HVAC Services
AC Repair and HVAC Services in Aurora, CO
The condenser is running, the fan is turning, and the air at the registers is the same temperature as the room. Call 720-687-3822 and a NATE-certified technician tests the system on site, finds out why it stopped cooling, and gives you a fixed price before any parts come off the truck.
These are the calls that bring us to Aurora addresses most often in a hot stretch:
- A condenser running steadily with warm air coming out of the vents
- An outdoor unit that hums but never spins up, which usually points at a failed run capacitor or a seized condenser fan motor
- A system that trips the breaker or the disconnect shortly after it starts
- An evaporator coil iced over, with airflow dropping off as the ice builds
- A system that short-cycles, cooling for a few minutes and shutting down
- A unit that holds the main floor but never pulls the upstairs bedrooms down
Every visit runs in the same order. The technician measures refrigerant charge and the temperature split between return and supply air, tests the capacitor and contactor, checks the condenser fan motor and the condition of both coils, and confirms airflow across the evaporator before naming a cause. Low charge is a symptom rather than a diagnosis, so a leak gets found and repaired instead of topped off and forgotten.
You get the fault and a fixed price before any work starts. Typical figures on Aurora
AC repair:
- Diagnostic visit: $89 to $149, applied toward the repair if you have us do the work.
- Capacitor or contactor replacement: $150 to $450.
- Condenser fan motor or blower motor: $500 to $1,200 depending on the part and the system.
- Refrigerant leak repair with recharge: $400 to $1,600 depending on where the leak is and the refrigerant type.
Your exact number follows the diagnosis, not the phone call, and nothing proceeds until you approve it. Where a condenser is old enough that the refrigerant is the real issue, we put a free replacement estimate next to the repair price so you can compare the two honestly.
The Part of Aurora We Cover, Said Plainly
Aurora spreads across Arapahoe, Adams, and Douglas counties, and no contractor covers all of it well. The side we work is the north side, the neighborhoods along and above Colfax and out the I-70 corridor, on the same routes as our Commerce City and north Denver work.
That means:
- The 80010, 80011, 80045, and 80019 ZIP codes
- Original Aurora and the blocks along Del Mar Parkway
- Hoffman Heights and Morris Heights
- The neighborhoods around the Anschutz Medical Campus and Fitzsimons
- Newer construction east toward Tower Road and E-470
When you call, we confirm the address before we put you on the schedule. If a job sits outside the
routes we run, we tell you on that first call rather than booking a window we cannot hold, because an honest no on Monday is worth more than a missed appointment on Thursday.
Why 1950s North Aurora Homes Fight Their Air Conditioning
North Aurora is some of the oldest housing in the city, and that history shows up mechanically. Del Mar Parkway runs bungalows, Cape Cods, and brick ranches with a median build year around 1952. Hoffman Heights is roughly 1,600 red-brick ranch homes put up through the 1950s for families working at Fitzsimons. Almost none of them were designed around central air, which is why the equipment often gets blamed for something the house is doing.
What we find in these blocks:
- Compact mechanical closets and crawlspace furnaces with very little room around the equipment
- Original or lightly modified ductwork that chokes airflow on a hot afternoon
- Undersized returns that starve the blower and ice the evaporator coil
- Cooling added years after the house was built, sized to the duct system it inherited
- Condensers old enough that the refrigerant decides the repair-versus-replace question
So we check
duct sizing and return airflow alongside the equipment rather than quoting a bigger condenser and hoping. Sometimes the fix is a return added or a trunk line sealed, and we will say so. East toward E-470 the picture is different: those homes are on their original furnace and AC pair, now old enough that capacitors, contactors, and coils start needing attention.
Aurora's older north-side furnaces fail in predictable ways: a burner that will not light, a cracked igniter or dirty flame sensor, air that starts warm and turns cool partway through the cycle, a blower that hums without spinning, or a system locking out on a limit switch. We carry the common igniters, flame sensors, capacitors, inducer motors, and control boards, so most repairs finish in the same visit.
The technician tests the ignition sequence, gas pressure, safeties, airflow, and electrical components until the actual cause is confirmed, then quotes the repair before any parts come out. On a furnace old enough that parts availability is part of the conversation, we will tell you plainly when a repair is buying you one more season. What a visit covers is laid out on our
furnace repair page.
Heating and Cooling in Aurora, Handled by One Crew
The same technicians who take the repair calls do the replacement and upgrade work, with the same pricing up front.
Heat pumps and dual fuel
Heat pumps are the most common question we get right now, in Aurora and everywhere else we work. The version most Aurora homeowners end up with is dual fuel: the gas furnace stays exactly where it is, and the heat pump takes the place of the outdoor air conditioner. The heat pump handles heating and cooling through the mild months, and the furnace picks up when it gets genuinely cold, so you are never choosing between comfort and operating cost on a January night. The honest comparison when that outdoor unit needs replacing is
heat pump against air conditioner, not heat pump against furnace, and
heat pump installation starts with a look at the house and its ductwork rather than a model number.
The other heat pump path is ductless, and Mitsubishi ductless mini splits are the right answer in the north Aurora houses where adding ducts means tearing into plaster. As a Mitsubishi Diamond Contractor we install single-zone and multi-zone systems for finished basements, additions, converted garages, and the back bedroom the existing ductwork never reached. Each head has its own setpoint, which solves the hot-upstairs problem without touching the rest of the house.
AC and furnace replacement
We size a
replacement
to the house and its duct system rather than to the label on the old unit, and we walk through standard-efficiency, high-efficiency, and variable-speed options with the venting and comfort differences explained plainly. Every replacement estimate is free and in writing, including what the project nets out to after rebates.
Water heaters and tankless
Water heater repair and replacement is part of the same visit list, and we install tankless units where an Aurora home has the gas capacity and venting to support one. In a 1950s house that usually means checking the gas line and the vent path before anything gets ordered.
Indoor air quality work in these homes means whole-home humidifiers for dry Colorado winters, media filtration, and air purification for the dust and smoke that come with the rest of the year. On homes with restricted returns, filtration and airflow get solved together rather than separately.
Seasonal tune-ups and the VO Comfort Club
A cooling
tune-up checks refrigerant charge, capacitors, coil condition, electrical connections, and the condensate drain before the first hot week; a heating tune-up cleans and tests the burners, igniter, flame sensor, heat exchanger, blower, and safeties. The
VO Comfort Club covers two documented tune-ups a year, one heating and one cooling, for $350 annually, plus priority scheduling, a reduced diagnostic fee, 10% off repairs, and up to $500 off new equipment. You get a written record of what was tested each visit, which matters when a manufacturer warranty claim depends on proof of maintenance.
AC Down in July, Furnace Out in January
Both seasons produce the same call, and both get handled. When cooling quits during a heat stretch or the heat quits on a cold night, call 720-687-3822 and say what the system is doing. We confirm your address and a real appointment window on that call, including after hours, rather than quoting an arrival time the whole metro is competing for.
A few things worth checking while you wait:
- Thermostat set to cool or heat, with fresh batteries in it
- The breaker at the panel and the disconnect box next to the outdoor unit
- A visibly clogged filter, since restricted airflow ices a coil in summer and trips the high-limit switch in winter
- The system switched off entirely if the coil or the line set is iced, so it can thaw before the technician arrives
If you smell gas, leave the house first and call from outside.
Xcel Energy carries both the electric and the gas across Aurora, which makes the incentive picture here simpler than it is in parts of the north metro. A high-efficiency furnace, heat pump, or Mitsubishi mini split installed at an Aurora address runs through Xcel's program, we file the paperwork, and you receive the rebate up front as a discount on your invoice. We chase the reimbursement from Xcel afterward, which is our problem rather than yours.
Power Ahead Colorado works the other direction on qualifying electrification projects. You select us as your contractor, which is the step that starts it, and we handle every form after that. The program pays you directly rather than routing through us, so it never gets added to a price and then subtracted from it. Your invoice shows the real bottom line and the program money arrives on top of it.
Which
Colorado HVAC rebates and tax credits a project qualifies for depends on the equipment and the efficiency rating, and we identify that before you commit to anything. Wells Fargo Home Projects
financing is available when spreading a replacement over time makes more sense than paying it in one piece.
Why an Aurora Homeowner With No History With Us Calls
- A 5-star average across 280 Google reviews
- NATE-certified technicians and Master Mechanical credentials
- Trane Comfort Specialist and Trane TCS Dealer
- Mitsubishi Diamond Contractor for ductless systems
- Better Business Bureau recognition
- Locally owned and operated since 2012 by Jason Van Orden, with more than 20 years in the trade
- Free estimates on every replacement, and a price quoted before work begins
The installs and repairs behind those credentials are on our
recent projects page, including work across the north metro.
Trusted by Homeowners Across the Denver Metro Area
What Aurora Homeowners Ask Before They Call
Who does AC repair in Aurora, CO?
VO Heating and Cooling repairs air conditioners on the north side of Aurora, including 80010, 80011, 80045, and 80019. Our technicians are NATE-certified and carry Master Mechanical credentials, and we have served the north Denver metro since 2012. Call 720-687-3822 and we will confirm your address and get you on the schedule.
Which parts of Aurora do you service?
We work north Aurora, the neighborhoods along and above Colfax and out the I-70 corridor, on the same routes as our Commerce City and north Denver work. That covers Original Aurora, Del Mar Parkway, Hoffman Heights, Morris Heights, the Anschutz and Fitzsimons area, and the newer homes toward Tower Road and E-470. South and far southeast Aurora sit outside the routes we run, and we will tell you that on the phone rather than booking a visit we cannot keep.
Do you offer same-day or after-hours AC and furnace repair in Aurora?
We take after-hours calls for no-cooling and no-heat situations, and same-day is often possible depending on the day and where your address sits on the route. Rather than promise an arrival time, we confirm a real window when you call. Call 720-687-3822 and say the system is down so the call is handled as urgent instead of routine.
How much does AC repair cost in Aurora, CO?
A diagnostic visit generally runs $89 to $149 and is applied toward the repair if you proceed, a capacitor or contactor replacement runs $150 to $450, a condenser fan or blower motor $500 to $1,200, and a refrigerant leak repair with recharge $400 to $1,600. Systems still running R-22 cost more because that refrigerant is no longer produced. You get the exact price after the diagnosis and approve it before any work begins.
Do Xcel Energy and Power Ahead Colorado rebates apply to an Aurora replacement?
Yes. Xcel Energy serves both electric and gas in Aurora, so high-efficiency furnaces, heat pumps, and mini splits installed here go through Xcel's program, and we pass that rebate to you up front as a discount on the invoice. Power Ahead Colorado applies to qualifying electrification projects and pays you directly once you select us as your contractor. We complete the paperwork on both.
Will you service the brand already in my house?
We service all major residential heating and cooling brands, not only what we sell. We are a Trane Comfort Specialist and a Mitsubishi Diamond Contractor on the installation side, and our technicians repair whatever furnace, air conditioner, heat pump, or mini split is already in the house. Older equipment in north Aurora homes is routine work for us.
Tell Us What It Is Doing and We Will Tell You Why
Warm air out of the vents has an answer today. Repairs are diagnosed and priced before work starts, replacement estimates are free, and Wells Fargo Home Projects financing is available when a new system is the right call.
