Blairs Air Conditioning And Heating

I would recommend them.

The townhouse that I purchased was built through 2007 and 2008. My developer estimates that Blair's AC and Heating installed the AC and heating in April of 2007. The townhouse remained on the market through 2008 and I went under contract for the townhouse in January of 2009.

In November of 2011, the coil was replaced by another Air Conditioning company under the manufacturer's warranty.

In December of 2011, the heater stopped working. When I investigated further, I found that the line that reverses flow to return refrigerant to the heat pump had frosted over. I contacted my Air Conditioning repairman who came to look at the unit. He told me that the dryer filter installed on the line was a one way dryer filter. He told me that a bi-flow dryer filter should be installed on AC/Heat systems with a heat pump. He informed that what had likely happened was that the refrigerant had been forced the wrong way through the dryer filter over the time that I had minimally used the heat in the mild Florida winters. He told me that it had finally stopped flowing and thus the heat pump could not transfer heat to the coil. He also told me that the I had heat strips installed in the blower, but that the thermostat had not been programmed to activate them on an emergency heat setting.

I identified Blair's A/C and Heat as the installers by looking through a list of the subcontractors that were used for the build. The manager contacted me promptly and I informed him of the problem. He told me that Blair's could send a technician but that he would charge me for a service call. When I explained the situation to him, I felt that he did not discuss the issue in good faith with me. Instead of discussing the pertinent information about why the wrong dryer filter had been installed and how to prove that, he asked me if regular maintenance had been performed, he brought up the one year installation warranty, and he insinuated that the coil change out had something to do with the issue. I felt that he was arguing around the issue and that he was denying the inescapable fact that his company had installed an incorrect dryer filter. I felt that he was not discussing the issue in good faith and that he should at least come to take a look at the unit.

Prior to concluding my conversation, we agreed that I would contact the builder/developer and also the AC repairman who had changed the coil. I did both of these things. The developer assured me that no more work or repairs had been done on the AC after completion. He remembers the time well, and stated that all work through 2008 would have been done under the 1 year installation warranty. He told me that no work was done between the expiration of the warranty and when I bought the unit. I spoke to the AC repairman who changed the coil. He informed me that changing the dryer filter is highly recommended but not mandatory. He was also confused as to the relevancy of the coil change out as it did not impact the basic premise that Blairs had installed an incorrect dryer filter unit originally. Also, I had watched him perform the coil change out in November and was sure that he did not change the dryer filter during that visit.

I contacted the manager at Blair's who then informed me that there were "grey areas" that he was unsure of and that he would send out a technician to program the thermostat. I informed him that my AC repairman had already programmed it so that I would have some type of heat while I worked through the problem. I asked him again if he would send out a technician and make the situation right.

He replied and told me that he couldn't do anything for me. The reasons that he gave were that "something didn't jive", and that I had made it through one winter with a cold spell, and that there was a problem because the coil had been changed.

I understand his wariness because of the long period of time that had passed since the work was completed. However, the proper thing to do would have been to send out a technician to verify the issue. Instead he adhered to the age old strategy of denying and making counter accusations.

I would not recommend Blairs AC and Heating.

Back in 2006 we had our air conditioning installed by Blairs and they did a good job, but then we recently had Florida Power come out and do an energy survey and they found a few problems from the installation of the unit. It had been so long ago that I really didn't think they would respond if I contacted them, but I thought...I'll just go ahead and give it a try. I sent an E-mail to Blairs and lo and behold, I got a response from them.. He said he would like to talk about the problems we encountered and set up a time to come out and do that. He sat and listened to our complaints and then took a look around and said he saw some problems and explained that the people who originally installed our Unit were no longer there, but he would talk with the owner of the company and get back with us.Well, he asked if we would give him a couple of days and of course we said yes. He contacted us and told us that they wanted to make it right, which they offered to do. He came out and sat down again with us and told us what they would do to make the situation right. It was more than we could have asked for and we were very satisfied with the end result.Blairs and especially Paul Childers, in our opinion, deserves a lot of praise and we would recommend them to anyone! They are a very honest company and we had originally heard about them from Channel 13, so we knew they would be a good company to deal with. We have had some really bad experiences with companies in the past, but believe that they are easy to deal with, prompt in their return calls and go above and beyond in their service. People are easy to deal with and they do a good job. We would highly recommend them to anyone.

I like them. They are very reasonable and honest. When I call, they come out. We have used them for a few years now.

They are way overpriced, to be honest. They are wonderful, they do great work, and they stand behind what they do, but they are overpriced. When I actually needed work done, I spent $280 for Freon and $1,000 for a new condenser coil. They installed the air conditioners on my whole street so their phone number was on the unit. They are thorough and timely.

Very prompt, very courteous and professional, went above and beyond for me, very grateful

Fabulous. It was my fourth estimate and so I had learned all the problems and possible solutions so I just went right down the list. I have not had adequate A/C in the back two bedrooms for the 40 years I have lived here. I have it now. The salesman was polite, knowledgeable, well trained, honest, friendly, professional, and had a solution for all my concerns. By the time he arrived I had been told many conflicting things by previous salesmen. Aluminum or copper? 1600 seer would not fit or would it? rip out all the solid ducting and reduct with flexible? Each company had their own opinions. I chose Blairs because I was offered copper, 1600 seer to be able to use the big national rebate, fixing the existing good solid ducting, extra ducting to reach the back rooms, additional insulation on existing ductwork, and a new system. My old system installed in 1967 when the house was built had a thick blanket of dirt covering the coils that were way inside the mechanism and had never been cleaned. I feel healthier already! The following day the gas furnace was hooked up by Bellamy gas, another great company I highly recommend.

heating and air conditioning work

They are excellent and respond well to emergency calls. They are good about being here at the right time. They are just fantastic.