Furnaces in Parma Heights Houses Built Out by the 1970s
Parma Heights split from Parma Township in 1911 and filled in fast after the war. By the mid-1970s, 98 percent of its residential land was developed (how Parma Heights was built out). The Census puts the median year built at 1960, with about 43 percent of homes from the 1950s (Census housing data for Parma Heights).
With almost no land left to build on, nearly every heating system in the city is a replacement sitting in a house that is 50 to 70 years old. The furnace may be 10 years old while the ducts, the gas line and the flue around it are original. Those mismatches are common causes of furnace failures: a furnace that overheats on undersized ducts, a flue that does not draft well for a newer unit, or a return air path too small for the blower.
Apartment and Condo Heating in Parma Heights
Parma Heights has more apartments than its neighbors. About 36 percent of homes are in buildings with five or more units. Heating repair there often means a furnace or air handler in a hall closet, an electric furnace instead of gas, or a condenser on a shared pad or roof. Electric heat covers about 19 percent of homes in the city, so electric furnaces and heat strips come up often here.
Common Repairs in Parma Heights
- Closet furnaces and air handlers with tight access in apartments and condos
- Electric furnace heating elements, sequencers and limit switches
- High limit trips on newer furnaces paired with original 1950s ductwork
- Igniters, flame sensors and inducer motors on gas furnaces in single-family houses
- AC capacitors and contactors on condensers sitting on shared pads
Streets and Landmarks Around Parma Heights
Pearl Road runs through the middle of town; it was the old Wooster Pike, the main road from Cleveland to Columbus. Service covers the streets off Pearl Road, York Road, Snow Road, West Ridgewood Drive and West 130th Street, the blocks near Valley Forge High School and Tri-C's Western Campus, and the houses along the Big Creek Reservation off Snow Road. About 136 acres of the city lie inside that reservation.
Heating and AC Service Pages for Parma Heights
Parma Heights sits on Parma's west side. Pick the service that fits the problem:
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Close by: Parma on the east side and Middleburg Heights to the southwest along Pearl Road.