HVAC Repair in Hot Springs, AR
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 Garland County will get in touch.
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Eleven months of work in Garland County
Eleven months of the year, your system is either heating or cooling. November through April it's the furnace, on nights that average 33°F. May through September it's the AC, working through afternoons near 90°F. Only a month off, if that.
That kind of run time wears on the parts that start the cycle, the igniter, the capacitor, the contactor. When one of them goes, you feel it fast, a furnace that won't fire on a cold morning or an AC that hums but never kicks on. Storms add to the load. Garland County has seen 61 damaging wind events and 7 winter storms over the last ten years, and with most homes here heating on electricity, a power outage means no heat at all until it's back. Almost a quarter of Arkansas households lost power for a full day or more in 2024.
- 6 months
- November through April, your system heats
- 5 months
- May through September, it cools
- 33°F
- the average winter night it heats against
- 90°F
- the average summer afternoon it cools against
NOAA nClimDiv, 1991–2020 normals
Arkansas requires HVAC contractors to hold a state license.
The license is issued to the contractor, not to the individual job, so it covers the business rather than any single repair. Arkansas also does not let counties or cities layer on their own HVAC license, so the same state license applies whether the work is in Hot Springs or anywhere else in Garland County.
For a repair to a heating and cooling system, that state license is what stands behind the person working on it. On the gas side, a bad connection is the part that can hurt someone, and in Arkansas that work falls under the same state license rather than a separate local check.
Source: Arkansas Department of Labor and Licensing
- Why is my heat not working?
- Start with the thermostat, the filter, and the breaker before you assume the worst. If it's set to heat and the batteries are good but nothing kicks on, check the breaker or switch next. A dirty filter can choke off airflow badly enough that the system shuts itself down to protect the heat exchanger, so a fresh filter is worth trying too. If those check out and you still have no heat, especially with lows near 33°F overnight, get a contractor out rather than wait it out.
- Why is my system running but not cooling the house?
- The system is running but the air coming out isn't cold enough to keep up, which usually points to airflow or refrigerant. Check the filter first. A clogged one starves the coil of airflow and can ice it over, and once that happens the system blows warm air even though it's running hard. If the filter is clean and you still get warm air, especially on a 90°F afternoon, the coil could already be frozen or low on refrigerant, and that's a job for a licensed contractor.
- What can I check before calling for HVAC repair?
- Check the thermostat settings, the filter, and the breaker or switch first. Make sure the thermostat is set to the right mode and the temperature actually calls for heat or cooling. Pull the filter and hold it up to a light. If you can't see through it, replace it. Check the breaker panel and any switch near the furnace or outdoor unit, since a tripped breaker or flipped switch is an easy fix you can rule out yourself. If none of that solves it, a licensed contractor can diagnose what's left, and Arkansas requires any contractor who works on your system to hold a state license.