Every house has one room that is wrong
Heating, cooling and duct work across Yakima — including the upstairs bedroom that has been ten degrees out since the day the house was built.
- Measured, not guessedAirflow, static pressure and temperatures — the numbers that say what is actually wrong.
- Priced before the workWritten after the diagnosis, with the alternatives where there is more than one.
- Houses and small businessesBoth sides of the work, and neither treated as filler.
The most common complaint in the valley
Heat rises, the roof is hot, and the ducts that feed the upper floor are usually the longest and leakiest in the house. Four or five things cause it, and they are worth fixing in a particular order — because the cheap ones often solve it.
Tell the check what you have noticed and it gives you that order, with the reason for each step.
The everyday work
- Cooling repairsCondenser coils, capacitors, charge, airflow and the drain that blocks every August.
- Heating repairsGas and electric furnaces, heat pumps, and the controls that tie them together.
- Duct workSealing, returns, transfer grilles and balancing — the least glamorous and most effective work we do.
- ReplacementsSized from the house, with the ducts tested first so the new system has something to breathe through.
The order of work
- ListenWhat it does, when it started, and what changed just before.
- MeasureStatic pressure, airflow, temperatures and the electrical side.
- ExplainWhat is wrong, in words that make sense, with the evidence to hand.
- Price itIn writing, before anything is taken apart for good.
Before you call
Upstairs is always hotter than downstairs. Can that be fixed?
Usually, and often for less than people expect. It is normally a combination — duct runs in a hot attic, a return that cannot get air back out of closed rooms, and afternoon sun. Our hot upstairs check puts the causes in the order worth working through.
Should I close the downstairs registers to push air upstairs?
No. It raises static pressure and generally reduces total airflow, so the system works harder and delivers less. Balancing with dampers, done properly, is the version of that idea which works.
Will a bigger system fix a hot room?
Rarely. Oversized equipment short-cycles, which makes distribution worse and costs more to run. We measure airflow before anyone talks about capacity.
Do you seal ductwork?
Yes — sealing, returns, transfer grilles and balancing. It is the least glamorous work we do and the most reliable way to change how a house feels.
Do you work on small commercial buildings?
Yes. Packaged rooftop units, splits and heat pumps for shops, offices, clinics and light industrial units, with maintenance twice a year written up per unit.
Which areas do you cover?
Yakima, Union Gap, Selah, Wapato, Toppenish, Zillah and Sunnyside.
Yakima and the lower valley
2612 W Nob Hill Blvd, Yakima, WA 98902
Yakima, Union Gap, Selah, Wapato, Toppenish, Zillah and Sunnyside.