HVAC Repair in Martinsburg, WV
Homes here need heat from October through April and cooling from June through August. If your system quits, tell us what it's doing and a licensed contractor who covers Berkeley County will get in touch.
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Ten months of work a year on your system
Martinsburg only gives your system two slow months. From October through April the furnace carries the house through nights that average 25°F, and June through August the air conditioner runs against afternoons near 85°F. That is ten months of the year one system or the other is working, and most homes here heat with electricity, so the furnace's electric components are doing that work night after night.
Berkeley County also sees real winter storms, 20 of them over the past ten years, along with 90 damaging wind events in that same stretch. More than a third of West Virginia households lost power for a day or longer in 2024. When power drops on a cold night and comes back, most furnaces restart on their own, but if the system was already struggling, that restart is when a weak igniter or a failing part finally gives out and you notice the house isn't warming up.
- 7 months
- October through April, your system heats
- 3 months
- June through August, it cools
- 25°F
- the average winter night it heats against
- 85°F
- the average summer afternoon it cools against
NOAA nClimDiv, 1991–2020 normals
West Virginia requires HVAC contractors to hold a state license.
The West Virginia Commissioner of Labor issues that license. It means the contractor was tested before the state let them take on work, and there's a record of who holds it. The license belongs to the contractor as a business, not to any single job, so it covers them across whatever work they take on, not just this one.
For a heating and cooling repair, that license is what stands behind the person doing the work. It is the state's word that this contractor was vetted to work in homes here at all.
Source: West Virginia Legislature
- Why is my heat not working?
- Start with the thermostat. Make sure it is set to heat and the temperature is set above the room temperature, since a setting bumped a degree or two is easy to miss. Check your breaker panel next, because a tripped breaker will cut power to the furnace without any other sign. If the thermostat has batteries, swap them out. If none of that brings the heat back, the igniter, the flame sensor, or the gas valve may need a contractor to look at it.
- Why is my system running but not cooling the house?
- The air is moving but something is keeping it from cooling. Check the filter first. A filter clogged with dust blocks airflow across the coil, and a coil that cannot pull in air will ice over instead of cooling. Check the outdoor unit too. Leaves, grass clippings, or anything piled against it stops it from releasing heat outside, which keeps the house from cooling even though the system runs. If the filter is clean and the outdoor unit is clear, the refrigerant charge or the compressor may be the problem, and that calls for a contractor.
- What can I check before calling for HVAC repair?
- Check the thermostat settings, the batteries in it, and the breaker for the system. These three things cause a real share of no-heat and no-cool calls, and all three take a minute to check yourself. Check the filter and replace it if it is dark or clogged, since a blocked filter can look like a bigger problem than it is. If the outdoor unit is covered in leaves or debris, clear it. Once you have checked those, a contractor can focus on what is actually wrong instead of the basics.