HVAC Repair in Owensboro, 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 Daviess County will get in touch.
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Your system works twelve months a year in Owensboro
There's no real off season here. Furnaces and heat pumps run October through April, then the AC takes over from May through September. Winter nights average 28°F, so the burner or the heat strips are cycling on and off most nights of the week. Summer afternoons average 87°F, and the condenser outside runs long stretches just to keep up.
That kind of back to back use wears on the same parts every year. Igniters and flame sensors fail from all the cycling in winter. Capacitors and contactors wear out from the long summer runtimes. Daviess County has also logged 14 winter storms and 95 damaging wind events over the past ten years, and with 24% of Kentucky households losing power for a full day or more in 2024, a furnace or heat pump that doesn't come back on when the power does is a real problem, not a rare one.
- 7 months
- October through April, your system heats
- 5 months
- May through September, it cools
- 28°F
- the average winter night it heats against
- 87°F
- the average summer afternoon it cools against
NOAA nClimDiv, 1991–2020 normals
A new furnace and air conditioner would cut about $140 a year off heating and cooling for a typical Daviess County home.
Estimates for a typical Daviess County home, compared with an older unit built to the previous federal minimum, from EIA household energy data, Kentucky fuel prices and NOAA climate normals. Your home will differ.
Repair makes sense when one part has failed.
Replacement makes sense when the furnace's heat exchanger is cracked, the air conditioner's compressor has failed, or repairs keep coming.
Kentucky requires HVAC contractors to hold a state license.
Kentucky's Department of Housing, Buildings and Construction tests contractors before they're licensed, and it keeps a record of who holds one. That license belongs to the contractor, not to any single job, so the same license that qualifies someone to install a system is what qualifies them to repair yours.
For a repair, that license is what stands behind the person working on your system. Heating and cooling repair often means opening a gas line or handling refrigerant, and the state license is what says this contractor has been tested to do that work, not just hired to do it.
Sources: Kentucky Legislative Research Commission · Kentucky Department of Housing, Buildings and Construction
- Why is my heat not working?
- Most of the time it comes down to power, gas, or airflow. If your thermostat screen is blank, check the breaker first. If the furnace runs but no heat comes out, the igniter or flame sensor may have failed, and the pilot light may be out if you have an older unit. A dirty filter can also block enough airflow that the furnace shuts itself off before it warms the house. With lows here averaging 28°F through the winter, a furnace that will not stay lit needs a contractor to look at it soon.
- Why is my system running but not cooling the house?
- The blower is moving air, but something is stopping that air from carrying heat out of the house. A dirty filter or a frozen evaporator coil is the most common cause, and a coil freezes when airflow is restricted or refrigerant is low. Check the filter first and replace it if it is gray or clogged. If the outdoor unit is running but the air from the vents feels barely cool, the system likely needs a contractor to check the refrigerant charge and the coil.
- What can I check before calling for HVAC repair?
- Start with the thermostat. Make sure it is set to heat or cool as needed and the batteries are not dead. Next, check the filter and replace it if it looks dirty, since a clogged filter causes both heating and cooling problems. Then check the breaker panel for a tripped breaker, especially after a storm, since outages are common here. If the outdoor unit has a shutoff switch nearby, make sure it has not been bumped off. If all of that checks out and the system still is not working, a licensed contractor will need to diagnose it further.