Find an HVAC technician in Chicago, IL

Chicago's housing is a century-deep layer cake: workers' cottages and two-flats in Logan Square and Wicker Park, greystones and brick three-flats across the North and South Sides, vintage high-rises along the lakefront. Much of it still heats on furnaces and boilers installed generations ago, with basement equipment rooms that seep in every wet spell. Garden units put living space below grade.

No-heat is the winter emergency, and Chicago's freeze cycles are relentless — aging furnaces and boilers in pre-war and mid-century housing fail on the coldest nights. Summers bring the other peak: heat waves that kill aging condensers, especially on the upper floors of older buildings.

The housing spans a century: Logan Square and Wicker Park cottages and two-flats, greystones and brick three-flats with original-era furnaces and boilers; lakefront vintage high-rises with aging central systems. Some older homes heat with radiators and have no ductwork at all — ductless mini-splits and high-velocity systems are the standard retrofit. Lake-effect snow loads ice onto roofs; deep freezes find every weak furnace.

When heating or cooling trouble hits your Chicago home — a furnace that quits in a polar cold snap or a three-flat that won't cool in a heat wave — AirFlow HVAC connects you with an independent local HVAC pro. Tell us what is happening and we will match you with a pro nearby, fast.