AC Repair
Most failures diagnosed and fixed on the first visit — capacitors, refrigerant leaks, compressors, and controls.
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From swamp cooler start-ups to full refrigerated-air conversions, B. Carlson keeps Albuquerque-area homes comfortable through 100-degree summers — licensed technicians, flat-rate pricing you approve first, and real people answering the phone 24/7.
Cooling a home at 5,000 feet is its own problem. Albuquerque summers are hot but dry, which is why so much of the metro still runs evaporative coolers — and why those same homes struggle every July and August when the monsoon rolls in and humidity climbs. Add blowing dust that packs a condenser coil solid in a single season, and you have a climate that is genuinely hard on cooling equipment.
B. Carlson has worked in exactly this climate since 1971. We service and repair both evaporative coolers and refrigerated air, and we are one of the few Albuquerque contractors who will give you a straight answer about which one belongs in your home — including when the honest recommendation is to keep the swamp cooler you already have.
Every visit starts with a diagnosis and a flat-rate price you approve before any work begins. If a repair no longer makes financial sense, we will tell you plainly and price the alternative side by side.
Repair, replacement, maintenance, and conversions across the Albuquerque metro, Rio Rancho, Santa Fe, and the East Mountains.
Most failures diagnosed and fixed on the first visit — capacitors, refrigerant leaks, compressors, and controls.
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No cooling on a 100-degree afternoon? We dispatch 24/7, including weekends and holidays.
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Swamp cooler start-ups, shutdowns, pad and pump replacement, and season changeovers.
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Annual tune-ups that clear desert dust from the coil and catch small faults before summer.
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Right-sized, high-efficiency replacements with honest repair-versus-replace math up front.
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New refrigerated-air installs, including conversions from an existing evaporative system.
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One system that cools in summer and heats in winter — a strong fit for our mild shoulder seasons.
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Room-by-room comfort for additions, casitas, and older homes with no ductwork to work with.
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It is the most common question we get in Albuquerque, and the honest answer is: it depends on your house, not on a sales quota. Evaporative cooling is cheap to run and works genuinely well in dry heat. Where it struggles is the monsoon — when humidity climbs in July and August, an evaporative cooler simply cannot pull the temperature down, and that is when most homeowners start thinking about a change.
Refrigerated air costs more to install and more to run, but it holds a set temperature regardless of humidity, dehumidifies the house, and works with a closed-window home. For families with allergies or anyone working from home through an ABQ August, that difference matters.
We will walk your home, look at the existing ductwork and panel capacity, and give you the real installed cost and the real operating-cost difference — then let you decide. Sometimes the right call is a new evaporative unit, and we will say so.
Yes — both. We handle evaporative start-ups and shutdowns, pad and pump replacement, and repairs, alongside full refrigerated-air service. Being able to work on both is why we can give you a genuinely neutral recommendation about converting.
It depends on your existing ductwork, panel capacity, and the size of the home, so we will not quote a number sight-unseen. We walk the house, price the actual scope, and show you the installed cost next to the operating-cost difference before you decide.
Same-day in most cases, and we dispatch 24/7 for true emergencies including nights, weekends, and holidays. Call (505) 349-4409 and a real person will answer.
Once a year, ideally in spring before the first hot stretch. Albuquerque dust is the main reason — a condenser coil packed with grit loses efficiency fast and makes the compressor work harder than it should.
Yes. Our technicians service all major refrigerated-air, heat-pump, and evaporative brands regardless of who originally installed the system.
Fully licensed, bonded, and insured in New Mexico — HVAC license 33294 and plumbing license 353968 — and every technician is background-checked, with work permitted and inspected where required.
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