When a repair is throwing good money after bad

There is no magic age. A nine-year-old unit that had clean coils and a new capacitor can still be the right repair. A six-year-old unit that has been short of refrigerant twice may be done.

We look at three things in the driveway: how old it is, what refrigerant it uses, and how many times it has been on the truck this year. If the compressor is out and the coil is original R-22, we will say replacement out loud, even if a repair could limp it through August.

Ask for the price both ways. An honest shop can tell you the repair number and the install number in the same visit. Then you pick. We will not hide the ugly option.

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