Oak Forest Air Conditioning Service

Experienced techs and honest company. Always punctual and great customer service. Have used them 4 times and will be back

Was referred by a friend of mine as I had never used this company in the past.
I had messed up a thermostat installation and it is late August with no air!
Tom was at my home and fixed my wiring snafu in a very short time.
Fast, capable, and very reasonable on the service call. I would give them six stars if I could!

Called to request an inspection, after our home inspector suggested having an HVAC specialist come out and take a detailed look. I was informed they «don’t do those» anymore and it would be more than 2 weeks before they had time anyway. Glad their business is doing so well they can turn people away, but they won’t be getting any more calls from me.

Had someone come to my house for an estimate. Never got it. Never got a call back. I guess they weren’t interested but it would have been nice to have been called back.

Called Oak Forest after being lied to by One Call Services and I’m very thankful for the great, honest service Tom provided. He was very quick to respond to my service call and my heater was up and running in no time at a very low cost.

Better priced and more honest.
When my heater stopped working, a competitor misdiagnosed it as worn out ball bearings and wanted to replace the heater for ~$ 2400 or the entire unit for ~$ 8000. Yet these guys (more experienced) recognized that it was simply a loose screw that was inhibiting proper cylinder rotation. They rebuilt it and only charged me the standard inspection fee of $ 58.50.
The only downside with these guys is that they are sometimes back-​logged for a few days because they are so popular.

I had Oak Forest over at my new house to:
1) Check out why my AC unit was vibrating the whole house; and
2) Install a trap on the primary drain line.
Tom installed rubber pads on the unit to cut down on the vibration, but it didn’t do the trick. He stated that the blower wheel is out of balance, and suggested replacing it. Because the unit was under warranty, we had the company who installed the unit replace the blower wheel for us.
Tom came back out a few days later and installed the trap.
For checking out the AC unit, installing the rubber pads, and coming back to install the trap, I was only charged $ 105.
These guys are awesome.
Please note that they are a bit old fashioned, and do not have an email address.

These guys are the best. They are the third AC company I’ve used in as many years, but they are the ones I would call again. They did the work quickly and their price was BY FAR the best. The service is great, too – returned calls the same day, called me when they were on their way over, and were very friendly.

Great service. They got my a/​c running again, but it just didn’t feel quite as cool as before. They came out again and found a small leak. Fixed it for no charge. Now my a/​c is super cool. Plus they’re local and friendly.

I struggled over this rating, because I want to like the people in my neighborhood and especially those who are not anonymous, but sometimes I just run into bizarre.
I had a thermostat that was running my fan 24/​7, so I tried to change it out and ran into a problem.
I called in the experts, who are often the same couple of guys from visit to visit, which I like, and they struggled with it for a while and pronounced it done and left.
Well the fan went on and off with the temperature changes, but the AC compressor did not, so I called them back.
This is where it gets strange. When they came back they insisted on looking at the compressor, as though that is where the problem would be, when the logical place to start would have been the most recently worked upon components.
After 15 minutes or so, they worked it out and diagnosed it as a loose wire from their visit earlier in the day, so everyone was happy.
The up sides were that the original call cost less than $ 70, the second visit was no charge and that these were people known in the area.
The down side is that we went half a day without AC because somebody forgot to check that the first installation was completed properly.
Will I use them again? Certainly, they are my local shop and reasonably inexpensive compared to the general contractors with the TV ads and anonymous hordes of rampaging technicians. Am I enthralled? Not really, they could do better, quicker, but they will get another chance.