Air Control Company Blog

If you have been wanting air conditioning, but it has seemed too expensive, this might be a good time to move ahead.  This is early in the A/C season and there are a number of "hot deal" going around.  This is because manufacturers and wholesalers are clearning out last year's inventory.  The units are new, and come with a full factory warranty.  The warranty starts with when the are installed, NOT when they were manufactured, so it makes no difference that the A/C unit was manufactured last year.   This could be the deal you have been waiting for, but don't wait long, because these deals usually go fast.  If you want to know what hot deals we have cooking at our company, call  509-924-0018.  But you can call around too, because we are not the only one that has these specials.

A few years ago, refrigerant R-22 was actually designated at the "environmentally safe" refrigerant, and was scheduled to be used until 2035.  But now the EPA has accelerated the R-22 phaseout.  R410A is now the "environmentally safe" refrigerant.  But R-22 is still in use, and can still be purchased.  In fact you can buy dry-charged R-22 equipment.  So which one should you choose?  There is no one answer, but there is a clear choice.  Depending on your situation,  here are the answers you need:  - Read More>>

Spring looks to be getting a slow start this year.  What that can mean is that we go quickly from "winter" to summer.  Often this does not give people adequate time to have their air conditioner serviced in advance of being used.  If your cooling system has a problem that would normally be diagnosed and corrected during the early season checkup, and you do NOT get that dealt with in advance of use, you may wind up with a much more expensive repair than the original one.  The point is-- you should look at the calendar, not the thermometer, and get your air conditioner serviced at the regularly scheduled time.  In the Northwest, that should be either April or May.  Call us at 924-0018 and get on the schedule now.  You can even call now and schedule the service for May.  Just don't forget to do it, because it can cost you a lot of money unnecessarily.   - Read More>>

There has been an industry move away from refrigerant 22 (R22) toward refrigerant 410A. Homeowners needing major repairs may be faced with the difficult choice of replacing vs repairing air conditioning systems, and the need to change refrigerants in the process.  For a condensing unit changeout, you may have the choice between installing a "dry-charged" R22 condenser, and reusing the refrigerant that was in your old system, vs replacing the old condensing unit with an R410A unit, but then also needing to replace the old R22 evaporator with a R410A evaporator. This second choice will cost more money now, but will leave you with a currently-used Refrigerant in your air conditioning system.  - Read More>>