HVAC service in Starke
a railroad and Camp Blanding town on US 301

Local conditions

What Starke homes put their AC through

Starke began as the halfway stop on the Fernandina-to-Cedar Key railroad and was incorporated in 1870. Strawberries replaced citrus after the freezes of the 1890s, US 301 brought Jacksonville-to-Tampa traffic, and thousands of soldiers trained at nearby Camp Blanding in World War II, many of whom settled here afterward.

A town built in waves has houses from each one. One street can hold an older home with ducts added decades after it was built next to a newer house still on its first system, so there is no single typical Starke job.

If your outdoor unit is old enough to use R-22, know that U.S. production of that refrigerant ended in 2020. A leak on one of those systems becomes a repair-or-replace question, and we put both options in writing with the readings behind them.

When we walk an older Starke house, we look at:

• Ductwork added after the house was built, often in a tight attic
• Electrical connections and breaker sizing on older outdoor units
• The refrigerant type on the outdoor unit’s nameplate
• Whether the indoor coil still matches the outdoor unit after past replacements

That last item matters more than most people expect. When an outdoor unit is swapped without the indoor coil, the pair can lose capacity and efficiency even though both halves work. We check the model numbers on both before quoting a fix.

Common calls

Common calls in Starke

Straight answers

Common questions