HVAC Repair in Chickasha, OK
Homes here need heat from November through April and cooling from May through September. If your system quits, tell us what it's doing and a licensed contractor who covers Grady County will get in touch.
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Grady County asks a lot of your system, in both directions
Your furnace and your air conditioner are both working almost all year here. Heat runs November through April. Cooling runs May through September. That leaves one month of rest for a system that carries the other eleven.
Winter nights average 30°F, cold enough that the burner or the heat pump cycles on and off for hours at a stretch. Summer afternoons average 92°F, and the compressor runs long and hard to keep up. Wind is part of the picture too. Grady County has logged 145 damaging wind events and 7 winter storms over the past ten years, the kind of weather that knocks branches into a condenser or knocks out power outright. Almost half the homes here heat with electricity, so when the power drops, the heat drops with it. If the lights flicker back on and your thermostat stays dark, the system needs to be checked, not just the breaker.
- 6 months
- November through April, your system heats
- 5 months
- May through September, it cools
- 30°F
- the average winter night it heats against
- 92°F
- the average summer afternoon it cools against
NOAA nClimDiv, 1991–2020 normals
Oklahoma requires HVAC contractors to hold a state license.
Oklahoma tests contractors through the Construction Industries Board before it issues this license, and the board keeps a record of who holds one. The license belongs to the contractor, not to the job, so it does not need to be renewed for every repair or every address.
For a repair to your heating and cooling system, that state license is what stands behind the work. The Construction Industries Board is the one with a record of it, which means the state has already checked on this contractor before they get to your door.
Source: Oklahoma State Legislature
- Why is my heat not working?
- Start with the thermostat. Make sure it is set to heat and set a few degrees above room temperature, and check that the batteries are not dead. If that is fine, check your breaker panel, since a tripped breaker will cut power to the furnace without any other warning. Gas furnaces often have a reset switch or a pilot light that goes out, and a dirty filter can choke off airflow until the system shuts itself down to protect the heat exchanger. If none of that brings the heat back, a contractor can find out whether it is the igniter, the thermostat wiring, or something else.
- Why is my system running but not cooling the house?
- This usually means the system is on but something between the outdoor unit and your vents is not doing its job. A dirty filter can block airflow enough that cold air never reaches the rooms, so check that first. Low refrigerant from a leak will also cause this, and so will ice built up on the outdoor coil, which you can see by looking at the unit. If the filter is clean and the coil is not frozen, the fix is past what you can check yourself, and a contractor will need to test the refrigerant charge.
- What can I check before calling for HVAC repair?
- Check the thermostat first. Confirm it is set correctly, has working batteries, and is actually calling for heat or cooling. Next check your breaker panel for a tripped breaker, since that alone stops a system cold. Pull the filter and look at it against a light. If it is gray and you cannot see through it, replace it before anything else, since a clogged filter causes both weak heating and weak cooling. If the outside unit has a switch nearby, make sure it has not been bumped off. Once you have ruled those out, whatever is left is a job for a licensed contractor.