HVAC Repair in Florence, KY
Homes here need heat from October through April and cooling from June through September. If your system quits, tell us what it's doing and a licensed contractor who covers Boone County will get in touch.
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Eleven months of work, most of it in the cold
Florence only gets a break from heating or cooling for about a month a year. Furnaces run October through April, and on nights that average 26°F, the burner is cycling on and off most of the night to keep up. Each cycle puts wear on the igniter and the heat exchanger, and that wear catches up with older units first.
Summer asks less time of the system but not less work. Afternoons averaging 85°F push the compressor hard for four straight months, June through September. Add in the wind and winter storms this area sees most years, and the strain is not just on the equipment. Nearly a quarter of Kentucky households lost power for at least a day in 2024, and a furnace or air conditioner that comes back on wrong after an outage is a common reason people end up needing a repair call.
- 7 months
- October through April, your system heats
- 4 months
- June through September, it cools
- 26°F
- the average winter night it heats against
- 85°F
- the average summer afternoon it cools against
NOAA nClimDiv, 1991–2020 normals
Kentucky requires HVAC contractors to hold a state license.
The Department of Housing, Buildings and Construction issues that license, and the state tested the contractor before handing it over. The license belongs to the contractor, not to any one job, so the same license that qualifies them to install a system also qualifies them to repair yours.
For a repair on your heating and cooling system, that license is what stands behind the work. It tells you Kentucky tested this contractor and keeps a record of them, and that record does not reset from job to job.
Sources: Kentucky Legislative Research Commission · Kentucky Department of Housing, Buildings and Construction
- Why is my heat not working?
- A few things cause this and most point to one system. If you have a furnace, check that the thermostat is set to heat and a few degrees above room temperature, and that nothing tripped at the breaker panel. A dead igniter or a flame sensor coated with residue will stop a gas furnace from lighting even though the blower still runs. If you heat with a heat pump, it should still put out warm air well below freezing, so if it is blowing cold on a 26°F night, that points to a problem with the unit itself rather than the cold outside. Almost half the homes here heat with electricity, so if yours is a heat pump and it is not keeping up, that is worth a service call rather than waiting it out.
- Why is my system running but not cooling the house?
- The blower moving air without cooling it usually means something is stopping heat from being pulled out of that air. A dirty filter chokes airflow across the coil, so check that first since it is the one thing you can see yourself. If the filter is clean and air still feels warm at the vents, the refrigerant charge could be low or the outdoor unit's coil could be blocked with debris or grass clippings. On an afternoon near 85°F, a system losing this fight will run long, and long runtimes on a system that is not actually cooling put more strain on it, so it is worth having someone look at it rather than letting it keep running.
- What can I check before calling for HVAC repair?
- Start with the thermostat. Confirm it is set to the mode you want, heat or cool, and that the set temperature is actually past what the room reads. Next check the breaker panel for a tripped switch, since a reset there solves more no-power calls than people expect. Then pull the filter and hold it up to a light. If you cannot see light through it, it is restricting airflow to both the furnace and the air conditioner and should be replaced before anything else is diagnosed. If the system still is not heating or cooling after these checks, a licensed contractor can find what those checks cannot.