HVAC Repair in Springfield, TN
Homes here need heat from October through April and cooling from May through September. If your system quits, tell us what it's doing and a licensed contractor who covers Robertson County will get in touch.
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Robertson County asks a lot of your system, in both directions
Your furnace works October through April, with winter nights averaging 30°F. That's seven months of the burner cycling on and off to keep the house warm, and each start puts wear on the igniter and the switches that control it. Come summer, your air conditioner takes over for five more months, running hard through afternoons near 88°F. Most of the year, one system or the other is working to keep up.
63.1% of homes here heat with electricity, so the same storms that take down the power take down the furnace too. Robertson County has logged 11 winter storms and 126 damaging wind events over the past ten years, and across Tennessee, 20% of households went at least 24 hours without power in 2024. Most systems restart on their own once power returns. If yours doesn't, or if it never quite recovers the way it used to, that's often a sign something inside was already close to failing.
- 7 months
- October through April, your system heats
- 5 months
- May through September, it cools
- 30°F
- the average winter night it heats against
- 88°F
- the average summer afternoon it cools against
NOAA nClimDiv, 1991–2020 normals
- Why is my heat not working?
- Start with the thermostat. Make sure it is set to heat, not cool, and that the temperature is set above the room temperature. If the thermostat looks right, check the breaker for the furnace or air handler, since a tripped breaker will shut the whole system down with no warning. Gas furnaces will also shut off if the pilot or igniter fails, so if you hear the blower running but feel no heat, that is worth telling the contractor when they come out. With winter nights here averaging 30°F, a furnace that will not start is not something to sit on.
- Why is my system running but not cooling the house?
- If the blower is running but the air coming out is not cold, the most common cause is a frozen or dirty evaporator coil, often from a filter that has not been changed. A refrigerant leak will cause the same thing, warm air moving through the vents. Check the filter first since that is something you can do yourself. If it is clean and the air is still warm, the coil or the refrigerant charge needs a contractor to look at it, especially with afternoons here running near 88°F.
- What can I check before calling for HVAC repair?
- Check the thermostat settings and batteries first, since a dead battery or wrong mode causes more no-heat and no-cool calls than people expect. Next, check the breaker panel for a tripped switch. Then look at the filter, since a clogged one restricts airflow enough to cause both weak heat and weak cooling. If the outdoor unit is covered in leaves or debris, clear it. If none of that explains the problem, a contractor will need to diagnose it directly, and telling them what you already checked will save time on the visit.