HVAC Service in Old Town, Chicago

Old Town grew up around Wells Street and North Avenue, home to The Second City and a long stretch of restaurants and shops. To the north, the Old Town Triangle landmark district has its own page.

The rest of Old Town mixes Victorian rowhouses, cottages, vintage courtyard buildings and newer condos and townhomes.

Rowhouses and vintage buildings often still heat with boilers and radiators; cottages may have compact furnaces; newer homes have forced air with central AC.

Narrow lots and shared walls make equipment placement a recurring theme, especially for outdoor AC units.

Rowhouses that share walls stay warmer in winter than detached homes of the same size, but the middle units can overheat in summer with little room for cross-ventilation. Sizing equipment for the actual house, rather than copying the old unit, matters more here than almost anywhere.