How we survey and quote, what you can hold us to, and the work we turn down.
How we work
Measure, price in five lines, then do the work.
We are a small licensed HVAC contractor in Rubidoux, working mostly on single-family houses across Jurupa Valley and Riverside.
A large share of what we do is one job: taking an evaporative cooler off a house and putting a refrigerated system in. It is not a glamorous speciality and it does not photograph well, but it is a project with five moving parts and most of the money is in the parts nobody itemises. Doing it properly is the whole business.
So everything starts with an hour in the building: the attic, the roof, the panel, the rooms and where an outdoor unit can stand. Then the quote, in writing, with the five lines separated so you can see where the money goes and compare it against anybody else's.
You are welcome to take it to somebody else. A price that only makes sense while we are standing in your kitchen is not a price.
Mission Boulevard, most mornings
What you can hold us to
Four commitments.
01
Five lines, every conversion
Equipment, supply duct, return air, the roof, and permit and disposal. Separated, so you can see what each is costing and so nothing quietly turns out to be somebody else's problem.
02
The roof closes the day it opens
No conversion of ours leaves an opening in a roof overnight. It is the one part of the schedule we will not let run over, and it is worth asking anybody else you are considering the same question.
03
We look at the panel on the first visit
Before we quote anything. If an electrical upgrade is likely you will hear it in week one, from us, with the reason — not in week three from somebody else.
04
We find the leak
A system low on refrigerant is a system that is leaking. We locate it or we tell you the coil is finished. No annual top-up sold as a service.
Limits
What we do not do.
No electrical panel upgrades. We check the panel, tell you what is needed and coordinate with your electrician. We do not pretend it is a detail and we do not do it ourselves.
No re-roofing. We frame, deck and make watertight the opening a cooler leaves. If the roof around it is at the end of its life, we will tell you, and that is a roofer's job.
No 24-hour emergency cover. A small shop cannot staff it honestly. The phone is answered from seven and during a heat run we sort the day by who has no cooling at all in an occupied house.
No duct cleaning as a product, and no air-purifier upselling. We repair, seal, design and install duct. Most houses here need airflow fixed, not a gadget added.
No savings percentages or payback periods. Not for a heat pump, not for duct sealing, not for a conversion. It depends on your house and your rate plan.
No equipment-only conversions. If a customer wants us to fit a system and leave the return air for later, we will decline. It produces a system that never works properly and our name is on it.
Most of a conversion is made on this bench
Credentials
Insurance, permits and warranty.
Insurance
General liability and workers' compensationCertificates on request, and sent automatically with any conversion quote, because that work involves opening a roof.
Refrigerant
EPA Section 608 certifiedRequired to handle refrigerant legally. Recovery is done properly on every changeout, including on equipment going to scrap.
Permits
Pulled, and the inspector metConversions and changeouts are permitted work. An unpermitted install becomes a problem years later, usually during a sale.
Warranty
Manufacturer's on the equipment, ours on the labourThe terms are written on the quote in plain sentences rather than referenced in a footnote.
Start with the survey.
An hour in the house, and the five lines in writing afterwards — whether or not you use us.
