AC Repair — Charlotte, NC
Sometimes the call is genuinely an emergency. Sometimes it's a Monday morning fix. We'll be honest about which one yours is. Service area covers Charlotte proper plus the metro suburbs. After-hours is real after-hours, not "we'll get back to you tomorrow."
What's specific about Charlotte jobs
Newer Charlotte construction tends to be on slab foundations with PEX. Easier access in some ways, more code-current in others.
One we ran last year
Got a call last month from a the historic core Charlotte home — 12-year-old build. Symptom: AC short-cycling every 4 minutes. Cause: refrigerant overcharge from a previous home-warranty repair. Recovered excess charge, recommissioned to manufacturer spec, all done in before lunch, billed flat-rate at $630.
What we cover
Most AC repair calls come down to one of six causes: low refrigerant from a slow leak, failed capacitor, failed contactor, dirty condenser coil, blower motor failure, or compressor failure.
The diagnostic determines which. We run refrigerant pressures (high and low side), superheat/subcool calculation, voltage at the contactor, capacitor microfarads, and a temperature-split test on the supply and return.
About 60% of summer no-cool calls turn out to be one of three things: low refrigerant ($240-$650 to find and seal the leak, plus refrigerant), bad capacitor ($165-$325 to replace), or dirty condenser ($95-$195 to clean).
Compressor failures are the expensive ones — $1,800 to $3,800 typically. On any unit over 10 years old, we walk through the math on repair vs. replace before quoting the compressor swap.
Pricing
Diagnostic visit runs $80 – $120. Capacitor replacement runs $150 – $300. Refrigerant leak find + seal + recharge runs $220 – $600. Condenser coil cleaning runs $85 – $180. Contactor replacement runs $170 – $315. Blower motor replacement runs $385 – $810.