After-Hours Service for a Community That Deserves It
Arnaudville is a small town, about 1,100 people living where St. Landry and St. Martin parishes meet at the confluence of Bayou Teche and Bayou Fuselier. When your AC dies at midnight in August, you don’t have the luxury of scrolling through a dozen local HVAC companies. Options are limited in a community this size, and the national chains based in Baton Rouge or Houston aren’t racing to send someone to a town most of their dispatchers can’t pronounce.
F & R Air Conditioning offers after-hours emergency service, and Arnaudville is firmly within our service territory. We’ve been serving St. Landry Parish communities since 1956, and our technicians know the roads, the neighborhoods, and many of the HVAC systems in this area from years of regular service calls.
What Qualifies as an HVAC Emergency
Not every HVAC problem warrants a midnight service call, and we won’t push you toward one if the situation can safely wait until morning. But certain situations are genuinely dangerous and need immediate attention.
Complete AC failure during extreme heat. When it’s 95 degrees and humid, indoor temperatures can climb to dangerous levels within a couple of hours after the system stops running. This is especially critical for households with elderly residents, infants, or anyone with respiratory conditions. Louisiana heat is a serious health threat, and AC failure during a heat event is a medical concern, not just a comfort issue.
Gas smells near your furnace or anywhere in your home. Natural gas leaks are a fire and explosion risk. If you smell rotten eggs (the additive in natural gas), leave the house immediately. Don’t flip light switches, use your phone inside, or try to locate the leak yourself. Call 911 from outside, then call us.
Burning or electrical odors from your HVAC system. Shut the system off at both the thermostat and the breaker panel. An overheating motor, a failing capacitor, or damaged wiring can all produce these smells, and all are fire hazards.
Carbon monoxide detector activation. Get everyone out of the house immediately, including pets. Call 911 first, then call us. CO poisoning is silent and lethal, and a malfunctioning furnace or gas heating system is a common source.
Active water flooding from your system. A cracked condensate drain pan, a frozen evaporator coil that’s thawing, or a burst condensate line can dump significant water into your ceiling or walls. The longer it runs, the worse the water damage gets.
Situations That Can Wait
A system that’s running but not cooling quite as well as normal, a thermostat that seems inaccurate, or a new noise that started this afternoon are all worth calling about, but they can typically wait for regular business hours. You’ll save the after-hours premium and get the same quality service.
Keeping Your Family Safe While You Wait
If your AC fails during a summer night, the house will warm up quickly. Open windows if the outdoor temperature is lower than inside, and point fans directly at the people in the house rather than at empty rooms. Move to the lowest floor, since heat rises. Wet towels placed on the back of the neck or forehead help, especially for children and elderly family members. Stay hydrated.
For heating emergencies during one of our periodic hard freezes (they don’t happen often in Vermilion and St. Landry parishes, but they hit hard when they do), close off unused rooms to concentrate whatever heat remains. Layer blankets and clothing. An electric space heater can bridge the gap safely, but never use a gas oven, charcoal grill, or propane heater indoors.
Local Technicians, Not a Dispatch Center
When you call F & R’s emergency line, you’re reaching our team, not a call center contractor farming your request out to whoever is available. Our technicians stock parts for the Lennox®, Carrier, and other systems common in Acadiana homes. They arrive with diagnostic tools and the experience to identify the problem quickly, because they’ve been working on homes like yours for years.
Arnaudville is about 20 minutes from our Abbeville shop. For after-hours emergency HVAC service, call F & R Air Conditioning at (337) 893-5646. We’re here when you need us.