HVAC Repair in Harrison, AR
Homes here need heat from October through April and cooling from June through September. If your system quits, tell us what it's doing and a licensed contractor who covers Boone County will get in touch.
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Eleven months of work, most years
Boone County only gives your system one slow month a year. Heat runs October through April, then cooling takes over in June and doesn't let up until fall. That is eleven months of the year your furnace or your AC is doing real work, with barely a break between them.
Winter nights averaging 28°F mean the burner cycles on and off for hours at a time, and each start puts wear on the igniter. Summer afternoons near 87°F push the compressor hard for four straight months. Add in the wind, 37 damaging wind events over the last ten years, and storms that knock out power, and it's not just the daily running that wears a system down. Nearly half the homes here heat with electricity, so when the power goes out in a winter storm, the heat goes with it.
- 7 months
- October through April, your system heats
- 4 months
- June through September, it cools
- 28°F
- the average winter night it heats against
- 87°F
- the average summer afternoon it cools against
NOAA nClimDiv, 1991–2020 normals
Arkansas requires HVAC contractors to hold a state license.
Arkansas tested this contractor before putting them on the state's record. That record covers the contractor and their business, not this one visit to your house. Boone County and any city within it cannot layer their own HVAC license requirement on top of the state's, so the state license is the whole picture here.
For a repair on your heating and cooling system, the license is what stands behind the person doing the work, not the work itself. It tells you the state has tested and recorded this contractor. It does not tell you anything about what happens on this particular repair, because the license was never built to cover a single job.
Source: Arkansas Department of Labor and Licensing
- Why is my heat not working?
- Start with the thermostat. Make sure it is set to heat and the temperature is set above room temperature, since a setting bumped a degree or two can look like a dead system. If the thermostat is fine, check the breaker box, because a tripped breaker will shut the furnace down with no warning. Winter nights here drop to around 28°F, so a furnace that will not fire is worth getting looked at quickly rather than waiting it out.
- Why is my system running but not cooling the house?
- Check the air filter first. A filter clogged with dust blocks airflow across the coil, and when that happens the coil can ice over so the system runs constantly but the air coming out feels weak or warm. If the filter is clean, look at the outdoor unit and clear away any leaves, grass clippings or debris packed around it, since it needs open airflow to shed heat. If the air is still not cooling with a clean filter and a clear outdoor unit, the system likely needs a contractor to check refrigerant levels or the compressor.
- What can I check before calling for HVAC repair?
- Check the thermostat settings and batteries first, since a dead battery or a setting switched to the wrong mode is an easy fix with no repair needed. Next check the breaker panel for a tripped breaker and the furnace or air handler for a switch that may have been bumped off. Look at the air filter and replace it if it is visibly dirty, since restricted airflow causes a lot of the calls that turn out not to be equipment failures. If everything checks out and the system still is not heating or cooling right, that points to something inside the equipment a licensed contractor needs to diagnose.