AC Repair and HVAC Service in Benton, LA
For AC repair and HVAC service, Benton is north of our Bossier City location up Highway 3. We repair air conditioners and heating systems of every brand there, at any hour. The $99 service call covers finding what's wrong.
- 24/7 emergency service
- Locally owned since 2010
- Licensed and insured
- 100% satisfaction guarantee
- Trane and Mitsubishi dealer
- Louisiana commercial contractor license CL.61528
Where We Work Around Benton
Highway 3 between Bossier City and Benton has filled in with subdivisions over the last twenty years, and that's where a big share of our work is. We also take calls at older houses in town, at country places off the parish roads, and out around Cypress Black Bayou and the lakes north of town.
HVAC Systems in Newer Homes
Benton has newer neighborhoods as well as older homes, and a young system still has a few things worth knowing.
Builders usually install a system that meets code at the lowest cost. That's standard practice, but it's worth knowing a few things if your house is fairly new.
- Call the builder first if the house is under a year old. A problem in that first year may be covered by the builder's warranty, at no cost to you.
- Register the equipment. Many manufacturers only give their longer parts warranty if the system was registered soon after install, often within 60 days. If nobody did that, call us with the model number and we'll help you sort out what's covered.
- The room over the garage. A bonus room sitting between a hot garage and a hot attic is often the warmest room in the house. Sometimes balancing the dampers fixes it. Other times, a ductless mini-split is the cleaner answer.
- New doesn't mean maintenance-free. Coils still get dirty and drains still clog. A yearly AC tune-up keeps a young system that way.
Summer AC Repair in Benton
When it's 96 degrees out and the thermostat inside reads 82, you need help soon, not next week. We offer 24/7 emergency AC repair and work on every brand. Most summer HVAC calls in Benton come down to a short list: a capacitor that gave out in the heat, a clogged drain that tripped the float switch, a refrigerant leak, or an outdoor coil matted with pollen and grass clippings. The technician finds it for $99 and explains what failed and what the repair costs. If replacement makes more sense, we'll say so, and that estimate is free too.
Furnace and Heating Repair in Winter
Homes in and around Benton heat with natural gas, propane or electric heat pumps, and the first thing we check is which one your system uses.
Most winter days are mild, but the average first freeze arrives around mid-November, and a furnace that sat idle all summer tends to reveal its problems on that very night. We provide furnace repair in Benton at any hour. A heating check in October heads most of that off. If your heat pump is getting old, ask about SWEPCO's incentive of up to $3,500 for a qualifying unit (subject to SWEPCO program rules and funding) and about HVAC financing, subject to credit approval.
Homes Near Cypress Black Bayou
Some homes east of Benton sit close to Cypress Black Bayou and Cypress Lake, and lake houses come with a few HVAC quirks:
- Damp air. Living near water adds moisture. An AC that's sized right and runs long enough to dry the air out keeps a lake house from smelling musty. If that's not enough, our indoor air quality options include whole-home dehumidifiers.
- Weekend places. A cabin that sits closed for weeks can grow mold in the ducts or the drain pan. Setting the thermostat to cool at about 80 instead of switching it off keeps the system pulling some water out of the air.
- Shops and boathouses. A mini-split heats and cools a detached building without running ductwork across the yard.
Commercial HVAC for Benton Businesses
Small offices, shops and restaurants here lose business when the AC quits. We service commercial HVAC in buildings like these, rooftop units included.
When to Call for HVAC Service
- One room is always too hot or too cold, whatever the setting
- The system runs a few minutes, stops, and starts over again
- The power bill keeps rising with no change in the weather or your habits
- Grinding, squealing or rattling from either unit
- A musty or burnt smell coming out of the vents
Calling early saves money. A weak capacitor caught in May costs far less than the compressor it can take down with it in July.
HVAC Repair, Replacement and Duct Cleaning
We're a Bossier City HVAC company, and in Benton we handle AC repair in summer and heating repair in winter, for any make. When an older system is past saving, we give free quotes on a replacement, Trane or Mitsubishi. For stale air and heavy dust, there's air duct cleaning too.
Benton HVAC Questions
My house is only five years old. Why is the AC already acting up?
Usually it's something small: a drain line nobody has cleaned, a refrigerant charge that was a little off from day one, or a duct that got crushed in the attic. None of those mean the system is failing.
Who can get a technician to Benton tonight?
Call (318) 459-7575 as soon as the problem starts, even late at night. We do 24-hour AC and heating repair in Benton, and we'll tell you on that call when a tech can get there. We call or text when the tech is on the way.
Do you come out to the lake and around Benton?
Yes. We cover the areas north of town too. Give us the address when you call, and we'll tell you on that call when a technician can be there.
What size AC does my Benton house need?
It takes more than square footage to answer that. Insulation, windows, which way the house faces and how tight the ducts are all change the number. As your HVAC contractor in Benton, we measure for a new system instead of copying the old one, since the old one may have been the wrong size too.
Do you work on older homes in Benton too?
Yes. We see plenty of systems from the 1990s and 2000s in town, and we'll tell you honestly whether one is worth another repair.
Call for HVAC Service in Benton
(318) 459-7575 is answered at any hour for heating and air service in Benton. We're based in Bossier City, and we work across the Red River in Shreveport too.