Heating and Cooling Help for Decatur, GA
Decatur is full of homes built long before central heating and air were common, and those systems were added later wherever they would fit. When your heat cannot keep up in an older bungalow, or the back bedrooms stay cold, we send a technician to your Decatur home, find the cause, and tell you what it costs before we touch anything.
A walkable city with deep roots
Decatur is one of the oldest cities in the Atlanta area, with a historic courthouse square at the center of a walkable downtown full of restaurants and shops. Agnes Scott College sits just off the square. The City of Decatur sits in DeKalb County in ZIP code 30030, and Decatur mailing addresses also extend into nearby unincorporated areas like 30033. We work throughout the city: the bungalow streets of Oakhurst and Winnona Park, the neighborhoods around Clairemont Avenue, and the homes near Emory.
Bungalows, cottages, and additions
Much of Decatur was built between the 1910s and the 1940s, and its craftsman bungalows and cottages are a big part of the city's character. Many of those homes were heated by radiators or floor furnaces when they were new, and central heating and air came later, with ductwork run through crawlspaces and attics that were never designed for it.
Many homes have also been expanded with second stories or rear additions, and those spaces often get too little airflow from the original system. A ductless mini-split is often the cleanest way to bring an addition or a finished attic up to comfort without opening walls in an older home.
What we handle in Decatur
Systems built to survive the Decatur weather
Older homes in Decatur tend to lose heat through original windows, uninsulated walls, and crawlspaces, so heating systems work harder here than in newer construction. December through February is when we see the most heating calls. Summers are hot and humid, and a shaded lot helps, but tight attics in older bungalows can trap heat and push cooling systems to run nonstop in July and August.