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Services We Offer in Kensington
Repairs & Maintenance
Not cooling, low refrigerant, or an annual tune-up.
Installation & Replacement
New systems, mini-splits and replacements.
What summer actually asks of a system in Kensington
Kensington gets about 58 days above 80°F in a year, and only about 8 above 90°F. That short, concentrated peak is exactly why an oversized air conditioner works badly here: it cools the air quickly, then shuts off before it has pulled the humidity out, leaving the house cold and clammy.
NOAA 1991–2020 Climate Normals, recorded at Durham, New Hampshire — the nearest reporting station, about 13 miles away.
Local systems
Kensington systems & permits
Kensington has the lightest cooling load of the three towns in this batch. The nearest NOAA stations with published 1991–2020 normals, Greenland and Epping, record 478 and 499 cooling degree days a year respectively, against roughly 6,800 heating degree days — a ratio of about fourteen to one. With New Hampshire's housing heavily oil-heated and heat pumps at roughly 2% of the statewide total, cooling here is usually an addition to an existing heating system rather than a replacement of one. The town has no architectural or design review board governing exterior equipment; what does apply is Kensington's zoning setbacks by district and its 50-foot building setback from wetlands.
Sources: ncei.noaa.gov · energy.nh.gov · kensingtonnh.gov · data.census.gov
NOAA 1991–2020 cooling degree day normals for the nearest Rockingham County stations: Greenland, NH 478.3 and Epping, NH 498.6, against heating degree days of 6,774.7 and 6,865.1 respectively.
The New Hampshire Department of Energy estimates that roughly 20% of New Hampshire households classified under electric heat use heat pumps — about 2% of the statewide total — and that 42% use oil as their primary heat.
Kensington zoning sets requirements by district — District of Commercial and Industrial Use (Section 3.1), District of Residential/Agricultural Use (Section 3.2), and the Wetland and Hydric Soils Conservation District (Section 6.1). In the Residential/Agricultural district a structure may not be located nearer than 25 feet from an abutter's property line, nor nearer than 50 feet from any structure on an abutter's property, with a minimum 25-foot depth between the nearest right-of-way and any structure. In the Commercial and Industrial district the minimum front yard setback is 100 feet from a Town approved street or State Highway and the minimum side and rear yard setback is 60 feet. Under the Wetland and Hydric Soils Conservation District, no structure shall be constructed within 100 feet of Hydric A soils (which include marshes, swamps, ponds, bogs and streams) or within 50 feet of Hydric B soils.
Fuel oil/kerosene heats 62.8% of occupied homes in Kensington (427 of 680 households, ACS 2019-2023 5-year).
Why Kensington Chooses Spencer
Straightforward cooling work from a local team — clear pricing, licensed technicians, and appointments that actually happen when we say they will.
Licensed & Insured in New Hampshire
Every cooling technician we send to Kensington is fully licensed, insured and background-checked.
Upfront, Flat-Rate Pricing
You approve the price before any work begins. No hidden fees, no surprise charges, no overtime rates.
Same-Day Service
Same-day appointments across Kensington and the surrounding North Shore communities.
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A local family business, not a national call centre. The person who answers is the person who dispatches.
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Cooling service in Kensington, and 66 nearby towns
We cover 67 towns across the North Shore, Greater Boston and southern New Hampshire.
67Towns covered
Essex County
- Amesbury
- Andover
- Ballardvale
- Beverly
- Boxford
- Danvers
- Essex
- Georgetown
- Gloucester
- Groveland
- Hamilton
- Haverhill
- Ipswich
- Lynn
- Lynnfield
- Manchester by the Sea
- Marblehead
- Merrimac
- Middleton
- Nahant
- Newbury
- Newburyport
- North Andover
- Peabody
- Plum Island
- Rockport
- Rowley
- Salem
- Salisbury
- Saugus
- South Hamilton
- Swampscott
- Topsfield
- Wenham
- West Newbury
Middlesex County
Rockingham County, NH
Norfolk County
- Brookline
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