Many Spring air conditioners are old enough to run on R-22, which has not been made since 2020. Call any time and you will be put through to a licensed local AC company.
Call 832-662-4107Spring grew up fast in the 1970s and 1980s, and plenty of houses in Champion Forest, Northgate Forest, Olde Oaks and the older Klein neighborhoods have had only one or two air conditioners since. If yours is more than about fifteen years old, look at the data plate on the outdoor unit. If it says R-22, you are running on a refrigerant the EPA stopped allowing to be produced or imported on January 1, 2020.
That does not mean the system is illegal or has to come out. It means every pound of R-22 now comes from recovered and recycled stock, and it is priced accordingly. A system that needs a small repair can still be worth fixing. A system that is leaking R-22 is a different conversation: topping it up every summer gets more expensive each year, and the leak does not stop. A good technician will find the leak and tell you plainly whether repairing it or replacing the system makes more sense.
Newer systems are changing too. Equipment made from 2025 onward uses newer refrigerants such as R-454B and R-32 rather than R-410A. If replacement is on the table, the free refrigerant change guide explains what that means before you get quotes.
A forty-year-old system usually sits on forty-year-old ductwork, or on flexible duct that was swapped in at some point and has sagged since. In a Spring attic that reaches well above 130 degrees in August, a leaking or crushed duct is dumping cooled air into the hottest space in the house. The symptoms look like an AC problem: rooms at the end of long runs that never cool, a system that runs all afternoon, humidity that never quite comes down. The fix is often in the attic rather than the equipment. Ask whoever comes out to look at the ducts before quoting a new system.
Spring is unincorporated Harris and Montgomery County, so there is no city mechanical permit and no city inspector on an AC replacement. The state license is the protection that remains. Texas requires anyone who contracts to install or repair air conditioning to hold an Air Conditioning and Refrigeration Contractor license from the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation, and technicians working under them must be registered or certified. You can check any company's license on the TDLR license search in about a minute.
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Yes, but only from recovered and recycled stock, because production and import ended January 1, 2020. It is expensive, so a system that keeps leaking R-22 is usually better replaced than refilled.
Spring is unincorporated, so there is no city mechanical permit. The contractor must still hold a Texas Air Conditioning and Refrigeration Contractor license from TDLR.
Search the company or license number on the TDLR license search. It shows whether the license is active and its class.
Often the ductwork, not the equipment: a crushed, disconnected or leaking duct in the attic, or a long run with too little airflow. Have the ducts checked before buying a new system.
All of Spring and Klein, including Champion Forest, Northgate Forest, Olde Oaks, Gleannloch Farms, Spring Trails, Old Town Spring and the neighborhoods along I-45, FM 1960, Kuykendahl and the Grand Parkway.
Call 832-662-4107 any time, day or night. The line puts you through to a licensed, local air conditioning and heating company that works in Spring.
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