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Boost Services Heating and CoolingRepair Lab

Backordered? We'll rebuild it.

New parts are our standard. When the right one is weeks away, our own lab can bring yours back, tested on the bench before it goes anywhere near your home.

Brand-new parts on every repair, by default.

Our parts reserve and our repair lab are extra options for when a new part is backordered or no longer made. We only use them if you ask, and we always tell you exactly what's going into your system.

  • New part quoted first, every time
  • Reserve or lab only if you say yes
  • You always know what's installed
Repair Lab

The part you're waiting on might not need replacing

It's the call nobody wants. Your AC quits, the technician finds the problem fast, and then comes the word: backordered. The condenser fan motor that used to show up in two days now takes six weeks, and your house bakes the whole time.

Two ways this call can go

Waiting on the supplier About 6 weeks
DiagnosedOrderedBackorderedFixed
Boost repair lab No supplier wait
DiagnosedRebuilt + bench-testedFixed

Illustration. Real wait times depend on the part and the supplier.

We got tired of telling people to wait

So two years ago we built a repair lab inside our parts warehouse. David Bentora, one of Boost's owners, runs the bench himself.

Most "dead" parts aren't dead

It's one cracked solder joint. One burned-out component. One motor that needs cleaning and rebuilding. On our bench, that's a repair, not a replacement.

New parts still come first

The lab is there when you ask for it: when the new part is weeks out, or your unit is old enough that nobody makes the part anymore.

Boost Certified

Nothing leaves the bench until it passes all five

Boost Certified is our own standard, not an outside certification. It's the check every rebuilt part goes through before it goes back into a system.

  1. 01
    Inspect

    We open it up and find exactly what failed: the cracked joint, the burned component, the worn-out part.

  2. 02
    Repair or rebuild

    Boards get their joints reworked and damaged components replaced. Motors get stripped, cleaned and rebuilt.

  3. 03
    Power it up

    The part goes live on the bench, outside your system, where a problem costs nothing.

  4. 04
    Run it

    We run it and watch it work. Switching on isn't enough.

  5. 05
    Sign it off

    Only a part that passes every step is signed off as Boost Certified and cleared to go back in.

On the bench

What we bring back

A pile of furnace control boards and an ignition control module in our lab

Control boards

Furnace and air handler boards and ignition control modules. Cracked joints reworked, burned sections repaired, component by component.

Copper windings inside an opened electric motor

Motors

Inducer, blower and fan motors, stripped, cleaned and rebuilt instead of going in the dumpster.

Capacitors standing on a circuit board, close up

Board components

Heat and age burn out the small parts first. Plenty of boards are one component swap away from working again.

And the rest

If it came out of a heating or cooling system and it can be saved, it's worth a look on the bench. If it can't, we tell you straight.

How it usually goes

Two calls we get all the time

Typical examples of how the lab gets used, not specific customer stories.

Typical call · Furnace · Cold snap

The board that was six weeks out

The furnace quits and the control board is backordered for six weeks.

At the homeowner's request, the board comes to our bench. A cracked joint gets reworked and it passes all five steps.

The heat is back on long before the new board would have shipped.

Typical call · Air handler · Older system

The unit nobody makes parts for

The blower motor is done and the exact replacement isn't made anymore. The usual answer is a whole new system.

The motor comes to the lab, gets rebuilt and passes the bench check.

Equipment with life left in it keeps running.

FAQ

Lab questions

Not unless you choose it. A brand-new part is our standard and always our first quote. A rebuilt part from our lab only goes in when you ask for it, and we tell you exactly what you're getting before any work starts.

Our racks of HVAC motors, with compressors stored underneath
Next door

The parts reserve

Not every part needs a rebuild. Our warehouse keeps tested, Boost Certified parts on the shelf for the day a supplier can't deliver.

See the parts warehouse →

Stuck waiting on a part?

Call before you settle for the wait. We'll quote the new part first, and tell you straight whether the lab can get you running sooner.

Get in touch

Schedule service

Fill in the form or call. We are on the phones 6am–10pm.

818-277-5056

Licensed #1119892 · Veteran-owned · Pasadena & Reseda

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