HVAC Repair in Daphne, AL
Homes here need heat from November through March and cooling from May through October. If your system quits, tell us what it's doing and a licensed contractor who covers Baldwin County will get in touch.
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Eleven months of work, then a storm
Your air conditioner runs May through October here, and your furnace picks up November through March. That's eleven months where one system or the other is working, with barely a break between them. Summer afternoons averaging 90°F push the compressor hard for months at a stretch. When winter nights drop to an average of 43°F, the furnace takes over, cycling on and off through the night to hold the house steady.
Baldwin County has logged 109 damaging wind events over the past ten years. An outdoor unit sitting through that kind of weather takes a beating from wind and flying debris. Storms also knock out power, and in 2024, 18% of Alabama households lost power for at least 24 hours. A system that loses power and restarts once it's back is under a different kind of stress than one that just runs a long season. Either way, you notice it the same way. The air stops matching the thermostat, or the system won't come back on at all.
- 5 months
- November through March, your system heats
- 6 months
- May through October, it cools
- 43°F
- the average winter night it heats against
- 90°F
- the average summer afternoon it cools against
NOAA nClimDiv, 1991–2020 normals
Alabama requires HVAC contractors to hold a state license.
The Alabama Board of Heating, Air Conditioning & Refrigeration Contractors is the one that issues this license. Getting one means the contractor has been tested and is on record with the state. The license belongs to the contractor, not to the job, so a repair call is covered by the same license as a full system install.
For a repair to your heating and cooling system, that state license is what stands behind the person doing the work. There is no separate license for a repair versus any other job the contractor takes on. The record the state keeps is on the contractor, not on this particular visit to your house.
Source: Alabama Board of Heating, Air Conditioning and Refrigeration Contractors
- Why is my heat not working?
- Most of the time it comes down to power, gas, or airflow. If you heat with electricity, check the breaker first since 86.7% of homes here run electric heat and a tripped double-pole breaker is a common, easy cause. If the breaker is fine, listen for the system trying to start. If it clicks but does not ignite or run, that points to the igniter or a safety switch, and a contractor should look at it. Also check your thermostat setting and batteries before anything else, since a dead thermostat looks exactly like a dead furnace.
- Why is my system running but not cooling the house?
- Check the air filter first. A clogged filter chokes airflow across the coil, and when that happens the coil can ice over so the system runs but blows warm air. Next check the thermostat is set to cool and not fan only, since fan only just moves air without cooling it. If the filter is clean and the setting is right, the system may be low on refrigerant or the outdoor unit could be blocked by leaves or debris, and either one needs a contractor to check.
- What can I check before calling for HVAC repair?
- Start with the thermostat. Confirm it is set to heat or cool as needed, the batteries are good, and the temperature setting actually calls for the system to run. Next check the breaker box for a tripped breaker, especially after a storm. Daphne has seen 109 damaging wind events over the past ten years, and 18% of Alabama households went at least 24 hours without power in 2024, so a breaker check is worth doing after any outage. Check the air filter too, a dirty filter causes both weak heating and weak cooling. If those all check out and the system still is not working right, it is time to call a licensed contractor. Alabama requires HVAC contractors to hold a state license through the Alabama Board of Heating, Air Conditioning & Refrigeration Contractors.