Greenbrier shop · Nashville and Middle Tennessee
Heat pump, furnace & AC service in Nashville, TN
Heat pump stuck on auxiliary heat, a furnace that clicks but never lights, or cold air out of the vents on a 20-degree morning? We answer around the clock and head down US-41 from our Greenbrier shop to get the heat back on.
AC blowing warm air, ice on the copper line, or a condenser that hums and quits in the middle of a July afternoon? We answer around the clock and head down US-41 from our Greenbrier shop to get the house cool again.
- Answering 24/7, holidays included
- Heat pumps, gas furnaces, AC and ductless
- Homes, mobile homes and light commercial
- Greenbrier shop, half an hour from downtown
- Heat pump running on aux heat all day
- Outdoor coil iced solid after a cold night
- Furnace igniter or flame sensor failure
- Run capacitor failures after long 90-degree days
- Clogged condensate lines and float shutoffs
- Low refrigerant from a coil leak
Need heat or air conditioning fixed in Nashville? Call (615) 412-2815 at any hour. We repair and replace heat pumps, gas furnaces, central AC and ductless mini-splits across Davidson, Sumner, Robertson and the neighboring counties, working from our shop on US-41 in Greenbrier.
A heating and air shop that answers its own phone
Bratcher Heating & Air is set up for the calls that cannot wait until Monday: no heat on a frozen morning, no cooling in a heat wave, water pouring from an air handler in the attic. The same technicians handle the planned work too, from a new heat pump to replacing the sagging ducts in a crawl space.
Most of the equipment we open is a heat pump or a gas furnace paired with central air, built by Carrier, Trane, Goodman, Rheem or Lennox. We repair what is worth repairing and tell you plainly when it is not.
Brands we service and install
Which system heats and cools your house?
Pick the setup that matches yours and jump straight to the repairs and installs that fit it.
All-electric heat pump with an indoor air handler
This is the setup in a large share of Tennessee homes: a heat pump outside, an air handler with backup heat strips inside, one system for heating and cooling. Most winter calls on these are defrost problems, a stuck reversing valve or heat strips doing all the work.
Gas furnace inside, central air conditioner outside
Common in homes on a natural gas line. The furnace heats and moves the air; the outdoor AC and the coil on top of the furnace do the cooling. Ignition and flame-sensor faults lead the winter calls, capacitors and drain lines lead the summer ones.
Wall-mounted heads with no ductwork
Popular for older houses without room for ducts, finished garages, bonus rooms and additions. Each head runs on its own, so a single room can be fixed or added without touching the rest of the house.
One cabinet outside that does it all
Manufactured homes and many small commercial buildings use a package unit with ductwork in the belly or the ceiling. The parts are familiar, but access, duct runs and replacement sizing are their own job.
Everything we do, grouped by system
41 services across six groups. Each page explains the job, what it usually costs and how a visit runs.
Air Conditioning
8 servicesRepairs, replacements and the parts that fail most after a hot run: coils, compressors, capacitors and drain lines.
Heat Pumps
4 servicesThe all-electric system most Middle Tennessee homes heat with, from defrost faults to full installs and dual fuel.
Furnaces & Heating
7 servicesGas furnaces, air handlers and heat strips, safety checks, gas lines and fireplace service.
Ductless & Ductwork
8 servicesMini-splits for rooms ducts never reached, plus duct replacement, sealing, cleaning and zoning.
Air Quality & Controls
6 servicesHumidity control for muggy summers and dry winters, filtration, fresh air and smarter thermostats.
Systems & Commercial
8 servicesWhole-system replacements, new construction, mobile homes, home inspections and commercial rooftop work.
What Middle Tennessee weather asks of a system
Our climate is hard on equipment from both ends: long humid summers and short, sharp freezes. Here is what that means at the unit.
Long, hot summers
Nashville's normal July high sits near 91°F and the record is 109°F, set on June 29, 2012. Long run-times wear out run capacitors, fan motors and dirty condenser coils first.
Source: NWS Nashville climateSharp cold snaps
The airport hit -1°F on January 17, 2024. On nights like that a heat pump leans hard on its backup heat strips, which is when weak sequencers and iced coils show up.
Source: NWS January 2024 summaryGrid strain
TVA ordered rolling blackouts across Tennessee on December 23 and 24, 2022. Equipment that restarts badly after a power cut often had a weak part before the outage.
Source: WSMV reportA new refrigerant
Since January 1, 2025, new home AC and heat pump systems have moved off R-410A, mostly to R-454B, so replacement quotes now mean matching a new-refrigerant system.
Source: EPA fact sheetWhat happens after you call
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You call, we pick up
Day or night, a person answers. Tell us what the system is doing, how old it is if you know, and the address.
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We find the actual fault
The technician tests before guessing: pressures, temperatures, amp draw, the control board and the drain.
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You see the price first
You get the repair, what it costs and any replacement option before a part is touched.
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Fixed, tested, explained
We run the system through a full cycle, check the airflow at the vents and show you what was replaced.
From Greenbrier to Nolensville
We cover Nashville and the ring of towns around it, with the shortest drives to the north side. Each area page covers the homes, weather and routes we see there.
North of the city
Our shop sits on US-41 in Greenbrier, so Robertson and Sumner County calls are the shortest drives we make. Brick ranches from the 1980s and 1990s, mobile homes and newer subdivisions all show up in a single week.
Nashville itself
From 1940s bungalows in East Nashville to 2000s builds in Antioch, Davidson County is the bulk of the work: heat pump swaps, crawl space ducts and furnaces that have run thirty winters.
South and east
Brentwood, Franklin, Nolensville, Smyrna, La Vergne and Mt. Juliet are newer, larger homes where zoning, two-system setups and humidity control come up more often. We stop short of Murfreesboro and Lebanon.
What you can count on when you call
One call for every system type
Heat pumps, gas furnaces, central air, ductless heads, ductwork and humidity control. You do not need one company for the furnace and another for the duct leak.
A straight answer on repair or replace
When a system is old enough that a big repair is a poor bet, we say so and price both paths, using the age, the refrigerant it runs on and what failed.
Night and holiday calls answered
Heat goes out at 2 a.m. and air conditioners quit on the Fourth of July. The phone is answered at those hours too.
Plain answers before you call
Short guides written for Middle Tennessee homes and equipment.
Heat pump or gas furnace?
Running cost, comfort on a 10-degree night and when a dual fuel setup makes sense in a Middle Tennessee house.
Read the guide
What AC replacement costs
Published price ranges, what moves the number, and the questions that keep a quote honest.
Read the guideR-454B and your next AC
Why new systems sold since 2025 use a different refrigerant and what that means for repairs on older units.
Read the guideQuestions Nashville homeowners ask us
Yes. The phone is answered 24 hours a day, every day of the year, including holidays. Call (615) 412-2815 and describe what the system is doing.
Nashville and Davidson County, plus Robertson, Sumner, Williamson, Wilson, Cheatham and northern Rutherford counties. The shop is in Greenbrier, about half an hour north of downtown. See all the areas we cover.
It depends on the age, the part that failed and the refrigerant. A capacitor or fan motor on a ten-year-old unit is usually worth fixing; a failed compressor on a fifteen-year-old R-22 system usually is not. We price both before you decide.
Your heat pump is getting help from the electric heat strips. That is normal on very cold mornings and during defrost, but if it runs all day in mild weather something is wrong. Our aux heat guide walks through the causes.
Yes. New residential systems now ship mostly with R-454B. We size and install them, and we still service older R-410A and R-22 equipment.
Yes. We repair and replace package units and heat pumps in manufactured homes, and service rooftop units for small commercial buildings. See mobile home HVAC and commercial HVAC repair.
TVA EnergyRight lists rebates for heat pumps, central AC and mini-splits, and the paperwork must be filed by a contractor in its Quality Contractor Network. Our rebate guide explains how it works.
Heat out or AC down? Call now.
A person answers at any hour. Tell us the system and the symptom and we will set the visit.