Heating and Cooling in Dearborn Heights, MI

Heating and cooling in Dearborn Heights, a city built mostly in twenty years

In 1949 the north end of today's Dearborn Heights was almost all farmland, by the City's own account. The 1950 Census counted about 20,000 residents in the area and the 1970 Census about 80,000. By Census Bureau estimates, more than half the homes here were built in the 1940s and 1950s, against about a quarter across Metro Detroit as a whole, and nearly three in ten more in the 1960s and 1970s.

Maverick Heating and Cooling serves every city within 50 miles of Dearborn Heights, and Dearborn Heights is the middle of that circle. We are family-owned, with 7 years in business and a crew of four. We come when we say we will. Nothing is done until you have heard what failed and agreed to the price, and the finished work is 100% satisfaction guaranteed. Call 248-930-2080. We also work in Dearborn and Inkster.

Small brick houses, compact lots and detached garages

The City's master plan describes a very large number of post-war subdivisions here: brick homes on compact lots, mostly small houses with a detached garage in the back yard or a small attached one. Between Ford Road and Michigan Avenue the houses run larger, often ranches or two-story colonials.

A 1940s or 1950s house is roughly 65 to 85 years old now, and a furnace typically lasts 15 to 20 years. So the furnace has likely been changed several times, while the ductwork often has not. Few houses of that time had central air, and cooling added later to heating ducts can run short of return air. It shows as weak airflow or a noisy blower.

Flood-prone at both ends: the Rouge River and Ecorse Creek

The City names two flood-prone areas: the north end by the Rouge River and the south end by Ecorse Creek. It also warns that sewer backups after heavy rain can affect any home. Rain on April 30 and May 1, 2019, brought a state of emergency for Wayne County, with Dearborn Heights reported among the hot spots. After heavy rain on July 16, 2021, WDIV reported 1,500 homes damaged here, a figure the station was given and not an official count. In 2023 the Wayne County Commission approved work on the North Branch Ecorse Creek drain, saying floodwater had filled basements here.

A furnace or water heater that has been under water should not be switched back on until it has been checked. For gas valves and controls that have been flooded, industry guidance is replacement, and often that means a new furnace or water heater.