Why my ac is taking a long time to cool and how to fix it

It's incredibly annoying whenever my ac is taking a long time to cool the house right when the summertime heat starts peaking. You come home expecting a fun time of refreshing, wintry air, but rather, the vents are barely pushing away a lukewarm wind. It feels like the thermostat is trapped, and you're just watching the amounts crawl down a single degree every 2 hours. While it's tempting to just keep cranking the temperature lower, that always doesn't help. This just makes the particular machine work more difficult without actually solving the main of the problem. ...

March 20, 2026 · 8 min · Brimmer Sue