If you've lived through a Georgia summer, you know the heat is no joke. From June through September, temperatures regularly hit 95°F+ with humidity that makes it feel even hotter. Your air conditioner will run 8–16 hours per day during peak summer — that's thousands of hours of operation. Preparation is essential.
Start with Professional Maintenance
The single most important step is scheduling a professional AC tune-up before summer arrives. During our spring maintenance visit, we:
Systems that receive spring maintenance are dramatically less likely to break down during peak summer.
Prepare Your Home
Your AC doesn't work in isolation — your home's envelope affects how hard it has to work.
Seal air leaks around windows, doors, and penetrations. Hot outdoor air leaking in forces your AC to work harder.
Check attic insulation. In Georgia, you need R-38 to R-60 in your attic. Insufficient insulation lets heat radiate down into your living space.
Close blinds on south and west-facing windows during afternoon hours when solar heat gain is highest.
Use ceiling fans to supplement your AC. Fans create a wind-chill effect that lets you raise the thermostat 2–4 degrees without sacrificing comfort.
Prepare Your Outdoor Unit
Clear vegetation to at least 2 feet on all sides. Plants, mulch, and debris restrict airflow.
Rinse the unit with a garden hose to remove pollen, dirt, and cottonwood fluff that accumulated during spring.
Check the concrete pad — make sure it's level. A tilted pad can cause vibration and stress on refrigerant lines.
Set Realistic Expectations
Even a perfectly maintained AC system has limits. On the hottest Georgia days (98°F+), most residential systems are designed to maintain a 20-degree differential from outdoor temperature. That means on a 100°F day, 78–80°F indoors is realistic. If your system maintains that differential, it's working correctly.
If your system can't maintain a 20-degree differential, that's a sign of a problem — low refrigerant, dirty coils, or an undersized system.
Get ahead of summer. Call All Seasons at (770) 809-1355 to schedule your spring AC maintenance. Serving Carrollton, Villa Rica, and Douglasville.