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Fast, Reliable AC Installation Across Kendall
If your Kendall home needs a new air conditioner, you’re looking at a full-system installation that typically runs between $3,500 and $7,500 in this market, with most jobs completed in one to two days once the unit arrives. We handle AC Installation for homes from West Kendall to The Hammocks, and every job includes a written price before work starts, shoe covers on every floor surface, and a photo of the clean-up before our crew pulls out of your driveway. Call (747) 966-3037 and a live person answers, 24/7, no voicemail queue.
Why Meadowsweet Heating & Air Is Kendall’s Preferred AC Installation Company
Kendall homeowners choose us for one reason that keeps showing up in every conversation: our crew treats this the way Luis Serrano trained us to treat a neighbor’s house. That means drop cloths across the tile, asking before we move anything in the garage, and keeping tools quiet during nap hours if you’ve got small kids at home. We’re backed by the Cedarwell Care Promise, the standard that has shaped this company since 2004: if it’s not done right, we make it right for 365 days after the install. No runaround, no fine print.
What’s different about us is the visible stuff. Before our technicians leave a Kendall job, they snap a photo of the cleaned-up work area and show it to you. Shoe covers go on at the door, not as an optional upsell, because the C.A.R.E. values code is the system we operate under: Clean up like it’s your own home, Ask before moving anything, Respect the family’s time and quiet hours, and Explain the price before the work. Luis Serrano has built the kind of local reputation that shows up when a Country Walk neighbor calls and says, “Hey, you did my sister’s system in 2018 and her floor still looks like it did before.”
Kendall’s housing stock is specific, and we know it well. Concrete block and stucco homes with ductwork running through attics that hit 140°F in July and August. That’s not an idle detail. It changes how we run line sets, how we seal duct connections, and how we spec equipment so you’re not replacing a coil three years early because nobody accounted for the heat. Dispatch and scheduling for our Kendall crews are coordinated from our Miami office, but the technicians working your street are local to this area and know the permit office, the hurricane code requirements, and the neighborhoods from 33173 to 33186.
Ductless Mini Split Installation in Kendall
Ductless Mini Split Installation in Kendall is the right call for a lot of homes here, especially CBS construction where adding or replacing ductwork means cutting into concrete and losing closet space. A mini split gives you zone control room by room, runs far more efficiently than a 30-year-old ducted system, and skips the attic ducts entirely, which matters in a market where those ducts bake at 140°F half the year. A typical multi-zone mini split install in Kendall runs between $3,500 and $7,500 depending on how many indoor heads you need and how far the line set has to travel.
When a Kendall Homeowner Needs Mini Splits
You park in a garage that doubles as a workshop and hits 95°F by 10 a.m. Or you added a guest room off the back that never quite cools, and running new duct from the central system would mean ripping open a flat limestone slab. Mini splits solve those problems without touching the existing ductwork. We see this most often in West Kendall neighborhoods like Country Walk, where post-Andrew rebuilds went in fast and some rooms simply never got adequate supply branches.
What the Install Involves
We mount the indoor head, run a small line set through an exterior wall, and set the outdoor condenser on a pad sized for Miami-Dade wind exposure. Every outdoor unit we install carries a Hurricane Zone NOA for wind uplift when the home requires it, which in Kendall it virtually always does. The whole job is typically done in a single day, with the price written down before we cut into anything.
AC Replacement in Kendall
AC Replacement in Kendall is often a full system swap rather than a simple condenser change, because so many homes in this area still run R-22 systems installed between 1994 and 1996 as part of the post-Andrew rebuild. Those units are at end of life, the R-22 supply is tightening every season, and the outdoor condensers were not built for the kind of dehumidification load Kendall’s dew points demand. A replacement condenser and coil in Kendall runs $3,500 to $7,500, and if you’re replacing the whole system it stays in that same range depending on tonnage and efficiency tier.
What We Find in the Rebuild Cohort
The Country Walk and Hammocks corridors are dense with these systems. Some have been maintained. Many have not. When we replace one, we run a static pressure check and look at the existing line set, because a 1995 line set buried under blown insulation in a 140°F attic is not something we want matched to a new high-efficiency condenser. In The Hammocks, we once found an old R-22 line set half-buried in insulation, so we re-ran the line set and charged the system by weight before commissioning it.
Miami-Dade NOA Is Not Optional Here
Any replacement condenser in Kendall has to carry a Miami-Dade Notice of Acceptance for wind uplift under the county’s High-Velocity Hurricane Zone rules. This is a product-approval requirement that stops at the Broward county line, and we’ve had Kendall homeowners show us quotes from out-of-area contractors who spec’d units without one. That fails inspection. We spec NOA-listed condensers on every Kendall replacement, no exceptions.
Trusted Brands We Service in Kendall
Our crews are qualified on nine leading equipment brands, and for Kendall work we most often install Trane, Lennox, Goodman, and Rheem systems. If you already have a Carrier or a Daikin and want to stay with that same brand, we can do that too. Because we’re part of the Cedarwell family of HVAC companies, we keep parts for these systems in regional stock, which means a Trane capacitor or a Lennox control board doesn’t have to ship from somewhere else. For a replacement in Country Walk or The Hammocks, that faster parts access can be the difference between a swap that happens this week and one that slips into the next heat spike.
Common AC Installation Problems We See in Kendall Homes
- R-22 refrigerant supply squeeze. The 1994-1996 rebuild cohort in Country Walk and The Hammocks is hitting end-of-life all at once, and many of those units still run R-22. The supply is drying up, which means a homeowner who waits on a leaking R-22 system ends up paying for a full swap anyway, just later and with less choice on timing.
- Condensers without a Miami-Dade NOA. New equipment sold by out-of-area contractors sometimes lacks the wind-uplift approval Kendall requires. We see this when a homeowner calls us after a failed inspection, or when a neighbor refers them because another quote wasn’t NOA-listed and the permit got bounced.
- Attic ductwork baked to dust. Kendall attics routinely top 140°F in summer, which accelerates duct degradation. We open up the attic on maybe half our installs and find either disintegrating flex duct or gaps at the connections pushing cooled air into the attic. That has to be addressed before the new system goes in, and we show you photos of what we find before we touch anything.
- Wrong tonnage for exposed lots. The western edge of Kendall gets meaningful Everglades wind exposure, and a lot of lots out there have no wind shelter from trees or neighboring structures. If we don’t account for that exposure and for 75-78°F summer dew points, the system gets undersized on latent load and your house stays sticky even with the thermostat at 72.
Pricing for AC Installation in Kendall, FL
A full AC installation in Kendall typically runs $3,500 to $7,500, and an AC replacement that includes the condenser and coil falls in that same range. Ductless mini split systems also land between $3,500 and $7,500, depending on the number of heads and line-set runs. What moves the price is tonnage, SEER rating, whether the attic ductwork needs to be sealed or replaced, and whether the concrete pad has to be upsized for wind exposure. You get a written price before any work starts, every single time. No verbal estimate, no daylight between what’s quoted and what’s on the invoice. Call (747) 966-3037 and we’ll walk through the scope on the phone, then schedule a free estimate at your Kendall home.
AC Installation Pricing in Kendall
| Service | Price Range |
|---|---|
| AC Installation (full system) | $3,500-$7,500 |
| AC Replacement (condenser + coil) | $3,500-$7,500 |
| Ductless Mini Split Installation | $3,500-$7,500 |
We Also Serve Cities Near Kendall
While this page covers Kendall, our crews also handle Kendall and neighboring communities across South Florida. If you’re in Jacksonville, Miami, Tampa, or Orlando and searching for AC Installation with the same written-price-before-work standard, the same C.A.R.E. values, and the same 365-Day Done Right Promise, we can help. Call (747) 966-3037 and a live person will get you routed to the right crew.
Serving Kendall, FL - Our Local Coverage Area
We’re based in the Kendall area and know this community well. Use the map below to see our service coverage - if you’re nearby, we can almost certainly help.
FAQs About AC Installation in Kendall
Yes. Under Miami-Dade’s High-Velocity Hurricane Zone rules, any replacement condenser in Kendall must carry a Notice of Acceptance for wind uplift, and this applies even if you’re only changing the outdoor unit. It’s a product-approval requirement that most Broward contractors never deal with, and an unapproved condenser fails inspection. Every condenser we install in Kendall is NOA-listed. Call (747) 966-3037 and we’ll confirm the NOA status of whatever unit we quote for your home.
The short answer is Hurricane Andrew. Those neighborhoods were largely destroyed in 1992 and rebuilt between 1993 and 1997, which means thousands of homes got R-22 systems installed at the same time. Those units are now 28 to 32 years old and hitting end-of-life in the same window, while the R-22 refrigerant supply continues to tighten. For many of those homes, a full swap is the only financially sane move. If you’re in that rebuild cohort, call (747) 966-3037 for a free estimate before the next major heat wave.
Kendall’s summer dew points hold at 75-78°F, which means the system has to dehumidify as much as it cools. If we size a system only on sensible cooling load, we end up short on latent capacity and your house feels sticky even when the thermostat reads 72. We run the full Manual J and Manual S calculation on every install, not a rule-of-thumb square-footage guess. Get a free load-calculation review for your Kendall home by calling (747) 966-3037.
We inspect it before we do anything. Kendall attics routinely exceed 140°F in summer, which accelerates flex duct breakdown and opens up connection gaps that leak cooled air into the attic. If your ducts are in bad shape, we show you photos and give you a written price to seal or replace them as part of the install, but we never start duct work without your sign-off. Call (747) 966-3037 and ask about our attic inspection during a free estimate.
Yes. A ductless mini split is usually the cleanest answer for a detached workshop, garage conversion, or outbuilding on a Kendall lot, especially when the main house is concrete block and running new duct would mean cutting slab. We size the unit for the building, set the outdoor condenser on a wind-rated pad, and write the price before we cut anything. Call (747) 966-3037 and tell us what you’re trying to cool.
Written by Luis Serrano, Owner at Meadowsweet Heating & Air, serving Kendall since 2004.







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