AC Repair in San Antonio, TX
Looking for a ac repair in San Antonio? Here's the short version of what we do, what it costs, and how soon we can be there. We're licensed, insured, and direct. No upselling, no door-to-door pitches, no hour-long sales appointments.
What's typical for this job
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.
How San Antonio jobs differ
Our techs know the San Antonio area: housing stock, soil, water main configurations, the parts that usually fail first.
On bigger jobs we'll bring two techs. On simpler ones, just one — fewer hands, faster billing.
A recent ac repair call
Got a call last month from a the historic core San Antonio home — 10-year-old build. Symptom: AC running but blowing room-temperature air on a 102°F day. Cause: refrigerant leak at the suction line schrader valve. Located leak with electronic detector, sealed and recharged, system back to spec in under 90 minutes, all done in about two hours, billed flat-rate at $1334.
Fair pricing for this work
For ac repair jobs in the San Antonio area:
- Diagnostic visit: $80 – $120
- Capacitor replacement: $150 – $300
- Refrigerant leak find + seal + recharge: $220 – $600
- Condenser coil cleaning: $85 – $180
- Contactor replacement: $170 – $315
- Blower motor replacement: $385 – $810
- Compressor replacement: $1,655 – $3,495
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