Tune-Ups & Maintenance · Richardson, TX
AC Tune-Up & Maintenance in Richardson, TX
A real pre-season inspection — not a filter change and a sticker.
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- Licensed & insured
- 24/7 emergency service
- $89 diagnostic — credited to your repair
The cheapest repair is the one that doesn’t happen.
Most of the AC failures we see in July were visible in April. A capacitor reading low, a coil packed with cottonwood, a condensate drain half-blocked, refrigerant slightly down from a slow leak — none of those stop a system in spring. All of them stop it in a Texas summer.
A tune-up is a technician spending an hour finding those things while they’re still cheap. We’re a repair company, so we’ll say the quiet part: maintenance genuinely reduces how often you need us.
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What’s actually done in a tune-up
A tune-up is only worth paying for if it’s a real inspection rather than a filter change and a sticker. Ours covers:
Cooling performance
- Refrigerant pressures checked against manufacturer spec
- Temperature split measured across the evaporator coil
- Superheat and subcooling verified
Electrical
- Capacitor tested under load — not just visually checked
- Contactor inspected for pitting and wear
- Amp draw measured on the compressor and both motors
- All electrical connections tightened
Airflow and drainage
- Condensate drain cleared and treated
- Blower wheel and motor inspected
- Filter checked and replaced if you have one on hand
- Return and supply airflow checked
Coils and cabinet
- Condenser coil cleaned — the highest-impact item on this list in North Texas
- Evaporator coil inspected for restriction
- Cabinet and fan blade checked
Controls
- Thermostat calibration and cycle test
- Safety switches verified
- Full system cycle under load before we leave
A straight report at the end
What’s fine, what’s marginal, and what’s likely to fail this season — with prices, so you can decide whether to fix it now or take the chance.
What a tune-up costs
| Service | Price |
|---|---|
| Single AC tune-up | $129 |
| Single furnace tune-up | $129 |
| Both, booked together | $199 |
| Twice-yearly maintenance plan | $249/year — one cooling visit, one heating visit, priority scheduling, no after-hours diagnostic premium |
Any repair identified during a tune-up is quoted before work starts, same as always.
Best timing in North Texas: cooling tune-up in March or April, heating tune-up in October. Book in May and you’re competing with everyone whose system just failed.
Why bother with maintenance
Failures caught while they’re cheap
A capacitor testing weak in April is a $200 planned repair. The same capacitor in July is a $200 repair plus a night in a 90°F house — or a damaged compressor if it took something with it.
Your system runs longer
North Texas cooling equipment tends toward the low end of its expected lifespan, because it runs more hours per year than it would almost anywhere else. Clean coils and correct refrigerant charge are most of what pushes back against that.
Lower running costs
A dirty condenser coil makes the system work harder for the same result, every hour it runs. That’s on your bill all summer.
A repair company saying you’ll need fewer repairs
We’d rather have customers for fifteen years than one expensive August.
Get ahead of the summer.
Pre-season tune-ups across Richardson and North Dallas.