Air Conditioner Repair

Is the house too warm and your air conditioner not keeping up? We find the fault, tell you what the repair costs, and fix it once you say go. Call early in the day and we can often be with you the same day. We will tell you the real window when you call.

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Certified Lennox Partner

We Measure First, Then We Quote

A hot house is no place for guesswork. Every air conditioner repair we take on starts with a proper diagnosis, so you know what failed and what it will cost before we begin.

We have looked after cooling systems across Kitchener-Waterloo for more than ten years, and our vans carry the parts that fail most often, so most repairs finish in one visit. We are an authorized Lennox dealer, so Lennox is our specialty, and we service other major brands as well. Call us and we will confirm yours.

If your system is genuinely reaching end-of-life, we will tell you plainly and price an air conditioner installation beside the repair, so the choice stays comfortably yours.

HVAC technician kneeling beside a new outdoor air conditioner unit at a brick home in Kitchener-Waterloo

The Problems We Get Called About Most

Summer brings the same handful of problems around again, and we have seen each of them many times. An air conditioner repair visit starts with a careful diagnosis whichever one you have.

It runs but the house never cools

We measure the charge, inspect the coil and check the airflow, which usually tells us why an AC stops cooling.

Warm air from the vents

The outdoor unit has usually stopped doing its half of the job, the most common cause of an air conditioner blowing warm air.

The unit hums but the fan sits still

Switch it off and call us, because a stalled fan will take the motor with it.

It starts, then shuts off minutes later

Short cycling points to a control, charge or airflow fault, and we can trace it in one visit.

Ice on the lines or the coil

Turn the cooling off and let it thaw, then call us, because running it iced does real damage.

Water pooling around the indoor unit

A blocked condensate drain is usually the cause, and we clear the line and check the pan.

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What We Repair

We repair central air conditioning and ductless mini-splits, and most AC repair calls come down to a short list of parts.

Capacitors and contactors

These cheap electrical parts strand an otherwise healthy system, and we carry both on the van.

Fan and blower motors

We replace the outdoor fan that has stopped and the indoor blower that howls.

Refrigerant leaks

We find the leak, repair it and recharge to the right weight.

Frozen and fouled coils

We thaw and clean coils that are iced over or too dirty to shed heat.

Drains, thermostats and controls

We clear blocked condensate lines and replace dead thermostats and control boards.

Technician using manifold gauges to check refrigerant pressure on an air conditioner

What an Air Conditioner Repair Visit Looks Like

Our simple four-step process covers virtually any air conditioner repair call across Kitchener-Waterloo and the surrounding area.

1

We diagnose the fault

We put meters on the electrical side and gauges on the refrigerant side, and we test rather than guess.

2

We price it before we start

You hear the full cost of the air conditioner repair and what happens if it is left, and nothing starts until you agree.

3

We carry out the repair

Most faults are finished in the same visit, because the common parts are already on the van.

4

We test it and tidy up

We run the system, confirm the temperature drop at the vents, and leave the area tidy.

What Determines the Cost of an Air Conditioner Repair

The price of a repair is set by the fault itself, not by the weather or how badly you need it fixed. Two calls on the same street can land a long way apart.

What does not change is the order of events. You hear the price of the air conditioner repair before we start, and that is the price on the invoice when we finish. Our pricing is fair and you hear it upfront, so nothing is added along the way.

What changes the price Why
Which part failed A capacitor and a compressor are different jobs, and the parts are priced worlds apart.
Whether refrigerant is involved Finding a leak, sealing it and recharging is labour before it is parts.
Where the unit sits A rooftop or a boxed-in side yard adds access time to the visit.
The age of the system Parts for older units take longer to source, and some are no longer stocked.
When you need us Evening and weekend callouts are priced differently from a Tuesday morning.

Get the Price Before the Work Starts

Tell us what your air conditioner is doing and we will book the AC repair call, quote the fix, and get your approval before we start. Serving Kitchener-Waterloo and the towns around it.

A technician checking the control board of a ductless mini split indoor head

When a Repair Is Not the Right Answer

Most faults are worth repairing, and we would rather fix your system than sell you a new one. Now and then the numbers say otherwise, and we say so.

Four things point us toward replacement: the system is near the end of how long a central AC lasts in Ontario, the compressor is the failed part, this is the third callout in two summers, or the unit still runs R-22.

Even then we quote the air conditioner repair alongside the replacement, so you are comparing two real numbers, and financing is there if the timing is awkward.

Why Homeowners Trust Us

Those four matter more on an air conditioner repair than on most jobs, because you cannot inspect the work yourself.

Over 10 years in business

Long enough to have met your fault before.

Authorized Lennox Dealer

Factory training and factory parts on Lennox equipment.

Five-time HomeStars Best of Award winner

Voted by the homeowners who hired us.

Lennox specialists, other brands too

Tell us what you have and we will confirm we can work on it.

Homeowners across Kitchener-Waterloo have left us over 400 Google reviews, and plenty of them mention Sina, our owner and main technician.

Great service for an emergency call to fix a broken AC on a Sunday night during a heatwave. Very professional and fair pricing, I would highly recommend their services.

Laura Weiler

Sina was friendly and professional. Our home air conditioner was repaired promptly with minimal fees. I will be recommending to my friends and family.

Jeff Nyenhuis
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Where we provide AC repair services

We answer AC repair calls right across the Kitchener-Waterloo region and the towns around it. If you are just outside it, call and ask, we might be nearby.

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Questions We Get Asked About AC Repair

Do you offer same-day air conditioner repair?

How does your pricing work?

Do you repair systems you did not install?

Is the repair covered by a warranty?

Is a repair worth it on a 10-year-old system?

Will maintenance stop this happening again?

Ready to get started?

We find the fault, price the air conditioner repair, wait for your approval, and then fix it, across Kitchener-Waterloo and the towns around it.