HVAC Repair in Canton, 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 Stark County will get in touch.
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Eleven months of work, most winters near 22 degrees
Your furnace runs from October through May here, and it's carrying most of the load. Stark County winter nights average 22°F, cold enough that the burner cycles on and off for hours at a stretch. Each start puts wear on the igniter, and a worn igniter is the reason a furnace won't light at all on the coldest night of the year.
Summer is shorter but no easier on the system. Afternoons averaging 81°F push the air conditioner to run long stretches to keep up, and that load falls on the compressor. Between the two seasons, this equipment is working eleven months a year. When storms knock out power, and this county has seen 93 damaging wind events over the past ten years, a furnace or air conditioner that was already struggling can fail to come back on right when you need it.
- 8 months
- October through May, your system heats
- 3 months
- June through August, it cools
- 22°F
- the average winter night it heats against
- 81°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 Stark County home.
Estimates for a typical Stark 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 leaves this to the counties, so whether this contractor is licensed depends on where the house sits, not on any state exam or state record. Ohio's own rule is a definition, not a license. To count as a home contractor here at all, a business has to carry at least $250,000 in liability insurance. Nobody tests the work against that number. It just sets a floor under the insurance behind the job.
For a heating and cooling repair, that means Stark County is where any real check on this contractor happens, if one happens at all. Ohio has no statewide rule that tests or records who does this work. If the repair touches the gas side, the connection is the part that can hurt someone, and Ohio's own answer for that is the $250,000 insurance floor behind the business doing it, not an exam or a license.
Source: Ohio Legislative Service Commission
- Why is my heat not working?
- Start with the thermostat. Check that it is set to heat and set a few degrees above room temperature, and check that it has power or fresh batteries. If the thermostat looks right, check the breaker for the furnace and the switch that looks like a light switch near the unit, since that shuts it off for service and gets left off by accident. Gas furnaces will not run if the pilot or igniter fails, or if the flame sensor is dirty, and those need a contractor to look at them. With winter nights here dropping to 22°F on average, a furnace that will not start is worth calling in soon rather than waiting.
- Why is my system running but not cooling the house?
- Check the air filter first. A filter clogged with dust blocks airflow across the indoor coil, and without enough airflow the coil can ice over and stop cooling the air even though the system keeps running. Check the outdoor unit too, and clear away any grass clippings, leaves, or mulch sitting against it, since it needs open air around it to release heat. If the filter and outdoor unit both look fine and the house still is not cooling, the system is likely low on refrigerant or has an electrical problem, and that calls for a contractor with gauges to find it.
- What can I check before calling for HVAC repair?
- Check the thermostat settings and battery first, since a dead battery or a setting bumped to the wrong mode causes a lot of no-heat and no-cool calls. Check the breaker panel and any power switch near the indoor and outdoor units. For heating, check that the filter is not clogged, since a blocked filter can cause a furnace to overheat and shut itself off. For cooling, check that the outdoor unit has clear space around it and that nothing is blocking the vents inside the house. If everything checks out and the system still is not working, a contractor will need to look at it directly, since the more likely causes at that point require testing the equipment itself.