San Marcos TX Heating & Air Conditioning Services

After performing the diagnostic, I found a dead cat on the electric heat strips of the mobile home system. I informed the customer that he would have to have somebody remove it before we can even look at replacing it.

Installed 3-ton Payne gas system in attic. Moved system location to left side after decking space. Cut back, then added on with flex duct runs. Installed new drain pan and plenums. Sealed all pressure points with mastic tape and air lock and rebuilt drain. Added SS-2 and SS-3 safety switches. Installed new line filter dryer and pressure tested system for extensive leak check. Pulled deep vacuum and charged to factory specs. Reused thermostat and sealed copper penetration in hallway chase. System benchmarked and operating at this time.

After performing the diagnostic, I found secondary drain pan to be rusted and have water in it. I also found the voltage enhancement system inside the condenser to be weak and undervalued as well as the voltage enhancement system for the blower motor. I presented the customer with his options and he would like us to call him and schedule a time to come out here to do the work.

After performing the diagnostic, I found that the primary drain line was completely blocked causing the safety float switch to trip and therefore cut off the system. I called the customer and presented him with his options, and he chose to have it repaired. After performing the basic level repair on the primary drain line everything is coming on and working at this time.

When I arrived, the customer informed me that there is a pipe that cuts the corner of the sheet rock at the ceiling and the exterior wall. I found that the line set was not run through the header of the exterior wall before it went down. I informed the customer of my findings, and she chose to leave it until the system is replaced. After discussing the pipe, she asked me if I could check the refrigerant pressures. After checking the pressures, I found that the system is low on refrigerant. I presented the customer with her options on this repair, and she chose to do the work at the bronze level. The system is installed poorly and looks to be in poor condition. It is operational at this time.

After performing the diagnostic, I found that the expansion valve inside the evaporator coil was stuck and not metering correctly. I presented options to the customer, but I am waiting to hear back from the supply house on parts availability and warranty.

Performed the AC tune-up and everything is working at this time. See attached checklist for full tune-up details. I did discuss renewing the maintenance plan, but the customer may not be here in a few months so did not want to renew today.

When I arrived, the customer asked me to look at the evaporator coil to see how dirty it was. After opening the system up and looking at the 14-year-old evaporator coil it is in clean condition at this time. However, I did notice that the drain line and secondary pan had some issues and I addressed this with the customer. The drain pan is slightly off from underneath one of the corners of the air handler and has rust and corrosion at the bottom of it. I also noticed that there is no way to clear through the drain line and it does not have any safety switches in the drain line. I did present options to have the secondary drain pan replaced. The options also included re-piping the primary drain line with the installation of safety float switches in both the primary drain line as well as a secondary pan to prevent any sheet rock damage from the pan overflowing. The customer declined all repairs at this time.

After performing the diagnostic, I found that the capillary tube was rubbing on the reversing valve which caused a leak. I presented the customer with their options and they chose to have it repaired at the Gold level. After performing the Gold level repair everything is coming on and working at this time.

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Performed AC tune-up. I did recommend having a safety float and surge protection installed but the customer declined at this time. See attached checklist for complete tune-up details.

Installed new 4-ton heat pump system. Replaced supply and return plenum. Ran new line set, new 1” drain line and new control wiring. Installed SS-2 and SS-3 safety switches on drain. Installed new outdoor condenser. Installed new line filter drier on 3/8” copper. Pressure tested copper lines with dry nitrogen and pulled a deep vacuum to remove any moisture in the line set. Will be returning tomorrow to do the remaining duct work.

Installed a new Carrier 4-ton heat pump system. Rebuilt condensate drain, replaced 20x20 filter base and installed an SS-2 safety switch. Made a field transition to the existing plenum and sealed with an air lock and mastic tape. Replaced outdoor condenser, installed a liquid line filter dryer, performed an extensive pressure test on refrigerant lines and pulled a deep vacuum on entire system to remove any moisture in line set. Charged the system to factory refrigerant specs and system is running upon completion of replacement.

After performing the diagnostic, I found a bad breaker going to the condenser. I presented the customer with his options and he declined all options saying he would replace it himself. I did let him know that I would not be able to perform the system inspection afterwards.

When I arrived, the customer informed me that he had the breakers turned off to the air handler while he switched out the batteries in the thermostat. We turned the breakers back on to the system and everything is coming on and working at this time. I presented the customer with his options to replace the thermostat and he told me he just wanted to do the diagnostic for today. The system is in poor condition.

The system is in poor condition due to the sub-freezing temperatures and needs to be replaced.

After performing the diagnostic, I found that the low-voltage wire going to the condenser had a short in it causing the fuse to pop. I was unable to check over the electrical inside the condenser because it is a solid block of ice from the weather conditions outside today. I presented options to the customer for running a new wire and he chose to move forward with the repair, but we will need to wait until weather conditions improve. I will have our office reach out for scheduling next week. They do have electric heat running at this time however I did have to remove the wires going to the condenser so it would not pop the fuse again.

Performed the heater tune-up and everything is working at this time. I was unable to check the ductwork due to not having access to the attic. The customer informed me that he will be cutting in a new pull-down staircase and hallway before we come out for the next tune-up.

Installed locking caps per city code inspector