Thayer Air Conditioning Blog: Posts Tagged ‘Air Conditioning System Repair’

When Does a Failed AC Mean It Must Be Replaced?

Monday, June 27th, 2022
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When your air conditioning system stops working on a hot day, you’ll not only worry about your immediate comfort, you’ll also worry about whether this breakdown is a permanent one. Is your air conditioning system finished and must be replaced?

This is a big question when it comes to any major air conditioning malfunction. In many cases, when an air conditioner stops working, professional repairs can restore it. In other cases, either repairs can’t restore it or the repairs are not a cost-effective solution and the next step is an AC replacement in Selma, TX. Either way, you’ll face a large decision about a failed AC, and the best way to make the right choice for you is to call on our experts. We can diagnose your current air conditioner’s failure and provide you with the information and options you need.

We’ll go a bit deeper into some of the different situations to give you an idea of what you might be looking at.

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Ways You Might Be Putting Too Much Strain on Your AC

Monday, June 13th, 2022
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We want you to enjoy a reliable AC system so you won’t end up trapped with an emergency AC repair in Selma, TX, or even an AC that needs a full replacement. We can help you as the season starts with a list of several ways you may be running your air conditioning system harder than necessary. When you know what to watch out for, you’ll not only help the air conditioner get through to fall without problems, you’ll also reduce the amount you spend to run it.

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AC Won’t Turn On? Check These First

Monday, May 16th, 2022
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Yikes, your AC isn’t turning on? In a place like Texas, a broken air conditioner is a cause for worry (and probably sweat). The good news is that if your air conditioning system isn’t working, you have a great company to turn for air conditioning repair in Cibolo, TX: Thayer! We’re a responsive team, ready to get out there and solve your cooling problem. 

However, you don’t necessarily need to leap to the phone to call us when your AC won’t come on. In many cases, there’s a simple mistake or trouble you can correct yourself. These aren’t repairs—they’re troubleshooting. We’ve often found basic explanations for many AC problems when we arrive at customers’ homes, and we want to help you figure out if this is what’s going on. So let’s go through some troubleshooting checks…

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Pushing the Thermostat Way Down Doesn’t Work: Here’s Why

Monday, May 3rd, 2021
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How do you like the inside of your house to feel during the hot Texas summers? Probably cool. Not too cold, but enough so you can relax and forget about the scorching heat outside your walls. How do you manage the indoor temperatures with your air conditioning system? With the thermostat. But trying to find the right cool temperature on the thermostat isn’t as simple as it may sound. Often, people push the thermostat setting to its lowest point (which is usually 60°F) hoping they can more rapidly beat the heat. 

However, that’s not how either the thermostat or the air conditioner works, as we’ll explain.

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Sign Up for AC Maintenance Before the Heat Arrives!

Monday, April 19th, 2021
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It’s already getting warm outside, and we imagine you’ve started to run your air conditioner during the day. It won’t be long before the serious heat of summer is here, and your AC will get a major workout almost every day. 

Is your air conditioner ready for it? Not unless it has professional maintenance! 

If you haven’t yet arranged for our experts to come to your home and give your AC a complete inspection and tune-up, now is the time to do it. We have a special maintenance program with two tiers to fit your needs. Give us a call to sign up for one of the tiers, and then we’ll get you on the schedule for a spring AC tune-up.

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When Your AC Has Condensate Drainage Trouble … It’s Trouble!

Monday, May 18th, 2020
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When you listen to your air conditioning system running, what are the typical sounds you hear?

  • The whirring of the fan
  • The hum of the compressor
  • The whoosh of air through the ducts
  • The drip of water from …?

Yes, let’s talk about that last one. You occasionally hear water dripping inside the air conditioner. That is normal—it’s part of the condensate drainage system of the air conditioner. Like any other part of the AC, it can malfunction and lead to problems requiring air conditioning repair in New Braunfels, TX. We’re going to take a look at what can happen when your cooling system isn’t getting rid of the water correctly.

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Repair Your AC Now and Receive a Free Diagnostic

Monday, April 20th, 2020

Has your air conditioning system gotten off to a rocky start this year when the heat started to climb? That’s no fun, but the worst thing you can do now is to ignore the problem and either hope it gets better or wait until it gets worse before calling a technician to repair it.

Please don’t do either! It always pays to move fast to have repairs done for an air conditioner. And right now you have a great reason to jump on that repair call: we’re offering a free diagnostic on AC repairs in Canyon Lake, TX and throughout our service area. When you call us, we’ll waive the $69 diagnostic fee on qualifying repairs of more than $250. This takes the stress off calling us in to fix the problem. We want to help you enjoy excellent cooling, especially at the start of the hotter weather. It means you’re less likely to run into a repair problem later on in the summer when the heat hits a peak and the stress on the AC can get intense.

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