Get Your AC Ready for a CSRA Summer

Summer in the CSRA doesn't sneak up — by June, Augusta afternoons sit in the mid-90s with a heat index pushing 105°, and your air conditioner will run twelve hours a day for months. The systems that survive are the ones that got attention in spring. Here's the checklist we recommend to every homeowner from Aiken to Waynesboro.

The DIY Half-Hour

• Change the filter — and plan to check it monthly through pollen season and summer.
• Clear the outdoor unit — two feet of breathing room on all sides, no pine straw packed against the coil, no shrubs leaning on the fan grille.
• Rinse the coil — with the power off, a gentle garden-hose rinse from inside out washes off pollen film.
• Test the system early — run a full cooling cycle on the first warm April day, not the first 95° day in June when every HVAC company in the CSRA is booked out.
• Check the condensate line — confirm it's dripping outside when the system runs; flush it with vinegar if flow looks weak.

The Professional Visit

A spring tune-up covers what you can't: refrigerant charge verification, capacitor and contactor testing, amp draws on the compressor and fan motors, and a real coil cleaning. Most mid-summer breakdowns we repair trace back to something a tune-up catches for very little money.

Beat the rush — schedule your spring tune-up at (888) 217-1674 before the first heat wave hits Augusta.