Williamsburg • 20+ Years Experience • Locally Owned • Licensed & Insured • 5.0 on Google
Our Services
How We Help Williamsburg Homeowners
Propane, gas or electric, we work on the whole system.
Heating
Propane and gas furnaces installed, repaired and serviced every fall.
Air Conditioning
Replacing tired central air, fixing breakdowns and spring check-ups.
Heat Pumps & Mini-Splits
Cold-climate heat pumps that can share the load with an existing furnace.
Plumbing
Well pumps, softeners, water heaters, gas lines and leak detection.
Indoor Air Quality
Humidifiers, air purifiers and UV lights.
Maintenance Plans
From $25 a month: a spring and a fall tune-up, and member pricing on repairs.
Weighing a heat pump or a new furnace? GoodLeap financing is available.
Local Homes
Williamsburg: Propane Country
Williamsburg sits on M-72 in Whitewater Township, the northeast corner of Grand Traverse County, with the township hall on Vinton Road and state forest land to the south.
The township stands out for its heating fuel. Census figures show about 49% of homes heating with propane and about 39% with natural gas, with electricity and wood making up most of the rest. Across the county as a whole, only about 12% of homes use propane.
Housing here is fairly young. The median home was built in 1990, and more than one in five has gone up since 2000. Almost every occupied home is lived in by its owner, and close to a quarter of all homes are seasonal or second homes.
Heat Pumps
Heating a Propane Home in Williamsburg
From Williamsburg out across Whitewater Township, we do furnace replacements, heating repairs and annual furnace maintenance.
If you heat with propane, a cold-climate heat pump is worth pricing. It often beats propane on running cost through much of the winter, though that depends on your electric rate and what you pay for propane, and pairing one with your existing furnace leaves the furnace to handle the coldest nights.
The key setting is the switchover point, the outdoor temperature where the system hands off from the heat pump to the furnace. We explain it in our article on heat pumps in Northern Michigan winters.
Propane and gas appliances can both produce carbon monoxide if something goes wrong, so a working CO alarm on every level of the house is cheap insurance. Here are the signs of carbon monoxide from a furnace.
Cooling
Is Your Williamsburg AC Due?
Most homes here date from the 1970s to the 2000s. If yours still has its original air conditioner, it may be 15 to 35 years old and worth a look before it fails on a hot weekend.
We install central air, handle AC repair and do spring cooling maintenance. A heat pump replaces an air conditioner too, so if your AC is due, it is worth pricing a heat pump at the same time.
For rooms the ductwork never reached, such as additions, bonus rooms and garages turned into living space, a ductless mini-split heats and cools without new ducts.
Plumbing
Well and Gas Line Plumbing in Williamsburg
Like most of rural Grand Traverse County, homes around Williamsburg generally rely on private wells and septic systems rather than public water and sewer.
Our plumbing services cover well pumps, water softeners, water heaters, gas lines and leak detection. In a propane home, the gas lines to the furnace, water heater and range are worth checking whenever the furnace is serviced.
Groundwater across the county is rich in calcium and bicarbonate, according to the U.S. Geological Survey, and that pairing is what leaves white scale in tanks and on fixtures. Flushing the tank and adding a softener both help a water heater last.
Seasonal Homes
Seasonal Homes Around Williamsburg
Close to a quarter of homes in Whitewater Township are seasonal or second homes. In a propane home, an empty winter adds one more thing to watch: the tank level.
We recommend leaving the heat at about 55°F, having the furnace checked in the fall, and installing a smart thermostat that alerts you if the house gets cold. An alert in January is a service call. Finding the problem in spring is an insurance claim.
We schedule fall close-ups and spring start-ups for seasonal homes, and our maintenance plans keep your spring and fall tune-ups on one schedule. Our summer home winterization guide has the full checklist.
Reviews
In our customers’ words
★★★★★
"They started by customizing and explaining the most efficient way to bring in the heat & ac exchange we needed. Then engineered the plan with laymen detail that we could understand."
Trent C., Google review
★★★★★
"Their explanation was clear and easy to understand. I had my furnace replaced, and the work was completed efficiently."
Frank B., Google review
★★★★★
"Jason cares about his customers. I love having an HVAC company that is reliable, trustworthy and hardworking! Keep up the good work!"
Brock B., Google review
Rated 5.0 from 10 Google reviews.
Williamsburg FAQs
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