AC Installation in Enid, OK
A new air conditioner in Enid will run from May through September every year. Tell us about the house, and a licensed contractor who covers Garfield County will get in touch.
Tell us about the job
It takes about a minute.
Five months of 93 degree afternoons
From May through September your air conditioner runs against summer afternoons that average 93°F. That is a long stretch of hard work for a compressor, and it means the unit you install needs to be sized and installed right for those conditions, not just for a mild day in spring.
Garfield County has also seen its share of hail and wind, 91 hail events and 109 damaging wind events over the past ten years, with hail as large as 2.75 inches. The outdoor unit sits outside through all of that, so how it holds up matters as much as how it cools. Any new central air conditioner installed today has to meet the federal minimum of 14.3 SEER2, so that baseline is already built into what you're buying.
- 5 months
- May through September, your air conditioner is on duty
- 93°F
- the average summer afternoon it cools against
- 91 hail events
- in ten years, and hail bends the fins on outdoor coils
- 13.4 SEER2
- the federal minimum any new unit must meet
NOAA nClimDiv, 1991–2020 normals
Going above the federal minimum saves little here, about $20 a year.
Estimates for a typical Garfield County home, from EIA household energy data, Oklahoma fuel prices and NOAA climate normals. Your home will differ.
Oklahoma requires HVAC contractors to hold a state license.
The Construction Industries Board tests contractors before it licenses them, and the license belongs to the contractor, not to any single job. That means the license you check on a Garfield County installer is the same one that stood behind every other job they've done in Oklahoma.
Because the state already licenses the contractor, that license is what stands behind this installation. On top of it, most cities and counties in Oklahoma require a permit for a job like this and an inspection once the work is done. That permit and inspection check the installation itself, separate from the contractor's license.
Source: Oklahoma State Legislature
- What size air conditioner does my house need?
- The right size depends on your square footage, your insulation, how many windows you have and which way they face, and the layout of your ductwork. There's no shortcut number that works for every house on your street, even ones that look the same from outside. A contractor will walk through your home and run a load calculation to figure out the tonnage you actually need. Going too big or too small both cause problems, so this is worth getting right rather than guessing.
- Should I replace the whole system or just the outdoor unit?
- If your indoor coil and outdoor unit aren't matched, replacing only the outdoor unit can hurt efficiency and shorten the life of both. New central air conditioners have to meet a 14.3 SEER2 minimum, and an old indoor coil often isn't built to work with that. Age matters too. If your system went in years ago, the indoor coil is likely near the end of its own life anyway. A contractor can check whether your existing coil and ductwork will pair well with a new outdoor unit, or whether replacing both makes more sense.
- Do HVAC contractors in Enid need a state license to work on my home?
- Yes. Oklahoma requires HVAC contractors to hold a state license through the Construction Industries Board. That license covers the contractor, not each individual job. For an AC installation, you'll also want to check that the job gets a permit from the local building office, since most cities require an inspection once the work is done.