Two brothers started TLS Air Conditioning in 2015. Eleven years later there are 25 of us working out of one shop in Pinellas Park, we cover ten counties on both coasts, and we still do not subcontract a single job — the person who installs your system works here.
We do AC repair, AC installation, AC replacement and AC maintenance for homeowners, as a licensed contractor certified by the State of Florida. Only homeowners. And we size every system with a load calculation instead of reading the tonnage off the unit we are taking out, which is a smaller sentence than it sounds like and the reason your house will not feel clammy at 74 degrees.
Install a new system with us and live with it for a full year. If you are not totally happy, we do whatever we can to make it right — and if we cannot make it right, we take the system out and refund the full purchase price you paid us.
That is one of seven guarantees we put in writing. The others cover the price not moving after you have agreed it, replacing the whole system if any two components fail in five years, matching any licensed competitor’s quote on the same equipment, and leaving your home cleaner than we found it.
The refund window is one year from the date of purchase, and the full written terms are available before you sign — read them here.
Read all seven guarantees →We work on homes. No commercial buildings, no rooftop units, no restaurants — which means your no-cool call is never scheduled behind a commercial contract. Every job is done by a TLS employee; we do not subcontract any part of it.
Capacitors, contactors, refrigerant leaks, blocked condensate drain lines and compressor failures. We measure static pressure on every call, because a system that is not moving enough air will fail again for the same reason.
AC repair across Tampa Bay & Southwest Florida →A new system for new construction, an addition, or a home that never had central air. Sized by Manual J load calculation, permitted and inspected — not a rule of thumb read off the unit we are taking out.
AC installation and system sizing →A full changeout with a matched air handler and condenser, an AHRI certificate, the changeout permit pulled and the old equipment hauled away. The price is written down before anything is touched, and it does not move.
AC replacement with a full-year guarantee →Coil cleaning, refrigerant pressure check, drain line flush and airflow verification, plus a check of the condenser coil for salt air corrosion if you are near the water. It also keeps the documentation your manufacturer warranty depends on.
AC maintenance and 31-point tune-ups →Garages, lanais, additions and the one bedroom that never cools. This is where TLS started, which is why we still calculate loads room by room instead of guessing — and why a single head is sometimes the honest answer.
Ductless mini split systems →Duct leakage and undersized returns are the failure variable nobody quotes on, and the reason some correctly sized systems still underperform. We replace, install and seal ductwork — we do not do duct cleaning.
Ductwork replacement, installation and sealing →Every one of these starts the same way: we find the real problem first and quote second — and whatever we agree to is what you pay.
We install and service every major residential air conditioning brand — and we are not tied to any of them.
That second half matters more than a row of logos suggests. A contractor who is a single-brand dealer has a commercial reason to put that brand in your house whether or not it is the right match for your load. We are not in that position, so the question we answer is which equipment fits your house rather than which equipment we are obliged to sell.
Not seeing your make? We still work on it. Servicing a brand and being tied to a brand are two different things, and we only do the first. Ductless is where TLS started, which is why the mini split list is not an afterthought here. Ductless mini splits →
What we will not do is quote you a brand name without the model numbers and the AHRI matched-system certificate beside it. The efficiency rating printed on the box only holds if the indoor and outdoor units are rated to work together, and asking for that certificate is the fastest way to find out whether three quotes are actually comparable. See what is in our written proposal →
Florida systems run ten to twelve months a year, against a five-month season almost everywhere else. That is why we service twice, not once — and why the members are rarely the people calling us in an emergency.
Maintenance records are also what your manufacturer warranty depends on. Most manufacturers condition coverage on documented annual service, and most homeowners find that out at the moment of the claim.
Florida’s air conditioning problem is not heat. It is moisture — and the two are fixed differently.
Tampa’s cooling design temperature is 95°F, which is unremarkable. Phoenix is far hotter. What makes Florida difficult is the 77.1°F coincident wet bulb, near the top of the range in the United States, and it is that moisture — the latent load, as distinct from the sensible load your thermostat actually measures — that decides whether your house feels comfortable at 74 degrees or merely cold.
Here is what goes wrong. An oversized air conditioner cools the air to the thermostat setpoint fast and then shuts off.
“An oversized system will turn on and bring the air temperature down below the thermostat set point quickly then shut off before the system has had time to remove moisture from the air, which can cause high humidity problems in the home, especially in humid climates.”U.S. Department of Energy
The thermostat is satisfied. The moisture is still in your living room.
| If the system is | What happens | What you feel |
|---|---|---|
| Undersized | Runs constantly, never reaches setpoint on the hottest days | Hot, and an electric bill that reflects it |
| Correctly sized | Long, steady cycles that dehumidify while they cool | 74°F that actually feels like 74°F |
| Oversized | Short cycles that stop before moisture is removed | Cold and clammy, with the thermostat dropped lower and lower |
This is why we run a Manual J load calculation on every replacement instead of matching the tonnage of the unit we are removing — which may itself have been wrong for twelve years. Florida Building Code Section R403.7 requires it, and specifically prohibits padding the load for future expansion. The Department of Energy’s target is capacity between 95% and 115% of the calculated load.
Florida’s minimum efficiency for a new split system under 45,000 Btu/h is 14.3 SEER2 — but SEER2 measures how much electricity a system uses, not how much moisture it removes, and a high-SEER2 system that is oversized for the house will still leave it clammy. Efficiency and comfort are two different specifications.
We also measure static pressure on every call, because a perfectly sized system on restricted ductwork still cannot move the air it was designed to move. Tampa’s annual average relative humidity is 71%. The EPA’s target for indoor relative humidity is below 60%, and ideally 30 to 50%. Pulling a house from the first number to the second, and holding it there, is the actual job.
TLS Air Conditioning is a residential air conditioning contractor based in Pinellas Park, Florida. Seth Hoerig owns it. His brother Thomas co-founded it and is the air conditioning expert who will most likely be the one looking at your system. Courtney answers the phone.
Two brothers started the company in 2015. There are twenty-five of us now, and every one of them is a TLS employee — we do not subcontract, so the person who knocks on your door works here and is accountable to the same two people you are talking to. We serve homeowners only, across ten Florida counties on both coasts, under Florida State Certified license CAC1822364.
Every person who arrives at your home is a TLS employee.
And the company is still the two brothers who started it. Not a franchise, not owned by an investment group. When something goes wrong on your job, the person deciding how to fix it has their name on the door. Our license and insurance →
Seth runs the business, Thomas is the AC expert who will most likely look at your system. There is no regional manager above them and no private-equity group behind them — which is why the seven guarantees are worth something.
25 TLS employees · zero subcontractors · Florida State Certified CAC1822364
Ten Florida counties, one shop, one price list.
Everything runs out of 6210 44th St N in Pinellas Park — 151 communities from Tarpon Springs to Naples. We do not claim branch offices we do not have. What you get instead is the same crews and the same pricing on both coasts, which is not true of a franchise network where the company in your town and the one in the next town are separate businesses.
If you are a snowbird, or your house sits vacant from May to October, say so when you call — a vacant home needs a different setup than one that is lived in year-round.
Tampa Bay and Southwest Florida, served from one location in Pinellas Park.
Our service areas →We diagnose first, we write the price down, and then the price does not move.
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Less time than the same system would last almost anywhere else, and the reason is run hours rather than anything about the equipment. Tampa records 3,928 cooling degree days a year and Fort Myers 4,046, against a United States total of 1,633 in 2024 — between two and two and a half times the national figure. A Florida system simply does far more work per year than the identical system in Ohio. What extends its life is correct sizing, adequate airflow and documented annual maintenance, in that order. More on replacement →
Yes. A permit is required for a residential system changeout. Permitting is administered county by county so the paperwork varies, but the requirement does not. We pull the changeout permit for every replacement and we attend the final inspection. An unpermitted changeout surfaces during a home inspection when you sell, and it is the kind of thing that turns a smooth closing into a negotiation. How we handle permits →
Four things decide it: the age of the system, whether the failed part is a sealed-system component like the compressor or coil, which refrigerant it runs, and what the repair costs against a replacement. On refrigerant — an existing R-410A system is still legal to service, indefinitely, so nobody should tell you it has to go. But new systems now ship with R-454B, an A2L refrigerant that runs at different pressures and needs refrigerant-specific metering devices. It is not a drop-in, which is why replacing is a whole-system decision rather than a part swap.
We will tell you which side of the line you are on before you spend anything — and if you repair it and change your mind later, 100% of what you spend on repairs with us in a twelve-month period is credited toward a new system we install, so trying the repair first does not cost you the money you spent on it. AC repair → AC replacement →
A Manual J load calculation answers that, and no rule of thumb does. Not square footage, and not the tonnage of the unit being replaced — which may have been wrong since the day it went in. See the sizing section above for why an oversized system is worse than a slightly small one in Florida. How we size a system →
For a replacement, yes — a free in-home visit with no obligation and no cost. A repair is different: finding a fault takes a trained technician and a stocked van, and there is a diagnostic fee for that visit. We would rather tell you that up front than advertise “free estimates” and hand you an invoice at the door. Book a free estimate →
No. The 25C and 25D credits both ended on 31 December 2025 under Public Law 119-21, and nothing replaced them federally. Much of this industry is still advertising the $2,000 heat pump credit; it does not exist. If your system was placed in service on or before that date you can still claim it on your 2025 return.
Utility rebates are separate and still available — TECO, FPL and Duke Energy Florida all publish them, and Duke’s requires a free Home Energy Check before the work starts. Replace your system first and you forfeit it. Rebates and financing →
Same-day service is usually available, and emergency service runs 24 hours a day answered by a TLS employee. During office hours you will get Courtney, not a call center.
TLS Air Conditioning · License CAC1822364 · 6210 44th St N, Pinellas Park, FL 33781 · Mon–Fri 8:00am–5:00pm