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Air Conditioning Repair Orlando is a referral service: it takes calls and written requests from people in Orlando, Florida and connects them with independent local air conditioning contractors. It is not a contractor, it holds no contractor’s license and it has no technicians, and no repair, service visit or installation is ever carried out by this site.
We say so plainly because Florida regulates this trade closely. Air conditioning contractors are licensed by the state’s Construction Industry Licensing Board, the licensing law covers repair and maintenance as well as installation, and a contractor’s license number has to appear in its advertising. This site shows no license number because it is not a contractor. The companies we connect you with are the ones that need one, and you can look theirs up.
Call us and we will connect you with an air conditioning contractor who works in Orlando.
What happens when you call
- You call the number on this site. We answer, and we ask what the system is doing, where the property is and whether you own or rent.
- We connect you with an independent contractor who works on air conditioning in Orlando.
- You and the contractor settle the next step, which is usually a visit to find the fault or to measure for a new system. The price, the schedule, the contract and any warranty come from that contractor, and the decision to go ahead is yours.
How the request form works
If you would sooner write than call, the form on the homepage asks for your name, phone number and email address, a ZIP code or neighborhood, what you need, whether you own or rent, and a description of the problem. We receive it and pass those details to an independent local contractor, who contacts you. The privacy policy says where what you send is kept and how to have it removed.
What Air Conditioning Repair Orlando does and does not do
| It does | It does not |
|---|---|
| Answer your call or read your request, then connect you with an independent air conditioning contractor in Orlando | Diagnose, repair, service or install anything |
| Explain Florida licensing, Orlando and Orange County permits and the federal refrigerant rules in plain language | Hold a contractor’s license, employ technicians or sign contracts for work |
| Give published national cost figures with their source and date | Set or quote prices, schedules or warranties for any contractor |
| Show you how to look up a contractor’s license yourself | Publish ratings or reviews, or vouch for a contractor’s work |
Why the site explains rules and not just services
Rules are the part of a job that a homeowner can check. In Orlando that means knowing that swapping a failed part needs no permit while a replacement system does, that the permit comes from the City inside the city limits and from Orange County in the unincorporated area, and that a contractor who takes more than 10 percent of the price up front has 30 days to apply for the permit. Our pages on air conditioning repair, AC service, AC installation, HVAC systems and choosing an HVAC company set these out one subject at a time.
Sources behind the pages
Climate figures are the National Weather Service’s for Orlando International Airport. Licensing rules come from the Florida Statutes and the Department of Business and Professional Regulation. Permit rules come from the Florida Building Code, the City of Orlando and Orange County, each from its own pages. Refrigerant rules come from the Environmental Protection Agency’s pages and from the Federal Register, cited by the date of the rule. Guidance on humidity, maintenance and storms comes from the EPA, ENERGY STAR, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, University of Florida extension, OUC and Duke Energy. Descriptions of how equipment fails come from manufacturers’ own published guidance.
Cost figures on this site are national figures published by HomeAdvisor, shown with the date HomeAdvisor gives. They describe the whole country, not Orlando, and nobody should read them as a quote. Rules, rebates and prices change, so confirm anything that affects your decision with the office or the contractor concerned. To report an error, use the contact page.
Look the contractor up yourself
Whoever you hire, and that includes a contractor we connected you with, get the Florida license number first and run it through the Department of Business and Professional Regulation’s license search. You can search by name or by number, and the department’s Customer Contact Center is listed on the same page for anyone who would sooner ask by phone.
Three things to confirm before work starts
That the license on the state record is current and in the same name as the company on your paperwork. That the company can send a certificate of insurance. And, for a replacement system, that the company will apply for the mechanical permit.
Call the number on this page and we will connect you with a local air conditioning contractor. Look up the license before you agree to any work.
Your questions, answered
Who does the work if I call Air Conditioning Repair Orlando?
An independent local air conditioning contractor does. Air Conditioning Repair Orlando is a referral service: it connects you with that contractor and does not perform or supervise any work. The estimate, the permit, the contract and the warranty all come from the contractor you hire, not from us.
Does it cost anything to call or send the form?
We charge you nothing for the call or the request, and you are not obliged to hire anyone. A contractor may charge a fee to come out and diagnose a system. Ask the contractor what that fee is, and whether it is taken off the price of the repair, before a visit is booked.
If the repair goes wrong, is Air Conditioning Repair Orlando responsible?
No. We do not perform or supervise the work, and we do not set or back any contractor’s price, schedule or warranty. Ask the contractor for the warranty terms in writing, for the parts and for the labor. Florida law requires the contractor’s license number on the contract.
What happens to the details I send through the form?
They are stored on this website, emailed to its operator and passed to an independent local air conditioning contractor so that the contractor can contact you about your request. The privacy policy explains how to see, correct or remove what you have sent.