HVAC Installation in Conway, AR
A new system here will heat from November through April and cool from May through September every year. Tell us about the house, and a licensed contractor who covers Faulkner County will get in touch.
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Eleven months of work a year for your new system
In Faulkner County a new heating and cooling system only gets a break for one month. Furnaces and heat pumps run November through April, six months, with winter nights averaging 32°F. Then the air conditioner takes over May through September, five months, against summer afternoons that hit 91°F. Whatever you install has to handle both ends of that without much rest between.
The county has seen 13 winter storms and 90 damaging wind events over the past ten years, and in 2024 nearly a quarter of Arkansas households lost power for at least 24 hours. Most homes here heat with electricity, so when the power goes out, so does the heat. That is worth weighing when you decide what kind of system to put in and how it backs itself up.
- 6 months
- November through April, your system heats
- 5 months
- May through September, it cools
- 32°F
- the average winter night it heats against
- 91°F
- the average summer afternoon it cools against
NOAA nClimDiv, 1991–2020 normals
Arkansas requires HVAC contractors to hold a state license.
The license belongs to the contractor, not to the job, so the same license covers this installation and every other one they take on. Arkansas keeps this consistent across the state, too. Counties and cities cannot layer their own HVAC license on top of it, so the license that matters here is the same one whether the work is in Conway or anywhere else in the state.
For a job like this, the license tells you the contractor was tested and is on record with the state. It does not replace the permit this installation still needs. In most cities and counties, putting in a new furnace, air conditioner or heat pump requires a permit from the local building office, and the work gets an inspection once it is done. The license and the permit are doing two different jobs, and this installation needs both.
Source: Arkansas Department of Labor and Licensing
- When should I replace my HVAC system?
- Once your system is old enough that repairs keep coming back, replacement makes more sense than another fix. Most furnaces and air conditioners last a couple decades, but the ones here work eleven months of the year between the cold and the heat, so parts wear faster than in a place with a shorter season. If your energy bills have crept up, or the system struggles to keep the house at 32°F comfortable in winter or 91°F comfortable in summer, that is a sign the equipment is losing ground. A licensed contractor can look at the age and condition of what you have and tell you if it is worth fixing again.
- Should I replace my furnace and air conditioner at the same time?
- If both are near the end of their life, replacing them together usually makes sense. A furnace and air conditioner installed at different times often were not matched to work well together, and replacing one now means the other still has to run through six months of heating or five months of cooling on its own. When the older unit fails, the mismatch can also mean the newer one never runs at its best. A contractor can check the age and condition of both and tell you whether pairing the replacement makes sense for your house.
- What happens during an HVAC installation?
- A contractor removes the old furnace, air conditioner, or both, and sets the new equipment in place, connecting it to your ductwork, the gas line or electrical circuit it needs, and the thermostat. They check the refrigerant lines and electrical connections, then run the system to confirm it heats and cools correctly and holds the temperature you set. In Arkansas, the contractor doing this work has to hold a state license, so it is worth confirming that before the job starts. Afterward they should walk you through anything new about how the system runs or how to maintain it.