HVAC Repair in Bossier City, LA
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 Bossier Parish will get in touch.
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Ten months of work a year, with storms in between
Your system in Bossier City barely gets a break. Heat runs November through March, and cooling picks up again in May and doesn't quit until September. That's ten months where something in the house is always cycling on, and the two months off aren't enough to make up for it.
Summer afternoons averaging 92°F push the compressor hard, day after day, all season. Winter nights averaging 38°F mean the heat runs in short bursts through the night rather than one long stretch. More than half the homes here heat with electricity, so a heat pump or electric furnace doing that work feels every one of those cold nights directly. Add in the wind. This area has logged 116 damaging wind events and 7 winter storms over the past ten years, the kind of weather that knocks out power and rattles outdoor units. When the power drops, most systems come back on their own, but nearly half the households in Louisiana lost power for a full day or more in 2024 alone, and a hard restart after an outage is its own kind of stress on the equipment.
- 5 months
- November through March, your system heats
- 5 months
- May through September, it cools
- 38°F
- the average winter night it heats against
- 92°F
- the average summer afternoon it cools against
NOAA nClimDiv, 1991–2020 normals
Louisiana requires HVAC contractors to hold a state license.
The Louisiana State Licensing Board for Contractors issues this license. It covers the contractor, not the job, so it is not something reissued or checked for each repair that gets done.
For a repair like this, that license is what stands behind the work. It belongs to the contractor, not to this particular job, and the board that issued it is where any record of them sits.
Source: Louisiana State Licensing Board for Contractors
- Why is my heat not working?
- Most of the time it comes down to power, gas, or airflow. If you heat with electricity, check the breaker first since more than half the homes here do and a tripped breaker is the simplest explanation. If you have a gas furnace, listen for the igniter trying to light and check that the gas valve is open. A dirty filter can also block enough airflow that the furnace overheats and shuts itself off as a safety measure. If the thermostat screen is blank or unresponsive, that points to a power problem rather than the furnace itself.
- Why is my system running but not cooling the house?
- If air is moving but it is not cold, the problem is usually the filter, the outdoor unit, or the refrigerant charge. Start with the filter. A clogged one starves the system of airflow and the coil can ice over, which makes the air coming out feel warm even though the system is running. Next check the outdoor unit for anything blocking it, leaves, grass clippings, or a fence panel too close to the sides. If the filter is clean and the outdoor unit is clear, the system may be low on refrigerant, and that needs a contractor to check since it involves opening a sealed line.
- What can I check before calling for HVAC repair?
- Check the thermostat batteries and settings first. A dead battery or a setting bumped to the wrong mode looks exactly like a bigger problem but takes seconds to rule out. Check the breaker panel next, since a tripped breaker will stop the whole system cold. Then check the filter and pull it if it is visibly gray or clogged. If the outdoor unit will not turn on at all after storms, that is common here given how often this area gets damaging wind, and it is worth telling the contractor that detail when you call.