LA Heating and Air provides scheduled commercial AC maintenance for office buildings, retail centers, apartment complexes, restaurants, and medical offices throughout Northridge and the San Fernando Valley. We've been maintaining commercial cooling systems for over 15 years.
Our maintenance programs are built around preventing summer breakdowns, not reacting to them.
Call us at (818) 660-1062 or book online to schedule a spring cooling inspection or get a custom maintenance agreement quote.
Northridge sits in one of the hottest corridors of the San Fernando Valley. Summer temperatures regularly push past 100°F, and commercial cooling systems run hard from May through October. If your rooftop units or split systems haven't been inspected since last fall, they are going into peak demand season with five to six months of dust, debris, and wear on every component. That's how you end up with a tenant calling at 2 PM on a Friday in July saying their suite has no air conditioning.
A spring maintenance visit catches the problems that cause summer emergencies, low refrigerant, dirty condenser coils, worn capacitors, clogged drain lines, and failing contactors. These are $150-$650 fixes in April. They become $350-$850 emergency repair calls in August when the system is running at full load and every HVAC contractor in the Valley is booked out for days. Pre-season maintenance is the cheapest insurance a property manager can buy.
We also see Northridge properties dealing with air quality concerns tied to Valley dust, wildfire smoke seasons, and aging ductwork in older commercial buildings near Reseda Boulevard and Parthenia Street. A maintenance visit includes filter inspection and replacement, which directly impacts tenant comfort and complaints. Clean filters and coils also reduce the energy load on your units, commercial HVAC systems account for over 40% of a building's total energy use, and neglected systems push that number even higher.
We don't sell a one-size-fits-all maintenance contract. The strip mall on Tampa Avenue with four rooftop package units has different needs than a three-story medical office building on Devonshire or an apartment complex off Nordhoff with 20 individual split systems. We build each maintenance agreement around your property, how many units, what type of equipment, how heavily the building is used, and what your tenants require. You get a plan that covers what actually needs to be covered, without paying for services you don't need.
Our standard commercial maintenance agreements include two scheduled visits per year, one in spring before cooling season and one in fall before heating season. Higher use properties like restaurants, medical facilities, and server rooms can add quarterly or monthly visits. Every plan includes priority scheduling for service calls, meaning if something breaks between visits, you move to the front of the line.
Every maintenance visit follows a comprehensive checklist designed for commercial cooling systems. Our technicians don't just swap a filter and leave, they perform a full operational inspection of each unit, document their findings, and report back to you with photos and recommendations. You get a clear picture of every system's condition so you can budget for repairs before they become emergencies.
Maintenance Checklist includes:
Inspect Condenser and Evaporator Coils - Inspect and clean both coils to restore proper heat transfer and reduce energy costs
Check Refrigerant Levels - Check charge and inspect line sets for leaks that shorten compressor life and cause uneven temperatures
Check Electrical Components - Tighten connections, test capacitors, contactors, and relays to prevent compressor failure
Clean Condensate Drain Lines - Flush and clear drains and inspect pumps to prevent water damage to ceilings and interiors, this is usually $220 per unit, included in our maintenance plans.
Belt and Motor Inspection - Check fan belts for cracking, lubricate bearings, and inspect blower assemblies
Air Filters - Inspect and replace based on plan, minimum replacing 2 times per year.
System Documentation - Written report with photos, findings, and recommendations for warranty, lease compliance, and capital planning
Priority Service On Calls / Repairs
LA Heating and Air has been a licensed HVAC contractor in the San Fernando Valley for over 15 years with 600+ verified five-star reviews. Our technicians are EPA certified and carry the parts needed for most common commercial repairs on our trucks. When we find a problem during a maintenance visit, we can usually fix it same day, no waiting for parts, no gap in your cooling.
The best time is March through April, before the first sustained heat wave hits the Valley. Scheduling in spring means we catch problems while demand is low, parts are available, and our schedule has flexibility. If you wait until June, you're competing with every emergency call in the San Fernando Valley for technician availability.
At minimum, twice per year, once in spring before cooling season and once in fall before heating season. Restaurants, medical offices, server rooms, and high-traffic retail spaces should schedule quarterly. We'll recommend the right frequency for your property type during the initial walkthrough.
Maintenance agreement clients get priority scheduling on all repair calls. During peak summer season, non-contract customers may wait days for service. Our contract clients move to the front of the line and get reduced diagnostic fees. Call (818) 660-1062 and we dispatch a technician, typically same-day for maintenance clients.
Absolutely. We offer portfolio maintenance agreements that cover multiple properties under one contract with volume pricing. We coordinate scheduling across all locations and provide consolidated reporting so you have one maintenance record per property. Several of our clients manage multiple Northridge and San Fernando Valley commercial properties this way.
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