Air Conditioning Maintenance in West Jordan, UT
Larsen HVAC & Plumbing provides AC tune-ups and maintenance for homes across West Jordan and Salt Lake County.
Call us today to schedule your free estimate and find the right Air conditioning system for your home.
Contact Larsen HVAC & Plumbing
We’re a family-owned heating, cooling, and plumbing company based on Airport Road in West Jordan, serving homeowners across the Salt Lake Valley since 2017. Call or text us to book a free home assessment, ask a question, or get a no-obligation quote — a trained installer answers, not a call center. We come to you across West Jordan and the surrounding Salt Lake County cities.
- 6752 South Airport Rd, West Jordan, Utah 84084
- (801) 930-5450
- shawn@larsenhvac.com
- larsenhvac.com
- Monday to Friday: 8:00am to 7:00pm
- After-hours and weekend emergency service available
The air conditioners that fail during a Salt Lake Valley heat wave mostly gave notice first. A capacitor drifting out of spec, a condenser coil coated in a season of dust, refrigerant slipping low through a pinhole leak — small, cheap findings in April that become a sweltering house and an emergency call-out fee by mid-July, when every cooling crew in the county is booked solid.
An air conditioning maintenance visit works through the system before the season does: condenser and evaporator coil cleaning, refrigerant charge measurement, capacitor and electrical testing, condensate drain clearing, thermostat checks, filter replacement, and airflow verification. Most manufacturers also expect documented annual maintenance to keep warranty coverage intact, so the visit protects the equipment’s paperwork as well as its parts.
Pricing is stated before the visit, not after — tune-ups are $99 for first-time customers, and returning customers get the price up front when they book. If something is found developing, you get it explained with an honest recommendation rather than a pitch, the approach behind Larsen HVAC & Plumbing’s 4.9-star average across more than hundreds of Google reviews.
What an annual AC tune-up gets you
- Cooling that works on the first 95-degree day instead of failing on it
- Lower summer power bills from clean coils and a correct refrigerant charge
- Manufacturer warranty coverage kept valid with documented service
- Small faults caught at tune-up prices instead of heat-wave emergency prices
- A condensate drain that won't back up and leak through a ceiling in August
- More summers from the equipment before replacement enters the conversation
What does an AC tune-up include?
A methodical working-through of the system: coil cleaning on both the outdoor condenser and indoor evaporator, refrigerant charge measured against spec, capacitor and electrical testing, condensate drain clearing, lubrication, thermostat verification, filter replacement, and airflow checks. The visit closes with a plain-language rundown of what was checked and anything worth watching.
When should you service your air conditioner?
Once a year, ideally in spring before the cooling season starts. Pre-season timing means faults surface while repairs are easy to book and the house isn’t hot while you wait. If spring has already passed, a late tune-up still beats a skipped one — the checklist doesn’t change.
Does skipping maintenance shorten an AC's life?
It does, and the mechanism is mundane: dirty coils force longer run times, low refrigerant strains the compressor, and a weakening capacitor stresses the motors it starts. Each runs the system harder than its design assumes. Annual maintenance removes that background wear, which is why well-kept units routinely outlast neglected ones by years.
Getting Your AC Through a Salt Lake Valley Summer
Why spring booking beats the first-heat-wave scramble, and the habits that undo homeowners in between.
Why we book cooling tune-ups before the season, not during it
The first stretch of real heat works like a stress test — air conditioners that sat idle since September get switched on across the whole valley in the same few days, and the ones with developing faults fail together. That’s the week the emergency board fills, and the week a preventable breakdown costs the most and waits the longest. A spring tune-up finds the drifting capacitor or low charge in April, when the fix is a scheduled visit rather than a hot-house emergency. Our installers watch it happen every year: the tune-ups we run in spring are the July call-outs that never happen.
Mistakes we see between tune-ups
Waiting for the first hot week to book. By then you’re in the queue with everyone else’s emergency — the whole value of maintenance is being ahead of that week.
Running all summer on one filter. A clogged filter starves airflow and can freeze the coil; check it monthly once the system runs daily.
Closing vents in unused rooms to “help”. It raises duct pressure and hurts the system more than it saves.
Topping up refrigerant yourself or through a handyman. Refrigerant work legally requires EPA certification, and a top-up without a leak fix wastes money on both.
AC Maintenance Pricing in West Jordan
Straightforward tune-up pricing — no trip charges, no surprise add-ons.
Cooling tune-up (first-time customers)
First-time-customer price
Four-inch filters
Supplied and fitted during your visit
Senior & military discount
Ask when booking
Trip charges
No trip charges or extra fees
What Our Clients Say
"I moved in my house a year and a half ago and I contacted theLarsen HVAC heating and Air . They had installed my new furnace and air system . I wanted them to come out and go over the system and set up maintenance for me. I can not tell you what a wonderful company they are. Shaun Larsen is the owner and he is the most honest and professional person I have ever worked with. I love working with a Family owned company.His Son Brady works with him and also his wife. They also have an incredible plumber ,Tyler that really is an expert .When I needed anything done they are on it immediately. I just wanted to share with others my experience with this outstanding company. Thanks ,Gay Kennedy"
Other Services in West Jordan
The tune-up is the habit — here’s everything else the same family-owned team covers.
Air Conditioner Installation
When a tune-up shows a system past saving, replacement comes sized by load calculation with rebate help.
Air Conditioning Repair
If something has already failed, get a tested diagnosis and the price before any work starts.
Furnace Installation
An aging AC often shares its blower with an aging furnace — a combined replacement quote covers both.
Furnace Repair
Fast, honest repairs when winter heat fails, with after-hours and weekend emergency cover.
Furnace Maintenance
The fall counterpart to this visit — book both and the whole system gets checked every year.
Indoor Air Quality Solutions
Filtration, purification, and whole-home humidity control through the system you already run.
Ductwork Services
A tuned AC pushing air through leaky ducts still loses the fight — camera scoping settles it.
Meet Our Team
Why the Owner Cares About Your Tune-Up
Shawn Larsen built his HVAC career from the service van up — starting in 2010, through an SLCC Associate’s Degree, EPA608 and R410 refrigerant certifications, and nearly seven years as a service technician before launching Larsen HVAC & Plumbing in 2017. Years of repair calls taught him a simple truth: most summer breakdowns he saw were preventable. That’s the thinking behind the maintenance program on this page — a family-owned company that would rather tune your system in spring than meet you during a July emergency.
Awards & Certifications
- Utah S-350 licensed HVAC contractor — license number 10464481-5501, verifiable through Utah DOPL
- Licensed, bonded and insured, with $3 million general liability cover
- EPA 608 Universal certification held by owner Shawn Larsen
Special Offers
What Salt Lake Valley Summers Do to a West Jordan Air Conditioner
The Salt Lake Valley’s cold semi-arid climate is famous for its winters, but the other half of the equation is what maintenance answers for: summer highs here regularly push past 95°F, and they arrive in runs, not single days. A West Jordan air conditioner isn’t trotting through a mild season — through July and August it works long daily hours against real heat, and equipment that entered the season with a dirty coil or a drifting capacitor gets found out in the first sustained stretch.
That’s the climate case for treating the AC tune-up as a spring calendar item rather than a nice-to-have. The wear that ends compressors builds through every hard season, and the pre-season visit is where it gets caught while the fix is still a small, scheduled job. In a milder summer climate, skipped maintenance costs some efficiency; here it gambles the system on the exact weeks it’s least replaceable — when a cooling failure means a family sleeping in a 90-degree house while the repair queue clears.
Summer highs here regularly push past 95°F, and they arrive in runs, not single days.
The calendar slot for the tune-up, while the fix is still a small, scheduled job.
Frequently Asked Questions
How much does an AC tune-up cost in West Jordan?
Tune-ups are $99 for first-time customers of Larsen HVAC & Plumbing, and returning customers get the price stated up front when booking. There’s no figure that changes on the doorstep — up-front pricing before any work is the standing rule.
Is spring really the best time for AC maintenance?
Yes — a spring visit finds faults before the cooling season loads the system, while repairs are easy to schedule and parts are on hand. Summer and fall tune-ups still deliver the same checklist; spring timing is about staying ahead of the valley’s first-heat-wave rush.
Does maintenance keep my AC warranty valid?
Usually it’s required. Many manufacturers expect documented annual professional maintenance to honor warranty claims, and a denied claim on a compressor costs far more than years of tune-ups. Your service record is your proof — keep the date, provider, and work done on file.
What happens if the tune-up finds a problem?
You get the finding explained in plain language, with a price for the fix before anything happens — and an honest steer on whether it needs doing now, watching, or leaving alone. The technician recommending it is the person who’d do the work, not a commissioned salesperson.
Do you replace filters during AC maintenance?
Yes — filter replacement is part of every tune-up, matched to your system’s airflow rather than pulled off a shelf. If your system takes four-inch media filters, those are available for $50, capturing more while lasting longer between changes.
Schedule Your West Jordan AC Maintenance Today
Don’t wait for a breakdown to think about your AC. Call Larsen HVAC & Plumbing at (801) 930-5450 to schedule your air conditioning maintenance in West Jordan, or reach out online and we’ll get you on the schedule.
