We work the refrigerant side of commercial HVAC and refrigeration in the Albuquerque metro: leak inspection on the federal schedule, repair inside the 30-day window, the two-stage verification test after the repair, and the records that keep an inspection clean.
Same-week scheduling. Scope and price range back within one business day. A scheduled leak inspection typically runs a few hundred dollars per system.
Federal refrigerant rules under 40 CFR Part 82 apply to any appliance with a full charge of 50 pounds or more. That covers most rooftop units, refrigeration racks, chillers and walk-ins in this market. This is the work we do on those systems.
Inspection intervals follow the appliance's full charge and equipment category, not a flat calendar. We read the charge, set the interval, and keep the inspection log current.
Once an appliance is above its leak rate threshold the repair clock starts. We scope it, complete the repair, and put the date on record so the deadline is documented.
Two separate tests are required after a repair. The initial test is a pre-charge check; the follow-up runs after the system is back in normal service. We perform both and file the results.
The owner or operator has to calculate the leak rate every time refrigerant is added. We hand over the documentation that supports that calculation and keep the file in order.
When a system is past economic repair, we handle the changeout, the recharge, and the paperwork for recovered refrigerant cylinders and retired appliances.
Rooftop units and comfort cooling, commercial refrigeration racks, walk-in coolers and freezers, and process chillers.
Tell us what equipment and what deadline you are working against. We reply with the applicable requirement, the scope of work and a price range.
Scheduled work across Bernalillo, Sandoval and Valencia counties.
Short answers. The full requirements are in the technical library below.
20 percent for commercial refrigeration, 30 percent for industrial process refrigeration, and 15 percent for comfort cooling. The figure is the share of the full charge that would be lost over 12 months at the current rate of loss, measured between charges.
30 days to complete the repairs. Industrial process refrigeration gets 120 days when doing the repair would require shutting down the process. The clock starts when the leak rate is calculated and found to be over the limit.
No. Two verification tests are required after a repair. The initial test is a pre-charge check before refrigerant goes back in. The follow-up test runs after the system has returned to normal service.
The owner or operator of the appliance. The leak rate has to be calculated every time refrigerant is added, and the technician must provide the documentation that supports that calculation.
If a system holds a full charge of 50 pounds or more of a class I or class II refrigerant, it is covered. Appliances holding only substitute refrigerants fall outside the rule.
The federal requirements behind the work above, written out in full. These are the reference pages the inspection schedule and the repair deadlines are drawn from.