HVAC Repair in Morgantown, WV
Homes here need heat from October through May and cooling from June through August. If your system quits, tell us what it's doing and a licensed contractor who covers Monongalia County will get in touch.
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Eight months of heat, three of cooling, and long odds on losing power in between
Morgantown only gets a break from heating or cooling for about a month a year. Furnaces run October through May, and on nights that average 24°F they cycle on and off for hours to hold the house steady. Every cycle puts wear on the igniter and the burner, and that is usually where a furnace fails first, often on the coldest nights when it is working hardest.
Summer is short here but not gentle. Afternoons averaging 82°F push the air conditioner's compressor and outdoor coil hard for three straight months. Monongalia County also sees its share of winter storms and damaging wind, and across West Virginia over a third of households lost power for at least a day in 2024. A furnace with a standing pilot will keep running through an outage. Most others, gas or electric, need the power back on before they will restart.
- 8 months
- October through May, your system heats
- 3 months
- June through August, it cools
- 24°F
- the average winter night it heats against
- 82°F
- the average summer afternoon it cools against
NOAA nClimDiv, 1991–2020 normals
A new furnace and air conditioner would cut about $190 a year off heating and cooling for a typical Monongalia County home.
Estimates for a typical Monongalia County home, compared with an older unit built to the previous federal minimum, from EIA household energy data, West Virginia fuel prices and NOAA climate normals. Your home will differ.
Repair makes sense when one part has failed.
Replacement makes sense when the furnace's heat exchanger is cracked, the air conditioner's compressor has failed, or repairs keep coming.
West Virginia requires HVAC contractors to hold a state license.
The Commissioner of Labor tests contractors before they can hold this license, and keeps a record of who has passed. That license belongs to the contractor, not to any single job, so the same license covers a furnace repair today and a different repair next year for the same company.
For a heating and cooling repair, that license is what stands behind the person doing the work. If the repair involves a gas line or connection, that is the part worth knowing who is responsible for, since a bad connection is the dangerous part of the job. In West Virginia, the contractor's license is what puts a name and a record behind whoever does that work.
Source: West Virginia Legislature
- Why is my heat not working?
- The most common reason is a failed igniter or a flame sensor that's dirty enough to shut the burner down. If your system runs but never gets warm, the thermostat may be set wrong or a filter clogged with dust may be choking off airflow. Check the thermostat batteries and the breaker first, since both are easy to rule out. With winter nights here dropping to 24°F, a furnace that won't fire needs a contractor out quickly rather than waiting it out.
- Why is my system running but not cooling the house?
- The blower may be moving air, but if the air itself isn't cold, the problem is usually low refrigerant, a frozen evaporator coil, or a compressor that isn't running. A dirty filter can also block enough airflow that the coil ices over and stops cooling. Check the filter and clear anything blocking the outdoor unit before calling anyone. If the outdoor unit isn't running at all while the indoor fan is, that points to an electrical or compressor issue a contractor needs to diagnose.
- What can I check before calling for HVAC repair?
- Start with the thermostat. Make sure it's set to heat or cool as needed and the batteries are good. Check the breaker for the system and look at the air filter, since a clogged one causes problems that look like bigger failures. For furnaces, check that the switch on the unit itself and any nearby switch shaped like a light switch are both on. If the outdoor unit is covered in leaves or debris, clear it. None of this fixes a broken igniter or a refrigerant leak, but it rules out the simple causes before a contractor comes to look at the rest.