AC Repair in Raleigh, NC

Quick gut-check: if water is flowing where it shouldn't be, call. If it's just a slow drip, you can wait until morning at standard rates. 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.

Talk to a tech: (800) 555-3072

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.

Notes on Raleigh housing stock

Around here, the most common calls we run come from older homes near the city center and newer subdivisions on the fringe — different problems, same crews.

If you're calling from a property management company, we have separate scheduling and billing for that.

Sample job

Recent Raleigh job: AC fan running but compressor not engaging in a 10-year-old home. We replaced the capacitor with the correct microfarad rating, system started immediately after diagnosing failed dual-run capacitor. Cost ran $202 — pretty middle-of-the-road for that fix.

Typical investment

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