and can cause it to freeze over, which cuts cooling even though the fan keeps blowing. Low refrigerant means a leak somewhere in the lines, and that's not something you top off yourself, since it means the system is losing what it needs to work at all. On an 88°F afternoon this shows up fast because the house has no reserve to fall back on.
- What can I check before calling for HVAC repair?
- Check the thermostat batteries and settings first, since a dead battery or a system switched to the wrong mode looks like a bigger problem than it is. Check the breaker panel for a tripped breaker, especially after a storm. Look at the air filter and replace it if it's gray or clogged, since restricted airflow causes problems that look electrical or mechanical but aren't. If the outdoor unit has a switch nearby, make sure it's on. Past that point, opening the cabinet or touching refrigerant lines is a job for a licensed contractor. Kentucky requires that license, and it's issued by the Department of Housing, Buildings and Construction.