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Central Air Conditioning Services Across the Des Moines Metro

Air conditioners rarely fail on a mild day. They fail in the middle of the first real heat wave, which is exactly when you want a local crew that answers the phone. Obsidian Heating and Cooling handles every part of central air for homeowners in Des Moines and the surrounding communities: repair, maintenance, and installation and replacement.

We are veteran-owned and a Tempstar Elite Dealer. We would rather fix the system you have than sell you one you do not need, and if replacement genuinely is the better call, we will show you the reasoning.

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Our Cooling Services

Three Ways We Keep Your Home Cool

Cooling work divides cleanly into fixing what broke, preventing the next break, and replacing a system that has run its course. Here is what each one covers.

AC Repair & Service

Warm air from the vents, a system that runs without ever reaching the setpoint, ice on the lines, strange noises, or a unit that will not start. We work through electrical and mechanical testing and leak detection rather than swapping parts on a hunch.

AC Repair & Service

AC Maintenance & Tune-Up

The spring visit that decides how your July goes. We clean the coils, check refrigerant charge and airflow, test the electrical connections, and find the wear that would otherwise strand you on the hottest afternoon of the year.

AC Maintenance & Tune-Up

AC Installation & Replacement

A new central air system sized to your home and its ductwork rather than matched to whatever came out. If you are budgeting, our guide to what drives AC installation cost covers the factors before you call.

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Where To Start

Which Cooling Service Do You Need?

This is the most common call we take, and it usually traces to airflow or refrigerant rather than a dead compressor. A clogged filter, dirty coils or a frozen evaporator will all leave the system running constantly without dropping the temperature. Our guide on why an AC stops cooling covers the checks you can do first, then book AC repair.

Book the spring tune-up before the first heat wave rather than during it. Coil cleaning and a refrigerant check restore efficiency you have quietly been losing, and a maintenance plan keeps it on the calendar so it does not get forgotten.

When the service calls start stacking up season after season, get a quote for installation and replacement and weigh it honestly against another summer of repairs. We will give you our read on whether the current system has life left in it.

If a bonus room, addition or finished attic never keeps up with the rest of the house, the answer is often ductwork rather than the condenser. Where the ducts never reached at all, a ductless mini-split conditions that space on its own zone.

If your furnace is on its way out at the same time, that is the moment to look at a ducted heat pump, which covers both jobs from one system. We will price both approaches so you can compare them side by side.
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Tell us what the system is doing and we will get you scheduled:

Answering Your Questions

Frequently Asked Questions About Air Conditioning Service

Once a year, in the spring before cooling season starts. The visit covers coil cleaning, refrigerant charge, airflow and the electrical connections. Doing it before the first heat wave rather than during one is the difference between a scheduled appointment and an emergency call.

It usually comes back to airflow or refrigerant rather than a failed compressor. A clogged filter, dirty coils or a frozen evaporator will all leave the system running constantly without pulling the temperature down. Those are repairable faults, so have it diagnosed before assuming the system needs replacing.

Look at the pattern rather than any single breakdown. Repeat service calls across consecutive summers, cooling that never quite keeps up, and a system that is well into its service life together make a stronger case than one expensive part. We will give you a straight assessment before you spend anything either way.

Yes, with a ductless mini-split. It conditions individual rooms with no ducts at all, which makes it the usual answer for additions, converted attics, sunrooms and bonus rooms that central air was never run to. Each zone gets its own temperature control.

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From a system that quit this morning to a full central air replacement, Obsidian Heating and Cooling handles the whole job with our own veteran-owned crew. Same-day service is available, and you get an upfront estimate before any work begins.

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