Heating and Cooling in Rochester Hills, MI

Rochester Hills heating and cooling for 1980s and 1990s homes

Rochester Hills is newer than Oakland County as a whole. By Census Bureau estimates the 1980s were its busiest building decade, at more than a quarter of all homes, and the 1980s and 1990s together account for over four in ten. Fewer than three in ten date from the 1960s and 1970s. Roughly two-thirds are detached houses, and about nine in ten heat with natural gas.

So the typical system here is a gas furnace, usually with central air, in a subdivision house 30 to 45 years old. Maverick Heating and Cooling has been repairing and replacing those systems across Oakland County for 7 years. We are family-owned, and we keep the work honest: you hear what failed, what your options are and what each one costs before we start.

The second set of equipment is now the old set

Furnaces typically last 15 to 20 years and air conditioners often less. A house finished in the late 1980s has likely had its builder-installed furnace and air conditioner replaced once already, and that replacement is now well into its own working life. Expect second-generation faults: a blower motor that hums and will not start, a capacitor that gives out on a hot afternoon, an outdoor coil matted with dirt.

Cooling deserves the closer look. An air conditioner old enough to use R-22 refrigerant can still be repaired and nobody is required to replace it, but R-22 has not been made or imported since 2020 and what remains is scarce. If that unit has a leak, topping it up without fixing the leak is rarely money well spent. Our AC repair page covers the common faults, and AC installation explains how a replacement is sized.

Rochester or Rochester Hills? We cover both

Rochester Hills is the former Avon Township. It borders the separate City of Rochester and the two share a Rochester mailing address, so plenty of people here simply say they live in Rochester. Give us the street when you call 248-930-2080. We also take calls from Troy and Auburn Hills.

City water for most, a well for some

Most of Rochester Hills is on the city water system, supplied by the Great Lakes Water Authority. Some older or large-lot properties may still draw from a private well. If yours does, mention it when you call. Well water tends to leave more sediment in a tank water heater and more scale on a humidifier pad, which changes how often each needs attention.