Plumber, AC Repair & Electrician in Dripping Springs, TX

Not necessarily, but it is worth checking. In a two-story home the upstairs system fights heat rising from below and a roof that bakes all afternoon, so it runs longer by design. What is not normal is that system failing to hold its set temperature, icing up or short-cycling. Those point to a refrigerant leak, a dirty coil, leaking ductwork in the attic or a unit that was undersized for the west-facing rooms it serves. We check both systems, measure the temperature split and static pressure, and tell you whether the hard-working one is healthy or headed for a failure. A tune-up on both systems each spring is the cheapest way to keep it that way.

Hydrojetting, yes. Chemical drain openers, no. Jetting uses high-pressure water and nothing else, so it clears grease, scale and roots without introducing anything a septic tank cannot handle; the volume of water is modest and goes where your normal drains go. Chemical openers, on the other hand, kill the bacteria the tank depends on and can damage older pipe. On a septic home we also pay attention to where a clog is: a stoppage between the house and the tank is a drain call, while a backup that comes with soggy ground over the drain field is a septic problem that needs a septic contractor, and we will tell you which one you have. Details are on our hydrojetting page.

Very likely. Dripping Springs water is hard enough that a tankless heat exchanger without a softener ahead of it can scale up in a couple of years, and the unit protects itself by throwing a code and cutting output. The fix is a descaling flush, which we do on site, and then preventing the next one: a properly sized softener on the main line and a descaling on a yearly schedule. We also check the gas supply and venting, because a builder-installed tankless is sometimes fed by a line sized for a tank heater and starves at full fire. Everything gets priced before we start. Our tankless page covers what to expect from these units in Hill Country water.

It does, and we plan for it. The city’s outdoor lighting rules favor fixtures that are fully shielded, aimed downward and warm in color, so that light stays on your property and off the night sky. In practice that means choosing the right fixtures for a driveway, a pool deck or a barn and mounting them where they light the ground rather than the neighbors. Our licensed electricians install landscape and security lighting that fits those requirements, and we suggest checking the city’s current ordinance for specifics before a large project. The same visit can cover an EV charger, a generator or a panel evaluation. Details on our Austin-area electrical pages.