Is it necessary to service my HVAC system every year?

Yes, a once-a-year tune-up keeps the system efficient and helps it last longer. During the visit, a technician cleans coils, checks electrical connections, and swaps or cleans the filter. Catching small issues now stops bigger, pricier failures later, so that a quick appointment saves money and stress over the life of the unit.

How often should I change my AC filter?

Changing your AC filter every 30 days is necessary to maintain optimal performance and high indoor air quality. Regular filter replacement prevents dust buildup, ensures efficient airflow, and protects the system from stress that could lead to costly repairs. This disciplined maintenance routine not only boosts energy efficiency but also prolongs the lifespan of your unit by safeguarding its critical components.

Is an HVAC tune-up service agreement worth it?

An HVAC service plan is worth the cost, especially if you forget to schedule maintenance on your own. A service plan locks in yearly (or twice-yearly) visits, allowing a professional to identify small problems early, clean key components, and maintain energy efficiency. Many plans also include minor repairs or priority scheduling, which can pay for themselves if an unexpected issue pops up.

What happens during an AC pre-season maintenance call?

In a pre-season service visit, your technician gives your system a top-to-bottom check before peak season hits. Expect a filter change, thermostat test, condenser-line flush, electrical-connection check, and coil cleaning. They also tighten loose parts and make minor adjustments so the unit fires up without surprises when temperatures swing. That quick tune-up cuts the risk of mid-season breakdowns and keeps energy use in line.

Top-Rated Central A/C Service or Repairs Experts in Bedford Hills, NY

Dwight Getting Heating & Air Conditioning, Inc.

Dwight Getting Heating & Air Conditioning, Inc.

Customers say: Quick response

Recommended by 100% of Angi customers

25 years of experience

Dwight Getting Heating and Air Conditioning is dedicated to providing our customers with the best quality and craftsmanship. We are here to build relationships with our customers and communities and to provide our employees with a great place to work. We look forward to working with you!

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Derek M on March 2020

Dwight Getting Heating and Air Conditioning is dedicated to providing our customers with the best quality and craftsmanship. We are here to build relationships with our customers and communities and to provide our employees with a great place to work. We look forward to working with you!

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Derek M on March 2020

Air Professional Associates, LLC

Air Professional Associates, LLC

Customers say: Quality work

Recommended by 90% of Angi customers

45 local quotes requested

Air Professional Associates, LLC, is committed to excellence in every aspect of our business. We uphold a standard of integrity bound by fairness, honesty and personal responsibility. Our distinction is the quality of service we bring to our customers. Accurate knowledge of our trade combined with ability is what makes us true professionals. Above all, we are watchful of our customers interests and make their concerns the basis of our business.

"I have a contract and 2xs now they have cancelled yearly service for furnace and ac!! Appts that were made mnths in advance. I told them they have to come on designated day.very frustrating."

Joan M on November 2024

Air Professional Associates, LLC, is committed to excellence in every aspect of our business. We uphold a standard of integrity bound by fairness, honesty and personal responsibility. Our distinction is the quality of service we bring to our customers. Accurate knowledge of our trade combined with ability is what makes us true professionals. Above all, we are watchful of our customers interests and make their concerns the basis of our business.

"I have a contract and 2xs now they have cancelled yearly service for furnace and ac!! Appts that were made mnths in advance. I told them they have to come on designated day.very frustrating."

Joan M on November 2024

Global Heating and A/C Services, Inc.

818 A Mamaroneck Ave #A

Global Heating and A/C Services, Inc.

818 A Mamaroneck Ave #A

Customers say: Quick response

Recommended by 95% of Angi customers

24 years of experience

Global Heating and Air Conditioning Services, Inc. is Westchester's leading climate control company. We have over 16 years of residential experience in the local area. We can do it all: repairs, replacements, and new installations. We take great pride in our work and customer satisfaction. Give us a call today or book now!

"Jorge was a pleasure to work with and his team was polite, clean, prompt and completed the job on schedule. Would recommend!"

Holly R on May 2023

Global Heating and Air Conditioning Services, Inc. is Westchester's leading climate control company. We have over 16 years of residential experience in the local area. We can do it all: repairs, replacements, and new installations. We take great pride in our work and customer satisfaction. Give us a call today or book now!

"Jorge was a pleasure to work with and his team was polite, clean, prompt and completed the job on schedule. Would recommend!"

Holly R on May 2023

B Glad Heating & Cooling

1943 Baldwin Road, Apartment 1

B Glad Heating & Cooling

1943 Baldwin Road, Apartment 1

Customers say: Quick response

Recommended by 91% of Angi customers

5 years of experience

We pride our company on reliability, great communication, integrity, and quality work. We are experts in our trade and will do our best to keep you as educated as we can on your particular task or project. We look forward to earning your business! Book with us online or feel free to give us a call today!

"Brendon was very responsive and flexible on scheduling. Brendon was very kind and very talented!"

Marc M on November 2024

We pride our company on reliability, great communication, integrity, and quality work. We are experts in our trade and will do our best to keep you as educated as we can on your particular task or project. We look forward to earning your business! Book with us online or feel free to give us a call today!

"Brendon was very responsive and flexible on scheduling. Brendon was very kind and very talented!"

Marc M on November 2024

Perfect Air Solutions

Perfect Air Solutions

Customers say: Quick response

Recommended by 93% of Angi customers

106 local quotes requested

At Perfect Air Solutions, we take great pride in our experience, expertise, quality, and customer service that we provide to meet the consumers needs. It is our mission to provide excellent workmanship and complete customer satisfaction from start to completion of a project. In order to understand the needs and expectations of our customers, we take great care to work and communicate with every customer in a professional manner. Our reputation is based on service, safety, and quality, regardless of how large or small the job.

"John was very professional, and knowledgable, responsive, and gave a reasonable quote. His staff completed the job in one day."

James H on May 2025

At Perfect Air Solutions, we take great pride in our experience, expertise, quality, and customer service that we provide to meet the consumers needs. It is our mission to provide excellent workmanship and complete customer satisfaction from start to completion of a project. In order to understand the needs and expectations of our customers, we take great care to work and communicate with every customer in a professional manner. Our reputation is based on service, safety, and quality, regardless of how large or small the job.

"John was very professional, and knowledgable, responsive, and gave a reasonable quote. His staff completed the job in one day."

James H on May 2025

Nika Mechanical Corporation

Nika Mechanical Corporation

12 years of experience

Free onsite estimate

We take great pride in our experience, expertise, quality and customer service that we provide to meet every consumer's needs. It is our mission to provide excellent customer service from start to completion of a project. To understand the needs and expectations of our customers, we take great care to work and communicate with every customer in a personal and professional manner. Our reputation is based on service, safety and quality, regardless of how large or small the job.

"I’ve had an HVAC company install our HVAC system and had issues ever since the install. I had Nika Mechanical come out and take a look. They found all the issues and my system has been working great through the summers and winters. Great experience, very knowledgeable. Highly recommend them. "

Anton P on May 2025

We take great pride in our experience, expertise, quality and customer service that we provide to meet every consumer's needs. It is our mission to provide excellent customer service from start to completion of a project. To understand the needs and expectations of our customers, we take great care to work and communicate with every customer in a personal and professional manner. Our reputation is based on service, safety and quality, regardless of how large or small the job.

"I’ve had an HVAC company install our HVAC system and had issues ever since the install. I had Nika Mechanical come out and take a look. They found all the issues and my system has been working great through the summers and winters. Great experience, very knowledgeable. Highly recommend them. "

Anton P on May 2025

Customers say: Quality work

Recommended by 100% of Angi customers

2 years of experience

Charles Mechanical is dedicated to providing our customers with the best quality and craftsmanship. We are here to build relationships with our customers and communities and to provide our employees with a great place to work. We look forward to working with you!

"Great experience all around, definitely going to keep them for future projects."

Olivia O on January 2025

Charles Mechanical is dedicated to providing our customers with the best quality and craftsmanship. We are here to build relationships with our customers and communities and to provide our employees with a great place to work. We look forward to working with you!

"Great experience all around, definitely going to keep them for future projects."

Olivia O on January 2025

Bell Mechanical, LLC

200 Rte 6

4.16(

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Bell Mechanical, LLC

200 Rte 6

4.16(

104

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Approved Pro

Customers say: Super punctual

789 local quotes requested

45 years of experience

Bell Mechanical, LLC is a customer focused heating and air-conditioning company that was originally started in 1980. Located in Mahopac, NY, we employ highly trained people whose goal is to make our company the best service company in Westchester, Dutchess, Putnam and Fairfield County. Our company specializes in designing, engineering, and installing complete comfort systems for owners of existing homes and buildings just like yours. We take special pride in the craftsmen we train and employ--a fact you'll notice immediately in the attitude and integrity they bring to your job site. Our entire company works hard to make your experience with us hassle-free and enjoyable. Should we make a mistake, we will do everything in our power to correct it to your satisfaction. From the professionalism of our sales engineers, to the dedication of our field personnel, we are dedicated to delivering you the best. We take our responsibility very seriously when you place your trust in us. We pledge to always tell you up front what your cost will be to complete your job correctly. We make it a point to go over any details or limitations of the proposed system that will affect your enjoyment of the end result. You are told exactly what to expect up front. This is why Bell Mechanical continues growing with more satisfied customers each and every year. Give us a call for your service needs and see what you've been missing!

"Issue with Bell Mechanical This past August of 2024 we had a heat pump system installed in the house by Bell Mechanical. Unfortunately, we have had nothing but issues since with the biggest being no heat multiple times and now again today we are without heat in the majority of our house. It is freezing outside, we have a toddler and within the past week this is the 2nd time we have no heat (4th time since the system was put in). Not only is this a life safety issue, but it also is heart breaking to have your toddler tell you they are freezing. Looking for advice on next steps. We have never sued anyone or threatened to sue but this may be the time as we have had nothing but issues since the beginning. From the start we made it very clear that everything needed to be done to code and permitted. We were doing a lot of major renovations at our house and everything was being done to code and permitted. John (the salesman) at Bell said that was not a problem. John also told us that the only additional cost we could potentially incur outside of what he quoted us for the system and its installation would be a $500 fee for the installation of the heat strip. We accepted this and moved forward. After Bell removed our central air system and installed the new carrier system we got his with additional work needed at the tune of over 2k. Needless to say we were not happy. John told us the electrician they use and that if we used that electrician there would be no delay but if we used ours that it would cause a delay. So, we went with what John said as he was the expert. John got the electrician to come down a little in price which we were grateful for. Fast forward to when the building inspector came out to close out the permits for the work Bell did and other work being done at the house, the inspector told my contractor that the heat pump was not done to code. We were told that the electrical for it was not done to code and he could not close out the permit. My husband talked to the electrician Bell gave us who informed us that Bell told him to “cut corners” which was part of getting the cost down slightly. Reminder, we NEVER said to do this, we made it clear that everything needed to be permitted and even paid the permit fees to Bell. Back and forth with Bell and the electrician got the electrician to fix his work at no additional cost but Bell still needed to fix the outside plug which was not to code. Giovanni at Bell agreed that Bell would fix this issue at no additional cost. It has been 3 months now and Bell has still not rectified this issue and Giovanni and John are both nonresponsive to our follow-ups. Bell has also had to come out 4 additional times because our system was not working and again today, we have no heat. Today will be the 5th time they have to come out for issues on a system that is 4 months old. This is not OK. We have given Bell ample time to rectify the issues. Clearly they did not do the install properly and there is also the possibility we have a faulty system. We have never sued someone or went to court but then again, we have never had such large and costly issues."

Danielle G on December 2024

Bell Mechanical, LLC is a customer focused heating and air-conditioning company that was originally started in 1980. Located in Mahopac, NY, we employ highly trained people whose goal is to make our company the best service company in Westchester, Dutchess, Putnam and Fairfield County. Our company specializes in designing, engineering, and installing complete comfort systems for owners of existing homes and buildings just like yours. We take special pride in the craftsmen we train and employ--a fact you'll notice immediately in the attitude and integrity they bring to your job site. Our entire company works hard to make your experience with us hassle-free and enjoyable. Should we make a mistake, we will do everything in our power to correct it to your satisfaction. From the professionalism of our sales engineers, to the dedication of our field personnel, we are dedicated to delivering you the best. We take our responsibility very seriously when you place your trust in us. We pledge to always tell you up front what your cost will be to complete your job correctly. We make it a point to go over any details or limitations of the proposed system that will affect your enjoyment of the end result. You are told exactly what to expect up front. This is why Bell Mechanical continues growing with more satisfied customers each and every year. Give us a call for your service needs and see what you've been missing!

"Issue with Bell Mechanical This past August of 2024 we had a heat pump system installed in the house by Bell Mechanical. Unfortunately, we have had nothing but issues since with the biggest being no heat multiple times and now again today we are without heat in the majority of our house. It is freezing outside, we have a toddler and within the past week this is the 2nd time we have no heat (4th time since the system was put in). Not only is this a life safety issue, but it also is heart breaking to have your toddler tell you they are freezing. Looking for advice on next steps. We have never sued anyone or threatened to sue but this may be the time as we have had nothing but issues since the beginning. From the start we made it very clear that everything needed to be done to code and permitted. We were doing a lot of major renovations at our house and everything was being done to code and permitted. John (the salesman) at Bell said that was not a problem. John also told us that the only additional cost we could potentially incur outside of what he quoted us for the system and its installation would be a $500 fee for the installation of the heat strip. We accepted this and moved forward. After Bell removed our central air system and installed the new carrier system we got his with additional work needed at the tune of over 2k. Needless to say we were not happy. John told us the electrician they use and that if we used that electrician there would be no delay but if we used ours that it would cause a delay. So, we went with what John said as he was the expert. John got the electrician to come down a little in price which we were grateful for. Fast forward to when the building inspector came out to close out the permits for the work Bell did and other work being done at the house, the inspector told my contractor that the heat pump was not done to code. We were told that the electrical for it was not done to code and he could not close out the permit. My husband talked to the electrician Bell gave us who informed us that Bell told him to “cut corners” which was part of getting the cost down slightly. Reminder, we NEVER said to do this, we made it clear that everything needed to be permitted and even paid the permit fees to Bell. Back and forth with Bell and the electrician got the electrician to fix his work at no additional cost but Bell still needed to fix the outside plug which was not to code. Giovanni at Bell agreed that Bell would fix this issue at no additional cost. It has been 3 months now and Bell has still not rectified this issue and Giovanni and John are both nonresponsive to our follow-ups. Bell has also had to come out 4 additional times because our system was not working and again today, we have no heat. Today will be the 5th time they have to come out for issues on a system that is 4 months old. This is not OK. We have given Bell ample time to rectify the issues. Clearly they did not do the install properly and there is also the possibility we have a faulty system. We have never sued someone or went to court but then again, we have never had such large and costly issues."

Danielle G on December 2024

TALON HEATING & COOLING, LLC

2020 MAPLE HILL STREET

4.94(

34

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Approved Pro

TALON HEATING & COOLING, LLC

2020 MAPLE HILL STREET

4.94(

34

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Approved Pro

Customers say: Quality work

Recommended by 97% of Angi customers

Recommended by 97% of HomeAdvisor customers

227 local quotes requested

*HEAT PUMP REBATES AVAILABLE *HEAT PUMP SERVICE & INSTALL *AIR CONDITIONING SERVICE & INSTALL *MINI-SPLIT SERVICE & INSTALL *BOILER & FURNACE SERVICE & INSTALL *OIL BURNER SERVICE & INSTALL *SERVICE CONTRACTS AVAILABLE *FULL FINANCING AVAILABLE *LICENSED, BONDED & INSURED *EXPERIENCE SINCE 1980

"Billy and his team did a stellar job - right from helping choose the right product to the installation and cleanup of the old one. The new equipment works like a charm. Billy's entire team actually turned up on a Saturday for the installation in one of the coldest days of 2022 and worked outdoors and in the limited crawl space in freezing temperatures just so we could beat the upcoming storm the next day. Theor conduct was extremely courteous and professional throughout and they left us all feeling very happy and contented. Billy and his team have helped us on earlier occasions too in fixing the older unit and were exemplary even then. NEVER have we felt we were overcharged or received undervalue service"

Sanjay K on January 2022

*HEAT PUMP REBATES AVAILABLE *HEAT PUMP SERVICE & INSTALL *AIR CONDITIONING SERVICE & INSTALL *MINI-SPLIT SERVICE & INSTALL *BOILER & FURNACE SERVICE & INSTALL *OIL BURNER SERVICE & INSTALL *SERVICE CONTRACTS AVAILABLE *FULL FINANCING AVAILABLE *LICENSED, BONDED & INSURED *EXPERIENCE SINCE 1980

"Billy and his team did a stellar job - right from helping choose the right product to the installation and cleanup of the old one. The new equipment works like a charm. Billy's entire team actually turned up on a Saturday for the installation in one of the coldest days of 2022 and worked outdoors and in the limited crawl space in freezing temperatures just so we could beat the upcoming storm the next day. Theor conduct was extremely courteous and professional throughout and they left us all feeling very happy and contented. Billy and his team have helped us on earlier occasions too in fixing the older unit and were exemplary even then. NEVER have we felt we were overcharged or received undervalue service"

Sanjay K on January 2022

Royal Comfort

P.O. Box 718

5.00(

9

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Royal Comfort

P.O. Box 718

5.00(

9

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Approved Pro

Customers say: Quick response

Recommended by 100% of Angi customers

Recommended by 100% of HomeAdvisor customers

312 local quotes requested

As proud Westchester-based experts, we deliver unrivaled care and service to make our customers Feel Like Royalty. With decades of mastery, we specialize in a wide variety of residential and commercial HVAC services. Need assistance day or night? We've got your back, with 24/7 emergency HVAC services! Experience top-notch quality work with a friendly and knowledgeable Team. Contact us now for the Royal Comfort treatment you deserve!

"Quality work replacing condenser/compressor units. Fast turnaround, very responsive, no pressure pro. Highly recommended."

Alexander S on March 2025

As proud Westchester-based experts, we deliver unrivaled care and service to make our customers Feel Like Royalty. With decades of mastery, we specialize in a wide variety of residential and commercial HVAC services. Need assistance day or night? We've got your back, with 24/7 emergency HVAC services! Experience top-notch quality work with a friendly and knowledgeable Team. Contact us now for the Royal Comfort treatment you deserve!

"Quality work replacing condenser/compressor units. Fast turnaround, very responsive, no pressure pro. Highly recommended."

Alexander S on March 2025