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What we do, and how we do it
Six services. Every one of them priced in writing before a technician starts, and every one of them explained in plain language while we are standing there.
Repair
Air conditioning repair
Most calls are one of half a dozen things, and most of them are cheaper than people fear. The expensive mistake is replacing parts by guesswork until something works.
- Capacitors, contactors and relays
- Condenser and blower fan motors
- Refrigerant leak search, recovery and recharge
- Frozen coils and airflow faults
- Condensate drains and overflow switches
- Thermostats, wiring and control boards
How the fee works: a flat diagnostic charge covers the visit and the diagnosis, and it comes off the repair if you go ahead. We tell you the number on the phone before we come out.
Install
Installation & replacement
An install is mostly decisions made before anything is unboxed: what size, where it goes, what the existing ducting can actually carry, and how the condensate gets away. Get those right and the equipment is almost the easy part.
- Sizing
- Calculated from the house — square footage, orientation, glazing, insulation and how many people actually live there. Oversized equipment short-cycles, never dehumidifies and dies young.
- Placement
- Setbacks, the noise ordinance, salt exposure and the neighbour's bedroom window. All four get checked before we put a number on paper.
- Paperwork
- Permit pulled, Title 24 documentation prepared, inspection scheduled, closed permit handed over. Plus the rebate paperwork where the equipment qualifies.
Ductless
Ductless mini-splits
Our most common project, because of what the housing stock down here looks like. One outdoor unit can usually serve two to five indoor heads, and each room is controlled on its own.
- Whole-house systems for homes with no ducting
- Single-room units for garages, ADUs, additions and offices
- Wall, ceiling-cassette and low-wall indoor heads
- Line-set routing planned to keep the outside of the house tidy
- Condensate pumps where gravity drainage is not possible
Heating
Heating & heat pumps
Nobody moves to Redondo Beach for the winters, but a damp 48°F morning in an uninsulated 1950s house is genuinely cold. Heating gets used more than people admit.
This climate is also close to ideal for a heat pump. Temperatures almost never drop low enough to hurt efficiency, and one piece of equipment then covers both directions — which is exactly what a mini-split already does.
- Furnace service and repair
- Heat-exchanger and flue inspection
- Wall and floor furnace replacement
- Heat-pump conversions
Ductwork
Ductwork
If one room is never comfortable, the ducting is the first suspect, not the equipment. Older South Bay homes often have runs that were added piecemeal over decades — crushed flex, disconnected boots, a return that is far too small for the system.
- Leak testing and sealing at the joints and boots
- Replacing crushed, disconnected or degraded flexible duct
- Adding or enlarging returns where the blower is starved
- Register and diffuser changes to balance a difficult room
Air
Air quality & filtration
The marine layer keeps coastal houses damp in a way inland houses never are. Combine that with a tightly sealed remodel and you get condensation, musty closets and air that never really changes.
- Deeper media filter cabinets
- Humidity control and dehumidification
- Bathroom and kitchen ventilation that actually works
- Fresh-air ventilation for tight remodels
Maintenance, which matters more here than inland
A yearly visit is worth more within a mile of the water than it is in the valley, because salt is doing quiet damage the whole time the equipment is sitting there.
- Condenser coil rinsed and inspected for corrosion
- Refrigerant charge verified against superheat and subcool
- Capacitor readings taken against the rating, not just eyeballed
- Contactor condition, terminal tightness and amp draws
- Condensate pan, trap and line cleared and treated
- Filters changed and sizes written down for next time
Not sure which of these you need?
Describe what the house is doing and we will tell you. That part is free.