Heating and air conditioning repair across southwest Atlanta
When the upstairs will not cool down in July or the furnace quits on a January night, call Royal Air of GA. We answer 24/7 and work on air conditioners, furnaces, heat pumps and ductwork from Cascade Heights to Peachtree City.
- Phones answered 24/7
- Office in Newnan, GA
- Homes and businesses
Warm upstairsCool downstairsNeed AC or heating repair in Atlanta? Call (470) 205-5806 at any hour. A person answers, asks what the system is doing and explains what it usually means. We repair and replace central air, gas furnaces, heat pumps, ductless mini-splits and ductwork across southwest Atlanta and the nearby counties.
Heating and cooling services, grouped by system
Thirty-nine services, organized the way the equipment in your house is organized. Start with the system that is giving you trouble.
Air Conditioning
Repairs, replacements and tune-ups for central air, from a dead capacitor to a full condenser and coil swap. Most summer calls start here.
All air conditioningHeating & Heat Pumps
Gas furnaces, heat pumps and dual fuel systems, including the safety checks a gas appliance should get before the first cold night.
All heating & heat pumpsDuctless, Zoning & Controls
Mini-splits for rooms the ducts never reached, zoning for two-story homes and thermostats wired correctly the first time.
- Ductless Mini-Split Installation
- Mini-Split Repair & Cleaning
- HVAC Zoning Systems
- Smart Thermostat Installation
Ducts, Airflow & Insulation
Duct repair, sealing and replacement, attic insulation, blower motors and the dryer vent that shares the same attic.
All ducts, airflow & insulationIndoor Air Quality
Dehumidifiers for sticky summers, filtration for pollen season, UV lights, humidifiers and testing to see what your air actually holds.
- Whole-Home Dehumidifiers
- UV Lights & Air Purifiers
- Whole-Home Air Filtration
- Indoor Air Quality Testing
Emergency, Commercial & Specialty
Round-the-clock emergency calls, rooftop units, PTACs, new construction and inspections for people buying or selling a home.
- 24/7 Emergency HVAC Repair
- Commercial HVAC Repair
- Commercial Rooftop Unit Replacement
- Commercial HVAC Maintenance
How much warmer is your upstairs?
Read the thermostat upstairs and downstairs on a hot afternoon, then set the difference below. The slider shows what a gap that size usually points to in a two-story home.
Airflow is the first thing to check
At three to five degrees, look at airflow before equipment: a loaded filter, closed or blocked registers, crushed attic flex duct or a weak return upstairs. These are often fixable without new equipment.
What Atlanta weather does to a heating and air system
Atlanta now averages about 44 days a year at 90 degrees or hotter, and by mid-September 2026 the city had already logged 71 of them. Every one of those days is a long run cycle for an outdoor condenser, a hot attic for the air handler and a full drain pan under the coil.
Heat is only half of it. July and August humidity averages about 74 percent with dew points near 68 degrees, so a system has to pull water out of the air, not just cool it. An oversized unit that cools fast and shuts off leaves a house cold and clammy, which is why we talk about whole-home dehumidifiers and correct sizing as often as we talk about refrigerant.
Winters are short but real. The National Weather Service recorded 8 degrees in Atlanta on December 24, 2022, the kind of night when a heat pump leans hard on its backup strips and a furnace that skipped its fall tune-up shows it. And in spring, pollen can bury a filter in days: Atlanta Allergy & Asthma counted a record 14,801 grains on March 29, 2025.
What happens after you call
You call, any hour
A person answers. We ask what the system is doing, how old it is and whether anything smells, leaks or trips a breaker.
We talk through safe steps
If something can be checked safely while you wait, like a tripped float switch or a loaded filter, we walk you through it.
A technician diagnoses it
At the house we test before we replace: electrical readings, refrigerant pressures, airflow and static pressure, and the safety controls.
You see the options
We explain what failed, what the repair involves and, when it is worth comparing, what replacement would look like. You choose.
We fix it and clean up
The repair gets done and tested, the work area is left clean, and you know what we found and what to watch for.
Most calls are repairs, not replacements. When a system does need replacing, we size it with a load calculation rather than matching the old tonnage, because Atlanta homes are often oversized for their ductwork.
Equipment brands we service and install
Atlanta homes run a wide mix of equipment. We repair and replace Carrier, Trane, Lennox, Goodman, Rheem and Ruud split systems, Daikin and Mitsubishi Electric mini-splits, and the other brands below, and we source parts by model number rather than guessing.
Brand names are shown to describe the equipment we work on. We are not claiming a dealer or factory relationship with any manufacturer.
Southwest Atlanta, the airport cities and the counties beyond
Inside the city, much of our work is in older housing: the 1910s and 1920s bungalows of Westview and Capitol View, the Victorian houses of West End, and the 1950s and 1960s brick ranches of Collier Heights and Cascade Heights, where original ductwork is often due for attention.
Around Hartsfield-Jackson, homes in College Park, East Point and Hapeville may have been treated under the airport noise insulation program, which changes how tightly a house is sealed and how its AC behaves.
Further out, we cover South Fulton, Fayette County including Peachtree City, Douglas County and Coweta County, where our office sits in Newnan.
What you can expect when you call Royal Air
A person answers, any hour
Calls are picked up around the clock, and the first conversation is about what your system is doing, not a script.
Heating and cooling under one roof
Furnaces, heat pumps, central air, mini-splits, ducts and air quality, so one visit can look at the whole system.
Options before work starts
We explain the repair and, when it is worth comparing, the replacement, then you decide. Nothing starts without your yes.
Homes and light commercial
The same phone line handles a bungalow in Westview and a rooftop unit on a strip of shops.
Plain answers for Atlanta homeowners
Written by Eugene Glisson, our HVAC guides editor, from the problems we see on real calls.
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Questions people ask before they call
Yes. Calls are answered 24 hours a day, seven days a week, including holidays. Tell us what the system is doing and we will explain the likely cause and what happens next. See emergency heating and air help for what to do while you wait.
Our office is in Newnan and we work across southwest Atlanta and the nearby metro, including Fulton, Clayton, Fayette, Coweta, Douglas and south Cobb counties. The communities page explains coverage area by area.
We do. Much of metro Atlanta heats with heat pumps, and many homes pair a heat pump with a gas furnace. We repair, maintain and replace both, and we can explain whether a dual fuel setup makes sense for your house.
It depends on the age of the system, the refrigerant it uses, what failed and how much the repair would cost against the value left in the equipment. We give you the repair option and the replacement option side by side so you can decide. Our AC replacement cost guide covers the numbers.
Yes, and it is one of the most common problems in two-story Atlanta homes. The fix can be as simple as airflow and duct repair, or it can mean zoning or a ductless unit. Try the comfort gap slider above to see where your home probably sits.
We service offices, retail spaces, restaurants and other light commercial buildings, including rooftop package units, split systems and PTACs. Commercial calls are answered around the clock just like residential ones.
Too hot, too cold or too humid? Call any hour.
Tell us what the system is doing. We will explain what it usually means, what it might cost to fix and what happens next.