Nanuet is suburban Rockland at its most typical — post-war single-family housing, mostly ducted, with oil still heating a good number of homes. Carey & Walsh services the whole Clarkstown area, days, nights and weekends.
Nanuet's housing is largely mid-century and later, built on generous lots with ductwork installed from the outset. That makes conventional central air and forced-air heating straightforward compared with the retrofit puzzles of the older river villages across the Hudson. The recurring complication in Rockland is fuel rather than distribution: oil-fired heating remains widespread, and oil systems need burner tuning and combustion testing that gas equipment does not. Finished basements and garage conversions are the other frequent call, since the original system rarely reached them.
Riverfront villages like Nanuet also see their own weather pattern — humid, sticky summers off the Hudson and damp, raw winters that are hard on aging heating equipment. Between the older housing stock and the local climate, Nanuet homeowners deal with a particular set of HVAC challenges that a contractor unfamiliar with the area can easily get wrong. We've been working in Westchester's river towns since 1944, and our technicians know what to expect before they ring the doorbell — whether that's a cramped basement boiler room in a pre-war home near the village center or a modern forced-air system in a newer build closer to the Saw Mill River Parkway.
Gas and oil furnaces dominate, with hot-water systems in some older properties. Burner service and combustion testing are routine parts of Rockland work.
Ductwork generally exists here, so central air replacement is straightforward. Ductless handles the finished basements, garage conversions and additions the original system was never sized for.
The most common heating system in Nanuet's newer construction. We repair, maintain and install every major brand, from standard efficiency through modern condensing units.
Found in some of the older Rockland properties. One-pipe and two-pipe systems, pressure controls, low water cutoffs and main venting.
Cast-iron radiators and baseboard loops across much of the older housing here. Circulators, zone valves, expansion tanks and controls.
Increasingly common on additions and retrofits where extending ductwork was impractical. Repair, maintenance and replacement across all brands.
Zoned heating and cooling without ductwork — the practical answer in older Nanuet homes with no duct chases. We are a Mitsubishi Diamond Contractor.
Common across Nanuet and the surrounding Clarkstown area. Burner service, combustion testing, nozzles, electrodes and primary controls.
Nanuet and the surrounding Rockland communities are covered around the clock, every day of the year including holidays.
The highest dealer designation Mitsubishi Electric awards, earned on installation quality and training — which matters wherever ductless is the practical answer.
We fabricate our own ductwork and transitions, which is what makes retrofits possible in older homes where nothing is a standard size.
Carey & Walsh has worked in this county since 1944. We know these houses, and we are still here when something needs attention in five years.
Along with Nanuet, our fleet regularly covers the surrounding communities and the rest of Westchester County.
📋 Schedule Service in Nanuet
Have a question about your furnace, boiler, or AC that isn't answered here? Our team is happy to talk it through.
Call 914-762-9600Yes. No-heat and no-cooling calls are dispatched around the clock, 365 days a year including holidays. Nanuet is within our core service area and our fleet runs from Briarcliff Manor.
Frequently — it is one of the most common calls we get in Rockland. The original system was sized for the original house, so extending it into converted space usually starves the rest of the home. A ductless zone handles the new space independently without disturbing the existing balance.
Often yes. Where there are usable closets, chases or attic runs we fabricate ductwork in-house and can frequently make a conventional system work. Where that is genuinely impractical, ductless mini-splits give you zoned cooling without opening up the house.
Yes, and it is a genuine specialty rather than something we tolerate. Low water cutoffs, pressuretrols, main venting, near-boiler piping and water hammer are routine work for us. Banging radiators are usually a pressure, pitch or venting problem — not a failing boiler.
All major heating and cooling brands. Our vehicles carry the parts most commonly needed on the equipment found in this area, which is why a large share of repair calls are finished on the first visit.
Yes. Seasonal maintenance is the single most effective way to avoid an emergency call, particularly on steam and older equipment where small faults compound quietly.
It depends entirely on what has failed, and quoting a figure before seeing the system would not be honest. You get a written estimate with parts and labor separated before any work begins, and nothing starts until you approve it. Call 914-762-9600 for a free estimate.
Heating, cooling, steam, ductless and 24/7 emergency response across Nanuet — from the contractor this area has used since 1944.