HVAC Service in Hegewisch, Chicago

Hegewisch sits in the far southeast corner of Chicago, bordered by Indiana and by Wolf Lake. It began in the 1880s as a planned company town for a railcar manufacturer and still feels like a small town, with its own South Shore Line station.

Its housing is mostly frame homes and brick bungalows from the late 1800s through the mid-1900s, many on larger lots than are typical in the city.

Older homes often have furnaces or boilers that have been repaired many times, and some heat with equipment several decades old.

Wind across the lake and the open land around the neighborhood raises heating loads on exposed homes in winter.

Larger lots give many Hegewisch homes more room for equipment than a typical city house, which makes it easier to place an AC condenser with good airflow or add a second system for an addition or garage.