AC repair in Freeport

Texas requires a TDLR license for anyone installing, repairing or maintaining air conditioning, refrigeration or heating for others, and each company location must employ a licensed contractor. The license works statewide, so there's no separate city license. Look the company up on TDLR's License Data Search, which lists air conditioning contractors and A/C technicians.

Licensed contractors must carry commercial general liability insurance: for Class B, which covers cooling systems up to 25 tons, at least $100,000 per occurrence, $200,000 aggregate and $100,000 for completed operations. Class A carries higher minimums. Helpers must be registered TDLR technicians working under the contractor, and they can't advertise HVAC services themselves.

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Call Freeport City Hall to ask whether your job needs a city permit, and get the number from the contractor once it's pulled. Since September 1, 2021, Texas cities can't charge TDLR-licensed HVAC contractors registration fees, though permit fees still apply.

Brazoria County is a TDI windstorm catastrophe area, where new construction, additions, alterations and repairs must meet TDI standards and be inspected for a WPI-8. If your AC work comes with an addition or changes to the structure, ask the contractor whether a windstorm inspection is needed, and check its WPI-1 enrollment on TDI's windstorm site.

HomeGuide's national figures put AC repair at $150 to $650 on average, technicians at $75 to $150 an hour, and large out-of-warranty repairs at $650 to $2,500 or more. A standard-efficiency central unit replacement runs $5,000 to $8,300. These figures are national, not Freeport's.

A replacement must meet Texas's regional minimum: 14.3 SEER2 for split-system air conditioners under 45,000 Btu/h and 13.8 SEER2 at 45,000 Btu/h and up, for units installed since January 1, 2023. New systems are also limited to refrigerants with a global warming potential of 700 or less from January 1, 2025, unless every part was made before that date. Ask which refrigerant a quote assumes, and whether the parts were made before or after that date.

Summers push the grid: ERCOT hit an all-time peak of 91,089 megawatts on July 22, 2026, a record that stays unofficial until final settlement. Licensees can't misrepresent the need for service, so ask for the failed part in writing before agreeing to a replacement. The full Texas guide is at AC and HVAC in Texas; see also the Freeport guide and AC repair in Angleton.