The homes along Third Street went up between the 1850s and the early 1900s, before anyone had ductwork or air conditioning. Whatever heating and cooling they have now was added later, usually by more than one owner. Most of them heat fine. Cooling is harder, and the second floor stays warm no matter what the thermostat says. We’ll often suggest ductless mini splits or a separate system for the upstairs, because a bigger central air conditioner in the basement won’t push enough cold air up through ducts that small.
Up the hill it’s a different problem. Hudson added about 1,800 homes between 2000 and 2010, and the furnaces and air conditioners that came with them are 15 to 25 years old now. That’s the age when furnace repair and AC repair calls start coming more often. They went in on the same day and tend to give out within a year or two of each other, so we usually recommend replacing both at once. Many of these houses are two stories over a walkout basement with one thermostat on the main floor. The basement runs cold, the bedrooms run hot, and zoning the system is how we fix it.
We work in plenty of townhomes and condos as well. The furnace is usually in a tight closet, and the association decides where the outdoor unit can go, so we measure before we quote a furnace or AC installation. We repair and replace furnaces, air conditioners, heat pumps, and complete HVAC systems all over Hudson, and we do furnace tune-ups and AC maintenance to keep them running between repairs.
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