Air Conditioning Service before the Summer Heat

We want to talk about AC service.  In South West Florida, there is no more of a need then before the summer sweltering heat hits to service your AC.  I like to compare it to changing the oil in your car.  If you don't keep the important upkeep items on your car up to date, you stand the chance of breaking down, costly repairs and unnecessary expenses.  It's the same thing for your AC at home.  During the cooler months, when the AC cooling system is not used, the gas sits in the systems dormant.  This can cause condensation to form in the system and well as microscopic holes that are in the AC system piping gets larger and creates small amount of loss of the gas refrigerant.  This in turn needs to be replaced or it can cause some damage and/or freezing of the system and may cause a repair as an emergency when the tenant calls to report no air conditioning in the middle of the night.  After all, we never get that call during the day when it would be most convenient or less costly.  It's after the tenant gets home, and a few hours go by and then they wonder why it's so hot in the house and finally call us at 10 or 11pm for an "emergency". 

So what should be done to "service" this equipment.  In most cases the central AC units is a split system which simply means that there is two pieces of equipment, one outside (the condensor) and one inside (the air handler).  The outside condensor is where the gas is charged in the system and is where the compresor is located.  There is a coil that has fins on them that help dissipate the heat.  These fins need to be cleaned.  This system is located outside so the landscaper mowing the lawn and all the dust and dirt that is stirred up naturally outside gets in these fins.  They need to be cleaned for the system to operate properly.  This is where a lot of leaks occur also so checking for leaks here is prudent during the ac service.  Then inside the home, the second part of the system (air handler) is mounted.  It can be either up in the attic crawl space, in the garage mounted high or sometimes is in a closet in the home somewhere.  Here is where blower motor, another coil, contactor is located.  These really get dirty here and if not maintained will break down the system and most likely a costly repair.

A service to the AC includes checking for leaks, top off the freon, clean the inside and outside coils, cleaning and checking out contacts, etc and then changing out the filters. This would be what consists of a basic service.  There may be times that the freon needs to be reclaimed and a leak fixed and then there may be a little more involved.

This necessary service is needed twice a year optimally but never less than once per year.  Now is that time and we encourage all our owners to get this service now.  We offer it at a special price of $129.00