AC repair and air conditioning service in Cincinnati, Ohio
We repair and install air conditioning in Cincinnati, including ductless and high-velocity systems for houses with no ductwork. That covers equipment stuck in hillside crawl spaces and walk-out basements. Most calls get handled the same day.
AC repair, replacement, and ductless systems for humid Ohio summers — fixed right the first time, at a price you approve before we start.
What cooling work do you handle?
Repairs, replacements and seasonal tune-ups, all priced before we start.
How do you cool a house that has no ducts?
Two ways. Ductless systems put an outdoor unit on one or more indoor heads, room by room, with no duct runs at all. High-velocity small-duct equipment uses flexible two-inch tubing that threads through existing framing, so the plaster mostly stays where it is. Which one fits depends on the layout, the ceiling heights and where an air handler can physically go, and that gets decided on site.
I am told the system needs refrigerant every year. Is that normal?
No. Refrigerant is not a consumable. It runs in a sealed loop and a correctly working system will hold the same charge for its whole life. A system that needs topping up annually has a leak, and adding refrigerant without finding it means paying every year for something escaping into the air. Ask for the leak to be found and quoted. Sometimes the answer is a repair worth making and sometimes it is a coil that costs enough to change the replacement conversation, but either way you should be told which.
My system uses R-22. Is it worth recharging?
Usually not. R-22 has not been produced or imported in the United States since 2020, so what is left is reclaimed stock at a price that climbs every season. More to the point, refrigerant is not consumed. A system that is low has a leak, and paying for a recharge without finding the leak buys you the same conversation next summer at a higher price. On an R-22 system at fifteen-plus years, that money is usually better put against the replacement you are going to make anyway.
Upstairs is hot and downstairs is cold. Do I need a second system?
Not always, and it is worth exhausting the cheaper answers first. Heat rises, so a two-story house on one system fights that all summer. Before anyone quotes a second system, the questions are whether the upstairs returns can move enough air, whether the supply runs to the far bedrooms are the right size, and whether the ductwork can be zoned. Zoning an existing system solves a good share of these houses for a fraction of what a second system costs. If the ducts genuinely cannot support it, that is when the second system conversation is honest.
Why is the house humid even when the AC is running?
Because cooling and dehumidifying are two different jobs and a system can do one without the other. Air conditioning pulls moisture out only while the coil is cold and air is moving across it for a sustained period. Short cycles from an oversized unit, a blower set too fast, or a thermostat set so the system barely runs will all leave you cool and damp. In a tighter newer house it can also be that there is simply more moisture indoors than the system was sized to remove, which is a dehumidification question rather than an air conditioning one.
How do I know my AC is on its way out?
How do I book AC repair in Cincinnati?
Call (844) 584-7399 and you get a person, or book online in about a minute. If it's an emergency, no heat or water on the floor, call rather than booking. That skips the next-day queue and goes straight to the 24/7 line.