AC repair in Broad Run.
AC and heat pump repair in Broad Run, on the Fauquier County side or the Prince William side, priced from the book first.
The diagnostic visit is $99, and a run capacitor replaced is $240 to $370 from our published price book.
- Prices in writing, first
- Common parts on the truck
- Dedicated HVAC team
Get your AC repair priced
Heat index over 110, dew points near 70: what a Broad Run July does to an AC
Roughly three weeks of each summer reach 90 on the Warrenton 3 SE co-op record, the nearest long one to the hamlet. The July night matters more: it bottoms out near 66, so the house is still holding the day’s heat when the thermostat calls again. A marginal part tends to show itself in July.
Northern Fauquier has two heat waves on the record. NWS estimated heat indices above 115 on July 22, 2011, and on July 20 and 21, 2019 air temperatures ran from the mid 90s to the low 100s with dew points near 70. Days like those are when a weak run capacitor, $240 to $370, stalls an outdoor fan, or a sticking contactor, $290 to $425, lets a compressor chatter.
Just over half of the ZIP’s 660 owner homes heat with electricity, and in detached houses like these that is often a heat pump, so the cooling repair and the heating repair are one machine. Close to three in ten burn propane and about one in seven oil; there, a plain air conditioner sits outside and its coil rides on a furnace. Which of the three you have changes what the tech checks first.
Humidity gives the drain its own job. With dew points near 70 the coil sheds a lot of water, and the condensate line carries it off. When that line clogs, the pan fills and a float switch shuts the system down, or water reaches a ceiling or a floor. Clearing it runs $175 to $420. Check the pan after a muggy week.
Broad Run houses, by the numbers
From the Census Bureau’s 2020 to 2024 survey. Median year built and heat count owner-occupied homes only.
The Fauquier County side
ZIP 20137 as a whole: every Broad Run address. About one home in six of them is on the Prince William County side.
- Median home built1979 Census
- Built before 1980about 5 in 10 Census
- Built since 2000about 2 in 10 Census
- Most homes aresingle-family houses, nearly all Census
- Heated withelectricity, about 5 in 10 Census
- Rentedhardly any Census
- Electric heat here usually means a heat pump, so the outdoor unit works all year and an AC problem is often a heating problem waiting for January.
- Older houses often have returns too small for today’s systems, and a starved return is one of the ways an AC freezes up.
What AC repair costs in Broad Run.
The same price book as our AC repair page. The diagnostic visit is $99, and the common parts ride on the truck, so most of these get fixed on the first visit.
- Run capacitor replaced$240 to $370
- Contactor replaced$290 to $425
- Condensate drain cleared$175 to $420
- Refrigerant topped up$190 to $740
- Blower wheel pulled and cleaned$300 to $440
- Refrigerant leak found and repaired$1,850 to $2,700
- Repair diagnostic visit$99
Often same-day, and we will tell you honestly when we can get there.
With Comfort+ membership, $20 a month or $199 a year, the diagnostic visit is included, any service is 15% off, and the cooling and heating maintenance visits are part of the membership.
What a failing AC in Broad Run usually does.
Warm air from the vents on a 90 degree afternoon
If the outdoor fan is spinning and the air is warm, check the thermostat, filter and breaker first. If the fan isn’t spinning, don’t keep running it: a compressor trying to start against a weak capacitor overheats. Switch off at the thermostat and book the diagnostic, $99.
The heat pump is icing up in summer
Ice on the outdoor lines in July means low refrigerant or starved airflow. Shut it off to thaw and call; running it iced can take out the compressor.
The air coming out is warm
Usually the outdoor unit has stopped running. A hum with no fan turning is almost always the run capacitor; silence while the thermostat calls is usually the contactor.
How to pick the best AC repair company in Broad Run.
Questions worth asking anybody who comes out, us included.
Do they ask how old the system is before they quote?
Just over half the owner homes here predate 1980, so the ducts are often older than the equipment on them. A repair on a worn-out unit should come with the replacement number beside it. Ask for both, and for the reason, not just the part name.
Do they publish prices?
A company that prints what a capacitor or a contactor costs has already told you the number. One that won’t say until the tech is in your driveway hasn’t.
Do they measure before they sell refrigerant?
A healthy system drops the air somewhere around 16 to 22 degrees across the indoor coil. Low refrigerant means a leak, and topping it up every summer is the expensive way to find that out.
Will they tell you when it’s the end of the road?
Some repairs aren’t worth doing on a 20-year-old system. The good answer shows you the repair price and the replacement price side by side and lets you pick.
What our customers say.
Fast and efficient! Whole team was respectful of the house and got our ac running in no time!
5.0 stars across 884 Google reviews. Read them on our reviews page.
AC repair questions from Broad Run.
Does an AC repair on a heat pump need a permit in Broad Run?
Not for a repair. Fauquier County counts swapping an electric appliance for a similar one in the same spot as an ordinary repair, and Prince William County says the same about a heat pump or condensing unit. Moving an appliance to a new spot takes a permit in Fauquier County.
Can I run the AC after a tree or floodwater reached the outdoor unit?
Leave it off until it’s checked. Trees came down near the village in the 2017 tornadoes and again in August 2021, and FEMA maps a floodplain within a few hundred yards of the hamlet’s map point. A unit that sat in water or took a limb can look fine and still have lost a part. Book the AC repair visit.
How much does AC repair cost in Broad Run?
The diagnostic visit is $99. The common repairs: a run capacitor $240 to $370, a contactor $290 to $425, a condensate drain cleared $175 to $420, refrigerant topped up $190 to $740. A refrigerant leak repair runs $1,850 to $2,700.
Should I repair it or replace it?
Fix the cheap parts on almost anything. Think twice about a big repair on a system over 15 years old, and about any leak on an R-22 system. The HVAC estimator prices a new system in about a minute, so you can put the two numbers side by side.
AC repair in the towns next door.
- AC repair in The Plains
- AC repair in Haymarket
- AC repair in Gainesville
- AC repair in Marshall
- AC repair in Warrenton
More from SwiftPro in Broad Run
- AC tune-up in Broad Run
- Air duct cleaning in Broad Run
- Dryer vent cleaning in Broad Run
- Ductless mini splits in Broad Run
- Furnace and AC replacement in Broad Run
- Furnace repair in Broad Run
- Furnace tune-up in Broad Run
- Heat pump replacement in Broad Run
- Plumbing in Broad Run
- Sewer camera inspection in Broad Run
- Sump pump replacement in Broad Run
- Water heater flush in Broad Run
Tell us what your AC is doing.
Call, or book online and pick a window. The tech prices the repair from the book before starting, and if it’s the end of the road you’ll hear that first.
SwiftPro Heating, Cooling & Plumbing is a licensed, BBB Accredited (A rating), independently owned heating, cooling and plumbing company in Chantilly, serving Broad Run and the rest of Northern Virginia. Virginia contractor license #2705192276. 5.0 stars across 884 Google reviews. SwiftPro maintains a dedicated HVAC team and a dedicated plumbing team.
SwiftPro Heating, Cooling & Plumbing, 4230 Lafayette Center Dr, Suite N, Chantilly, VA 20151, (703) 997-9757. Book online, read our reviews, or see every town we serve.