AC Repair, HVAC, Plumbing and Electrical in Tooele, Utah

Two things stack here that do not stack on the Wasatch Front: a 97F cooling design temperature and nearly 4,900 feet of elevation. Thinner air means a condenser moves less mass per revolution and loses roughly 4% of capacity per 1,000 feet, while the load it has to beat is higher than in Provo or Sandy. A unit sized off a Salt Lake rule of thumb runs out of capacity in July.

• Nearly 4,900 feet of elevation costs a condenser roughly 4 percent of its capacity per 1,000 feet, so we size cooling for Tooele, not for a Salt Lake rule of thumb.
• The valley's 97 degree cooling design temperature is hotter than the Wasatch Front, and a 10 degree January night is the other end. Right-sized two-stage equipment handles both.
• Adding central air to a pre-1970 home in Downtown Tooele starts with a load calculation and a look at the panel, not a catalog.

At 22 to 28 grains this is the hardest water we service, materially harder than the 12 to 18 grains typical along the Wasatch Front. Untreated, it scales a tank water heater's efficiency away in a few years and shortens fixture life. Softening here is maintenance, not an upgrade.

• At 22 to 28 grains, Tooele has the hardest water we service, materially harder than the 12 to 18 grains typical along the Wasatch Front.
• Untreated, that water scales a tank water heater's efficiency away in a few years. A whole-home softener plus an annual flush protects it.
• Hard water shortens fixture and valve life too, so we treat softening in Tooele as maintenance, not an upgrade.

Downtown Tooele's pre-1970 housing still runs plenty of 100-amp services and the occasional fused panel. Adding central air, an EV charger or a shop circuit means a load calculation and usually a service upgrade first.

• Downtown Tooele still runs plenty of 100-amp services and the occasional fused panel.
• Adding central air, an EV charger or a shop circuit to one of those homes means a load calculation and usually a service upgrade first.
• Our signature Tooele install, right-sized two-stage AC, needs an electrical service that can carry it, and in a pre-1970 Downtown home that usually means a service upgrade first.