HVAC Repair in Bowling Green, 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 Wood County will get in touch.
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Eleven months of work for one system
Your furnace or heat pump runs from October through May here, and the air conditioner takes over for June through August. That's eleven months a year one system or the other is working, with almost no break between them.
Winter nights averaging 22°F mean long, hard runs to hold the house at temperature, and that kind of cold wears on an igniter or on a heat pump's ability to keep up. Summer afternoons near 83°F push the air conditioner just as hard the other way. Wood County has also seen 79 damaging wind events and 6 winter storms over the past ten years, and storms like that knock out power. Most systems restart on their own once it's back, but a furnace or air conditioner that was already struggling before the outage won't fix itself just because the power did.
- 8 months
- October through May, your system heats
- 3 months
- June through August, it cools
- 22°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 $180 a year off heating and cooling for a typical Wood County home.
Estimates for a typical Wood 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 has no state license for HVAC work in homes. That decision is left to the counties, so whether Wood County requires one depends on the county, not the state. Ohio does define what counts as a home contractor, and that definition includes carrying at least $250,000 in liability insurance. That is a definition written into state law, not a license anyone tested for or earned.
For a repair on a heating and cooling system, the gas connection is the part that matters most, since a bad one is the dangerous part of the job. No state license stands behind that work here. What stands behind it in Wood County is whatever rule the county itself has set.
Source: Ohio Legislative Service Commission
- Why is my heat not working?
- Start with the thermostat. Check that it's set to heat, not just fan, and that the temperature you want is a few degrees above the room. If that's fine, check the breaker for the furnace and the switch that looks like a light switch near the unit, sometimes it gets bumped off. Gas furnaces will not light if the pilot is out or the igniter has failed, and that's a repair for a contractor. With winter nights here averaging 22°F, a furnace that's short cycling or blowing cold air needs attention the same day, not the same week.
- Why is my system running but not cooling the house?
- The most common cause is a dirty filter choking off airflow, so check that first. If the filter is clean, look at the outdoor unit and clear away any leaves or debris blocking the coil. A system that runs constantly but never reaches the temperature you set could be low on refrigerant, and that's not something to top off yourself, it takes a contractor to find the leak and fix it. Summer afternoons here reach 83°F, so a struggling system usually needs a look within a day or two, not a week.
- What can I check before calling for HVAC repair?
- Check the thermostat first, its batteries, its setting, and whether the display is even on. Next check the breaker panel for a tripped breaker feeding the furnace or air conditioner. Look at the filter and replace it if it's gray or clogged, since restricted airflow causes a lot of the problems that look like bigger failures. If the outdoor unit isn't running, make sure nothing is blocking it and that the disconnect switch nearby hasn't been left off. If you've checked these and the system still isn't working right, a contractor can diagnose what's actually wrong.