HVAC Repair in Beavercreek, OH
Homes here need heat from October through May and cooling from June through August. If your system quits, tell us what it's doing and a licensed contractor who covers Greene County will get in touch.
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Eleven months of work, in Greene County weather
Your furnace and your air conditioner are both working almost all year here. Heat runs October through May, eight months, and the air conditioner takes over for June through August. That leaves the system only a few weeks of rest, and most of that work falls on the hard nights and hard afternoons. Winter lows average 24°F, cold enough that the burner is cycling on and off for hours to keep the house warm. Summer afternoons average 83°F, and the compressor runs long stretches to keep up.
Greene County also sees real storms. Ten years of records show 7 winter storms and 105 damaging wind events. Wind and ice take down power lines, and 18% of Ohio households went at least a day without power in 2024. A furnace or air conditioner that shuts off hard and restarts hard is more likely to fail on that restart, and that is often when a system won't come back on right.
- 8 months
- October through May, your system heats
- 3 months
- June through August, it cools
- 24°F
- the average winter night it heats against
- 83°F
- the average summer afternoon it cools against
NOAA nClimDiv, 1991–2020 normals
A new furnace and air conditioner would cut about $170 a year off heating and cooling for a typical Greene County home.
Estimates for a typical Greene County home, compared with an older unit built to the previous federal minimum, from EIA household energy data, Ohio 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.
In Ohio, HVAC licensing for homes is left to the counties.
Ohio does not run a state license for home HVAC work. Whether a contractor needs one here depends on Greene County's own rule, not on anything the state checks. Ohio does define what counts as a home contractor, and that definition includes carrying at least $250,000 in liability insurance. That is a coverage requirement, not a license, and it says nothing about whether anyone tested the contractor's skill.
For a repair like this one, there is no state license standing behind the work. What protection exists here comes from Greene County's own rule, since the county is where that decision sits under Ohio's system. Gas repair is the part of this job where a bad connection is the real danger, and Ohio leaves the answer of who checks that to the county as well.
Source: Ohio Legislative Service Commission
- Why is my heat not working?
- Most often it is the igniter, a tripped limit switch, or a thermostat set wrong or dead on batteries. Gas furnaces will lock out and shut down if the igniter fails to light the burners or if the flame sensor cannot detect a flame. Check that the thermostat is set to heat and above room temperature, and check that the furnace switch and breaker are on. With nights averaging 24°F here, a furnace that will not start needs a contractor out soon rather than later.
- Why is my system running but not cooling the house?
- The blower is moving air but something between it and the outdoor unit is not doing its job. A dirty filter, a frozen evaporator coil, or a low refrigerant charge are the usual reasons. Check the filter first since a clogged one is something you can fix yourself. If the outdoor unit is not running at all while the indoor blower is, that points to the compressor or the outdoor fan and needs a contractor to look at it.
- What can I check before calling for HVAC repair?
- Start with the thermostat. Make sure it is set to heat or cool as needed, the temperature is set past room temperature, and the batteries are not dead. Check the breaker for the system and the switch that looks like a light switch near the furnace or air handler, since either one being off will stop the whole system. Look at the filter and replace it if it is gray or clogged, since a blocked filter can cause both weak heating and weak cooling. If the system still will not run or blow the right temperature air after that, a contractor will need to diagnose it.