HVAC Repair in Ravenswood, WV
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 Jackson County will get in touch.
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Eleven months of work for your system in Ravenswood
Your furnace runs October through April here, and on nights that drop to 26°F it cycles on and off for hours at a stretch. Each start puts a strain on the igniter and the burner. Then summer flips the load onto the air conditioner, running through afternoons near 84°F with only a couple months of rest between seasons.
More than half the homes in the area heat with electricity, so when the power goes out, the heat goes with it. That matters here. The region has seen 13 winter storms and 45 damaging wind events over the past ten years, and statewide, over a third of households lost power for at least 24 hours in 2024. A system that comes back on clean after an outage is one thing. A system that does not, or was already struggling before the lights went out, is what brings people to look for a repair.
- 7 months
- October through April, your system heats
- 4 months
- June through September, it cools
- 26°F
- the average winter night it heats against
- 84°F
- the average summer afternoon it cools against
NOAA nClimDiv, 1991–2020 normals
West Virginia requires HVAC contractors to hold a state license.
That license belongs to the contractor as a business, not to any one job. The same license that covers a furnace repair on one street covers an air conditioner repair on the next.
Because West Virginia licenses at the contractor level, that license is what stands behind the repair on your heating and cooling system.
Source: West Virginia Legislature
- Why is my heat not working?
- A few things cause this, and where you start depends on what you smell or hear. If you smell gas, leave the house and call the gas company before doing anything else. If there is no gas smell, check the thermostat first, since a dead battery or a setting bumped to the wrong mode will stop the furnace cold. Past that, check your breaker panel, since a tripped breaker will cut power to the furnace or its igniter without any other sign. With lows averaging 26°F here in the winter, a furnace that will not start needs a contractor out quickly rather than waiting it out.
- Why is my system running but not cooling the house?
- The blower is moving air, but something is stopping that air from actually being cold. Start with the air filter. A clogged one restricts airflow across the indoor coil badly enough that the system stops cooling even though it runs. Check the outdoor unit too, since leaves, grass clippings, or anything packed against the coil fins blocks the heat exchange it needs to work. If the filter is clean and the outdoor unit is clear, the problem is likely refrigerant or a part inside the system, and that calls for a licensed contractor to diagnose.
- What can I check before calling for HVAC repair?
- Check the thermostat, the breaker panel, and the air filter, since these cause a lot of no-heat and no-cool calls on their own. Make sure the thermostat is set to heat or cool as needed and has fresh batteries if it uses them. Look at the breaker panel for anything tripped, and reset it once if it has. Pull the air filter and hold it up to a light. If you cannot see light through it, replace it. If none of this fixes the problem, a licensed contractor will need to look at the system itself. West Virginia requires HVAC contractors to hold a state license, so ask for that before any work starts.