HVAC Repair in Fort Wayne, IN
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 Allen County will get in touch.
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Eleven months of work, in a place that swings hard
Your furnace or heat pump runs from October through May here, then the air conditioner takes over for June through August. That is eleven months a year with almost no rest between seasons. On winter nights that average 21°F, the burner or heat pump cycles on and off for hours, and every start puts wear on the igniter or the contactor. In summer, afternoons averaging 82°F push the compressor hard for months at a time.
Allen County has seen 8 winter storms and 166 damaging wind events over the past ten years, and across Indiana 17% of households lost power for at least 24 hours in 2024. A storm that knocks out power can shut down a furnace mid-cycle or leave a house without air conditioning until the system is checked. When the weather turns hard here, it tends to turn hard on the equipment too.
- 8 months
- October through May, your system heats
- 3 months
- June through August, it cools
- 21°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 $130 a year off heating and cooling for a typical Allen County home.
Estimates for a typical Allen County home, compared with an older unit built to the previous federal minimum, from EIA household energy data, Indiana 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.
In Indiana, HVAC licensing for homes is left to the counties and cities.
Indiana does not test or license HVAC contractors at the state level. Whatever rule applies to the person working on your system comes from Allen County or the city inside it, not from the state. There is no state license number behind the work, because the state does not issue one.
For a heating and cooling repair, that local rule is the only thing standing in for a license here. Nothing above it exists at the state level, so what protection there is depends entirely on what Allen County or your city has put in place.
Sources: Indiana Department of Workforce Development · State of Indiana
- Why is my heat not working?
- Start with the thermostat. Make sure it is set to heat and set a few degrees above the current room temperature, and check that it has power if it uses batteries. If the thermostat looks fine, check your breaker panel for a tripped breaker, since a furnace and its blower are usually on their own circuit. Gas furnaces also need a pilot light or an igniter to work, so if you hear the blower running but feel no heat, that is often where the problem sits. With winter nights here averaging 21°F, a furnace that will not start is worth getting looked at the same day.
- Why is my system running but not cooling the house?
- Check your air filter first. A filter clogged with dust blocks airflow across the indoor coil, and when that happens the coil can ice over and stop cooling the air even though the system keeps running. Check the outdoor unit too. If the fan outside is not spinning or the coil is covered in leaves and debris, the system cannot release the heat it is pulling from the house. If the filter is clean and the outdoor unit looks fine, the system may be low on refrigerant, and that calls for a contractor to check for a leak.
- What can I check before calling for HVAC repair?
- Check the thermostat, the breaker panel, and the air filter, in that order. Confirm the thermostat is set correctly and has power. Check the breaker for the furnace or air conditioner and for the outdoor condenser, since either can trip on its own. Pull the filter and hold it up to a light. If you cannot see light through it, replace it, since a blocked filter is one of the most common reasons a system runs without heating or cooling the house well. If those three check out and the problem is still there, a contractor will need to look at the equipment itself to price the repair.