AC Repair in Tradition

Tradition is a master-planned community in western Port St. Lucie that started development in the early 2000s and has grown rapidly ever since. Nearly all of the homes and commercial buildings here are less than 25 years old. It's a self-contained town with its own town center, medical facilities, and retail. Because it's built on former agricultural land further inland, heat and humidity are intense.

When your AC quits in Port St. Lucie, the house hits 85 degrees before noon. This area sits inland from the coast where afternoon humidity stays brutal from May through October, and most homes in the Tradition and St. James City corridors are running systems that are 10 to 15 years old. That age, combined with the hard water from the local aquifer eating through copper lines and drain pans, is why AC calls here run higher than most of Florida.

We pull the unit apart, check the refrigerant charge with gauges, inspect the evaporator coil and drain line, and test the capacitor and contactor before we tell you what's wrong. Too many contractors in this area skip the coil inspection and just top off the refrigerant — that's a short fix on a leaking system, and it puts you right back in the heat in six months.