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Central a/c installers in Madison

Avatar for Quality HVAC Services LLC
Quality HVAC Services LLC
22393 Fain Rd
5.00(
2
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Quality HVAC Services LLC
22393 Fain Rd
5.00(
2
)
Approved Pro
Customers say: Quick response
Recommended by 100% of Angi customers
Recommended by 100% of HomeAdvisor customers
4 years of experience

We’re dedicated to providing our clients with the very best in installation, service, and repair for your heating and cooling needs. Our company is built on honesty and integrity. We specialize in central A/C and cooling systems as well as heating and furnace systems. We take pride in the quality of our work and our commitment to outstanding results. We look forward to building long-term relationships with our clients, and guarantee your satisfaction.

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Meike F on June 2021

We’re dedicated to providing our clients with the very best in installation, service, and repair for your heating and cooling needs. Our company is built on honesty and integrity. We specialize in central A/C and cooling systems as well as heating and furnace systems. We take pride in the quality of our work and our commitment to outstanding results. We look forward to building long-term relationships with our clients, and guarantee your satisfaction.

"n/a"

Meike F on June 2021


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Air Essentials, Inc.
9580 Madison Boulevard, Suite 3
4.67(
5
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Air Essentials, Inc.
9580 Madison Boulevard, Suite 3
4.67(
5
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Approved Pro
Customers say: Quick response
24 years of experience

Air Essentials,Inc. a locally owned and operated company,has fifteen years of experience in the Tennessee Valley. We perform the most thorough air duct cleaning and chimney sweeping service, backed by over 15 years of experience and the latest state of the art equipment. We are there only company that sends out a certified air systems cleaning specialist on each and every duct cleaning job. Ask about our video inspection. We are members of the Better Business Bureau with an A+ rating ,Madison County Builders Association and the Chamber of Commerce. We also provide HVAC sales, maintenance and repair services.

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Clifton S on December 2019

Air Essentials,Inc. a locally owned and operated company,has fifteen years of experience in the Tennessee Valley. We perform the most thorough air duct cleaning and chimney sweeping service, backed by over 15 years of experience and the latest state of the art equipment. We are there only company that sends out a certified air systems cleaning specialist on each and every duct cleaning job. Ask about our video inspection. We are members of the Better Business Bureau with an A+ rating ,Madison County Builders Association and the Chamber of Commerce. We also provide HVAC sales, maintenance and repair services.

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Clifton S on December 2019


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Talent Heating & Air Conditioning
29430 Wooley Springs Rd
5.00(
22
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Talent Heating & Air Conditioning
29430 Wooley Springs Rd
5.00(
22
)
Approved Pro
Customers say: Quality work
90 local quotes requested
4 years of experience

With over 35 years experience. Talent Heating & Air Conditioning is your trusted choice for all of your Residential HVAC and gas needs. We take pride in our work and can assure your satisfaction with your job. Give us a call today for an estimate!

"They were professional, courteous, and provided quick service."

Rhonda C on January 2025

With over 35 years experience. Talent Heating & Air Conditioning is your trusted choice for all of your Residential HVAC and gas needs. We take pride in our work and can assure your satisfaction with your job. Give us a call today for an estimate!

"They were professional, courteous, and provided quick service."

Rhonda C on January 2025


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Valley Heating & Cooling (HVAC)
3422 Hooper Ln SE
5.00(
1
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Valley Heating & Cooling (HVAC)
3422 Hooper Ln SE
5.00(
1
)
Approved Pro
Customers say: Quick response
Recommended by 100% of Angi customers
Recommended by 100% of HomeAdvisor customers
32 local quotes requested

Valley Heating and Cooling is a Full Service Heating and Cooling Company serving North Alabama since 1974. We provide service 24/7 and service most brands and models of Heating and Cooling Equipment.

"He was courteous and knowledge and the proper tools"

Dorthy S on May 2024

Valley Heating and Cooling is a Full Service Heating and Cooling Company serving North Alabama since 1974. We provide service 24/7 and service most brands and models of Heating and Cooling Equipment.

"He was courteous and knowledge and the proper tools"

Dorthy S on May 2024


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Aire Serv of Huntsville
7917A Charlotte Dr SW
4.64(
491
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Aire Serv of Huntsville
7917A Charlotte Dr SW
4.64(
491
)
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Customers say: Quick response
323 local quotes requested
36 years of experience

Searching for a heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) company in the Huntsville, Madison and Hampton Cove area? For expert heating and air conditioning repairs, maintenance, and installations, Aire Serv of Huntsville is the trusted source for all your HVAC needs. Call for your seasonal tune-up, service to an existing system, or if you are in need of a new high efficiency system! Make Aire Serv “your comfort company” and our world class technicians will solve your heating and air conditioning concerns today. You know the cost before we start and never an overtime charge.

"It went amazingly well. Nick was very professional and educated me on everything. I would not want anyone else to come to my home. Thank you so much for giving me air."

Fanella H on March 2025

Searching for a heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) company in the Huntsville, Madison and Hampton Cove area? For expert heating and air conditioning repairs, maintenance, and installations, Aire Serv of Huntsville is the trusted source for all your HVAC needs. Call for your seasonal tune-up, service to an existing system, or if you are in need of a new high efficiency system! Make Aire Serv “your comfort company” and our world class technicians will solve your heating and air conditioning concerns today. You know the cost before we start and never an overtime charge.

"It went amazingly well. Nick was very professional and educated me on everything. I would not want anyone else to come to my home. Thank you so much for giving me air."

Fanella H on March 2025


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Best Care Home Services
114 Celtic Circle
5.00(
1
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Best Care Home Services
114 Celtic Circle
5.00(
1
)
Approved Pro
Recommended by 100% of Angi customers
Recommended by 100% of HomeAdvisor customers
188 local quotes requested

Heating & Cooling/Maintenance/Sales/Service & Install Plumbing Our Core Values: Always do what's right / Safety in everything we do / Meet the changing needs of our customers / Grow profitably / Be the Expert We are licensed, bonded & insured with top-notch specialists. Since 2011, we've been there for our clients as a friendly & professional Home Care Service Provider. When you need the BEST, call Best Care!

"Tech arrived on time. He was very friendly and got my unit running quickly! The office staff was helpful and understanding. Will definitely use the again!"

Danielle U on October 2023

Heating & Cooling/Maintenance/Sales/Service & Install Plumbing Our Core Values: Always do what's right / Safety in everything we do / Meet the changing needs of our customers / Grow profitably / Be the Expert We are licensed, bonded & insured with top-notch specialists. Since 2011, we've been there for our clients as a friendly & professional Home Care Service Provider. When you need the BEST, call Best Care!

"Tech arrived on time. He was very friendly and got my unit running quickly! The office staff was helpful and understanding. Will definitely use the again!"

Danielle U on October 2023


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Skyward Heating Air and Plumbing
204 Pride Lane
4.75(
32
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Skyward Heating Air and Plumbing
204 Pride Lane
4.75(
32
)
Approved Pro
Customers say: Super punctual
Recommended by 90% of Angi customers
Recommended by 90% of HomeAdvisor customers
647 local quotes requested

We do plumbing, heating, and cooling. We show up on time and go the extra mile for our customers. We service and install a wide array of products with the upmost quality and assurance that you will be satisfied.

"Excellent service!!!"

Paul C on December 2024

We do plumbing, heating, and cooling. We show up on time and go the extra mile for our customers. We service and install a wide array of products with the upmost quality and assurance that you will be satisfied.

"Excellent service!!!"

Paul C on December 2024


CoolPro Heating And Air Conditioning
1345 Lamon Chapel Loop
5.00(
8
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Approved Pro
CoolPro Heating And Air Conditioning
1345 Lamon Chapel Loop
5.00(
8
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Approved Pro
Customers say: Quick response
Recommended by 100% of Angi customers
Recommended by 100% of HomeAdvisor customers
594 local quotes requested

CoolPro Heating and Air Conditioning. Coolpro offers service for all types of equipment on residential and commercial. Being a screened and approved professional gives you the peace of mind you need to allow us to give your home the attention it deserves. Call us today and let's get started!

"Arrived when they said they would and completed the job in a timely and professional manner. I would recommend."

Gary R on November 2024

CoolPro Heating and Air Conditioning. Coolpro offers service for all types of equipment on residential and commercial. Being a screened and approved professional gives you the peace of mind you need to allow us to give your home the attention it deserves. Call us today and let's get started!

"Arrived when they said they would and completed the job in a timely and professional manner. I would recommend."

Gary R on November 2024


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Kingdom Mechanical
5.00(
1
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Approved Pro
Kingdom Mechanical
5.00(
1
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Approved Pro
Recommended by 100% of Angi customers
Recommended by 100% of HomeAdvisor customers
1 years of experience

Here to bring Comfort to Your Kingdom! Kingdom Mechanical L.L.C. is my newly formed HVAC company. I offer high-quality, honest, diligent, fast, and affordable HVAC services. Such as repairs, maintenance, changeouts, and installs. Anything your HVAC systems need I provide. Every diagnosis is found by thorough investigation to lower callbacks and useless parts changing. In turn saving you time, money, and comfort. Thank you for your interest and let me bring Comfort to Your Kingdom.

"Very good job"

keith h on November 2024

Here to bring Comfort to Your Kingdom! Kingdom Mechanical L.L.C. is my newly formed HVAC company. I offer high-quality, honest, diligent, fast, and affordable HVAC services. Such as repairs, maintenance, changeouts, and installs. Anything your HVAC systems need I provide. Every diagnosis is found by thorough investigation to lower callbacks and useless parts changing. In turn saving you time, money, and comfort. Thank you for your interest and let me bring Comfort to Your Kingdom.

"Very good job"

keith h on November 2024


Avatar for Annette Hale's Indoor Comfort Systems
Annette Hale's Indoor Comfort Systems
1201 Church St NW
4.69(
116
)
Approved Pro
Annette Hale's Indoor Comfort Systems
1201 Church St NW
4.69(
116
)
Approved Pro
Customers say: Quality work
Recommended by 91% of Angi customers
Recommended by 91% of HomeAdvisor customers
289 local quotes requested

Annette Hale's Indoor Comfort Systems. We offer quality service at an affordable price. Contact us today about an estimate!

"This was the second system we purchased. The first was a replacement heat pump for our upstairs system. This one was an air conditioner and gas pack heating for the main residence. We purchased this through their rebate offer via Costco. We really wanted this to be a no problems sale. We paid in cash (check) the day before it was installed. The basic unit seems to work correctly and reliably so far. The inside has been comfortable since it was installed. That’s the good side of the story. The unit upstairs was installed with a programmable thermostat - Which I did not particularly want. That programmable thermostat is awkward to use - And I am a degreed electronic engineer! I eventually replaced it with a simple non-programmable thermostat. When I got the quote on the recent main unit replacement, I insisted on keeping my simple to use Honeywell Electronic heating and cooling thermostat. We are retired and one of us is usually home so there is zero reason to use a programmable thermostat and frankly the Lennox programmable one is a misery to use. When the installers arrived I placed the installation manual for the existing Honeywell thermostat on the thermostat itself - Impossible to miss! The main unit was installed correctly and seems to work well. But the installer had difficulty hooking up the Honeywell thermostat due to wiring problems eventually found under the house in the thermostat wiring. It was a warm day on installation day and the heating settings were only briefly tested. Then the AC settings were tested and the installer was very quickly out the door. A week or so later it got cool and I switched to heating. In heat mode the circulation fan would not run unless the heat was actually heating despite the thermostat being set to fan “ON”. I am an electronic engineer and I suspected there was an error in the hookup of the thermostat. Turns out I was correct - The installer had set the internal thermostat switch to “heat pump” instead of AC with gas heating he had installed. Furthermore he had hooked up one thermostat wire to the wrong terminal. He has to go out of his way to make these mistakes instead of leaving the thermostat wiring and internal switch setting as it had been. I corrected these two errors and then the system ran correctly. Anyone can make a mistake, but it takes something “special” to be so sloppy in testing the installation not to notice it wasn’t acting correctly! Well I thought the only problem I had with Annette Hale Indoor Comfort Air was the sloppy installer. Just this morning the sales person called me to ask if we had paid for the unit from several weeks ago! The same sales person who picked up the check the day before - Which had cleared the bank some time ago. I may not be have been very polite with this person - It seems their accounting people are just as sloppy as their installer. Eventually I was called back and he apologized that they had been paid, they just somehow credited it wrong. I would never again use this installer. They screwed up part of the installation and then may have tried to collect twice for the same work! Sloppy, very sloppy! The Lennox equipment itself except for the miserable programmable Lennox thermostat works well and seems of good quality."

Charles W on May 2021

Annette Hale's Indoor Comfort Systems. We offer quality service at an affordable price. Contact us today about an estimate!

"This was the second system we purchased. The first was a replacement heat pump for our upstairs system. This one was an air conditioner and gas pack heating for the main residence. We purchased this through their rebate offer via Costco. We really wanted this to be a no problems sale. We paid in cash (check) the day before it was installed. The basic unit seems to work correctly and reliably so far. The inside has been comfortable since it was installed. That’s the good side of the story. The unit upstairs was installed with a programmable thermostat - Which I did not particularly want. That programmable thermostat is awkward to use - And I am a degreed electronic engineer! I eventually replaced it with a simple non-programmable thermostat. When I got the quote on the recent main unit replacement, I insisted on keeping my simple to use Honeywell Electronic heating and cooling thermostat. We are retired and one of us is usually home so there is zero reason to use a programmable thermostat and frankly the Lennox programmable one is a misery to use. When the installers arrived I placed the installation manual for the existing Honeywell thermostat on the thermostat itself - Impossible to miss! The main unit was installed correctly and seems to work well. But the installer had difficulty hooking up the Honeywell thermostat due to wiring problems eventually found under the house in the thermostat wiring. It was a warm day on installation day and the heating settings were only briefly tested. Then the AC settings were tested and the installer was very quickly out the door. A week or so later it got cool and I switched to heating. In heat mode the circulation fan would not run unless the heat was actually heating despite the thermostat being set to fan “ON”. I am an electronic engineer and I suspected there was an error in the hookup of the thermostat. Turns out I was correct - The installer had set the internal thermostat switch to “heat pump” instead of AC with gas heating he had installed. Furthermore he had hooked up one thermostat wire to the wrong terminal. He has to go out of his way to make these mistakes instead of leaving the thermostat wiring and internal switch setting as it had been. I corrected these two errors and then the system ran correctly. Anyone can make a mistake, but it takes something “special” to be so sloppy in testing the installation not to notice it wasn’t acting correctly! Well I thought the only problem I had with Annette Hale Indoor Comfort Air was the sloppy installer. Just this morning the sales person called me to ask if we had paid for the unit from several weeks ago! The same sales person who picked up the check the day before - Which had cleared the bank some time ago. I may not be have been very polite with this person - It seems their accounting people are just as sloppy as their installer. Eventually I was called back and he apologized that they had been paid, they just somehow credited it wrong. I would never again use this installer. They screwed up part of the installation and then may have tried to collect twice for the same work! Sloppy, very sloppy! The Lennox equipment itself except for the miserable programmable Lennox thermostat works well and seems of good quality."

Charles W on May 2021

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Central a/c installations FAQs

If you’re replacing an old AC system with a new unit, you can usually clean and repair the old ductwork without having to conduct a full replacement. Cleaning HVAC ducts typically costs around $400, while repairs range from $200 to $1,000. In contrast, installing new ductwork can range from $1,000 to $5,000, making it far more costly than cleaning or fixing existing ducts. HVAC installation costs an average of $7,000 to replace a full system, so staying on top of maintenance and repairs is important.

AC cost efficiency depends on the size of your space and your long-term plans for your home. If you only need to cool a small area, a portable AC unit has a low upfront cost. Heat pumps are typically the most cost-effective option if you want to cool an entire home or improve the resale value. They provide strong cooling while being energy-efficient, which saves you money on your utility bills compared to most other AC types.

Installing a central AC unit typically takes four to eight hours if your home already has ductwork in place. However, if new ductwork needs to be installed, this can add another one to two days of labor to your project.

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