AC Repair — Fresno, CA
Most Fresno homes will need a ac repair at some point. Best to have a name in your phone before you do. What we won't do: try to sell you a service plan, push the most expensive option, or send a sales rep before sending a tech.
Scope of work
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.
Notes on Fresno housing stock
Fresno has a wide mix of housing — from pre-war brick to last-year new builds. We work on all of it; the diagnostic just takes a different shape.
Most of our Fresno ac repair jobs come from older neighborhoods, where the housing stock just has more failure points.
Price expectations
For ac repair jobs in the Fresno area:
- Diagnostic visit: $90 – $130
- Capacitor replacement: $165 – $325
- Refrigerant leak find + seal + recharge: $240 – $650
- Condenser coil cleaning: $95 – $195
- Contactor replacement: $185 – $340
- Blower motor replacement: $420 – $880
- Compressor replacement: $1,800 – $3,800
Other services we run in Fresno
- Furnace & Heating Repair in Fresno
- AC Maintenance & Tune-Ups in Fresno
- AC Installation & Replacement in Fresno
- Mini-Split & Ductless Systems in Fresno
- Ductwork Cleaning, Sealing & Repair in Fresno
Sample job
Recent Fresno job: AC short-cycling every 4 minutes in a 15-year-old home. We recovered excess charge, recommissioned to manufacturer spec after diagnosing refrigerant overcharge from a previous home-warranty repair. Cost ran $1820 — pretty middle-of-the-road for that fix.