Every building we look after gets a label
Davidson works on heating, cooling and ventilation in Round Rock and north Austin — managed buildings, and the houses around them. What we are actually selling is a record: what is installed, what condition it is in, what was measured and when. Most of this town has none.
Six things, and a record of each
A county built quickly
Round Rock, Pflugerville, Hutto, Leander and Cedar Park have gone up fast, and speed leaves marks. Flexible duct pulled tight round a corner and never straightened. A return that is one size smaller than the drawing. A converted bonus room with a supply and no return. A rooftop unit installed for a shell and never revisited when the tenant turned out to be a restaurant.
None of that is a scandal and most of it is fixable. It is simply what happens when a lot of buildings go up in a short time, and it is why measuring is worth more here than an opinion is.
Five things this website does not print
| Prices | A rooftop unit on a curb, a split system in an attic and a duct renovation are three different jobs. A figure here would be a guess with a confident face on it. |
| A response time | We do not publish one. On the worst week of August nobody in this county can hold to a published figure. We will tell you where you are in the queue when you ring. |
| Savings percentages | It depends entirely on what you had before and how you use the building. Anybody printing a number has chosen the flattering case. |
| Reviews and ratings | There are none on this site. When there are real ones they will be somewhere you can check them, under their own names. |
Asked most often
My house is only a few years old. Why does it not cool properly?
Usually the ductwork rather than the equipment. A new house is assembled quickly, and flexible duct is easy to pull tight around a truss, to leave sagging over a joist, or to connect badly at the boot. Returns are often one size down from the drawing, and bonus rooms are regularly finished without a return path. All of those produce symptoms that look exactly like an undersized system and all of them are much cheaper to put right.
What is static pressure and why do you keep mentioning it?
It is the resistance the blower is working against, and it is the single most informative measurement in a house. High static pressure means the system cannot move the air it was designed to move, which reduces capacity, makes the house uncomfortable and shortens the life of the blower and the compressor. It takes ten minutes to measure and it is almost always missing from any previous visit.
The house is cold but it feels damp. What causes that?
Almost always an oversized system, occasionally return-side duct leakage. Cooling and drying are two different jobs and the drying only happens while the machine is actually running. A system that satisfies the thermostat in eight minutes never runs long enough to take the moisture out, so you get cold heavy air. Fitting something larger makes it worse.
Do you take on maintenance contracts for buildings?
Yes, but not before we have surveyed the building. Signing a schedule for equipment nobody has looked at is how you end up with a contract that covers the two units that were fine. The survey comes first, it is written down, and the document belongs to the building rather than to us.
Do you publish a response time?
No. On the worst week of an Austin August nobody in this county can honestly hold to a published figure, and the companies that print one are the hardest to reach when it matters. We will tell you where you are in the queue when you ring, and we will say if somebody else can get there sooner.
Which areas do you cover?
Round Rock, Pflugerville, Hutto, Georgetown, Cedar Park, Leander, Taylor and north Austin.
Sunrise Road, Round Rock
1240 Sunrise Rd, Round Rock, TX 78664. We cover Round Rock, Pflugerville, Hutto, Georgetown, Cedar Park, Leander, Taylor and north Austin.
Monday to Friday, 7.30am to 4.30pm. (325) 208-3607