Heat Pump Repair in Washington, PA
We handle heat pump repair throughout Washington and the surrounding 18080 area, every day of the year including holidays.
If your Washington electricity bill jumped this winter with no change in habits, the heat pump is probably leaning on resistance backup heat it should not need. That is diagnosable and usually fixable.
Washington is covered overnight and through holidays. The crew dispatched is the nearest one working Lehigh County, not whoever is free back in Plumsteadville.
Common faults around Washington
Snow and meltwater are the local complication. An outdoor unit under a roofline that drips will refreeze into a block of ice, and chipping at it damages the coil fins and turns a control repair into a sealed-system repair.
Heating and cooling around Washington
Around Washington the fuel is usually natural gas, though propane turns up wherever the main stops short. What makes Lehigh County distinctive is the age of the buildings: stone farmhouses and pre-war homes that were designed around radiators and later had ductwork threaded through them.
Those retrofits are behind a lot of the comfort complaints we are called about — rooms that never settle, and a system blamed for duct problems.
A heat pump leaning on resistance backup costs real money every day it does it. A Washington electricity bill that has jumped is usually the first evidence of a fault nobody has noticed.
What happens when you call
If the honest answer is that the repair is not worth doing, we say so, including when a replacement would pay us considerably better. That is how the Washington work has grown by recommendation.
Our Heat Pump Repair coverage takes in the whole 18080 area, from the streets around Vigilant Fire Company Firemen's Monument out to the addresses satellite navigation struggles with. Describing a nearby landmark is often faster than an address.
- Vigilant Fire Company Firemen's Monument
- Slatington Historic District
- Slatington station
- Northern Lehigh High School
Other work we do in Washington
Same number, same crew — (215) 484-0300.
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Boiler Repair in Washington
Cold radiators, no heat, pressure trouble
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Furnace Repair in Washington
No heat, short cycling, blowing cold
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Heating Repair in Washington
Whatever heats your house, diagnosed
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Furnace Installation in Washington
Replacement, sizing and venting done right
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Ductwork Repair in Washington
Rooms that never get comfortable
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HVAC Maintenance in Washington
Service before the season turns
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AC Repair in Washington
Not cooling, frozen coil, water on the floor
Everything we do in Washington · Heat Pump Repair across Pennsylvania
Heat Pump Repair in nearby towns
We serve these from the same base as Washington, so if one is closer to you we can start from there instead.
- Slatedale 1.0 mi
- Slatington 1.8 mi
- Walnutport 2.5 mi
- Heidelberg Township, Lehigh County 3.9 mi
- Bowmanstown 4.4 mi
- Palmerton 4.6 mi
Heat Pump Repair in Washington — questions
Do you cover Washington for heat pump repair?
Yes. Washington in Lehigh County is inside our service area and the 18080 postal area is worked by the nearest crew. Call (215) 484-0300 at any hour, including nights, weekends and holidays.
Is ice on the outdoor unit normal?
Light frost between defrost cycles is. A solid shell of ice over the coil or fan is not — switch to emergency heat and call rather than chipping at it, which damages the coil.
My electricity bill doubled this winter. Is that the heat pump?
Very likely, and it usually means resistance backup is doing work the heat pump should be doing. Low charge, a failed outdoor fan, a stuck reversing valve or a misconfigured thermostat all produce that bill.
Why does my heat pump blow cool-feeling air?
Because it delivers a larger volume of mildly warm air rather than hot blasts. Around body temperature at the register is normal and the house will still reach temperature.
What is the difference between auxiliary and emergency heat?
Auxiliary assists the heat pump automatically. Emergency switches the heat pump off entirely and runs only the backup — expensive, and a stopgap rather than a setting to leave on.
Need heat pump repair in Washington?
A technician is on duty in Lehigh County right now. 24 hours a day, every day, including holidays.