HVAC Repair in Augusta, GA
Homes here need heat from November through March and cooling from May through September. If your system quits, tell us what it's doing and a licensed contractor who covers Richmond County will get in touch.
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Ten months of work, most years, for your system
Augusta only gives your system two slow months. Heat runs November through March, cooling takes over May through September, and that leaves ten months where your furnace or your air conditioner is doing something.
Summer afternoons average 91°F, so the compressor runs hard most days, and a low refrigerant charge or a dirty coil shows up fast as weaker cooling or a system that runs longer to keep up. Winter nights average 37°F, cold enough that the furnace cycles on and off through the night, and each start is a small strain on the igniter. 57.8% of homes here heat with electricity, so when a heat pump or electric furnace struggles, there is no other heat source in the house to fall back on.
Richmond County has logged 87 damaging wind events over the past ten years, and across Georgia, 31% of households went at least 24 hours without power in 2024. An outage that long means whatever was running when the power dropped needs to come back on and start working again on its own.
- 5 months
- November through March, your system heats
- 5 months
- May through September, it cools
- 37°F
- the average winter night it heats against
- 91°F
- the average summer afternoon it cools against
NOAA nClimDiv, 1991–2020 normals
Georgia requires HVAC contractors to hold a state license.
The State Construction Industry Licensing Board tests and records HVAC contractors in Georgia. The license belongs to the contractor, not to the job, so the same license that covers this repair covers any other work that contractor takes on.
For a repair on a heating and cooling system, that state license is what stands behind the person working in your house. It is the record that the contractor was tested and is on file with the state.
Source: Georgia Secretary of State
- Why is my heat not working?
- Most no heat calls come down to power, gas, or airflow. Check your thermostat is set to heat and the temperature is above room temp, then check your breaker panel for a tripped switch. If you have a gas furnace, look for a pilot light or igniter that isn't lighting, and if you smell gas, leave the house and call your gas company before anyone touches the furnace. If you heat with a heat pump, check whether it's stuck in a defrost cycle before you assume it's broken.
- Why is my system running but not cooling the house?
- If air is moving but it's not cold, the problem is usually a dirty filter, a frozen coil, or low refrigerant. A clogged filter starves the coil of airflow and it ices over, so the system runs but blows warm air until the ice melts. Check the filter first since that's the one thing you can fix yourself. If the filter is clean and you still get warm air, or you see ice on the outdoor unit or the indoor coil, that points to a refrigerant leak or a failing part, and that needs a licensed contractor.
- What can I check before calling for HVAC repair?
- Start with the thermostat. Make sure it's set to the right mode and the temperature is actually calling for heat or cooling, since a battery-dead or misprogrammed thermostat causes more no-heat and no-cool calls than people expect. Next check your breaker panel for anything tripped, and check the filter, since a filter clogged with dust chokes airflow and can shut a system down or freeze the coil. If you have a gas furnace or water heater, check for a pilot light that's gone out. If none of that explains it, a licensed contractor can diagnose it from there. Georgia requires HVAC contractors to hold a state license, so ask to see it before work starts.