Heating and Cooling Since 2009
Acme HVAC is the HVAC contractor Columbus, OH homeowners call when the air conditioner quits or the furnace runs cold. You get a clear diagnosis and a written price before any work starts.
Our team has repaired, replaced and maintained home heating and cooling systems across Central Ohio since 2009. Dana started the company with one van after twelve years as a service technician for a large Columbus contractor. Dana still answers the phone on Saturday mornings. Today the company is a full-service HVAC contractor in Columbus, OH, with fourteen technicians and installers covering the city and the suburbs around it.
The whole team runs on one rule that every technician follows on every call: find the real cause first, explain the options in plain language, and put the price in writing before a single part is ordered. That rule is why customers who call once for a repair come back years later when it is time for a new system.
Columbus summers bring long stretches of hot, sticky days, and an air conditioner that struggles in June usually fails outright in a July heat wave. Our cooling work covers every stage of a system's life. It runs from a quick repair on a ten-year-old unit to a complete replacement sized for the house it serves.
Every cooling visit starts the same way: a technician measures how the system is actually performing, checks the electrical parts and refrigerant charge, and shows you what they found before recommending anything. Most of the time you know the cause and the price before the technician packs up.
A warm house on a hot day is the most common call we get in summer. Our technicians carry the capacitors, contactors and motors that fail most often, so many repairs are finished on the first visit. If your AC is not cooling or is blowing warm air, we trace the fault instead of guessing at parts.
When an older unit needs a new compressor or costly refrigerant, replacement often makes more sense. We size each new system to the house with a load calculation, explain the efficiency options side by side, and can add a smart thermostat installation so the new equipment runs only when you need it.
Finished attics, sunrooms, garages turned into offices and additions often sit outside the reach of the main ductwork. A ductless mini split heats and cools one room or zone on its own, mounts on the wall with a small line set to an outdoor unit, and runs quietly enough for a bedroom.
Central Ohio winters swing from mild afternoons to single-digit nights, and a furnace that short-cycles in November rarely makes it through January. Our heating technicians work on gas furnaces, electric furnaces and heat pumps, and they test every repair under a full heating cycle before they leave.
Heating problems also carry safety questions that cooling problems do not. Every furnace visit includes a check of the flame, the venting and the heat exchanger, with a carbon monoxide reading at the supply registers.
A furnace that will not ignite, blows cold air or trips its limit switch usually has a fault we can find in under an hour. Common culprits are a dirty flame sensor, a failed igniter, a blocked filter or a draft inducer motor near the end of its life. We explain which one it is and what the repair costs.
A furnace past fifteen years old with a cracked heat exchanger or repeated repairs is often cheaper to replace than to keep fixing. We compare standard and high-efficiency gas furnaces for your home, haul away the old unit, and offer financing on new systems so the choice fits your budget as well as your house.
A heat pump moves heat instead of burning fuel, cooling the house in summer and heating it through most of the winter. Many Columbus homeowners pair one with a gas furnace that takes over on the coldest nights. We install, repair and replace heat pumps and set the changeover point for local weather.
Most breakdowns we see in July and January started months earlier as a dirty coil, a weak capacitor or a clogged filter that nobody checked. A maintenance plan puts two visits on the calendar each year: a spring AC tune-up before the heat arrives and a fall furnace tune-up before the first cold snap. Each visit includes cleaning, testing and a written report on the system's condition.
Indoor air quality work tackles the problems a tune-up cannot fix. Air duct cleaning removes years of dust and construction debris from the ductwork, a whole-house humidifier eases the dry air and static shocks of an Ohio winter, and an air purifier mounted at the furnace captures fine particles and allergens before they circulate.
Maintenance plan members get priority scheduling during the busiest weeks of summer and winter. That matters most on the days when every HVAC contractor in Columbus, OH has a waiting list. Members also get a reminder before each visit is due, so the tune-ups never slip.
SpringAC tune-up before the heat arrives
FallFurnace tune-up before the first cold snap
Open Every Day, Day or Night
A furnace that quits on a freezing night or an air conditioner that dies during a heat advisory cannot wait until Monday. We answer emergency calls 24 hours a day, every day of the year, and send a technician with a stocked van to get your system running again or keep your family safe until it is.
Before the technician arrives, a few steps keep the house comfortable and the problem from getting worse. None of them needs tools or opening up the equipment.
Why Homeowners Choose Us
Homeowners choose us because they know what they are paying for before the work starts, and because the person who answers the phone can actually help. The reasons below come straight from how the company has worked since the first service call in 2009.
A service call should never leave you wondering what happened or what it cost. Every visit follows the same steps, whether it is a simple filter and capacitor swap or the start of a full system replacement.
Reach the office by phone or send the estimate form on this page. We ask a few questions about the system, its age and what it is doing, then book a time window that suits your day.
The technician tests the system from the thermostat to the outdoor unit and shows you the readings and the failed part. You see the evidence instead of taking our word for it.
You get the repair options, and replacement options where they make sense, with a written price for each. Nothing is ordered or installed until you choose and approve one.
The repair or installation is done to manufacturer specifications and tested under a full cycle. The technician cleans up, walks you through the result and leaves the paperwork.
Homeowners across Columbus and the suburbs share how their repairs and installations went. Their words are their own, shown exactly as they were posted.
Acme HVAC serves homes across Columbus and the suburbs within about 20 miles of the shop, inside and outside the I-270 Outerbelt. Our technicians work on everything from older homes with tight basements and original ductwork to newer subdivisions where the furnace and air handler sit in the attic.
Central Ohio weather asks a lot of a heating and cooling system: humid summers that push an air conditioner for weeks at a time and winter nights cold enough to keep a furnace running nonstop. As a local HVAC contractor for Columbus, OH and these suburbs, we size, tune and repair equipment for exactly those swings.
Repair usually makes sense when the system is under ten to twelve years old and the fault is a single part such as a capacitor, igniter or motor. Replacement starts to make more sense when the unit is older, needs a compressor or heat exchanger, or has needed several repairs in a few years. Our technicians give you a written price for both options so you can compare them side by side.
Plan on two visits a year: a spring tune-up for the air conditioner or heat pump and a fall tune-up for the furnace. Regular service keeps the equipment running efficiently, catches small problems before they turn into breakdowns, and keeps most manufacturer warranties in good standing. A maintenance plan books both visits for you and adds priority scheduling during the busiest weeks.
The biggest factors are the size the house needs, the efficiency rating you choose, and how much of the existing ductwork, wiring and venting can be reused. Adding a heat pump, a smart thermostat or air quality equipment changes the total as well. We do a load calculation and give a free written estimate, so you know the full price before deciding.
Yes. Acme HVAC installs, repairs and replaces central heat pumps, dual fuel systems that pair a heat pump with a gas furnace, and ductless mini splits for rooms the main ductwork does not reach. Our technicians set up each system for Central Ohio winters, including the point where a dual fuel system hands off to the furnace on the coldest nights.
Your call is answered any hour of the day, every day of the year. We ask what the system is doing, walk you through the safety steps that matter right away, and dispatch the on-call technician with a stocked van. On arrival the technician diagnoses the problem and gives you a written price before making the repair.
Tell us what your system is doing, how old it is if you know, and the best way to reach you. As your HVAC contractor in Columbus, OH, our office replies during business hours, Monday to Friday 7:00 AM to 7:00 PM and Saturday 8:00 AM to 2:00 PM, and estimates for new systems are always free. For anything urgent, call (614) 555-0142 or email service@acmehvac.example.
Ready When You Are
The best time to call an HVAC contractor in Columbus, OH is before a small noise becomes a no-heat night or a warm house in August. One call gets you a clear diagnosis, a written price and a technician who cleans up after the work. The office is open Monday to Friday 7:00 AM to 7:00 PM and Saturday 8:00 AM to 2:00 PM, closed Sunday, with 24/7 emergency service every day.
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