We Find What Broke, Then Fix It

It usually starts on a hot afternoon or the first cold night. The AC runs but the air is warm, or the furnace clicks and gives up. You call, a person answers, and we ask what the system is doing, how old it is, and what brand it is if you know. That tells us which parts to put on the truck.

At the house, the tech starts with the cheap checks: power, the thermostat, the filter, the drain. Then the parts that fail most: the capacitor, the contactor, the igniter and flame sensor, refrigerant pressures. In Brentwood's ranch homes we often end up in the attic, where an old duct joint has come loose. Up the canyons, we check the long line set between the condenser pad and the house. Toward Santa Monica, we look for salt-air corrosion on the outdoor coil.

Once we find it, you see the failed part and get the repair in writing before we replace it. If the system is near the end, a compressor gone or a coil leaking in more than one place, we write up a replacement option beside the repair and let you choose. Most of the time the repair is the answer.