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The swap
AC Replacement in Hampton
AC replacement in Hampton swaps an aging residential or commercial air conditioner for a new unit that is sized correctly for the building.
The outdoor condenser and the indoor coil are built to work as a matched pair, so a replacement normally changes them together instead of bolting a new condenser to a tired coil.
Comes out
- The worn condenser beside the house
- The old coil on the furnace or air handler
- The old refrigerant, recovered into a tank
Goes in
- A new condenser, level on its pad
- A coil built for that condenser
- A clear "condensate drain" for the water the coil pulls out
When to replace
When to Replace an Air Conditioner
An aging air conditioner, a unit that needs a new compressor, or a unit that keeps calling for repairs is usually worth replacing.
If you see these at your house, price a new system before you pay for the next fix.
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Getting on in years
Older units lose capacity and efficiency, and each repair buys less time than the last.
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The compressor has quit
It is the heart of the outdoor unit and its costliest part, so on an older system the math tips toward new.
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A service call every summer
Money spent on the same unit season after season is better put toward its successor.
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Cooling bills creeping up
A bill that climbs while the thermostat stays where it always was points to a unit losing ground.
Sizing
Sizing the Replacement Unit
A load calculation sizes the new air conditioner, rather than copying whatever is printed on the old unit's label.
The trade's standard method is ACCA Manual J, and a "Manual J load calculation" works from the house as it stands today. The old unit may have been the wrong size from the start, or the house may have changed since with new windows or more insulation.
An oversized unit cools the air fast and shuts off again, the "short cycling" that leaves rooms cold and clammy, while an undersized unit runs all afternoon and never catches up.
What the calculation reads
- Square footage and layout
- Windows and sun exposure
- Air leaks
- Insulation
- The duct runs
Refrigerant
Refrigerant Changes in New Units
The federal move away from R-410A toward A2L refrigerants such as R-454B shapes which new air conditioners go in today.
The trade cites that 2026 transition as a factor in new-system decisions, because new condensers and coils are built around the newer refrigerant. Refrigerant is recovered from the old system and charged into the new unit only by technicians certified under the U.S. EPA's refrigerant handling rules.
Leaving new equipment
R-410A
Built into new units
R-454B
An A2L refrigerant
From the call to cool air
How a Replacement Runs
From the estimate to the clean pad, the job runs in this order.
You call, we set a time
We answer or call back the same working day, and we turn up when we said we would.
Measure, then price
The load calculation, a look at the ducts and the wiring, then the whole job quoted before work starts.
The old unit comes out
Refrigerant is recovered, the lines are cut free and the old condenser and coil leave the property.
The new system goes in
The condenser is set level, the coil is fitted, and the lines are joined and pulled into a deep vacuum.
Started and checked
We start it, measure the airflow and the "static pressure" in the ducts, and sweep up before we go.
What it costs
What Sets the Price
Every replacement is priced to the house, so the number comes from the visit and not from a chart. These are the things that move it.
- Capacity
- The size the load calculation calls for
- Efficiency
- Higher-efficiency equipment costs more up front and less to run
- Line set and pad
- Whether the copper lines and the pad can stay or need replacing
- Ducts and wiring
- Repairs or upgrades the new unit needs to run right
- Access
- How hard the coil is to reach in the closet, garage or attic
Worn-out AC? Start with a free estimate.
We pick up Monday to Saturday, 7 am to 6 pm. A message left after hours gets a call back the next working morning.
- Sized by a load calculation
- We clean up when the work is done