MUNNs A/C -- your experience or recommendation
 

Well, lucky me, been here one month and my A/C just stopped working -- blowing warm air. There's a label on the unit from Munn A/C out of Fruitland Park. Called them and they installed it in 2008 (Trane unit). I have an appt with them tomorrow to come find out what's wrong. Any body on here have any experience or recommendation on Munn? I did look in the Contractor listings page on here, but didn't see their name; however, that probably doesn't mean they're not a good reliable company and just no one has listed them.

On the phone, the guy I spoke with at Munn said it's probably in need of refrigerant and that it may new new coils. Apparently, refrigerant should never leak. New coils were estimated at over $1k. Don't know if that's reasonable or not. Smart thing to do would be to call 3 companies and get their diagnostics and quotes (each, of course, charge a service fee); however, it's hot in here and I want the A/C fixed as soon as possible.

Basically, want to know if anyone's had experience with Munn and their opinion on the company. Thank you in advance.

Munn's installed our heat pump when our house was built in 2016. We have had Munns service it each year and have been happy with their service and their fee. Others may have had the same or different experience. If yours was installed in 2008, it is 13 years old. I do not know what the life expectancy is for heat pumps and air conditioners. It may be approaching the time to replace it rather than repair it, especially if the repair cost is high.

Mann or Munn’s? If it’s Munn’s, they’ve put in two mini-split systems for us and they do our yearly service calls; we had no issues with them.

If it needs refrigerant, you have a leak. If you need a new evaporator coil, it will be expensive. It sounds like you need a new system. Get 3 quotes. Start with Munn's and Chuck Farrell. I have not heard of Mann, but the only BBB listing shows the company as being out of business. He has 6 Yelp reviews with an average of only 2 stars out of 5.

Thanks for the info.

I think it's Munn's -- probably need to go and try to read the sticker on the A/C again.

Went out and reread the sticker. It's Munn's. Thanks for the info.

We have had Munns for 9 years and we are very satisfied with their service.

Munns is not the cheapest but they have always done what they say and we've had them since 2002.

Used Munn's for years, have been very satisfied with their services.

Munns is / was the original AC contractor for TV. They have been great for us.

We've had Munns for the 7 years we've been here and they've always done satisfactory work for us. Even came out on a Sunday night when ours was blowing warm air like yours. All was covered by warranty.
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We find that they are very good and responsive.

We use sun kool been fair with us.

I use Munn’s very satisfied with them and purchased the extended warranty 10 years parts and labor covered.

I used Munn’s one time. They sent 3 different repair guys... each one claimed to have fixed the problem. Finally, I called JC’s AC and he fixed the problem right away for 1/3 the cost I had already paid Munn’s!!!

Call Chuck Farrell before you spend thousands of dollars. Honest and trustworthy.

I trust Manns. They do good work and friendly technicians.

We have Munn’s. Like them. Had them service our 1st house here as well. No problems.

I switched from another company to Munn’s and have been happy but not used for any large issues.

We had our new hvac system installed by DeSantis, and we're very happy. But the best tip was when they came out to check, and told us it would be a couple of days before installation, they recommended that we buy a small window air conditioner to get us through the heat. And it worked! Afterwards, we donated it to a women's shelter. Worth it!!!

Excellent sales and service experience with Munn. I signed a maintenance contract for 2 yearly services $139. $40 cheaper then same service back in Jersey. My AC went out Mother’s Day Munn was here. Quick response. No charge bc it was under service contract.

Is there water around the unit? Might just need the drip pipe opened and flowing out...if it get plugged air will stop working. I pour warm soapy water down the pipe monthly to keep it flowing!

Munn's the word! We used them for our new AC installation in 2020, they are great.

We use M&S for years and had no issues. Our a/c stopped working and we called for repairs. They were out within the hour and had its up and running. 5 stars in my book.

It sounds like you only have one AC unit for your whole house. Before we bought a home in Florida, one of the vacation rental homes we rented had one AC unit for the home, plus a mini split in the master bedroom and a mini split for the enclosed lani. I thought that was a very smart idea! That way, you can have the temperature lower in the master bedroom at night, instead of the whole house. Another benefit is when, not if, the main AC fails, you have back up AC for your house. You could run the split units, and use fans to blow the cool air around the house. Then you could limp by until the main AC system was repaired or replaced.

The Florida house we ended up buying has a heat pump AC unit for the main house and a second heat pump unit for the master bedroom suite area. That’s also a smart way to have a lower sleeping temperature in the master bedroom and have back up AC if or when one of the AC systems fail.

If you just have one heat pump AC unit for the whole house, you should consider adding a mini split for your master bedroom, so that you could have a lower sleeping temperature and have backup AC in your home. Then you could limp by with the backup AC, since open windows and fans don’t cut it in Florida in the long summertime!

In Minnesota, I bought six portable electric space heaters for backup heat, in case my furnace quit working. I did that after the second emergency repair call in the middle of the winter.

Having a backup AC system is very important in Florida!

I had same issue, after recently moving(buying) here a couple years ago. I called Munns, technician came out, and told me almost exact same thing as they told you. Then, their office called and tried to sell me a new unit(mine was 7yrs old). I also had my split unit in lanai go, and same tech quoted me parts and labor for 3 different parts??? (NOTE: Kind of unusual for 3 parts to all go bad?!) Needless to say, I called someone else(independent contractor, also a Vet), who was a nice young guy. He lifted the humidistat, showed me where it fills with water(shuts down the system), drained and cleaned it, and PRESTO! Everything works! NO 3 bad parts! For the main unit, it was a capacitor. No need for a new coil, etc. And no more Munns!

Used Munn's for service because that name was on the unit. Said Freon was low so sent out another technician for that. He said probably had a leak and it would be $175 to look, but no guarantee of finding the leak. I chose to have Freon added. That was March 29th. So far it's still cooling.

Here is my experience with Munn’s. Husband in hospital and I’m there all day. When I get home I realize house hasn’t started to cool down for bedtime. Air not working. I call Munn’s at 9 PM and a gracious lady says if I will be up they will be here by 11. A very professional guy named Bill came, reassured me he would fix it and did so within a half hour. Cost $80. I had their maintenance and parts program and only had to pay half of emergency service charge. They have done our service since moved in 5 years ago and have always be fair and done a great job!

We use Munns and they were fair to us and quick. At this time of the year, may not be practical to get 3 estimates, especially if you need a new system unless you have a small window type AC or willing to get a hotel for several nights. Too hot.

We’ve used Munn’s since purchasing our Pre-Owned home 3 years ago in Hillsboro. Great service technicians. Annual service is worth the money as they catch issues prior to a break down reducing spending big money on an emergency repair

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Us, 7 years with Munns. They installed our Carrier system in our new Gilchrist home back then, and we have been with them since. Highly recommend them A+.
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Munns is the BEST! I’ve been here almost 16 years and my AC went after 12 years. They are meticulous and I have a twice-a-year maintenance contract with them. Several times they made house calls for me and didn’t charge me for the visits. I highly recommend them but there are also several other good companies out there. To sum it up—-they say that 7-10 years is the most you should expect an AC unit to last in Fl

I had them yesterday for my lanai AC. Excellent~texted me they were on their way, prompt, efficiecient, professional and reasonable.

Munn’s
 

We have used Munn’s for four years! Love them! They are very professional and knowledgeable.

My AC & Furnace units (Trane) were installed by Munn's in 2005. Both are still in good shape, in fact, the AC was just checked yesterday. I get each checked once a year. I highly recommend Munn's.

Munis or Broward
 

We use Broward Factory Service and have a contract on all our appliances. We’ve been well pleased.

Munns is fantastic. Top notch company. We have had them for 12 years doing our yearly inspections.

We have used Sun Kool and have been very satisfied.

You can save money by buying a system from a smaller company. But, if I needed a new HVAC system, I would most likely buy it from Munn's because they are available for repairs every day. They have lots of technicians. Last summer, my AC failed at 10 AM on a Saturday morning, and Munn's had it repaired by 2 PM. And, I don't have a service contract with them. I don't think service contracts are worth the cost from any company.