Why Your Home Still Feels Warm Even When the AC Is Running

When you want to relax in your Dallas County home in cool comfort, it can really feel frustrating to turn on your AC system and still feel sticky and even miserable. So, what do you do when your AC is not cooling in University Park, TX?

A two-prong solution exists. The first part involves inspecting your home and making adjustments to maximize an air conditioning system’s ability to cool your house. The second part focuses on examining your air conditioning system to see what issues may exist. Some people may only need to do one of the two parts, although doing both generally provides the best results. 

If you need AC experts in University Park to look at your system now, reach out to book your appointment with the pros at Moss Heating, Cooling & Plumbing now. 

How to Inspect Your Home in University Park

Here are three strategies.

1. Keep the Cooled Air In and the Hot Air Out

The two main strategies within this subcategory involve:

• Check your home for gaps, cracks, and crevices: around doors, windows, along the foundation, and more. Seal them up in appropriate ways. Do this regularly to make sure that new openings haven’t formed.
• Ensure that your attic and walls are properly insulated. If you have a humid crawl space, consider placing a vapor barrier on the floor and venting that area of your home.

2. Check Your Windows

Even if you’ve sealed around your windows, if their energy efficiency is less than ideal, then they may not keep the cooled air in and the hot, humid air out. If the windows face south, this can be especially problematic.

If you can replace the windows, you can make your home more energy-efficient, which would save you money in the long run. If that’s not in the cards right now, then use blinds on your windows that provide some protection. 

As a related strategy, when the outside temperature is high, keep both your windows and doors closed as much as possible. 

3. Unblock Vents

Are curtains, furniture, boxes, or something else blocking the vents designed to allow cool air to circulate in your home? If so, rearrange them to maximize the vents’ ability to do their job. 

Reasons to Focus on Your HVAC System

A range of issues may be the problem when it comes to AC not cooling in University Park, TX, and here are four of them, starting with the easier fixes and going to the ones that would require professional help.

Change Your Air Filter

Air filters are designed to catch dust and allergens. Once a filter has trapped too many, airflow in the system decreases, and the system has to work harder with less-than-optimal results. So, that’s the first step when checking your air conditioning system. 

Pay attention to how often you need to change the air filter for optimal performance, and stick to that schedule. If you get a big happy dog or a fluffy cat, then expect to need to change the filter more often than before your canine or feline joined your family. 

Unblock Your Condenser

When the wind blows, your condenser might trap dead leaves, twigs, cottonwood fluff, and other debris from going any farther. As this material builds up and blocks your condenser, it has to work harder (and louder), resulting in less effective cooling. 

So, regularly remove this debris from around your condenser, and see if this helps with your AC not cooling in University Park, TX.

Look at Your Thermostat

This is where a solution might still be pretty simple (lowering the thermostat setting) or might require the help of heating and cooling professionals. 

As a slightly more detailed issue, your thermostat may need repair or recalibration. If so, just let our Dallas County AC experts know, and we’ll happily take care of that for you. Moving your thermostat to another spot in your University Park home may be recommended. That’s because one not in an optimal spot can misread the temperature in the home, perhaps because of direct sunlight shining on it through a window, and thereby acting in less than ideal ways.

You may decide to switch to a smart thermostat so that you can handle your home climate management from wherever you are. We can help!

Check for Leaks and Ice on Coils

If there’s a leak in a refrigerant line, then your system won’t work as well as it should. The leak can result in ice on condenser coils and the uncomfortable warm air that you’re experiencing in your University Park home. Another symptom of a refrigerant leak is a hissing sound. 

This is a situation that we would catch when doing regular AC maintenance, and it’s also an AC repair that we can do whenever it’s needed.

Next Step in Troubleshooting When AC Isn’t Cooling

Let’s say that you’ve done the checks listed in the section titled “How to Inspect Your Home in University Park,” and none of the issues listed in the section titled “Reasons to Focus on Your HVAC System” solved your problem. Let’s also say that there are no electrical issues, ductwork problems, or worn-out parts with your air conditioner. 

Now what?

This points to the need for a new AC installation. When a system is not right-sized, being either too small or too big for your home, this can cause problems, including that the AC is not cooling in University Park, TX homes.

A unit may be too small if you’ve added rooms onto your home. The heating and cooling system may be too large if a contractor or previous homeowner held to the false belief that the bigger, the better. When an AC system is too large for a home, it can short cycle, repeatedly turning on and off before the home has really cooled down.

Experts at Moss Heating, Cooling & Plumbing will help homeowners in University Park and throughout Dallas County and the Dallas-Fort Worth metropolitan area to right-size their equipment. Our team will clearly communicate your options to you, explaining why a particular model would be the best choice for your home. 

We’ll then respect your time and your home as we professionally and precisely install the system with a dual focus: to allow you to live in long-lasting cool comfort and to help you maximize your energy savings. 

We provide a 100% satisfaction guarantee along with the peace of mind that comes with our twelve-year system warranties. 

Reasons Why to Choose Moss Heating, Cooling & Plumbing

When your AC is not cooling in University Park, TX, we will thoroughly inspect your system, both visually and by using cutting-edge diagnostic tools. Then, our experts will share our findings with you in clear, jargon-free language, presenting options without pressure.

If you decide to replace your system, we’ll analyze your home’s size, layout, insulation, and airflow requirements before making our recommendations and expertly installing it in your home. Our team will test each part for safe operation and conduct post-installation testing, remove and dispose of your old system, and clean the area in your home.

If you’re ready to book an appointment that meshes with your schedule, please connect with us online to get started.