Hyattsville housing runs from Victorians off Baltimore Avenue to post-war blocks and newer builds near the Arts District, and what heats them is just as mixed. Nero's Heating & Air repairs, services, and replaces furnaces, boilers, radiators, air conditioners, and heat pumps across all of it, from our shop next door in Cheverly.
Whether yours is a boiler that has outlived two owners or a heat pump only a few years old, we can track down what is going wrong. Before any work starts, you will know what the diagnosis costs and what comes next.
Plenty of Hyattsville houses are still heated the way they were built, by a boiler pushing hot water out to cast-iron radiators. We repair, maintain and replace boilers, radiators and gas furnaces, and we work on the balancing that decides whether the back bedroom ever catches up.
Our cooling work runs the whole life of the system, from a tune-up before the first humid week through to replacement once the repairs stop being worth it. We diagnose what failed, price the fix, and tell you plainly when the money is better spent on new equipment.
A heat pump runs the heating and the cooling off one piece of equipment, which is why it keeps coming up on replacement quotes. We install, repair and maintain heat pumps, and we fit and service single-zone and multi-zone ductless mini-splits for rooms that need their own control.
Hot water tends to announce its own problems, whether that is a shower that runs cold early, water that never quite gets hot, or a tank that has started leaving a damp patch on the basement floor. We repair and replace both tank and tankless water heaters.
Comfort is not only about temperature. A damp summer basement and a winter upstairs that dries out your throat are both air problems rather than equipment faults, and they are fixed differently. Our indoor air quality work covers duct cleaning, whole-home humidifiers and whole-home dehumidifiers.
Replacing a furnace, air conditioner, or heat pump in Hyattsville comes with one extra step before installation: a mechanical permit from Prince George's County. It is the county's way of checking that the new system is installed correctly, including the sizing, venting and electrical work.
You do not have to handle that paperwork yourself. The permit has to be filed by a licensed HVAC contractor, so we take care of the application as part of the installation and see the job through to final inspection.
If your home is in a designated historic area, there may be another approval to plan for. Exterior changes can also require a Historic Area Work Permit, which can affect where the outdoor unit goes and, in turn, how the refrigerant lines and electrical are routed.
Pepco, the Potomac Electric Power Company, runs residential efficiency incentives for Maryland customers through EmPOWER Maryland. What you may qualify for depends on which system you install and how efficient it is, so it is worth looking at while the equipment is still up for discussion.
We go through the current options with you in the estimate, so you know how they impact the final figure.
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Replacement is rarely something you plan for. Financing spreads the cost over time, and we put the terms next to your estimate so the monthly figure and the total are in front of you at the same time.
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Yes. Ductless mini-splits were made for houses that never had ducts. The indoor unit mounts on the wall and needs only a small opening, so nothing has to be opened up.
Washington Gas is the distributor for this county, so gas heating is a realistic option on most streets here. Confirm your own address with them before you commit to a conversion.
Sometimes. Permits are not only for new equipment, and smaller jobs can need one depending on what the technician has to touch. We find out first so you are not guessing.
It can. Federal flood guidance puts outdoor HVAC equipment at least a foot above the base flood elevation, which usually means a raised pad or platform rather than ground level.
We tell you before you are committed. Some parts are still available reclaimed or aftermarket. Where nothing is, we say so plainly rather than ordering something that is not going to arrive.
That is exactly what the visit is for. Tell us what you have noticed, and we will help you sort out whether you are dealing with a small fix, a larger HVAC problem or a system that is worth talking about more seriously.
