AC Installation in Sanford, FL
A new air conditioner in Sanford will run from March through November every year. Tell us about the house, and a licensed contractor who covers Seminole County will get in touch.
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Nine months of cooling a year, in Sanford heat
Your air conditioner runs from March through November here, nine months of the year. Summer afternoons average 92°F, and that is the load it works against most days it runs.
A new system installed today has to meet the federal minimum of 14.3 SEER2. With a season this long, the unit you choose is doing most of the work your house needs done all year, not just carrying it through a few hot months.
- 9 months
- March through November, your air conditioner is on duty
- 92°F
- the average summer afternoon it cools against
- 52 hail events
- in ten years, and hail bends the fins on outdoor coils
- 13.4 SEER2
- the federal minimum any new unit must meet
NOAA nClimDiv, 1991–2020 normals
A higher-efficiency unit would save about $30 a year to run in Seminole County compared with a new unit at the federal minimum.
Estimates for a typical Seminole County home, from EIA household energy data, Florida fuel prices and NOAA climate normals. Your home will differ.
Florida requires HVAC contractors to hold a state license.
The license is issued to the contractor, not to the job, so it goes with the company across every installation it does in Florida, including this one in Seminole County. Florida licenses HVAC contractors through the Construction Industry Licensing Board.
For an air conditioner installation, that license is what stands behind the work. In most cities and counties the job also needs a permit from the local building office, and an inspector looks at the finished installation before it is signed off.
Sources: Florida Legislature · Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation
- What size air conditioner does my house need?
- There is no single number that works for every house, and picking one off a chart usually gets it wrong. A contractor sizes the unit with a load calculation that accounts for your square footage, insulation, window area and orientation. With cooling needed here from March through November, getting the size right matters more than in places where the system rests most of the year. Too big and it cools the air fast but never runs long enough to pull out the humidity. Too small and it runs constantly on the 92°F afternoons without keeping up.
- Should I replace the whole system or just the outdoor unit?
- If your indoor and outdoor units were installed together and are close in age, replace both. Matching a new outdoor unit to an old indoor coil often means they were never tested together, and the mismatch can cost you efficiency and shorten the life of the new part. Older systems also may use R-22, and new outdoor units are not built to run on it. A contractor can look at both halves of your system and tell you whether the coil is worth keeping.
- Do HVAC contractors in Sanford need a state license to work on my home?
- Yes. Florida requires HVAC contractors to hold a state license, issued by the Construction Industry Licensing Board. Ask to see the license number before work starts. You can verify it against the board's records yourself.