Air Repair Service Heating & Air

There are literally hundreds of air-conditioning service and repair companies state-wide. Unfortunately, most technicians will tell you your equipment needs to be replaced whether it works or not instead of taking the time to properly diagnose the problem and to make the necessary repairs.

Air Repair Service believes that the customer is entitled to have their Air conditioning unit repaired unless it is just not cost effective to have it done or if the unit is really on its last leg. Many of the larger companies including *local utilities and warranty companies* will take advantage of simple problems like burned off wires,capacitors,fuses,or contactors that can be repaired at a nominal fee. We usally fix it when other companies say "sorry sir, but you need a new unit".

We have seen many cases where a system is leaking refrigerant for many years and the leak is obvious and can be fixed easily instead of adding refrigerant constantly.
Your A/C system should never leak freon, because its a sealed system.

We have seen situations were companies will simply keep adding refrigerant and charging the customer for it until the compressor is ruined. Contrary to popular belief an air conditioner only needs the correct amount of freon; adding more will make the system work harder and not cool as well.

We service and install all makes & models

February 2007 Furnace picks and pans Buying a reliable furnace has largely been a roll of the dice, but help is at hand. New data from a Consumer Reports survey of more than 36,000 homeowners show that some brands of gas furnaces, the most common type by far, may be a better bet than others. Gas furnaces from Quest, for instance, were among the more repair-prone of the 12 big brands in our 2007 Annual Questionnaire. Overall, about one-sixth of all furnaces installed in the past eight years had needed repair. We found only minor differences between new installations and replacements. Among our other survey findings: • Nearly 60 percent of repairs were to furnaces that had failed completely and stopped producing heat. • Almost 40 percent of repairs involved homes left unheated for at least 24 hours. • Almost 40 percent of repairs cost $150 or more. According to our survey data, the vast majority of repairs involved a problem with the furnace itself, not with its installation. It’s important to choose not only a good installer but also a reliable brand.Data are based on 36,181 central furnaces installed between 1998 and 2007; differences of less than 5 points are not meaningful. Data have been standardized to account for higher use in colder climates and differences in age; repairs to thermostats only were not counted as repairs. Note that models within a brand may vary. Our data cannot always anticipate design or manufacturing changes.ConsumerReports.org.

Website Links: Goodman    www.goodmanmfg.com
                          Trane           www.trane.com
                          Honeywell     www.honeywell.com
                          Aprilaire          www.aprilaire.com
                          Rheem/Ruud www.Rheem.com
                          York   www.York.com