HVAC Repair in Somerset, 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 Pulaski County will get in touch.
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Eleven months of work a year on your system in Pulaski County
Your system runs almost year round here. Heat from October through April, cooling from June through September, that is eleven months of parts starting up, running, and shutting off again.
Winter nights average 28°F, cold enough that the furnace cycles on and off many times a night just to hold the temperature. Each cycle puts wear on the igniter and the parts that get it burning. Summer afternoons average 84°F, and the compressor works through that heat for four straight months. This area has seen 14 winter storms and 167 damaging wind events over the past ten years, and storms like that mean power loss. Most furnaces and air conditioners come back on their own once power returns, but a storm that knocks a system out while it is mid-cycle is one more thing it has to recover from.
- 7 months
- October through April, your system heats
- 4 months
- June through September, it cools
- 28°F
- the average winter night it heats against
- 84°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 it belongs to the contractor, not the job. That means the state tested this person before letting them work, and their name is on record with the state, but no state inspector signs off on your repair itself.
For a heating and cooling repair, that license is what stands behind the person working in your house. It is issued to the contractor once, not renewed job by job, so it tells you this person was vetted to do this kind of work in Kentucky, not that this particular repair was checked.
Sources: Kentucky Legislative Research Commission · Kentucky Department of Housing, Buildings and Construction
- Why is my heat not working?
- Start with the thermostat and the power to the furnace. If the thermostat screen is blank, check the breaker and any switch that looks like a light switch near the unit, since that's the furnace's power cutoff. If the furnace has power but won't light, an older system may be showing a blink code on a small light behind the front panel, and a contractor can read what that code means. With winter nights here dropping to 28°F on average, a furnace that won't stay lit needs a same-day look rather than a wait and see.
- Why is my system running but not cooling the house?
- Check the air filter first. A filter clogged with dust blocks airflow across the coil, and when that happens the coil can ice up, which makes the system run without actually cooling. Also check that the outdoor unit isn't buried in leaves or grass clippings, since it needs open airflow to release the heat it's pulling out of the house. If the filter is clean and the outdoor unit is clear but the air still isn't cold, the system likely has a refrigerant issue, and that calls for a licensed contractor.
- What can I check before calling for HVAC repair?
- Check the thermostat batteries and settings first, since a dead battery or a thermostat set to the wrong mode looks like a bigger problem than it is. Next, check the breaker box for a tripped breaker and look for any red reset button on the furnace itself. Then look at the air filter and swap it if it's gray with dust, since a blocked filter causes both heating and cooling complaints. If those check out and the system still isn't working, a licensed HVAC contractor in Kentucky will need to diagnose it, since state law requires that license for the repair itself.