Heating and Cooling in Auburn Hills, MI

Auburn Hills heating and cooling is not one kind of job

In most of Oakland County the typical home is a detached house with a gas furnace. Auburn Hills is different. Census Bureau estimates show only about four in ten homes here are detached houses. The rest are mostly condos, townhomes and apartments. The housing is also newer than the county's: more than a third was built in the 1980s and 1990s and nearly three in ten since 2000.

That mix changes the work. About eight in ten Auburn Hills homes heat with gas, but roughly one in seven heat with electricity, a higher share than the county as a whole. Maverick Heating and Cooling is family-owned, has been in business 7 years and works on most makes and models of both. Either way you get the same from us: on-time arrival, a clear explanation and the price before work begins.

Condos and townhomes: what to know before a repair or replacement

Attached homes pack the same equipment into less room. The furnace often sits in a closet or small utility room instead of an open basement, the air conditioner may share a pad with the neighbors' units, and the refrigerant lines can run a long way through finished walls. So access and airflow deserve attention.

Two things help. Know which outdoor unit is yours before you call. And if you are replacing equipment, ask your association whether it has rules on where an outdoor unit sits. Then call 248-930-2080 and we will go through the options. Between visits, three habits keep the equipment out of trouble:

• Change the filter on schedule
• Keep stored boxes away from the furnace
• Keep the space around the outdoor unit clear

If your Auburn Hills home heats with electricity

Electric heat usually means baseboard heaters, an electric furnace or a heat pump. A heat pump also cools, and because it moves heat instead of making it, it can deliver more heat energy than the electricity it uses. Cold-climate models are rated for heating at 5 degrees Fahrenheit. Where there are no ducts, a ductless mini-split can heat and cool room by room. Our heat pump page explains when one suits a Michigan winter.

Shops, offices and utilities in Auburn Hills

Auburn Hills has a large commercial and technology-park base alongside its neighborhoods. We look after light commercial heating and cooling too, mainly the packaged rooftop units on offices and storefronts. DTE supplies the electricity in Auburn Hills, and the water is municipal, supplied through the Great Lakes Water Authority. We also work in neighboring Pontiac and Rochester Hills.