HVAC Repair in Bellevue, NE
Homes here need heat from October through May and cooling from June through September. If your system quits, tell us what it's doing and a licensed contractor who covers Sarpy County will get in touch.
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Twelve months of work, in both directions
Your furnace and your air conditioner in Sarpy County don't get a break. Heat runs October through May, then the AC takes over for June through September. There's no season where the system just sits.
Winter nights averaging 17°F mean the burner cycles on and off for hours to hold the house steady, and every start puts wear on the igniter. Summer afternoons near 85°F push the compressor hard for four straight months. Add in the storms this county sees, winter storms most years and frequent damaging wind, and you get power blinks that shut a system down mid-cycle. A quarter of Nebraska households lost power for a full day or more last year. When the power comes back, most furnaces and air conditioners restart on their own, but if yours doesn't, that's worth a look before you assume the worst.
- 8 months
- October through May, your system heats
- 4 months
- June through September, it cools
- 17°F
- the average winter night it heats against
- 85°F
- the average summer afternoon it cools against
NOAA nClimDiv, 1991–2020 normals
A new furnace and air conditioner would cut about $110 a year off heating and cooling for a typical Sarpy County home.
Estimates for a typical Sarpy County home, compared with an older unit built to the previous federal minimum, from EIA household energy data, Nebraska 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.
Nebraska requires contractors to register with the state.
That registration puts the business on file with the Nebraska Department of Labor. It confirms the company exists and is on record to do this work in the state. Nobody tests the contractor's skill before that happens, and the state does not keep a record of who is or is not competent at the trade.
For a repair like this, that registration is what exists. It is not a license, and it does not tell you whether the person working on your furnace or air conditioner has been tested on the job they are doing.
Source: Nebraska Legislature
- Why is my heat not working?
- Most often the igniter has failed or the flame sensor is dirty, and either one will keep the furnace from staying lit. A thermostat set wrong or a dead battery in it can also stop the call for heat before it reaches the furnace. Check that the thermostat is set to heat and above room temperature, and check your breaker panel for a tripped breaker. If the furnace tries to start and shuts off again, that points to a part failing partway through the cycle, and a contractor can test which one.
- Why is my system running but not cooling the house?
- The blower can run while the part that actually cools the air, the compressor outside, has stopped working. Walk outside to the condenser unit and see if the fan is turning. If it is silent or the whole unit is off while the blower inside still runs, the compressor or its capacitor has likely failed. A frozen evaporator coil causes the same thing, air moving but not cold, and that usually traces back to low airflow or low refrigerant. Either way the fix is inside the outdoor unit or the coil, not something to open up yourself.
- What can I check before calling for HVAC repair?
- Start with the filter. A filter clogged with dust chokes airflow and can shut a system down or freeze the coil. Check the thermostat next, the batteries, the mode, the set temperature, since a wrong setting looks like a broken system. Then check your breaker panel and any furnace switch that looks like a light switch, often mounted on or near the furnace itself, to make sure it hasn't been bumped off. If all of that checks out and the system still is not heating or cooling, the problem is inside the equipment and a contractor will need to look at it.