Father Sons Air Conditioning

Father & Son is the BEST AC company that I have ever worked with. As a realtor, I am always in need of quick service at good, fair prices. I can easily recommend them to all of my clients with the knowledge that they will get an immediate appointment with a polite and smart technician. I also use Father & Son at my own home and that of my parents. They have an efficient booking system with Melissa running their schedules like clockwork. They are always Covid compliant and on-time with very reasonable pricing. Put them in your contacts today.

They are a great company!! A friend referred me before noon today. By 2:30 today the OWNER had come out and repaired the AC!! The house was 92 degrees inside and we had company coming in from ARIZONA! And a reasonable fee was charged. So relieved!

Excellent. Mikey discussed with us several options for equipment and installation, and he thoughtfully answered all our questions. New Bosch equipment was installed very professionally and carefully by Mike and his team over the two days they worked. They carefully cleaned up and explained how to operate the new thermostats. We're very pleased. Melissa and the office staff were great to work with - they communicated very well with us. I highly recommend this local St Pete company.

I found their prices very fair and customer service was quite good. When I encountered a manufacturing defect, they took care of it.

Last year, we hired Father & Sons twice -- once to move an existing mini-split air conditioner (#1) from one room to another, and another time to install two new mini-splits (#2 and #3). After the first visit, we learned they did a very poor job re-installing #1. We hired another contractor to fix their work, at a cost to us of $500. When I informed owner Kevin, he denied his staff did poor work, argued that contractors always criticize the prior contractor, and took no responsibility. After Father & Sons installed mini-splits #2 and #3. We thought everything was fine. But when mini-split #1 stopped working properly recently, we brought in a different contractor to look at it. After concluding that #1 needed to be replaced, the new contractor's sales director came by to give us an estimate for replacing it. But when we spoke, he said they couldn't replace #1 until we had a licensed electrician come by to fix all the illegal wiring that it turned out Father & Sons did. Among other things, Father & Sons used interior cabling outside, failed to put a disconnect box near the unit, failed to replace burned wires, etc. We ended up hiring a licensed electrician, and after hours of work, he charged us $1,200 to get everything up to code. Afterward, the new contractor went ahead and replaced #1. It was then that we learned that Father & Sons had never pulled permits for moving unit #1 or installing units #2 and #3, even though permits apparently are required for such work. We went back and looked at one of Father & Sons' e-mails, and on it they had clearly typed the phrase "city permit."

They are super reliable, extremely fair and hugely professional. Out of three estimates for an HVAC system they gave me a much better system for nearly half the price of the other bids. I will definitely recommend and continue to use them.

They were very friendly. The area that we struggled with was following up warranty work. I don't have a lot to compare the price to. It's hard for me to give anybody an "A" here in Florida. A "B" is a very high rating for price in Florida, in my mind. The service began over a year ago, and just finished a couple of weeks ago. That is pretty typical of Florida. This residential and not commercial.

His final mechanical inspection failed! Had 2 other HVAC companies come in to my home provide estimates to fix the issues created by father and sons and both took pictures. The flex line that wasn't properly installed correctly which caused little to no air to flow into the addition. Customer beware!!!

Not well. The initial installation went OK. One of the installers dropped a piece from our attic and broke through the ceiling in the hallway - but he did come back and patch it up. The real problems happened when the pump that they installed failed(they installed an old pump). Once F&S's came out to see it, they did not notice that my tennant had bypassed the pump to get the unit working(nor did they realize the pump had failed), and that resulted in a puddle forming around the AC unit the next day. Then, we had some issues with water leaking from the AC vents they installed, as it was starting to drip down our walls. After realizing this issue, we tried calling Father Sons out, but they were never able to 'get a hold of us' to schedule a time to come out and fix it. After waiting for them to 'catch me' on the phone, we had a survey of the unit done, and have come to realize that there were far more issues than we realized;

Not well. The initial installation went OK. One of the installers dropped a piece from our attic and broke through the ceiling in the hallway - but he did come back and patch it up. The real problems happened when the pump that they installed failed(they installed an old pump). Once F&S's came out to see it, they did not notice that my tennant had bypassed the pump to get the unit working(nor did they realize the pump had failed), and that resulted in a puddle forming around the AC unit the next day. Then, we had some issues with water leaking from the AC vents they installed, as it was starting to drip down our walls. After realizing this issue, we tried calling Father Sons out, but they were never able to 'get a hold of us' to schedule a time to come out and fix it. After waiting for them to 'catch me' on the phone, we had a survey of the unit done, and have come to realize that there were far more issues than we realized; - There is no mastic sealing the plenum - The registers arent insulated properly - The ducts arent sealed to the plenum - There is a huge gap allowing how attic air into the air intake on the aid handler - An old condensate pump was used instead of a new one with the install which is failing. No pressure is being produced. It has been two weeks since I initially reached out to Father and Sons to remedy this...I still have not been able to get on the phone with someone who can give me a resolution. I would not recommend F&S

Not well. The initial installation went OK. One of the installers dropped a piece from our attic and broke through the ceiling in the hallway - but he did come back and patch it up. The real problems happened when the pump that they installed failed(they installed an old pump). Once F&S's came out to see it, they did not notice that my tennant had bypassed the pump to get the unit working(nor did they realize the pump had failed), and that resulted in a puddle forming around the AC unit the next day. Then, we had some issues with water leaking from the AC vents they installed, as it was starting to drip down our walls. After realizing this issue, we tried calling Father Sons out, but they were never able to 'get a hold of us' to schedule a time to come out and fix it. After waiting for them to 'catch me' on the phone, we had a survey of the unit done, and have come to realize that there were far more issues than we realized; - There is no mastic sealing the plenum - The registers arent insulated properly - The ducts arent sealed to the plenum - There is a huge gap allowing how attic air into the air intake on the aid handler - An old condensate pump was used instead of a new one with the install which is failing. No pressure is being produced. It has been two weeks since I initially reached out to Father and Sons to remedy this...I still have not been able to get on the phone with someone who can give me a resolution. I would not reccomend F&S

father and sons air conditioning was phenomenal! They were professional from start to finish. From the first phone call, to the estimates, to the installation, all the way through to the cleanup they did a top notch job. Our house is so nice and cool now. I would highly recommend Kevin and his crew.

Father and Sons have not been able to stop the air flow out of  the vents from peeling the paint off the ceilings. Father and Sons

have tried five times to correct the problem.  The Air Handler Company, Goodman , says their Air Handler installed was for

a much larger house.

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Came down to our second home in St. Pete from Viginia over the 4th of July weekend to find the compressor and heat exchanger iced. I called on a Sunday, taking a shot - it was fairly humid and figured I'd try since I hold to the maxim and quot;Happy wife; happy lifeand quot; and we scored a visit the same day.
Mike was punctual and honest - did not attempt any shenanigans regarding the A/C service call and I felt I could trust him as he recommended a course of action to maintain the current system which is nearing end of life and reassess at the next casualty. I was suspecting that he would attempt to sell me a new heat exchanger in the air handler even a new air handler, but instead offered that better money could be spent in maintaining the current system and then research new components later. Mike took the time to explain the pitfalls of the latest Carrier and quot;GreenSpeedand quot; system which offers excellent efficiency but has experienced expensive module failures. Their initial estimates were far less than what the Home Depot contracting rep provided for a simularly sized (5 ton) system. It's good to work with local contractors, it seems you generally have a better chance of being treated with integrity....especially if they'd like to come back.

Since the leak in the defective upstairs system (that needed new air handler coils) was slow, I elected to recharge/replenish the coolant to provide an additional month or so of time to research my replacement options. Since we were entering a cooler season, I began conducting online research to work through the multitude of options available (air handler capacity (tonnage), SEER options, smart thermostats available).

After numerous emails to discuss potential options with Father and Son's A/C and Heating, Inc. owner, Kevin Schneider, I settled on installing two (upstairs and downstairs) Amana 15 SEER systems. Throughout my two-month research period, Kevin was very supportive and provided good information and cost trade-offs with various options. Kevin was very responsive to my email inquiries throughout the process.

Once I contracted with Father and Son's A/C and Heating, Inc. to complete the work, I requested a short notice time window to install the new systems. Again, Father and Son's met my requirements and scheduled the work.

The two days of installation were superb. On day one, the crew (Sean and Sam) arrived on schedule and professionally installed the downstairs system. Again, on day two, the crew (Sean and Josh) arrived on schedule and patiently worked with me to install the larger 3/8and quot; copper line required to support a larger upstairs air handler. About 40'-50' of copper tube had to be run from an upstairs air-handler closet into the garage and out to the new heat pump condenser. Sean worked patiently with me to minimize the esthetic effect of running a new line. Together, we worked through installing, configuring and programming the smart thermostats (NEST). Throughout the installation, the technicians were prompt, polite, patient and very neat and clean.

The follow-up billing, paperwork and inspection went without a hitch.

Overall, I found the Father and Son's A/C and Heating, Inc. to be extremely professional and friendly. Due to Father and Son's A/C and Heating, Inc. competitive pricing and prompt and professional service, we now use them for air conditioning and heating service and repairs on 11 additional properties.

In the highly competitive air conditioning and heating market of Florida, I highly recommend Father and Son's A/C and Heating, Inc. expertise and services.

I am a property manager and the Pres of the Board of my Condo. I use Father and Son for all my properties and my home for the last 9 years. I have found them to be accessible in emergencies, honest, prompt and fairly priced. I will continue to use them for my home and my other responsibilities.

Great service. Will use the company again. I will refer Father and Son to my friends.

They showed up, their price was reasonable and their work was good.

GREAT.

not satisfactory.

Overall the job went as expected.

Called Father and Son b/c the first company forgot all about me. They came out the next day, took one look at it and said I was just out of freon. They fixed the leak, put 3 pounds of freon in, and I was good to go with heat and a/c all in less than an hour. It's been working great since then, and I am VERY glad the first company never called me back. Thank you Father and Son for the great, honest service! I will call on you again for any other heat/ac issues we have in the future.

They are great. I really, really like them. They are all As.

We spent probably $2500 on that service and we thought that the price was reasonable. The installation was done on the outside. They also showed up on time.