Oakland County
AC Repair in Ferndale, MI
Our shop is at 1880 E Nine Mile, so Ferndale calls are a few blocks, not a drive.
Ferndale is where the shop is, which is useful in July because we are not driving in from another county. Almost none of the housing here was built with cooling in mind. Central air arrived decades after the houses did, and it was fitted into whatever space and ductwork already existed. That history is behind most of the cooling complaints we hear from this city: it is less often a broken condenser than a system that was retrofitted into a building that was never designed around it.
What we run into in Ferndale cooling systems
- Condensers are frequently wedged into narrow side yards where fences, hedges, and trash-can storage choke the airflow the unit needs to shed heat.
- Where the attic was finished into bedrooms, the return path is usually one undersized grille, so the second floor stays warm no matter how low the thermostat goes.
- Older 100 amp services in the prewar stock sometimes need attention before a larger condenser can be added.
Getting someone out
For a no-cooling emergency, ring (248) 398-4015 rather than using the form. That line runs 24 hours. Scheduled work, including anything that can wait until the morning, runs Mon–Fri 8am–5pm out of the shop at 1880 E Nine Mile Rd, Ferndale, MI 48220.
It helps to know what you have before anyone arrives. The age of the unit, the brand on the front, and whether it is doing nothing at all or doing something wrong will usually narrow the problem down over the phone.
This page covers what is particular about Ferndale. For how the work itself goes, what tends to fail, and the repair-or-replace question, see ac repair.
AC Repair in Ferndale: questions we get
Where can the outdoor unit go on a narrow Ferndale lot?
That is a real constraint here, and it is worth settling before equipment is ordered. A condenser needs clearance around it to shed heat, and it needs to sit far enough from windows that the noise is not a problem for you or a neighbour. On the tight side yards common in this city, the usable positions are often limited to one or two, and occasionally the answer involves moving the electrical rather than the unit.
Why is my AC running but not cooling?
The three usual causes are a refrigerant charge that has dropped because of a leak, an evaporator coil that has frozen over, and a compressor that is not starting. A dirty filter sits behind more of these than people expect, because restricted airflow is what freezes a coil in the first place. Checking the filter costs nothing and is worth doing before you call.
There is ice on my air conditioner. What should I do?
Switch the cooling off at the thermostat but leave the fan set to on. That moves room-temperature air across the coil and thaws it without running the compressor against ice. Then check the filter. Running a frozen system risks sending liquid refrigerant back to the compressor, which turns a modest repair into an expensive one.