“Our AC quit on a Sunday in July. The tech found a clogged condensate line that had tripped the float switch, told us nothing was actually broken, cleared it properly and showed us the readings before he left. Honest and quick.”
Copperfield Plumbing & Air · Tampa, FL
Plumbing and AC repair in Tampa
AC blowing warm, no hot water, or a leak you can hear? We measure before we price, show you the readings, and fix what's actually wrong. Not what sells.
- Diagnostic charge told on the phone
- Readings on every report
- One truck for AC and plumbing
Quotes from photos
Get a quote from photos
Send a photo of the problem: under the sink, the water heater, the leak. The Copperfield office writes a quote from it, and you pick a day for the visit.
- Send photosRight in the chat, from your phone. It tells you which ones help.
- Get your quoteWritten by a person here from your photos, usually within the hour during office hours.
- Pick a daySay yes, choose a day, and we text you to confirm the time.
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Rather talk it through? Call (407) 617-6094.
What a quote looks like
Water heater, 50 gallon
$1,650–$1,950
From your photos, confirmed on site
Two trades, one truck
Cooling or plumbing?
Pick the side of the house that's giving you trouble. If it's both, that's why we carry both.
Cooling
Air conditioning
Warm air, ice on the line, a system that shuts itself off, or a room that never cools.
See AC repair
Plumbing
Plumbing
No hot water, a dripping relief valve, a drain that won't clear, or a meter that won't stop.
See water heatersStart with the symptom
What is it doing?
Tap the one that sounds like your house. The chat tells you what to check first, when to stop and call, and passes your details to the office.
No cold airWarm air, long run times, or a system that won't start.Ask about this →Ice on the lineAirflow or charge. It has to thaw before anyone can tell.Ask about this →It shut itself offUsually the float switch on a blocked drain, doing its job.Ask about this →One room never coolsStatic pressure and the return, before any equipment.Ask about this →No hot waterElement, thermostat, gas valve, or the tank's age.Ask about this →Water where it shouldn't beFind the shut-off first. We'll walk you to it.Ask about this →Slow or backing upOne fixture or the main line. Cast iron and PVC differ.Read more →The meter won't stopA slab leak, or a recirculation valve. Not the same bill.Ask about this →
Supply–return split · a Brandon job, August
19°F
In range, as leftSplit, as found12°F
Split, as left19°F
Superheat19 → 11°F
Subcooling2 → 9°F
Why homeowners call us back
We show you the numbers.
A working system in Tampa humidity splits 16–22°F between the air going in and the air coming out. This one read 12°F when we arrived. The cause was a leaking service port worth a few dollars, not the new system someone had quoted.
The split
Two thermometers and five minutes. Ask anyone who works on your AC for it.
Superheat and subcooling
How a charge is actually checked, not by feel at a vent.
Static pressure
Most homes are designed for about 0.5 inch. Above that, the blower is fighting your ducts.
What you’re handed
You keep the report, including what we didn’t sell you.
Every visit ends with a written service report. Next summer, it’s the one piece of paper that tells the next tech exactly what your system was doing.
- The readings, as found and as left, next to the number they should be.
- Every line priced before the work, part and labor named.
- What you asked for and we advised against, and why. It’s printed at $0.00.
Your copy
Service report SR-4417
01$189.00
Nitrogen pressure test and electronic leak search
Coils, line set and both service ports. Pressurized to 350 psig with dry nitrogen, walked with the detector, soaped where it alarmed. Schrader core at the liquid port weeping.
02$14.00
Schrader core, liquid service port
Core replaced, both cap gaskets renewed. The part is a few dollars; finding which one it was is the job.
03$318.00
Evacuate and weigh in charge
Pulled to 480 microns, decay test held at 510. Charge weighed in to the nameplate, 6 lb 4 oz, then confirmed on superheat and subcooling.
04$95.00
Blower wheel cleaned, filter rack sealed
Dust loaded on every blade; a finger-wide gap at the return boot pulling garage air, sealed with mastic.
05$0.00
“Just top up the refrigerant” — declined
Requested and not done. A sealed system doesn’t use refrigerant; low means leaking. The leak was found and fixed instead (line 01).
06$0.00
Run capacitor — measured, not sold
34.6 µF on a 35 µF part, inside its ±6% tolerance. It stays.
07$0.00
Duct static pressure — written down, not priced
0.78″ w.c. against a 0.50″ design. A real duct problem, but not today’s, and not what you called about. On the record for next time.
Total$616.00
As left: split 19°F · superheat 11°F · subcooling 9°F · float switch dry.
What we do
Plumbing and AC services in Tampa
Eight services, all done by our own techs. Every one starts with a look and a measurement, not a guess.
CoolingAC repair
Warm air, ice on the copper or a system that shut itself off, diagnosed with gauges before anything is priced.
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CoolingAC replacement
A new system sized for your house, behind ducts we measured first, with the permit handled.
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CoolingAC maintenance
Spring and fall visits with the readings written down, so a problem shows up before it strands you.
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CoolingDuctwork & airflow
Static pressure, returns and leaky attic ducts, measured before anybody sells you equipment.
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PlumbingWater heaters
Tank and tankless repair and replacement, with the relief valve and expansion tank checked every time.
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PlumbingDrain clearing
Slow and backed-up drains cleared with the right tool, and an honest word about why it clogged.
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PlumbingLeak detection
A meter that won't stop or a warm spot on the floor, traced before anyone opens a wall or the slab.
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PlumbingRepipe
Whole-house repipes in PEX when the evidence says so, and a plain repair when it doesn't.
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Maintenance plan
A maintenance visit you can read.
The same readings every visit, written down, so the next one tells you something.
- Two visits a year, before the heat and after it.
- Coil washed, drain flushed, float switches tested by lifting them, not looking at them.
- Your numbers beside last visit’s, so a slow leak shows up before the house gets warm.
- Priority when it’s 95° out and everyone is calling.
Reviews
What Tampa Bay homeowners say
4.9
from 312 reviews
“Two other companies quoted us a new water heater. Copperfield replaced the relief valve, fitted a properly charged expansion tank and explained exactly why the valve had been dripping. A fraction of the price.”
“They measured the ducts before quoting a new system and found our return was badly undersized. They fixed that first, and the back bedroom finally cools. Nobody had ever measured anything before.”
Day or night
Ask before you call.
The chat on this site tells you what to check first, when to stop and call, and passes your name and number to the office.
It won’t price a job from a description, and it will never ask you to get on a ladder or into the attic.
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Local
Where we work in Hillsborough County
We’d rather be forty minutes from everybody we serve than two hours from half of them.
- Tampa
- Riverview
- Brandon
- Temple Terrace
- Lutz
- Carrollwood
- Plant City
- Town ’n’ Country
- Westchase
- Seffner
Straight answers
Questions we hear most
My AC needs a pound of refrigerant every summer. Can you just add it?
No, and it's worth knowing why. A refrigerant circuit is sealed; nothing uses refrigerant up. If it's low, it's leaking, and adding more sends the new gas out of the same hole at your expense. Knowingly venting refrigerant is also illegal under Section 608 of the Clean Air Act.
We find the leak instead. It's often a Schrader core or a flare fitting, and those are cheap parts.
The coil is frozen solid. Is that low refrigerant?
Maybe. It's just as likely to be airflow: a dirty filter or coil causes exactly the same ice. Switch the cooling off and leave the fan on so it thaws; the readings we take afterwards tell the two apart.
Somebody told me I need a capacitor. Do I?
Possibly. Ask for the number. A capacitor is stamped with its rating and its tolerance, usually ±6%, and a meter reads it in seconds. If it measures inside that, it's fine.
The relief valve on my water heater drips. Can it be capped?
Never. That valve is the only thing between a failed thermostat and a tank with enough stored energy to go through a roof. The drip is usually thermal expansion, and the fix is a correctly charged expansion tank.
Do you charge to come out?
There's a diagnostic charge for a service call, and we tell you what it is on the phone before anyone drives out. It covers the diagnosis and the readings, and you keep the written report whether or not you go ahead.
Tampa · Hillsborough County
Get somebody out with gauges on the truck.
Tell us what it’s doing. If it can wait, we’ll say so. If it can’t, the office will call you to agree a time.