AC Tune-Up in Salt Lake Valley

Our residential AC tune-up runs $89–$149 depending on system size and what we find. That covers the full checklist: refrigerant testing, capacitor testing, coil cleaning, airflow measurement, and a written findings report. If a repair is needed — a worn capacitor, for example, which runs an additional $80–$150 to replace — we quote it separately before doing any work. You’ll never see a charge you didn’t approve first.

Most visits run 60–90 minutes for a standard single-system home. If we find a repair item and you approve it on the spot, add another 30–60 minutes depending on what’s needed. Homes with two systems take proportionally longer. We don’t rush through the checklist to hit a time target — the refrigerant readings alone take 10–15 minutes to stabilize and read accurately.

You can, but ‘working fine’ isn’t the same as ‘running well.’ A capacitor reading 20% below rated value still runs the compressor — it just does so inefficiently, and it’s one bad heat spike away from failing entirely. Same with low refrigerant: the system cools, just not at full capacity, and you won’t feel the difference until it’s 104 outside. A tune-up catches those problems at $89. A compressor replacement does not.

Once a year is the right interval for most homes — ideally in late March or April before the heat arrives. Utah summers run hard on AC systems. The combination of high temperatures, low humidity, and the dust load from wind events along the Wasatch front means your coils, filters, and capacitors are working harder here than they would in a milder climate. If you have an older system or run your AC more than six months a year, twice a year is worth considering.

We’ll find out quickly. Systems that haven’t been maintained tend to have coils that are partially blocked, capacitors running below spec, and refrigerant that’s drifted off charge. None of that is typically catastrophic on first visit — we clean and correct what we can — but it does mean the visit may surface a repair item or two. That’s still better than discovering those issues on the first 100-degree day of July.

Yes. We service Carrier, Trane, Lennox, Rheem, Bryant, Goodman, American Standard, and most other residential brands. We carry common capacitors, contactors, and refrigerant on the truck for the brands we see most often in South Jordan, Herriman, Draper, and the surrounding area — which means if a repair is needed, we can often handle it same-visit rather than scheduling a follow-up.

No — annual maintenance by a licensed contractor is typically required to keep manufacturer warranties valid, not something that voids them. Carrier and Trane both require documented annual service to honor their extended warranties. Skipping tune-ups is actually the more common way warranties get voided, because the manufacturer can argue the system wasn’t properly maintained. We provide a written service record for your files after every visit.