HVAC Repair in Kingston, NY
Homes here need heat from October through May and cooling from July through August. If your system quits, tell us what it's doing and a licensed contractor who covers Ulster County will get in touch.
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Kingston asks a lot of your system, most of the year
Your furnace is the machine doing the real work here. Heat is needed from October through May, eight months of the year, and on winter nights that average 18°F it runs long and hard to keep up. 42.9% of homes in the area heat with fuel oil, and an oil furnace firing that often puts real wear on its igniter and burner. When one of those parts finally gives out, you will notice short cycling, a burner that will not light, or a house that just will not get warm.
Summer is short here, only July and August, but afternoons averaging 79°F still push your air conditioner to work after months of sitting idle. Storms are part of the picture too. The area has seen 33 winter storms and 372 damaging wind events over the past ten years, and either kind can knock out power mid-cycle. Statewide, 11% of households went at least 24 hours without power in 2024. Most furnaces and air conditioners come back on their own once power returns, but if yours does not, that is worth a look.
- 8 months
- October through May, your system heats
- 2 months
- July through August, it cools
- 18°F
- the average winter night it heats against
- 79°F
- the average summer afternoon it cools against
NOAA nClimDiv, 1991–2020 normals
- Why is my heat not working?
- Start with the thermostat and the power to the furnace before you assume the worst. Check that the thermostat is set to heat and the temperature is set above room temperature, then check the breaker and the furnace switch, which looks like a light switch near the unit. If you heat with fuel oil, check the tank gauge, since a furnace won't run on an empty tank. Nights here can drop to 18°F, so if none of that fixes it, get a contractor out rather than waiting.
- Why is my system running but not cooling the house?
- Check the air filter first. A clogged filter cuts off airflow across the indoor coil, and when that happens the coil can ice over, so the system runs but the air coming out feels weak or barely cool. Check the outdoor unit too, since leaves or grass clippings packed against it stop it from releasing heat. If the filter is clean and the outdoor unit is clear and you're still not getting cold air, the system likely needs a contractor to look at the refrigerant charge or the coil itself.
- What can I check before calling for HVAC repair?
- Check the thermostat settings, the batteries in it if it uses them, and the breaker for the system before anything else. After that, check the air filter, since a dirty one causes both weak heat and weak cooling. If your outdoor unit is covered in leaves or debris, clear the area around it. For a furnace, check that the switch near the unit is on and, if you use fuel oil, that the tank isn't empty. If it's a power problem rather than the equipment itself, that's worth knowing too, since most systems, including standing pilot water heaters, come back on by themselves once power returns. If everything checks out and the problem is still there, a contractor will need to diagnose it directly.