AC Repair & HVAC Service in Pinellas County

What Pinellas County homes do to HVAC systems

Pinellas is the most densely populated county in Florida and the most exposed to salt. On the barrier islands and along both shores, condenser coils corrode years before anything mechanical wears out, and equipment that would last fifteen years inland often does not. Coated coils and twice yearly coil service are worth the money here in a way they are not further inland. The county also has a great deal of pre-1980 housing, particularly through St. Petersburg, Gulfport and Lealman, where electrical panels and original ductwork frequently constrain what can be installed without additional work.

Pinellas is a short drive south from Holiday down U.S. 19 and Alternate 19, and Tarpon Springs, Palm Harbor, Dunedin, Clearwater and the beach towns are all on our regular routes. Nothing in the county is far from salt water, so we check coil condition on every visit here and fit coated coils where the address calls for them.

Most Pinellas cities run their own building departments, so a changeout in St. Petersburg, Clearwater, Largo or Dunedin is permitted through that city rather than the county. Unincorporated areas such as Lealman go through Pinellas County.

Permits on our installations are filed under Florida Certified Air Conditioning Contractor license CAC1820870, held by Robert Moran, who has run R.M. Mechanical since 2001. You can verify that license yourself with the state before you let anyone touch your system, and you should, for any contractor. More about the company is on our about page.

Who issues the permit

A changeout needs a mechanical permit, and which office issues it depends on the address. The job is not closed until that office's inspection passes.

Where salt is part of the picture

Most of Pinellas County sits within salt reach of the Gulf or the bay, where a condenser coil corrodes years before anything mechanical wears out. The communities that sit mostly outside that band are Bardmoor, East Lake, Highpoint, Kenneth City, Largo, Lealman and Pinellas Park, where humidity and run hours set the equipment's lifespan instead, though a waterfront street in any of them gets the coastal treatment.

Cities we cover in Pinellas County

Each of these has its own page with local detail:

The other three counties we work in have pages of their own. See Hillsborough County, Pasco County and Hernando County.