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SW Florida AC Contractor

By kurthartmann on 08/19/2018 in Air Conditioning Information

Community Cooling is a SW Florida ac contractor that puts it’s clients needs first

As a SW Florida ac contractor we talk to a lot of families and businesses that have spent some time and money shopping around for an ac contractor they can trust. One common complaint we hear a lot is that often times, even though their air conditioner is only a few years old, many companies put a great deal of effort into trying to convince them they need new air conditioning equipment, before they even attempt to fix the one they have. When they ask us why that is … we try to explain it as simply as possible.

Community Cooling new flagship service truck

“… high overhead makes profitability difficult for any large SW Florida ac contractor …”

High overhead makes it very difficult for any SW Florida ac contractor to run his business profitably. High rent, insurance, gas, and the cost of keeping a well stocked truck add up quickly for any air conditioning company. Unfortunately, the bigger the company, the more those expenses go up. It is estimated that for every truck an air conditioning company has on the road the conmpany (or that truck) needs to generate something in excess of $500 per day just to break even. Consider these costs …

Truck payments

Insurance

Gasoline

Salary (two men)

Truck maintenance

Permits

Salary for office staff

Tools

Parts

Website costs

Phones

Answering service

Accounting

Advertising

and more …

Advertising was the last specific we mentioned because it is SO VERY expensive! Radio advertising campaigns cost thousands a month, and television advertising can cost tens of thousands. If you are picking your ac contractor from their radio or tv ads, it’s a safe bet they are going to want to sell you new equipment. You just can’t reach the kind of numbers they need by doing inspections and general maintenance and repairs.

Honest ac service … at a fair price!

At Community Cooling we keep our overhead low so as to to be able to offer our services at a reasonable cost, that fits our clients needs as well as their budget. Air conditoner repairs are our spcecialty, and there aren’t too many problems we haven’t seen and fixed before. Honesty and dependability are the very cornerstones Community Cooling has been built upon. This has been a family business for three generations, and the reputation we earn as a business is a reflection of the values we have as a family, as well as citizens of the SW Florida community.

AC Contractor SW Florida from acserviceftmyers

Community Cooling and Heating has been serving Lee County Florida since 1970, and our long standing reputation for honest ac service, fairness, and putting the clients needs first is important to us!We believe in putting our clients needs first, earning your trust, and making sure we provide a level of service that ensures you will call us again the next time!

Our Motto is…“We won’t send you a wolf in sheep’s clothing …

just an honest professional”

We guarantee all our repairs and offer a Free Second Opinion

Kurt Hartmann, Owner of Community Cooling and Heating

Call Today For Air Conditioner Service, Repair, Maintenance, and Installation

239-267-2117

AC Repairs From Last Summer

By kurthartmann on 12/06/2017 in Air Conditioner Repairs Ft Myers

AC Repairs From Last Summer

Community Cooling’s summer was chock full of ac repairs. As many folks in the SW Florida community dealt with the combination of heat, humidity, and unfavorable weather our phones were quite busy with requests for a wide variety of not only ac repairs, but, we had our normal amounts of maintenance calls and installations as well.

AC repairs are cheaper than ac replacement! Community Cooling works with you to work within your budget.

We have a larger than normal number of calls where we found leaking coils. It is our opinion that “they just ain’t making em like they used to.” In an effort to keep their prices down, many ac companies have opted to have their coils made overseas, where the quality of materials used may be suspect. If the increase in coil repairs is any indicator, that appears to be the case.

Damaged ac coils

Problems with coils almost always means you need refrigerant, and we have seen a lot of those calls as well.

Adding refrigerant to an air conditioner

Any given Summer we seem to see a large number of calls for ac repairs on iced up equipment. This can be caused by a wide variety of reasons such as poor air flow, low levels of refrigerant, or a combination of weather related/thermostat issues.

iced up air conditioner 33

When you need ac repairs you want a trained technician to show up … NOT A SALESMAN!

Community Cooling new flagship service truck

Community Cooling and Heating has been serving Lee County Florida since 1970, and our long standing reputation for honesty and integrity is important to us!

We believe in putting our clients needs first, earning your trust, and making sure we provide a level of service that ensures you will call us again the next time!

Air Conditioner Compressor Repairs

We guarantee all our repairs and offer a Free Second Opinion

Our Motto is…“We won’t send you a wolf in sheep’s clothing …

just an honest professional”

Call Today For Reliable, Expert Service

239-267-2117

What The News Press Had To Say About Us

TELL MEL ____________________________________________________- tellmel@newspress.com _____________________________________________________- Second opinion needed for AC fix _____________________________________________________ I don't usually do two air conditioning columns in a week, but Monday's column touched a nerve. So I thought I'd pass along some of the stories I've heard from AC company owners who have called. The first story comes courtesy of Kurt Hartmann of Community Cooling in Fort Myers. Hartmann gives free second opinions on other companies repair or replacement estimates. Recently, a woman who lives in a North Fort Myers mobile home park called him after another AC company had come to look at her unit. Several weeks earlier the woman had installed a thermostat and the AC worked fine. But when the weather turned cold, and she tried to get it to heat, the unit wouldn't work. She called a company, which will remain nameless. The technician removed the cover on the thermostat, examined it, and then went to look at the unit. His diagnosis: She needed a new relay and transformer. Total $2,300. Fortunately, the homeowner decided to brave the cold for a day and get a second opinion. Her unit was only six years old and she couldn't believe it needed such an expensive repair. When Hartmann's guy arrived, he too popped the cover off the thermostat. There he saw a switch with two positions for the heat - gas and electric. This thermostat had the switch in the position for gas, but she, like most people in Southwest Florida has an electric unit. When the thermostat was switched to the electric mode, the heater "worked like a champ" Hartmann said.