- 60 Hartsdale Rd, Rochester NY 14622
- 7am to 7pm · 7 days a week
- Call an owner: 585 454 8422
No heat in winter, no cool in a heat wave, busted lines. We answer the phone day or night, weekends included.
Brighton has some of the oldest homes in the area, the character homes around East Avenue, Monroe Avenue, and the Houston Barnard tract, and a lot of them still run on oil furnaces, old boilers, or first-generation forced air. Here is the problem most Brighton homeowners hit: the majority of Rochester HVAC companies have simply stopped servicing fuel oil. When your oil furnace quits, half the phone book cannot help you. We can. Fuel oil is one of the things we are genuinely known for.
We fix gas and oil furnaces, every brand. If your oil system is worth keeping, we repair it and keep it running. If it makes sense to convert to gas for lower running costs, we can walk you through that too, honestly, with no pressure. Justin or Colby runs the diagnostic, gives you a straight answer and a straight price, and treats an old Brighton home with the care it deserves.
Justin VanCassele and Colby Baker run AmeriHeat together. Colby is a veteran. Both owners are on jobs every week across Rochester and Monroe, Wayne and Ontario Counties.
Give them a call. They actually pick up.
These are the furnace failures we see most often in Brighton homes, gas and oil. We track down the cause and fix it the first time.
Older Brighton homes on oil are exactly who we serve. When an oil furnace quits, it is usually the nozzle, the oil filter, the igniter, or the fuel pump. We diagnose and fix all of it, and we do oil tank work too. When half the companies in town will not touch oil, we still do.
A gas furnace that will not light or throws no heat is usually a bad igniter, a dirty flame sensor, or a failed control board. We find which one and fix it fast.
The blower runs but the air is not warm. Often a flame sensor, an ignition fault, or a fuel supply issue. We find why it is not making heat instead of guessing.
The furnace fires, runs a minute, and shuts off, over and over. Often a dirty filter overheating the unit, or a limit or sensor fault. It wears the furnace out, so it is worth fixing.
Rumbles, a smell of oil, or soot around the unit are common on older oil furnaces and point to combustion or nozzle issues. We clean it up and set it right.
A burning smell, a yellow flame instead of blue, or a headache when the heat runs can signal a combustion or heat exchanger problem, and old furnaces are where cracks show up. Shut it off and call us. We check for carbon monoxide risk.
A lot of Brighton's older homes were built in the 1920s and 30s and never switched off oil. Oil heat works fine, but it needs someone who actually knows it, and that is where Brighton homeowners get stuck. Most Rochester HVAC companies have quietly dropped fuel oil service, so when an oil furnace acts up, you call around and keep hearing "we do not do oil." We do. Oil furnace repair, oil filter and nozzle work, pump and ignition issues, and oil tank work are all part of what we handle. It is not a niche we tolerate, it is one we are known for.
When your oil furnace can be fixed and it is worth keeping, we fix it and keep it running for you. If your running costs are high and gas is available on your street, converting from oil to gas can lower what you pay to heat the home, and we can walk you through that option honestly. There is no pressure to convert. Some homes are better off with a solid oil repair, and we will tell you when that is the case. Either way you get the straight version, not a sales pitch.
Thinking about oil to gas? It usually needs a permit and some planning, and it is not right for every home. Ask us at the diagnostic and we will give you the real picture, cost, savings, and whether it makes sense for your Brighton home.
Older furnaces are exactly where safety problems show up. A cracked heat exchanger or a bad combustion setup, on gas or oil, can leak carbon monoxide, which you cannot see or smell. When we are in your furnace, we look at the things that keep your family safe, not just whether warm air is coming out. If we find something dangerous, we tell you straight and shut it down until it is safe.
Furnace repair starts with knowing what is actually broken. For $99 we come to your Brighton home, run a full diagnostic on the furnace, gas or oil, and tell you exactly what is wrong and what it costs to fix. No guessing, no vague estimates over the phone.
A full diagnostic of your furnace for $99. You get a clear answer and a clear price before any repair work starts. The owner does the diagnosis, so nothing gets lost in translation.
Call the owners directly. We still do oil, same day when available.
Need it looked at? Call 585 454 8422 or request service. Justin or Colby will get you on the schedule.
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Call the owners directly. Gas or oil, we run a real diagnostic, find the actual problem, and give you a straight price before any work starts.
Call, email, or send the form. Justin or Colby answers the phone, not a call center. We will get your Brighton furnace diagnosed and the heat back on, gas or oil.
