HVAC Repair in Moline, IL
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 Rock Island County will get in touch.
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Eleven months of work a year for your system
Your furnace runs from October through May here, and winter nights average 18°F. At that temperature it cycles on and off most of the night to hold the house steady, and every start puts wear on the igniter and the burner. When one of those parts finally gives out, the furnace stops responding to the thermostat at all, or it tries to light and fails.
Summer asks less time but real heat. Afternoons average 83°F, and the condenser coil outside works hardest right when the day is hottest. Rock Island County also sees its share of rough weather, wind events especially, and a storm that knocks out power can leave a furnace or air conditioner needing a reset before it will run again.
- 8 months
- October through May, your system heats
- 3 months
- June through August, it cools
- 18°F
- the average winter night it heats against
- 83°F
- the average summer afternoon it cools against
NOAA nClimDiv, 1991–2020 normals
A new furnace and air conditioner would cut about $160 a year off heating and cooling for a typical Rock Island County home.
Estimates for a typical Rock Island County home, compared with an older unit built to the previous federal minimum, from EIA household energy data, Illinois 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 Illinois, HVAC licensing for homes is left to the cities and towns.
Rock Island County does not set its own HVAC license either, so whether a contractor needs one comes down to whether the city or town the house sits in has that rule on its books. Some do, some don't, and the requirement changes at the town line. There is no statewide test or record to check, because Illinois never built one for this trade.
For a repair like this, that means the license itself is not the thing to rely on here, since it may not exist depending on which town the house is in. What protection there is comes from whatever rule the local city or town has put in place, and that varies from one place to the next across the county.
Source: Illinois General Assembly
- Why is my heat not working?
- Start with the thermostat and the power to the furnace. Check that it's set to heat and a few degrees above room temperature, and check the breaker and any switch that looks like a light switch near the furnace. If those are fine, the igniter or the flame sensor is often the reason a gas furnace won't fire, and a pilot light that's gone out on an older unit will stop it cold. With winter nights here averaging 18°F, this isn't something to leave for long. A furnace tech can test the igniter and sensor in a few minutes and tell you which one failed.
- Why is my system running but not cooling the house?
- A dirty air filter is the first thing to check, since airflow that's choked off at the filter can leave the coil unable to pull heat out of the house. Check the outdoor unit too. If the fan isn't spinning or the coil is caked with leaves and dirt, the system can't dump heat outside no matter how well the indoor side is working. If the filter is clean and the outdoor coil is clear but the house still isn't cooling, the refrigerant charge is likely low, and that calls for a contractor with gauges to check it.
- What can I check before calling for HVAC repair?
- Check the thermostat settings first, since a dead battery or a setting bumped by accident causes more no-heat and no-cool calls than people expect. Check the breaker for the system and, on a furnace, look for a switch near the unit that may have been switched off. Swap in a new air filter if the one in there looks gray or clogged, since restricted airflow causes problems on both the heating and cooling side. If the system still isn't running right after those checks, a contractor will need to look at it, and telling them what you already checked saves time on the visit.