Heating Repair Across Birmingham's East Corridor
Furnace repair Birmingham AL. Gas furnace, heat pump, electric furnace. No heat at 10pm in January is the call we take. Licensed, insured, parts on the truck.
Licensed & Insured
Written Estimates
24/7 Dispatch
Gas, Heat Pump, Electric
Furnace Repair Birmingham AL — What We Actually Do
Most heating-repair calls in Birmingham fall into a small handful of buckets. The igniter cracked. The flame sensor fouled and the burner is short-cycling. The pressure switch hose is plugged. The pilot light blew out and the thermocouple is bad. On a heat pump, the reversing valve stuck or the outdoor coil iced solid because the defrost board quit.
We do not guess. We diagnose. A licensed technician shows up with a combustion analyzer, a manometer, a multimeter, and the OEM parts that fit the most common Birmingham-area furnace and heat pump installs. You get a written estimate before any wrench turns — part number, labor, total. No surprise charges. No upsell to a new system you do not need. If it is a $40 flame sensor, we tell you it is a $40 flame sensor.
Furnace service Birmingham AL also means knowing when not to repair. A 22-year-old gas furnace with a cracked heat exchanger gets red-tagged and shut down. We will tell you that honestly and walk you through replacement options — or, if you want a second opinion before you decide, we will say so. The job is to get heat back to your house and tell you the truth about what we find.
Common Heating Repairs We Handle
Gas furnace repair Birmingham AL, heat pump repair Birmingham AL, no-heat diagnostics, and emergency heating repair. These are the failures we see most often across Jefferson and Shelby counties.
Gas Furnace Repair
Gas furnace repair Birmingham AL — ignition control failure, flame sensor fouling, gas valve faults, and pressure switch issues. Most no-heat calls on a gas furnace come down to a fouled flame sensor or a failed hot-surface igniter. We carry both on every truck. We pull the burner assembly, clean it correctly, test the gas valve under load, and verify proper combustion before we leave.
No Heat Diagnosis
No heat is the call we take more than any other from late November through February. The cause is almost never the thermostat. It is usually a failed igniter, a tripped high-limit switch, a flame-sensor problem, a stuck gas valve, or in heat pumps a frozen outdoor coil with a failed defrost board. We trace the actual fault — we do not guess and swap parts.
Pilot Light & Igniter Service
Older Birmingham homes still run standing-pilot furnaces. Modern systems use hot-surface igniters or direct-spark ignition. Both fail. A pilot light that will not stay lit usually means a bad thermocouple. A new furnace that will not light usually means a cracked igniter — fragile silicon-carbide part that breaks from a single rough handling. We carry replacements for the common units.
Heat Exchanger Inspection
A cracked heat exchanger is the one furnace problem that takes a unit out of service permanently. It leaks combustion gas — including carbon monoxide — into the airstream you breathe. We inspect heat exchangers with a borescope and combustion analyzer on every furnace call where age, soot pattern, or flame disturbance suggests a problem. If we find a crack we red-tag the unit and walk you through your options honestly.
Blower Motor & Capacitor
A furnace that lights but does not move air through the house has a blower problem. Common causes — failed run capacitor on a PSC motor, seized bearings, a burned-out ECM module, or a control board that has stopped sending the heat-call signal to the blower. We test each component in sequence rather than swapping the whole motor blind.
Thermostat Not Heating
Thermostat not heating but cooling works fine — or vice versa — usually means a wiring fault at the thermostat or a control-board failure at the furnace. We test the thermostat, the wire run, the transformer, and the board outputs to find which one is actually at fault. Smart thermostats add their own failure modes — Wi-Fi loss, app sync issues, dead C-wire. We diagnose all of it.
Heat Pump Repair (Heating Mode)
Heat pump repair Birmingham AL — when a heat pump fails in winter the symptom is the same as a furnace failure (no warm air), but the cause is different. Reversing valve stuck in cooling, defrost cycle stuck on, refrigerant low, outdoor coil iced solid, auxiliary strip heat failed. Heat pump heating diagnosis is different from gas furnace work. We do both.
Emergency Heating Repair
Emergency heating repair across Birmingham's east corridor — nights, weekends, holidays, the cold snap that hits the second week of January every year. A house with no heat at 25 degrees is not a next-week problem. Call the dispatch line and a licensed technician is routed to your address with parts on the truck.
Heating Repair Service Areas
Heating repair across Birmingham's east corridor and south metro. The cities below are where our trucks run the most — same-day dispatch is realistic from any of them.
Also serving Leeds, Moody, Pinson, Clay, Springville, and the rest of the east corridor.
Furnace & Heat Pump Brands We Service
How Our Heating Repair Process Works
Dispatch
Call (205) 206-5252. Tell us what the furnace or heat pump is doing — clicking, no air, cold air, smell of gas. We dispatch the nearest licensed technician with parts pre-loaded for the most likely failure on your system.
Diagnose
Combustion analyzer on gas furnaces. Manometer for gas pressure. Multimeter for ignition, control board, and capacitor faults. Pressure gauges for heat pumps. We find the actual root cause — not a guess.
Repair
Written estimate before any work. Part number, labor, total. You authorize, we repair on the spot. Most no-heat calls finish in a single visit because the part is on the truck.
Heating Repair FAQ
My furnace is not heating. What should I check before calling?
Three things. First — is the thermostat set to heat and the temperature above the room reading. Second — has the furnace switch been flipped off accidentally (it looks like a light switch on or near the unit). Third — has the breaker tripped at the panel. Past that, leave it alone. Do not poke at the gas valve, do not relight a pilot you do not understand, do not ignore a smell of gas. Call us at (205) 206-5252.
Why does furnace repair cost more in Birmingham than I expect?
Birmingham heating systems do not run as many hours per year as cooling systems do — but when they do run, they run hard during cold snaps. Gas furnace components, control boards, and igniters are the same OEM parts a tech in Chicago would replace. Labor rate, truck stock, and the licensing required to legally touch a gas appliance in Alabama is what you pay for. We give you a written estimate before any work starts.
Do you repair gas furnaces, heat pumps, and electric furnaces?
Yes. Gas furnace repair, heat pump repair (heating and cooling modes), electric furnace and air handler repair, and dual-fuel system repair are all in scope. The diagnostic procedures and parts are different for each — heat pump work is not the same as gas furnace work — but every technician we dispatch is trained on all three system types.
How fast can you get to a no-heat call?
During a cold snap we run 24/7 dispatch. The east corridor — Trussville, Mountain Brook, Chelsea, Calera, Montevallo, Helena — is the territory we work the most, so the truck is usually closer to your address than a downtown shop would be. Call the dispatch number and you will get a technician routed to you, not a recording.
Should I repair my furnace or replace it?
Age, the type of failure, and previous repair history matter most. A 10-year-old furnace with a failed igniter or flame sensor is a clean repair. A 20-year-old furnace with a cracked heat exchanger is unsafe to keep running and a candidate for replacement. We give honest written guidance — not a sales pitch — based on what we actually find when we open the unit.
Is a cracked heat exchanger really dangerous?
Yes. A cracked heat exchanger leaks combustion gases — carbon monoxide among them — into the airstream that gets blown through your house. Carbon monoxide poisoning is the biggest reason furnaces get red-tagged and shut off. If we find a crack we will not put the unit back in service. Every home with a gas appliance should have a working CO detector regardless.
No Heat? Call Now.
Emergency heating repair Birmingham AL — gas furnace, heat pump, electric furnace. Licensed technicians dispatched 24/7 across the east corridor and south metro. Written estimate before any work begins.
(205) 206-5252