A homeowner inside the Houston Inner Loop, in Texas, had an AC system from 2007 that could no longer keep the townhome below 80 degrees on hot afternoons. A technician came out, said there was a refrigerant leak, and recommended replacing the whole system. The first number back was $15,000.
The quote also included a separate roughly $900 charge for an electronic damper. The homeowner posted the quote in a thread from July 2026, asking whether the pricing was normal and whether that damper charge made sense.
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The quotes
The first option, $15,000, covered a complete 3.5-ton system: condenser, coil, and gas furnace, 14.5 SEER2, single-stage. About $11,000 of that was the system installed, with roughly $4,000 more for a two-zone control setup with dampers and thermostats. The separate $900 damper line sat on top of that total…