AC Repair in Marietta, GA
Seventeen free-flow minutes down the interstate. The oldest equipment we work on is here, and on old equipment one question decides everything: what is in the lines.
On this vintage, the refrigerant decides the arithmetic
A third of the housing in this city predates 1980 and the median build year is the late eighties, which means we open more genuinely old systems here than anywhere else on our list. On a system of that age, the repair-versus-replace decision is usually not about the part that failed — it is about what the system is charged with. Equipment from that era runs a refrigerant that is no longer produced for new equipment, and the cost of a pound of it has moved a long way from where it was. A leaking evaporator coil on a modern system is an expensive repair. The same leak on a system running an older refrigerant is often an expensive repair plus a charge that costs more than the labor, on a machine with a handful of seasons left. That is why we weigh the recovered charge and tell you the number rather than quoting the coil in isolation. It is also why an honest quote on an old system here looks worse than a dishonest one.
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 Marietta 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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