Heating & cooling
Heater and Furnace Repair in Portsmouth, VA
Furnace and heater installation, repair and maintenance for Portsmouth and Hampton Roads homes, plus heat pump service, backed by a 1-year warranty on new installs.
Chapter 01
What a struggling furnace sounds and feels like
A furnace rarely fails all at once. First one room runs warm while another stays cold, or the unit starts a strange noise it never made before: a rattle, a clank, a hum that was not there last winter. Bills climb without anything else in the house changing. Any one of those on its own is worth a look; a few of them together usually means the unit is working harder than it should to do the same job.
A pilot light that has gone yellow or keeps flickering, or a furnace that is cycling on and off more than it used to, are signs worth acting on rather than watching. Combustion that is not burning clean and a unit that cannot hold a steady cycle both point at something that needs a technician's eyes, not a guess.
Any unpleasant odor from the unit is also worth a call rather than a wait. Reach out and describe what you are noticing, and we can tell you whether it is a quick fix or something bigger before it turns into a cold house.
The Ellsworth Plumbing & Heating storefront and roadside sign under a pale overcast sky
Heat pumps, furnaces and the service between them
Ellsworth Plumbing & Heating handles furnace and heater installation, repair and maintenance, along with heat pump service for the homes running one instead of, or alongside, a furnace. The two systems are maintained differently, and a technician who knows both is worth having when a Hampton Roads home has one of each.
Furnace and heater maintenance means going over the parts that quietly wear out: burners, igniters, the blower that moves the air through the house. Catching wear there is what keeps a furnace from failing on the coldest week of the year instead of on a schedule you chose.
Chapter 03
Keeping a heating system on schedule
Ellsworth Plumbing & Heating recommends having your HVAC system serviced annually, and that one visit a year is what tends to keep small wear from turning into a breakdown. Call (757) 250-2677 to get it on the calendar; estimates are usually available as soon as the next day.
The team is plumbing and heating certified and qualified to work on gas contractor jobs, which matters on a gas furnace where the heating and the gas supply are really one system to get right.
Ellsworth Plumbing & Heating is plumbing and heating certified, with a 1-year warranty on every new furnace or heater install and service aimed at 1-2 business days.
Signs it is time to call
- Uneven heating in your home
- Strange noises coming from the unit
- Higher than usual energy bills
- Frequent cycling on and off
- Yellow or flickering pilot light
- Unpleasant odors
What the job covers
- Heat pump services
- Furnace/heater installation
- Furnace/heater repair
- Furnace/heater maintenance
Every new furnace or heater installation carries a 1-year warranty, and Ellsworth Plumbing & Heating aims for service within 1-2 business days. They recommend having your HVAC system serviced annually.
Related work
Air Conditioners
A/C and heat pump installs, repairs, maintenance and air handlers.
Boilers
Gas and oil-fired boiler maintenance, repair and installation.
Mini-Splits
Mini-split installs, repairs, Mitsubishi system replacements and filter cleanouts.
Gas Lines
Gas line installs, repairs, pressure tests, leak detection and generator lines.