HVAC Installation in Heber Springs, AR
A new system here will heat from October through April and cool from May through September every year. Tell us about the house, and a licensed contractor who covers Cleburne County will get in touch.
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Heber Springs asks a lot of a heating and cooling system
A new system here barely gets a break. Heat runs October through April, seven months, and cooling takes over May through September, five months. That is twelve months of work with almost no gap between them.
Winter nights average 31°F, cold enough that a furnace or heat pump has to hold steady night after night for most of the winter. Summer afternoons average 89°F, and the AC side has to keep up with that heat for five straight months. Storms are part of the picture too. This area has seen 10 winter storms and 24 damaging wind events over the past ten years, and in 2024 nearly a quarter of Arkansas households lost power for at least a day. Worth asking how a new system handles that when it happens.
- 7 months
- October through April, your system heats
- 5 months
- May through September, it cools
- 31°F
- the average winter night it heats against
- 89°F
- the average summer afternoon it cools against
NOAA nClimDiv, 1991–2020 normals
Arkansas requires HVAC contractors to hold a state license.
Arkansas tests and licenses the contractor, not the job itself, so the license you check is the company's, and it should already cover the kind of work being done in Cleburne County. Cities and counties here cannot layer on their own HVAC license requirement, so the state's is the one that applies no matter where in the county the home sits.
For a new heating and cooling system, that license is what stands behind the person doing the work, but the installation itself still goes through the local building office. Most cities and counties require a permit for this kind of job and an inspection once it is finished, and that inspection is what checks the gas connections, the wiring and the refrigerant lines were done right.
Source: Arkansas Department of Labor and Licensing
- When should I replace my HVAC system?
- Replace it when repairs keep coming up or the system can't keep up on the coldest and hottest days anymore. Past a certain age, parts get harder to find and the equipment runs less efficiently than a new one would. Here, the system works almost year round between the cold nights from December through February and the hot afternoons from May through September, so there's not much of an off season to put off a decision. If you're calling for the same repair more than once, that's usually the sign it's time to stop patching it.
- Should I replace my furnace and air conditioner at the same time?
- If they're close in age, replacing both together usually makes sense. A furnace and air conditioner installed at different times can end up mismatched, and a mismatched system won't heat or cool as well as one sized and matched together. Winters here run October through April and summers run May through September, so both sides of the system get real use and both wear down on a similar timeline. A contractor can look at the age and condition of each unit and tell you whether one is close enough to the other to justify swapping both now.
- What happens during an HVAC installation?
- A contractor removes the old furnace and air conditioner, or whichever unit is being replaced, and sets the new equipment in place. That includes connecting it to the existing ductwork, running the refrigerant lines and wiring, and setting up the thermostat. Once it's hooked up, the contractor tests the system to make sure it's heating or cooling properly and checks the airflow through the ducts. Arkansas requires HVAC contractors to hold a state license, so the person doing this work should be able to show you one.