Heating here runs a handful of weeks a year. Systems sit idle for months, so failures show up on the first cold night, when the whole county is calling at once.
Unlike colder regions where gas furnaces dominate, East Central Florida runs on heat pumps. The same unit that cools you in August heats you in January, by reversing refrigerant flow to pull heat from outdoor air.
When it gets genuinely cold, auxiliary electric heat strips kick in for extra capacity. Those two components — the reversing valve and the heat strips — are behind most heating complaints in this region.
Which is useful to know, because it means your heating problem is usually an HVAC problem, on the equipment you already have.
No heat, cold air in heating mode, breaker trips. Diagnostics and repair with 24/7 dispatch.
Learn more →New systems and replacements, including auxiliary heating and efficiency upgrades.
Learn more →Heating components verified as well as cooling, which is how faults get found before you need heat.
Learn more →Equipment-specific diagnostics for the systems most properties here rely on.
Learn more →Sized by load calculation, since the same unit has to handle both seasons properly.
Learn more →Both modes checked, which is how heating faults get found before you need heat.
Learn more →Because these systems are used infrequently, most heating issues surface all at once, the first time the season turns. These are the calls we take.
The commonest complaint. Usually a failed reversing valve or auxiliary heat not engaging.
Heat strips that should engage at lower outdoor temperatures and do not.
The control not signalling the changeover to heating mode correctly.
Heat strips draw heavily. Electrical faults reveal themselves the moment they engage.
The component that switches the system between cooling and heating, and the one that sits unused longest.
Airflow problems cost heating performance the same way they cost cooling performance.
The best time to find a heating fault is a mild afternoon in October, not the first freezing night in January. That is the whole argument for inspecting equipment you barely use.
Accurate diagnostics for heat pump heating, which behaves nothing like a furnace.
Heat strips carry serious load. Testing them properly is a safety matter, not just a performance one.
Cold snaps create a rush. We staff for it and prioritise properties with no heat at all.
Installed to code and inspection-ready, on residential and commercial properties alike.
Full HVAC maintenance verifies heating components rather than checking cooling alone.
More than five decades of Florida cold fronts, from one Ormond Beach base.
Cold snaps here are short but sharp, and a house with no heat gets uncomfortable quickly — particularly for older residents and young children.
Von Aire provides emergency heating repair during cold snaps to restore heating performance quickly, with rapid dispatch and on-site diagnostics.
Call for priority dispatch, 24 hours a day.
Von Aire is based in Ormond Beach and provides heating services throughout Volusia and Flagler County. Our technicians know the local pattern of sudden winter temperature drops and the heat pump systems in use here.
Each part of the coverage area has its own direct line, answered by the crew that works it.
Whether the system is blowing cold air, tripping a breaker, or you simply want it checked before the season turns, tell us what it is doing and we will sort it.
Call (386) 672-1950 or send the form.
Von Aire has proudly served residential and commercial clients since 1968. Headquartered in Ormond Beach, our insured technicians provide reliable cooling and heating services, including AC repair, installation, maintenance, indoor air quality solutions, and HVAC service throughout East Central Florida.
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