With homeowners delaying big-ticket projects but still spending on urgent repairs, HVAC contractors that respond quickly and offer clear options may be best positioned to win.
Rising equipment costs, refrigerant transitions, and broader economic pressure are forcing contractors and homeowners alike to take a closer look at when a compressor swap still makes sense.
The real question is whether this pace of change continues once incentives wind down — or whether the last few years of acceleration were partly a policy-and-refrigerant-transition moment that won’t repeat.
A recent survey shows that majority of homeowners wait until their HVAC equipment breaks to replace it, or after it has needed to make multiple repairs.