HVAC Repair in Crete, 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 Saline County will get in touch.
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Crete asks a lot of your system, in both directions
Your furnace covers October through May here, eight months of the year, and winter nights averaging 18°F mean it runs long and hard to keep up. That kind of demand wears on the igniter and the heat exchanger, the parts that do the work every time the burner cycles. Almost half the homes in the area heat with gas, so when the burner won't light, the house goes cold fast.
Come summer the afternoons hit 86°F, and the air conditioner is what stands between that heat and a livable house. Saline County has also seen 48 damaging wind events and 15 winter storms over the past ten years, and a quarter of Nebraska households lost power for a day or more in 2024. A furnace or AC that sits through an outage does not always come back on the way it should, and that is often when a homeowner finds out something else was already going wrong.
- 8 months
- October through May, your system heats
- 4 months
- June through September, it cools
- 18°F
- the average winter night it heats against
- 86°F
- the average summer afternoon it cools against
NOAA nClimDiv, 1991–2020 normals
A new furnace and air conditioner would cut about $120 a year off heating and cooling for a typical Saline County home.
Estimates for a typical Saline 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.
Nebraska keeps a record of the business and how to reach it. Nobody at the state tests a contractor's knowledge of furnaces or air conditioners before that record goes on file. It means the business is on file with the Department of Labor, nothing more.
On a heating and cooling repair, that record is not what stands behind the work itself. A gas connection is the part of the job that turns dangerous if it is done wrong, and registering a business name with the state says nothing about whether that connection was made correctly. Nebraska's rule tells you the business exists on paper. It does not tell you who checked the work.
Source: Nebraska Legislature
- Why is my heat not working?
- Most of the time it comes down to the thermostat, the power to the furnace, or the igniter. Check that the thermostat is set to heat and above room temperature, and that its batteries are good. Next check the breaker, since a tripped breaker will shut the whole system down. If the furnace runs but you get no flame, the igniter or flame sensor is a common cause, and that is a repair for a contractor. With winter nights here averaging 18°F, it is worth checking this the same day rather than waiting.
- Why is my system running but not cooling the house?
- If air is moving but it is not cold, check the filter first. A clogged filter chokes airflow across the coil and the air coming out will feel weak or warm even though the system is running. Check the outdoor unit too. If the fan is not spinning or the unit is covered in debris, it cannot reject heat and the house will not cool down. If the filter is clean and the outdoor unit is running normally, the system likely needs a contractor to look at it.
- What can I check before calling for HVAC repair?
- Start with the thermostat. Make sure it is set correctly, has working batteries, and is actually calling for heat or cooling. Then check the breaker box for a tripped breaker, and check the filter, since a dirty filter causes problems on both the heating and cooling side. If the outdoor unit is involved, look for anything blocking it, like leaves or ice. If those all check out and the system still is not working right, that points to something inside the equipment that needs a contractor to diagnose.