About HVAC in Alexandria, VA

Alexandria, VA sits where northern and southern building habits meet, and the houses show it.

Some properties heat with gas, some with oil, some with heat pumps installed when electricity was cheap, and a fair number use more than one because an addition was heated separately. Add summers humid enough to matter and winters cold enough to need real capacity, and equipment choices here need more thought than a catalogue number.

What we do

• Heat pumps. They suit this climate well for most of the year. The question worth answering properly is what happens on the coldest mornings, and whether the backup heat is sized and staged sensibly or simply switches the whole house to expensive resistance heat.
• Repair. Diagnosis before quoting. Pao Card finds failed capacitors, reversing valve faults, blocked condensate lines and refrigerant leaks that developed slowly.
• Mixed systems. Homes running two heat sources often have them fighting each other through poor controls rather than genuinely needing both.
• Ductwork. Attic and crawl space runs lose a great deal when they leak, and they are common here.

How we work

Written pricing before work begins. Technicians who show you what failed. Honest answers on repair versus replace, including when your equipment is fine and the ducts are the problem.