Water Damage Restoration Service

The end of cooling season arrives quietly in Lexington. September mornings become more comfortable, air conditioners run fewer hours, and problems that were obvious in August can quickly stop feeling urgent. The equipment, however, does not heal during the winter. A hum, unusual smell, or weak vent noticed late in summer can return the next June, often when homeowners need cooling immediately and service schedules are already crowded. Green Energy AC Heating & Plumbing Repair encounters this situation year after year. There is another reason to deal with late-summer symptoms. More Lexington homes now rely on air source heat pumps, partly because of Massachusetts efficiency incentives. When fall arrives, a heat pump reverses operation and begins heating with the same compressor, coils, refrigerant circuit, and blower used for summer cooling. A fault that first appears in August can therefore become a heating problem only weeks later. Lexington's housing stock adds another cons...

Ice on an air conditioner sounds more like a winter problem than something you would expect during a 98-degree afternoon in Manor. Yet summer freeze-ups happen regularly. Frost may first appear on the larger copper refrigerant line, airflow from the registers can become noticeably weaker, and the indoor temperature may continue rising even though the system is still running. In more severe cases, the evaporator coil inside the air handler can become completely covered with ice.  ATX Heating & Air Conditioning LLC  sees this condition throughout the Manor cooling season, and the cause is almost always related to what is happening inside the HVAC system rather than how hot it is outdoors. The evaporator coil has to stay cold for an air conditioner to work, but there is a limit. Refrigerant flowing through the evaporator absorbs heat from indoor air and changes state as part of the cooling cycle. Under normal operating conditions, the surface of the coil generally remains som...