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W.F. Smith is a family-owned heating and cooling company that serves Bensalem Township, PA. Our shop is on State Road, just across the Poquessing Creek line in Northeast Philadelphia.
We install, fix, and take care of heating and cooling systems for homes all over the township, from the blocks near the river to the newer homes toward Middletown. We do not work on boilers, water heaters, oil systems, or steam systems. Our office tells you the visit fee before we come out, and estimates for new systems are free. Most of our new systems use Lennox or Mitsubishi Electric. Our technicians also fix other big brands.
Heating and cooling work in Bensalem has its own shape. Most of the township was built in the 20 years after World War Two, full of ranch homes and split-level homes made for heat, not air conditioning. Cooling came later, added onto ducts that were never made big enough for it.
We fix, replace, install, and take care of central air conditioners all over Bensalem. A technician finds the problem, tells you the price, and lets you decide before any work starts. Common calls are warm air at the vents, a frozen coil, and a refrigerant leak. We also see outdoor units that hum but will not turn on, and drain lines that back up.
When we replace a system, we measure your home to find the right size instead of just copying the old size. Bensalem ranch homes have gotten new roofs, new windows, more insulation, and extra rooms since the 1950s, so the old size is almost never right anymore. Often the right fix is a smaller system paired with better ducts.
Gas furnace work in Bensalem means repairs, replacements, and yearly check-ups on furnaces that rarely sit in a full basement. Ranch and split-level homes often put the furnace in a small closet, a crawl space, or a short basement instead. Those small closets can surprise people, since there is often just barely enough room for air, venting, and the filter.
Most no-heat calls come from a problem starting the flame, a broken flame sensor, a bad thermostat, or a dirty filter. A technician checks each step the furnace goes through to find where it stops, instead of just swapping parts one at a time and hoping.
We do not work on boilers, steam systems, or oil heating. If your home has one of those, we can still take care of your air conditioning.
A heat pump can heat and cool your home with just one system, and it works well in Bensalem. A one-story ranch home with short duct runs is often a great fit. Spreading air through a one-story house is easier than a tall one. New heat pumps still work well even when it is well below freezing outside.
If you want a backup, we can pair a heat pump with a gas furnace. The system switches between them based on how cold it is outside. This works well for split-level homes, where the furnace already sits on the lower floor. One thing to watch for in older Bensalem homes: a heat pump needs more electrical power than a gas furnace does. We check your electrical panel before giving you a price, since a small, older panel often needs an upgrade first.
Rebates from the Electrical Association of Philadelphia and from the equipment makers often apply, and payment plans are available for some jobs.
Ductless mini-splits are worth it in Bensalem for the rooms your main system was never built to reach. A converted garage, a finished basement, an attic bedroom, or an add-on room off the back of a ranch all qualify. These rooms sit too far from the ducts to get good airflow. A ductless unit gives one of these rooms its own thermostat, without touching the rest of the house.
Mitsubishi Electric is the brand we install most for ductless systems. An outdoor unit connects to indoor units through a small hole in the wall, so there is no need to build boxes around pipes or lose a closet. Ranch homes built on a solid concrete slab benefit the most, since there is no basement to run new ducts through.
W.F. Smith offers after-hours help for emergencies. We do not run regular service around the clock. Our office answers calls Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Outside those hours, an answering service will reach the technician who is on call. After-hours and Saturday visits cost more. Sundays and holidays cost even more than that.
The technician tells you the price before heading out, so nothing on your bill is a surprise. Customers with a maintenance plan get seen first.
We work the whole township, and a few parts of it keep us busiest.
We also cover Philadelphia and more than 20 other communities across Bucks and Montgomery Counties, plus Lambertville, New Jersey.
Tightly packed homes on small lots, where we have to check how close we can get to the neighbor's wall before ordering anything.
Older homes on low ground near the Delaware River, where raising the outdoor unit off the ground is worth the extra cost.
Classic 1950s and 1960s ranch and split-level homes with old heating-only ducts, the main kind of work we described above.
Apartment and townhome blocks where the outdoor units sit close to the road and get dusty fast.
Wooded lots where a lot of fall leaves land on the outdoor unit, and crawl spaces stay damp all summer.
Newer homes with proper ducts already in place, so the work here is usually swapping out old equipment rather than fixing ducts.
Newer townhomes sit right next to much older homes, so the job changes block by block.
W.F. Smith has worked in lower Bucks County homes since 1946. The Smith family still owns and runs the company. Our five owners have more than 140 years of work experience between them, and our main technicians have worked here for over 20 years each on average. We hold Pennsylvania Home Improvement Contractor license PA003700 and have been accredited by the BBB since 1991.
On a Bensalem job, that long history means our crew has likely seen your problem before. We have opened up ranch attics and found one small return vent trying to do the job of three. We have rebuilt ducts in tight crawl spaces. We know which Bensalem homes are tricky to work on.