The rule of thumb, and where it breaks
The old line is to replace once a repair costs more than half a new system. That is a starting point, not the whole story. Age, refrigerant, and how the house feels all matter.
R22 changes the math
If your system runs on R22, the refrigerant is expensive and getting harder to find. A big R22 repair can be money spent on borrowed time. We will tell you that before you spend it.
What we do
We quote both when it is close, and we tell you which one we would put in our own house. Financing is available if a replacement is the right call but the timing is hard.
