AC Repair FAQ — Mesquite, TX

It depends on what's broken. A failed capacitor is a quick, lower-cost fix. A refrigerant leak or a bad compressor takes more time and parts. There's no honest number without looking at your specific unit first. Call for a free estimate.

Most common repairs — capacitors, contactors, refrigerant recharges — get done in a single visit of one to two hours. If a part needs to be ordered, like a coil or a blower motor, that can add a day or two. We tell you the timeline before we start.

A frozen coil usually means low refrigerant or poor airflow. Low refrigerant almost always means there's a leak somewhere in the system. Dirty filters and blocked vents can also cause the coil to ice over. Turn the system off and let it thaw before running it again, then call us to find the real cause.

In Mesquite summers, when the temperature outside is over 100 degrees, even a healthy system struggles to drop indoor temps below 20 degrees cooler than outside. But if it's not getting close to your set point on a normal 95-degree day, the likely culprits are low refrigerant, a dirty condenser coil outside, or a failing compressor.

Yes. The City of Mesquite requires a permit for equipment replacement. Any contractor who skips the permit is cutting a corner that can come back on you when you sell the house or file an insurance claim. Make sure your contractor pulls it before the install.

A lot of homes in the Town East and Gus Thomasson Road areas of Mesquite are running systems that are 15 to 20 years old. If the repair cost is more than half the price of a new system and the unit is over 15 years old, replacement usually makes more sense. We'll tell you which way the numbers point after the inspection.