Air Care repairs, maintains and installs air conditioners and heat pumps for homes and businesses in Eagle, Boise, Meridian, Star, Nampa, Caldwell & more. A spring tune-up keeps your system from working harder than it needs to through an Idaho summer, and when something fails, our technicians find the cause and tell you what it takes to fix it. Call (208) 939-2566 to schedule service.
Rheem equipment installed and servicedDue for a tune-up, or not cooling at all? One number for both.
AC repair: the problems we fix
We repair every major brand of central air conditioner and heat pump. The calls we get most in a Treasure Valley summer:
- Refrigerant leaks, found with ultrasonic detection, nitrogen pressure tests and UV dye, then brazed and recharged to specification
- Failed capacitors and pitted contactors, the parts that start and switch your motors
- Frozen evaporator coils from low airflow or low charge
- Clogged condensate drains and tripped float switches
- Condenser coils matted with cottonwood fluff and dust
- Thermostat faults and low-voltage wiring
- Compressors that hum but will not start
AC repair in Boise, Eagle, Meridian, Garden City & more.
AC maintenance: what a spring tune-up includes
A tune-up is a cleaning and calibration service with measurements at the end.
- Air filter inspected and replaced
- Indoor and outdoor coils cleaned
- Condensate drain flushed and treated, float switch tested
- Refrigerant charge checked against the manufacturer's sub-cooling specification
- Capacitors tested for drift, wiring and terminations inspected
- Blower and fan motors checked, fins combed
- A full cooling cycle run, with static pressure, temperature split, voltage and amperage recorded
Repair or replace
A central air conditioner typically lasts 12 to 15 years in our climate. If yours is near that age, needs an expensive repair every season, or still runs on R-22, a refrigerant no longer produced, a replacement usually costs less over the next few summers than keeping it alive. We show you both numbers.
New air conditioner installation
We install Rheem air conditioners and heat pumps. Efficiency is rated in SEER2, which replaced SEER in 2023; new split systems sold in Idaho start at 13.4 SEER2, and variable-speed systems rate far higher and run quieter. New equipment ships on the current generation of refrigerants, so a system installed today is not caught by the phase-down of R-410A.
We size the system to your home before we quote it: square footage, insulation, window orientation and exposure, the appliances that generate heat, even how much of the exterior is shaded. An oversized unit short cycles and leaves the house clammy; an undersized one never catches up. On install day your outdoor unit goes on a level pad, the lines are brazed under nitrogen and evacuated below 500 microns, and the duct connection is sealed with mastic.
Financing through Synchrony Bank is available on new Rheem systems. See financing options. For heat pumps and ductless mini-splits, see heat pumps.
