5 Tips for a Winning Air Conditioner Performance This Spring
For many racing fans, May is an exciting month, culminating with the wildly anticipated Indianapolis 500 on May 26. And it got us thinking: What does it take to make those Indy Cars run smoothly each racing season? Plenty! We’re pretty sure it takes lots of maintenance, elbow grease, and a few filter changes—much like the preparation involved in spring air conditioning maintenance.
So let’s shift gears and talk about your summer AC tune-up. Is your home prepared? After all, summer is just around the corner! And if you want to avoid AC repair in St. Charles County, MO, later on in the hot and sweaty season, now is the time to get things revved up and ready to go!
Here are five ways you can improve the performance of your AC system this season:
Clean or change your air filters. This is probably the easiest thing for every homeowner to do! Change your air filters regularly or clean them if you have washable filters. The cleaner your filters, the less work your system has to do to keep your home cool.
Check your lines. Inspect your refrigerant lines—these pipes are typically wrapped in insulation and look like a pool noodle. If you notice any cracks or disconnections, you can prevent problems by calling Jerry Kelly for a quick fix. If everything looks fine, you’re good for another season.
Inspect that outside unit. The effects of a long winter can take a toll on your outdoor unit. Check for nests, twigs, grass, weeds, or other debris that could be wrapped around the outside unit. Cleaning away debris that has accumulated over the winter months will help your system run more efficiently.
Clean those vents and ducts. Take a vacuum to those return vents and remove any dust bunnies that have taken over. You might consider professional duct cleaning, too. Clean ducts allow an AC system to run at top efficiency and cut back on air pollutants that make their way into your home.
Get a tune-up. By far the most effective way to cut back on summer repairs is to get a spring tune-up now from your friends at Jerry Kelly! Our experienced technicians will thoroughly clean your condenser coils, lubricate moving parts, evaluate refrigerant levels, calibrate your thermostat, tighten electrical connections, inspect ductwork, and more!
We’ll Never Steer You Wrong!
As the weather heats up and your need for air conditioning increases, you can always count on your pit crew at Jerry Kelly to help you keep a cool head. Remember, we’ve been helping homeowners with all their indoor comfort solutions since 1977. So, when you need winning cooling service—from air conditioning installation in West County, MO, to AC replacement or AC repair in St. Charles County, we’re here to take you to the finish line!
Do not buy into the maintenance program. I can't use it for winter maintenance. Now I have to scramble to find someone to maintain my heater. I found out my membership expired with no warning and they couldn't get anyone to my house until spring. Never mind I will go elsewhere.
I bought into the maintenance program. I called for my cleaning and maintenance only to find out I can't use it. Why? Because it expired a few weeks ago without notice. And the maintenance crew is not going to get to me until spring. Do not buy into the plan. I lost my money. Terrible customer service
Jerry A. Came to my house, did a full inspection, and fixed our issue. He took the time to explain all of the things he was doing, he was courteous and very professional. I would absolutely use Jerry Kelly heating and air conditioning for my service needs.
Thank you Jerry Kelly for your prompt attention to my needs.Better yet and exceptional and well versed professional technician in Alex.Very knowledgeable and took time to properly diagnose my problem.Jerry Kelly are my GO TO GUYS!!!! They have been here for me going on six years now. Thanks again!
Just had our furnace checked for winter by Alex Larson. He was very professional and personable. All of the staff from Kelly that we have met have been top notch. They will continue to get our business, and I will recommend them to anybody who needs HVAC work done.
James Hoppe is excellent. He recommended our Heating and AC system two years ago. We are extremely happy with our purchase. James is an outstanding technician and very knowledgeable of the heating /A/C products. Would highly recommend this young man to anyone.To Jerry Kelly Management, James Hoppe is a keeper...To Maggie, thank you for the excellent service too."Andrew"Outstanding young man, did a great job, servicing our furnace and answering questions. Will be happy to ask for him again when we have our next check up on our maintenance program.THANK YOU, Andrew and Jeff!Happy customers,Gary & Kathleen GerberSt. Charles MO.
I had my AC tuned up/cleaned by Erik (my tech). He was on time, friendly, quick, and helpful. Overall it was a very painless experience and the best value I could find while shopping around.
We had Zach come out today for an AC and heater tune up. He also enrolled us in the maintenance club; which we thought we were already enroll in. We appreciate that being completed. He answered all our questions.
Jerry A. was outstanding and took time to make sure we understood the system and the different options. JK technicians are always friendly and knowledgeable.
Jerry A. Provided a fantastic service for my family home. Clearly explained what he would perform and helped us to understand all of our options for any improvements we wanted to make. Thank you for your grade A service!
Called late in the evening because our ac was not working. Told someone would be sent out between a certain time period. I then received a text with a picture of the technician that would be coming to my house. Korey T. was on my doorstep at 8am ready to save the day! He was polite, explained everything he was planning on doing and quickly found out the problem showed us pictures of the issues explaining into even more detail and gave us our options. He even talked over the phone with my husband so I didn’t need to try and repeat everything. He had our house cooled down in just about an hour! So thankful for him coming to our rescue! Thank you again Korey T!
Korey T. was the technician that completed our yearly maintenance/cleaning service visit on our A/C and heater. Korey is always very nice and detailed with his work and communication. Korey is very clean and always prepared for the job. I highly recommend their service and products.
Erik provided quick and professional service. We were without A/C in the middle of the dead of summer and Erik came through by replacing the necessary parts on our A/C unit. He even recommended an upgrade to our system that would prolong the life of the compressor. Amazing service!
Mark G. Came out and did a full inspection. He took his time and made sure my system was throughly inspected and cleaned. He pointed out potential issues with the system and offered solutions. Great service
Mike C serviced our HVAC today and was very friendly and helpful with explaining what needed to be done. I love that the service guys west shoe covers and have always had good experiences. Highly recommend!
They replaced the hot water heater expansion tank. Very polite. Explained the process well. They were here at the scheduled time. Good work completed efficiently.
Jerry A. Great job!! I would like to review Heath R also. We had a sewer back after the record rainfall 7/26/2022. Heath did a terrific job of carefully checking all of our equipment and explaining everything to me. We’ve used Jerry Kelly for years and appreciate that they always punctual and courteous. Thanks again Heath! I also want to thank Mark G. He came for maintenance on our air conditioning system. He replaced a part and now I hardly hear the A/C come on. He also replaced the drip hose-a dirty job and cleaned the outside unit!! Very nice and courteous. Thanks to all the hard working techs. So pleased with your work, Mark. Thanks!
Sandi and Mark G were very helpful with our AC, furnace and Humidifier systems in our home. They are knowledgeable and professional. We look forward to working with them again in the future!
Heath performed the maintenance and was outstanding. Provided excellent service and provided insight into future needs. Was proactive in taking care of our AC unit to ensure it works properly next year. Truly appreciate all his hard work and diligence.
09/1/2022 Korey was great and very knowledgeable. Jerry A. was great to work with and very professional. Would definitely recommend using them as a service.
Showed up exactly on time, had everything he needed to do semi annual check up, was able to handle a special request and make sure system was completely up to specifications. Jerry A. was great.
We called today for service of our air conditioner. the hose was leaking they said the appointment was 4-8 and then they arrived within timeframe and korey did a good job
Update on service 8/31/22 - had Zach H out for our yearly AC tune up. He covered all the little things that I missed as a homeowner and was very patient in exposing how and why everything works. He took the time to show me the guts of the system and using small words and crayon explained how the system functioned. Do yourself a favor and start out with JK as opposed to ending up there. Would recommend Zach H and Jerry Kelly for future service.For the past 15 years, I have always been satisfied with every encounter and every person that I have dealt with from Jerry Kelly. They serviced our previous HVAC system, and when it came time to replace it, I got a fair and reasonable deal on the cost of our new system (furnace, AC outside thingy, house humidifier). I have them come twice a year to inspect and maintain our system, and knock on wood, all is good. You get what you pay for ($$-$$$) but I see it as paying a fair price for good ol fashioned hard working folks that care about doing a good job with a smile on their face (you can tell by the speech patterns; can’t actually see the smile cause {COVID} ) You can either start out with Jerry Kelly, or you can end up with them after you’ve tried everyone else; save the hassle and start off with them.
Korey performed a furnace and A/C maintenance check and took the time to explain what he was doing and to review the diagnostics report in detail. He also answered questions and offered advice regarding furnace filters, vents and thermostat settings. Thanks Korey!
My wife called and said our r HVAC stack started leaking suddenly in the late afternoon, so I put a call into Jerry Kelly first thing the next morning. Originally they said it would be a day, but called back later and said they could be by before close of business the same day. I got a call about an hour later and they were on the way. The whole thing was diagnosed, fixed, and taken care of less than 3 hours after I called them. Highly recommend, I sure wouldn't use anyone else!
I was having an issue with high humidity in my house and Zach H. came out to diagnose if there could be anything related to my HVAC system contributing to the problem. My tune-up appointment was still three weeks out but Zach offered to take care of that while he was here, which was greatly appreciated. Zach did a great job with the tune-up, and also made an adjustment to the fan blower speed, and performed an in-warranty replacement of a capacitor on my condensing unit, with hopes that the updates will help better manage the humidity.
In June of 2021 we spent $16k to have a new air conditioning unit and air handler installed for a our second level. The unit has worked well but had been fairly noisy compared to the original equipment for the downstairs level. Yesterday, the unit quit working and we are without service on the second level of our home. They are telling us that it might be a week before we get service on our unit, during a heat wave. The second level is where we sleep. They were very quick to install the unit (within 2 days) when we forked out $16k, but now that we have a warranty service issue we are waiting a week to have someone look at our unit. This is probably a fairly simple, quick turnaround for a skilled technician assuming they didn't sell us junk.There were some other issues during installation that made it a 2 day job for which they originally told us we needed an electrician, until a more senior rep came out and found out they wired it wrong.Due to service and the initial, potential $3k expense (as quoted by electrician) we thought we were going to have to pay for the electrician that Jerry Kelly said we needed, I'm giving a 3 star rating. They were very nice and made it right in the end, but now we are just fending for ourselves for the next week in the heat wave.Update: Back again. We paid for a service call the last time, which by the way didn't take as long as we were first told. They "fixed" our issue which was a badly routed drain tube. However, as the heat kicks back in here appears to not be draining properly again. We'll say what kind of service we get this time. I would like to upgrade the rating, but if we get gouged for something that was never right to begin with I don't see how I can.
Jerry was professional and took good care of us. He made sure we knew what we were getting and the installation crew was on time, professional, and very nice. Very nice services! I would highly recommend.
Korey, performed a tuneup/maintenance check on our furnace. He was very thorough and courteous. I appreciate the time he took to explain everything to me.
Mike Collins was great, helped me understand the issues with my unit and gave me reasonable options for the solution. He even recommended some payment options. Highly recommend them!!
Our air conditioner stopped working during very HOT weather. Erik and Andrew came out to fix it and were quickly able to diagnose the problem. They explained everything thoroughly and made the necessary repairs. Very professional and friendly!
"Korey T was fantastic. Showed up same-day, diagnosed, explained and fixed the problem extremely quickly, and was friendly and has a great sense of humor! I've used Jerry Kelly for YEARS and people like Korey are the reason why.
Alex came for routine maintenance and was very personable, helpful and professional. Helped clear up and hopefully prevent any future issues. Would recommend Alex for anyone moving forward!
Heath came out to diagnose the issue with my hvac. He ordered the part I needed then came back out to replace the part that had failed. He was professional from the moment he called to say he was on the way until he finished up and left. All around a stand up guy.
