Start with the symptom

Heating and Cooling Services in Lexington

Most people don’t search for “pressure switch” or “flame sensor.” They search for what they’re noticing. This page starts there and points you to the service that fits, so you can read about the likely causes before anyone visits.

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Heating and Cooling Services in Lexington, Sorted by Symptom

What you’re noticingMost likely starting point
No heat, and you have a gas furnaceFurnace repair
Warm air, ice on the AC line, or a sticky house in summerAC repair
A dusty furnace before winter, or an outdoor coil matted with cottonwood fluffFurnace and AC cleaning
A cracked heat exchanger, or a gas furnace past 15 to 20 yearsFurnace replacement
An old R-22 air conditioner, or a failed compressor on an aging systemAC replacement

If you smell gas or a carbon monoxide alarm sounds, skip the table. Get everyone outside and call Columbia Gas of Kentucky or 911.

Repair Services

Technician inspecting the burners of a gas furnace

Furnace repair

Igniters, flame sensors, pressure switches, blocked PVC vents and control boards on gas furnaces. Includes the safety steps that come before any repair.

Technician repairing an outdoor air conditioner on a summer day

AC repair

Capacitors, contactors, frozen coils, clogged condensate drains and the humidity problems that make a cool house feel damp.

Replacement Services

New high-efficiency gas furnace with PVC venting

Furnace replacement

80 percent versus condensing furnaces, chimney and PVC venting, and what to compare between quotes.

Replacement air conditioner beside a two-story Lexington home

AC replacement

Signs an aging air conditioner is done, repair versus replacement, and sizing the new one for Lexington humidity.

Cleaning

Technician rinsing the coil of an outdoor AC unit

Furnace and AC cleaning

Cleaning the furnace burners and flame sensor before winter, and the AC coils and drain before summer.

Services This Site Doesn’t Cover

We stay with heating and cooling equipment. This site doesn’t cover heat pump repair or installation, plumbing, electrical work outside the HVAC system, boilers, oil furnaces, geothermal systems, window units or vehicle air conditioning. If your question is about one of those, a specialist in that trade is the right first step.

Getting the Most From Any Visit

Whatever service you need, a few habits make the visit go better. Write down what you’ve noticed and when it started. Find the equipment’s age on the data plate, usually inside the furnace door or on the side of the outdoor unit. Note whether the problem happens all the time or only in certain weather, since Lexington’s swings between humid afternoons and freezing nights often explain intermittent faults. Have the filter size handy, and know where the breaker panel and the furnace switch are.

For a sense of what a thorough furnace or AC cleaning should cover, ENERGY STAR publishes a homeowner-friendly maintenance checklist. It’s a useful yardstick for judging any visit, whether it’s a cleaning or a repair.

How to Use These Pages

Each service page follows a similar path: why the problem is common in Lexington, how to read the symptoms, the usual causes, how a technician should handle it, what you can safely check yourself, and answers to common questions. The goal is for you to have a clear idea of what’s happening before you speak with a provider, so the conversation starts with the right details. If you’d like to know how the connection with a provider works, the How It Works page explains each step, and the areas page lists the ZIP codes covered.

Not sure which service fits your problem? Call and describe what your system is doing.

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