Two visits a year, from $16.58 a month
A maintenance agreement that writes the readings down
A 21-point inspection twice a year, priority status and no overtime fee, so the small thing gets found in spring.
What a skipped spring costs in August
Most of the air conditioners that quit in the middle of a Texas summer were already giving signs in April. The filter was loaded, the condenser coil had a mat of leaves and cottonwood across it, the condensate drain was slowly silting up, and the refrigerant charge had drifted a little low. None of that is dramatic on its own. All of it together makes a system work harder, run longer and fail on the hottest afternoon of the year.
A dirty coil is the quiet one. It cannot shed heat, so head pressure climbs, the compressor runs hotter and the temperature split across the indoor coil shrinks. The house still cools, just slowly, and the bill creeps up before anything visibly breaks. A drain that backs up is the loud one: the float switch trips, the system shuts itself off, and the first symptom is a warm house and a wet ceiling or pan.
A furnace has its own version. A neglected burner assembly, a dirty flame sensor or a restricted filter will pass every cold night until the one that matters. Servicing both halves of the system on a schedule, once before cooling season and once before heating season, is how the small thing gets found while it is still a small thing and still cheap to fix.
Luxury Air service van with TACLA 20944C on the door
The 21 points, and the readings inside them
The agreement schedules two visits a year, each one a 21-point inspection by a NATE-certified technician. It covers the filters, the coils, the refrigerant levels and the overall performance of the system. Behind those headings sit named parts and real checks: the condensate drain flushed clear, the condenser and indoor coil inspected and rinsed, the electrical connections and capacitor looked at, and the airflow through the filter and ducts judged against what the system is rated to move.
What turns an inspection into evidence is that the technician writes the numbers down. The temperature split across the coil, the amp draw on the compressor and the static pressure in the ductwork are the readings that say whether a system is healthy, and they are the same readings that make a year-over-year comparison possible. A system that held a steady split in April and shows a weaker one the next spring has told you something before it breaks.
A Google reviewer, Tom Norton JR, described exactly that kind of visit: the annual A/C checkup went through the condenser unit, flushed the condensate drain, removed the leaves, rinsed off the coils and topped off the refrigerant, with the technician explaining what he was doing and why throughout. That habit of explaining the reading is as much a part of the inspection as the tools are.
What membership adds beyond the visits
Members get priority status, which matters most on the week when every system in the county is calling at once. They also pay no overtime fee, so a failure that lands on a weekend or an evening does not carry a premium on top of the repair. Our hours already run seven days a week from 7:30am to 8pm, with on-call cover outside them, and the agreement means members are the ones the schedule protects first.
Reminder service is built in, which sounds small and turns out to be the part that actually keeps a maintenance plan alive. Most households do not skip service on purpose; they forget, and the next time they think of the system is when it stops. A reminder for each of the two yearly visits removes the forgetting. Members also receive discounts on parts and repairs if something does turn up during a visit.
Membership starts from $16.58 a month, and pricing can be based on the number of systems in the home, so a house with two units is quoted for two units rather than a flat guess. For the full terms, call the shop and ask for complete details. If you also want the single-visit version of this work, the air conditioning maintenance page covers what one tune-up looks at.
NATE-certified technicians. Texas HVAC contractor licence TACLA 20944C. Call (936) 703-2130 for complete details.
The agreement on one page
Every term, as published
Each visit ends with a number the technician wrote down, a split, an amp draw or a static pressure. This is the rest of the sheet.
Price and visits
- Price
- From $16.58 a month
- Visits
- 2 a year, with reminder service
- Inspection
- 21 points per visit
- Covers
- Filters, coils, refrigerant levels, overall performance
- Technicians
- NATE-certified
Member terms
- Scheduling
- Priority status
- Overtime
- No overtime fee
- Parts and repairs
- Member discounts
- Pricing basis
- Number of systems in the home
Want to see what one visit looks at before you join? The air conditioning maintenance page walks through it.