Heating and Cooling in Farmington Hills, MI

Family-owned heating and cooling for Farmington Hills homes

Farmington Hills is a city of established homes. By Census Bureau estimates, roughly three out of four homes here were built between 1960 and 2000, and only about one in fifteen has gone up since. So very little heating and cooling work in Farmington Hills is new systems in new houses. It is furnace repair, replacing equipment that has reached the end of its life, and fixing comfort problems a house has had for years.

Maverick Heating and Cooling has been family-owned for 7 years. Our crew of four works on most makes and models. We show up when we said we would, find the real cause, and explain your options and the price before anything starts. Every job carries the same promise: 100% satisfaction guaranteed. Call 248-930-2080.

What a 1970s Farmington Hills house means for your furnace and AC

The median Farmington Hills home was built around 1978. A gas furnace typically lasts 15 to 20 years, so a house of that age is often on its second or third furnace, and the air conditioner has usually been replaced at least once. The ductwork is often the part nobody has touched. Ducts laid out for the original equipment do not always suit a modern furnace, and a typical duct system loses 20 to 30 percent of its air through leaks and poor connections. If some rooms never get comfortable, duct sealing and repair can matter as much as the equipment.

Age matters on the cooling side too. An older air conditioner may still run on R-22, a refrigerant that has not been made or imported in the United States since 2020. It can still be repaired and nobody is forced to replace it, but the remaining supply is recycled or stockpiled, so a leak is a bigger decision than it used to be. We will tell you honestly whether a repair makes sense or whether a new air conditioner is the better use of your money.

Condos, apartments and electric heat

Farmington Hills is not all detached houses. A little over half of its homes are, and the rest are condos, townhomes and apartments. In attached homes the furnace or air handler can be tucked into a closet or a tight utility room, which limits what will fit when it is time to replace it. Roughly one home in nine here heats with electricity instead of gas. If yours is one of them, a heat pump is worth a conversation, because it moves heat instead of making it and delivers more heat than the electricity it uses.

Utilities and water in Farmington Hills

DTE is the electric utility here. The city is on Great Lakes Water Authority water, and private wells are not typical. If you ever smell gas, do not call us first and do not look for the leak. Leave the house, then call 911 and your gas utility from outside. We also work next door in Novi and Southfield.