Heating & Air in Plain Dealing

Plain Dealing at a glance

Plain Dealing is a town of 893 people (2020) in Bossier Parish, 31 miles north of Shreveport and 8 miles from the Arkansas line. Homes along the main streets were built well before central air was common, so ducts were added later through attics and closets.

What that means for your heating and air

Plain Dealing's older homes often have aging central air or window units, and summer heat is extreme. AC repairs and replacements are the most common calls; see AC repair. Rural homes benefit from a contractor who schedules maintenance ahead of the peak. Long distances between homes mean contractors schedule rural calls in clusters, so booking maintenance early helps.

Louisiana's hottest and coldest

The hottest temperature ever recorded in Louisiana, 114 degrees, was measured here on August 10, 1936, and the town also saw minus 14 degrees on February 13, 1899. The town hosts a dogwood festival in spring and sits amid timber and farmland. Arkansas begins just eight miles up the road.

Named for a Virginia plantation

In 1839 George Oglethorpe Gilmer and his son James Blair Gilmer bought 5,000 acres of what was then wilderness and named part of it Plain Dealing after the family's Virginia plantation. The town was chartered on April 24, 1890. Homes here need systems that can handle triple-digit heat; see AC replacement. Its name, its history and its weather records make it one of the better-known small towns in Bossier Parish.