Find an HVAC technician in Burlington, VT

Burlington's HVAC story is Lake Champlain and deep cold. Spring high water raises groundwater across the Old North End, the waterfront, and low streets — right where furnaces, boilers, and air handlers sit in basements. Weeks of sub-freezing weather keep heating equipment at full load for months, and ice dams build on the steep roofs of 19th-century Victorians as heat escapes into under-insulated attics.

No-heat is the winter emergency, and deep cold punishes every weak point: aging boilers, undersized furnaces, and heat pumps without proper backup heat. Summers are short but humid, and older homes rarely have central AC — window units and a growing number of ductless systems handle the few hot weeks.

The housing is old and heavily rented — 19th-century Victorians and colonials carved into apartments, student housing near the university hill, capes and ranches farther out toward the New North End. Deferred maintenance is common in rental stock: aging furnaces and boilers, original ductwork leaking heat, and balloon-frame walls hiding retrofit ducts that were never sealed. Old plaster holds the dust of decades — duct cleaning and air-quality work follows every major heating repair.

When heating or cooling trouble hits your Burlington home — a boiler that quits during a cold snap or a rental's furnace blowing cold air in January — 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.