Two ways to cool a house here, and both of them are legitimate
Heating, cooling and ventilation across Greeley and Weld County. Evaporative coolers genuinely work on the high plains, refrigerated air genuinely works everywhere, and which one suits you depends on your house rather than on what a salesman prefers.
Laid out plainly
Furnaces and heat pumps
Breakdowns, annual service and replacement. Winters here are long and genuinely cold, and a furnace that has been running on a dirty filter all season is the commonest no-heat call we take in January.
Evaporative and refrigerated
We fit, service and repair both. That is unusual enough in this trade to be worth saying plainly — most companies will only sell you the one they prefer.
Sealing, airflow measurement and the leaks into a crawlspace that you pay for twice.
Humidifiers and ventilation
Winter air at this elevation is genuinely dry, and a humidifier does raise indoor humidity. Pushed too far it puts water on your windows and inside your walls, so we set a sensible ceiling for your house and say what it is.
Seasonal start-ups, pad changes, pump and float work, and proper winterisation.
Cooling checked in April, heating in September. Booked ahead, not in a queue.
Both, properly
Houses across Greeley, Evans, Windsor and Eaton, and commercial premises from shop units to light industrial — including a good deal of agricultural and processing property where the ventilation matters more than the cooling.
Why this town gets a real choice
Evaporative cooling works by evaporating water into the air stream. The drier the air, the more it can evaporate and the more it cools. On the high plains the air is dry for most of the summer, which is why swamp coolers are still everywhere here and are effectively useless on the Gulf Coast.
What they cannot do is work in a sealed house, dehumidify, or keep up when late-summer moisture arrives. Refrigerated air does all three and costs more to run. Neither of those is a scandal; they are just different machines.
We fit both, so we have no side
A company that only fits refrigerated air will tell you swamp coolers are obsolete. A company that only services swamp coolers will tell you air conditioning is a waste of money. Both are selling their own stock.
We do both, which means the only useful thing we can do is tell you which suits your house — and sometimes that is the cheaper one.
No savings percentage. Evaporative cooling uses considerably less electricity than refrigerated. What that is worth in dollars depends on your tariff, your house and your summer, so we put a figure on it after seeing your system, never before.
Common questions
Do swamp coolers still make sense here?
Yes, for a great many houses. Evaporative cooling works by evaporating water into the air stream, so the drier the air the better it works — and Weld County air is dry for most of the summer. What it cannot do is work in a sealed house, dehumidify, or keep up when late-summer moisture arrives.
Which should I fit, evaporative or refrigerated?
It depends on your house, not on our stock. We fit and service both, which means we have no side. There are five questions on this site that tell you which way your house leans and say plainly when the answer is genuinely balanced.
Why does my swamp cooler stop cooling in late August?
Because the air stops being dry enough. That is not a fault and no amount of servicing changes it. Some people accept two uncomfortable weeks; others add a single refrigerated unit for one room. Both are reasonable answers.
My furnace keeps shutting off. Is it finished?
Usually not. A restricted filter makes a furnace overheat and stop on its limit switch, and that is the commonest no-heat call we take in January. Write the filter size on the cabinet and it becomes a two-minute job.
Why does my outdoor unit need cleaning so often?
Cottonwood seed in June, mostly, and this valley produces a great deal of it. A packed coil cannot reject heat, so the system runs longer and costs more for the same result.
Which areas do you cover?
Greeley, Evans, Windsor, Eaton, Johnstown, Milliken and Kersey.
Greeley and Weld County
3015 23rd Ave, Greeley, CO 80631. We cover Greeley, Evans, Windsor, Eaton, Johnstown, Milliken and Kersey.
Monday to Friday, 7am to 4pm.