Air conditioning repair operations inundated with calls as heat indexes rise – WLWT Cincinnati

Air conditioning repair operations inundated with calls as heat indexes rise

Updated: 6:48 PM EDT Jun 20, 2024

LITTLE BIT. ALL RIGHT KEVIN, THANK YOU. SO NOT QUITE AS BAD BUT STILL A PRETTY HOT ONE OUT THERE TODAY. AND SOME PEOPLE HAVE EVEN BEEN WORKING OUTSIDE IN THESE HIGHER TEMPERATURES AND THE HUMIDITY ALL WEEK LONG. YEAH. THEY HAVE NO CHOICE. RIGHT. AND ITS NOT OVER YET. WLWT NEWS HOLMES BRIAN HAMRICK LIVE TONIGHT WITH THE STORY IN BRYAN. SOME SAY WORKING OUTSIDE THE PAST FEW DAYS HAS BEEN DOWNRIGHT BRUTAL. YEAH, SHEREE. WELL, THE HEAT INDEX IS HITTING SOME OF THE HIGHEST NUMBERS OF THE YEAR THIS WEEK, AND THE HEAT WAVE? WELL, THATS MAKING ONE JOB HOTTER THAN ITS BEEN IN A LONG TIME. AND MORE THAN ONE WAY. JEFF KNICELY HAS ONE OF THE HOTTEST JOBS IN TOWN. WERE WORKING OUT IN THE HEAT, NOT BECAUSE HE WORKS IN THE SUN. ITS BEEN PRETTY BRUTAL, OR THAT HE INTENDS HE GOES TO PLACES WHERE THE AIR CONDITIONERS ARE BROKE. ITS BECAUSE HE FIXES THEM. HES THE LEAD TECHNICIAN WITH NICELYS HEATING AND COOLING. ITS HOT. ITS EVERYBODYS. YOU KNOW, THEIR HOUSES ARE HOT, SO THEYRE CALLING IN, UM, AND THEY NEED IT NOW. UM, SO, YEAH, WERE GETTING FLOODED. AND IN A HEAT WAVE, NO JOB IS HOTTER OR MORE POPULAR. THANK YOU FOR CALLING NICELYS. THIS IS BILL. ITS VERY BUSY. YES, THE PHONES RINGING OFF THE HOOK. BACK AT THE NICELEY HEADQUARTERS, DIANA NICELY SAYS, CHANGING THE FILTER REGULARLY IS A KEY. AND YOU CAN ALWAYS TELL WHEN YOU CAN STILL SEE LIGHT. UM, ITS STILL GOOD THAT ONE. OBVIOUSLY, IF YOU HOLD IT UP, YOU CANT SEE, LIKE THE ECLIPSE THROUGH THERE. THERE YOU GO. MEANWHILE, ONE OF THOSE EMERGENCY CALLS ABOUT AN AILING AC UNIT IS FROM SCOTT GUMBLE. JUST LIKE EVERYONE ELSE IN THE TRI STATE. AND MIND GOES OUT AT THE THE WORST TIME FOR THE MECHANICAL MEDICAL TEAM GOES TO WORK AND BEFORE LONG. I HAD PREPARED FOR DOOM AND GLOOM NEWS. SO ILL TAKE IT. WILL LIVE CORRECT. PATIENT WILL LIVE. YEAH. ANOTHER AC UNIT BROUGHT BACK FROM THE BRINK WITH A JOB THATS REALLY HOT. BUT A RESULT THATS VERY COOL. YEAH. NOW, NO MATTER WHO YOU CALL, RIGHT NOW, THE FOLKS ARE SO BUSY, YOU MIGHT WAIT A DAY OR TWO DAYS OR EVEN 3 OR 4, DEPENDING ON WHAT THE ISSUE IS. MEANWHILE, YOU CAN CHECK THOSE FILTERS AND ALSO MAKE SURE YOUR UNIT CAN BREATHE BY MAKING SURE THERES NOTHING LIKE LEAVES OR CLIPPINGS THATS CLOGGING THE AIR FLOW HERE.

Air conditioning repair operations inundated with calls as heat indexes rise

Updated: 6:48 PM EDT Jun 20, 2024

The heat index is hitting some of the highest numbers of the year this week, and the other figures on the rise are the ones that count broken air conditioners.Heating and cooling repair operations are inundated with calls. So many that the wait times are beginning to stack up far more than usual at most places.It might not all be today. It might be a couple of days out, Diana Niceley with Niceley Heating and Cooling said. "Just because we're in this dangerous heat wave."This week, it's exploded. As soon as the temperature's cranked up, so do the calls, Niceley said. Its hot for everybody, their houses are hot, so they're calling in, and they need it now. Were getting flooded.One of those who made an emergency call because of an air conditioner that wasnt working was Scott Gumble.Just like everyone else in the tri-state, mine goes out the worst time, Gumble said.His AC unit could be repaired in less than an hour. I had prepared for doom and gloom news, Gumble said. But, the patient will live.The best tips are to check the filter and make sure nothing is blocking the airflow around the outside unit.

The heat index is hitting some of the highest numbers of the year this week, and the other figures on the rise are the ones that count broken air conditioners.

Heating and cooling repair operations are inundated with calls. So many that the wait times are beginning to stack up far more than usual at most places.

It might not all be today. It might be a couple of days out, Diana Niceley with Niceley Heating and Cooling said. "Just because we're in this dangerous heat wave."

This week, it's exploded. As soon as the temperature's cranked up, so do the calls, Niceley said. Its hot for everybody, their houses are hot, so they're calling in, and they need it now. Were getting flooded.

One of those who made an emergency call because of an air conditioner that wasnt working was Scott Gumble.

Just like everyone else in the tri-state, mine goes out the worst time, Gumble said.

His AC unit could be repaired in less than an hour.

I had prepared for doom and gloom news, Gumble said. But, the patient will live.

The best tips are to check the filter and make sure nothing is blocking the airflow around the outside unit.

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