HVAC Installation & Replacement in Pittsfield Township, Michigan

Temprasure installs furnaces, air conditioners and heat pumps across Washtenaw County, and Pittsfield Township is roughly 12 minutes from our shop on Lakeridge Drive in Ypsilanti. We know the housing here. The 1990s–2010s subdivision colonials, with 1960s–70s ranches along the older corridors around Silverleaf usually need the venting and return air looked at before a new high-efficiency furnace goes in, and the newer builds in 48108 usually have ductwork that was never sealed and a condenser pad that has settled. A new system from us accounts for those things in the estimate instead of discovering them on install day, and the estimate is free, written, and good for a long time.

Pittsfield Township houses and what that means for hvac installation

The heating-and-cooling story in Pittsfield is really the story of builder-grade equipment reaching its twenties. Thousands of colonials and two-story traditionals went up between about 1992 and 2012 on full poured-concrete basements, and most were handed over with a standard 80 percent furnace, a 10 to 13 SEER air conditioner, a bypass humidifier that nobody ever changed the pad on, and a 40-gallon atmospheric water heater. We are now replacing those systems in bulk, often two or three in the same subdivision in one week. The older pockets along Carpenter Road, Packard Road and Golfside Road are 1960s–70s ranches and tri-levels with crawlspaces or partial basements and ductwork that runs through unconditioned space. Townhouse and condo complexes near Ellsworth Road and State Street use furnaces in utility closets with limited combustion air. The newest homes off Textile Road came with 90-plus furnaces and R-410A condensers and are mostly still in warranty territory.

Venting is the second thing we look at hard in Pittsfield Township. A high-efficiency condensing furnace vents through the side wall in PVC, which frees up the masonry chimney that an older 80% furnace shared with the water heater. In the 1990s–2010s subdivision colonials, with 1960s–70s ranches along the older corridors common near Lillie Park, that leaves a 40-gallon atmospheric water heater alone on a chimney that is now too large for it, and the flue gases can condense and eat the liner. We address that on the estimate, either with a chimney liner sized for the water heater or by talking through a power-vent water heater at the same time. Pittsfield Township homes on DTE Energy gas also get the gas line pressure-tested and the drip leg and shutoff brought up to current code as part of the install.

With about 40,000 and still growing residents and housing that runs from the 1990s–2010s subdivision colonials, with 1960s–70s ranches along the older corridors around Carpenter Road corridor to the newer streets near Ellsworth Road corridor, Pittsfield Township keeps us busy year-round. The equipment is on DTE Energy for heat and DTE Energy for cooling, the basements near Pittsfield Preserve are prone to the same moisture issues as the rest of Washtenaw County, and the ductwork in a lot of these houses was never sized for the air conditioner that was bolted on later. We are 5 miles away, we service every brand, and we quote a flat rate before we start.

Local details we plan around in Pittsfield Township

• Subdivision associations in places like Silverleaf and Stonebridge can have rules on condenser screening and side-yard placement, so we check before we set a new unit.
• Garages here were built with the furnace room just inside, so combustion-air openings into the garage are a code issue we correct on many replacements.
• Many 1990s subdivisions were plumbed with flexible duct branches stapled to basement joists, and crushed or disconnected runs are the usual cause of a cold upstairs bedroom.
• Pittsfield is flat, open former farmland, and the newer subdivisions have not grown enough tree cover yet to matter, so south- and west-facing colonials bake in July and condensers run long hours. Winter wind sweeps across the fields from the west with little to slow it, which pushes heating loads on the exposed end units of every subdivision. Drainage is managed through retention ponds, and homes backing up to them run a bit damper in the basement.