AC Repair in Canton, GA
Sixteen free-flow minutes up the interstate, and one of the two towns where we run repair calls most weeks. The useful thing to know here is what happens when a repair stops being a repair at nine o'clock at night.
What happens when a repair turns into a replacement after hours
Equipment replacement in this county needs a mechanical service permit, it costs a flat fifty dollars, and — this is the part that matters — the county will only issue it to a state-licensed technician. There is no repair exception to that in Georgia: the rule that lets some trades treat a like-for-like replacement as a repair says in terms that it does not diminish conditioned-air licensing. So a compressor that dies on a Saturday cannot simply be swapped by whoever is available. What the county does have is a provision for genuine emergencies: the work can proceed, the permit is obtained as soon as possible afterwards, and the final inspection still happens. We use it when a house has no cooling and somebody in it cannot wait until Monday, and we tell you at the time that that is what we are doing.
The same thing is true wherever you are
A refrigerant top-off with no leak search is not a repair. Refrigerant is not consumed — if the charge is low, it left through a hole, and it will leave again through the same hole. Any shop can sell you a pound of refrigerant on a hot afternoon and you will be pleased with them for about six weeks. We will find the leak and price fixing it, and if you want a charge to get you through a weekend while you decide, we will do that too and tell you plainly what it is buying you. We also will not quote a repair over the phone. Anyone who does is quoting a part they have not seen on a system they have not measured.
What's covered
Each of these is a service in its own right, offered in Canton and everywhere else we work.
- Air Conditioning RepairDiagnosis with meters on it, all three numbers before we touch anything, seven days a week and after hours.
- Heat Pump RepairReversing valves, defrost boards and backup heat that never shuts off — the failures a furnace technician misses.
- Air Conditioning Tune-UpNot a visual inspection and a filter change. Meters on it, and you get the readings.
Questions people ask
How fast can you get here?
Often the same day during business hours. Nights, weekends and holidays we run an emergency rotation and a technician calls you back. Comfort Club members get scheduled ahead of non-members, which is most of what people join for in July.
Do you charge for the diagnostic?
Yes, there is a flat diagnostic fee for a service call, and we tell you what it is on the phone before we dispatch. It is waived for Gold and Platinum Comfort Club members.
My system is low on refrigerant. Can you just add some?
We can, and on its own that is a bad deal for you. Refrigerant does not get used up — if it is low, it left through a leak, and it will leave again. We will find the leak and price the repair. If you want a charge to get through a weekend while you decide, we will do that too, and tell you plainly what it is buying you.
Repair or replace?
The rule of thumb we actually use: if the repair is more than about a third of a replacement and the system is past twelve, replacement usually wins. Under that, fix it. The refrigerant a system uses moves that line too, because an older refrigerant on a leaking coil changes the arithmetic.
Do you work on systems you did not install?
Yes, on any residential brand.
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