Temple sits just north of Reading in Muhlenberg Township, and it is barely 15 minutes down Route 61 from our shop in Shoemakersville. That short drive is why so many households along the 5th Street Highway keep DeLong & Sons HVAC on speed dial. We repair furnaces, air conditioners, heat pumps, and water heaters for the tight rowhome blocks off Kutztown Road, the postwar ranches near Laureldale, and the newer builds spreading east toward Blandon. When a system quits, a local family-owned crew answers, not a call center three states away.
Call 484-638-2837 before 6 PM on a weekday and we will work to reach your Temple address the same day. Our hours are Monday through Friday, 7 AM to 6 PM, and after-hours emergency service is available for an additional fee.
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Follow UsMost Muhlenberg Township homes run on gas-fired forced-air furnaces, and a good share of the older rowhomes off Kutztown Road still heat with hot-water systems fed by a cast-iron or wall-hung boiler. Both need attention when a Berks County cold snap arrives. If your furnace short-cycles, blows lukewarm air, or trips its limit switch, our technicians track down the real cause during a single furnace repair visit rather than swapping parts on a guess.
Hydronic heat behaves differently than a furnace, so we test the circulator, the expansion tank, and the aquastat when a radiator system runs cold or knocks. Our boiler repair work covers gas and oil-fired units, and we handle the oil furnace cleanings and service that a lot of Temple's older housing stock still relies on. Whatever heats your home, we explain the fix and the price before we start.
When a furnace is past saving, we walk you through replacement options from AireEase, Heil, and Concord, sized to the square footage instead of an oversized unit that cycles itself to an early grave. A right-sized furnace runs longer, quieter cycles that hold an even temperature through the house, and that matters in a narrow rowhome where the thermostat sits far from the back rooms. We also look at the ductwork and the flue while we are there, because a new furnace bolted onto tired ducts never delivers the comfort or the efficiency the label promises.
If your heating bills have crept up year over year, that climb is often the equipment telling you it is losing efficiency. We can measure where the money is leaking and lay out whether a repair, a tune-up, or a full replacement makes the most sense for your Temple home, with no pressure to buy the biggest option on the truck.
Summer humidity settles into the Schuylkill valley and stays there, so a dependable central air system is not a luxury in Temple. When your AC runs but the house never cools, or the outdoor unit hums without kicking on, our AC repair technicians check refrigerant charge, capacitors, and the condensate line before anything gets condemned. Small faults caught early keep a compressor alive for years.
Many of the ranches near Laureldale still run condensers that predate current efficiency standards. If yours is 12 to 15 years old and needs a costly repair, replacement often pays for itself in lower summer bills. Our AC installation team matches the new condenser to your existing coil and blower so the whole system works as a set, then verifies the charge and airflow before we leave the driveway.
A common complaint we hear across Muhlenberg Township is a house that cools unevenly, chilly downstairs and stuffy up top. That split is rarely the equipment and usually the ductwork or a thermostat placed in the wrong spot. We check static pressure and return airflow instead of just topping off refrigerant, because a system fighting a restriction burns through parts and energy. Getting the airflow right first is what keeps a Temple home comfortable without running the compressor into the ground.
Temple's older rowhomes and finished attics often have no room for full ductwork, which is exactly where a ductless mini-split shines. A single outdoor unit can feed several wall-mounted heads, giving you room-by-room control over a converted third floor, an addition, or a stubborn back bedroom that the central system never reached. Our ductless mini-split installation page covers the process in detail and already serves plenty of Temple homeowners, so start there if a ductless setup is what you have in mind.
A whole-home heat pump installation is another route worth weighing. Modern cold-climate heat pumps handle both heating and cooling from one system and pair well with a gas furnace as a backup for the coldest Berks County nights. We install Fujitsu and Mitsubishi equipment and will tell you honestly which approach fits your home and budget.
Storms rolling off the ridge knock out power across Muhlenberg Township more often than anyone would like, and an outage in January or July puts your heating and cooling out of reach. We install Generac standby generators that sit beside the house, watch the utility line, and start on their own within seconds of an outage. Wired to your electrical panel, the unit runs on natural gas or propane and keeps the furnace, air handler, sump pump, and refrigerator working until the grid comes back.
We size the generator to the circuits that matter to you, handle the gas and electrical connections, and take care of the setup so it is ready before the next storm. See our whole-home generators page for details, and we will help you decide whether a whole-house unit or a smaller model covering the essentials fits your home and budget.
For Temple homeowners with the yard for it, a geothermal system trades the outdoor condenser for a ground loop that borrows the earth's steady temperature to heat and cool the house. Running costs are low because the ground does the heavy lifting, and the loop field is buried out of sight and out of the weather. It is a long-term investment that suits the larger lots on Muhlenberg Township's eastern edge better than the packed rowhome blocks.
A geothermal heat pump also qualifies for the 30% federal tax credit on installation costs, which softens the upfront number considerably. We size the loop, plan the boreholes, and tie the system into your ductwork. Learn more on our geothermal installation page, and we will give you a straight answer on whether your property is a good candidate.
Water heaters wear out on their own schedule, usually the morning of a busy week. When you run out of hot water in a Temple rowhome, we replace and repair both styles. A standard tank unit still fits most households and budgets, and our tank water heater service covers Bradford White models built to last. If your basement is short on space or your family drains the tank by mid-shower, a tankless water heater from Navien heats water on demand and frees up the floor.
Beyond hot water, our plumbing services handle the leaks, failing fixtures, and worn shutoff valves that show up in Muhlenberg Township's mix of older and newer homes. We track down a hidden drip before it rots a subfloor and swap out the corroded supply lines common in mid-century houses. One call covers your comfort system and your plumbing, which saves you juggling two companies and two schedules.
Older Temple housing stock brings its own quirks. Galvanized supply lines that have narrowed with rust, a main shutoff that no longer seats, or a drain that backs up every few months all point to wear that a quick patch will not cure. We look at the whole picture and tell you honestly whether a spot repair holds or whether a section is due for replacement, so you are not paying twice for the same problem next winter.
The 5th Street Highway is Temple's commercial spine, a busy strip of retail, restaurants, and light-industrial shops running through the old Fairgrounds Square Mall corridor. Those buildings usually run on rooftop units, and an RTU that quits shuts down a storefront fast. We service and replace rooftop equipment for shops, offices, and warehouses in Muhlenberg Township, with maintenance schedules built around your business hours so the repair does not cost you a sales day. See our commercial HVAC page for the full scope.
We also cover the water side of a commercial building. From restroom fixtures to a failed commercial water heater, our commercial plumbing crew keeps a business running with as little downtime as we can manage. A restaurant with no hot water or an office with a stalled rooftop unit cannot wait, so we prioritize the calls that keep your doors open and your customers comfortable.
People rehire the company that showed up and did right by them. DeLong & Sons HVAC is family-owned, based a short drive up Route 61, and staffed by trained technicians with over 15 years in Berks County homes. You get upfront pricing before the work starts, the same familiar crew on repeat visits, and easy online booking through Housecall Pro. Call before 6 PM on a weekday and our same-day service gets a technician to Temple when we can.
We would rather earn your trust than talk you into work you do not need. You can read what Muhlenberg Township neighbors have said on our reviews page.
Temple is an unincorporated community inside Muhlenberg Township, strung along the 5th Street Highway, which locals also know as Route 222 Business. The ZIP code is 19560, and the community shares its identity with the Muhlenberg School District that anchors family life here. Along the Schuylkill River, Jim Dietrich Park gives residents ball fields, trails, and river access a few minutes from the highway. The former Fairgrounds Square Mall corridor is slowly being redeveloped, keeping the area's retail heart in play.
Temple butts right up against Laureldale and the northern edge of Reading, so we cover the whole cluster on the same routes. If you are a neighbor over the line, see our pages for Laureldale and Blandon.
Whether the furnace quit on a January morning or the AC gave out during a July heat wave, a local crew is a short drive up Route 61. Call DeLong & Sons HVAC before 6 PM on a weekday and we will work to reach your Temple address the same day. After-hours emergency service is available for an additional fee.
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403 Franklin St, Shoemakersville, PA 19555
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