Aloha, welcome
to the newly rebuilt website of AMV Air Conditioning
Inc. after being the first a/c contractor on
the island of Oahu to have a website built back
in 1997 then to go through many challenges in
having the person you hired to keep it maintained
properly and then ultimately having to have
it rebuilt by some other entity (Lava Works,
a division of Lava Net), man I am just glad
this project is finally completed.
You are probably one of many people sitting
in the office, living room or home office in
front of a computer searching for an air conditioning
contractor to come over to your existing home,
a new home that was just recently built or in
a home that you just recently moved into hoping
that contractor can make your home more livable,
if this is you, just remember your are not alone.
Regardless of the situation you are in you came
here because you wanted to gather some information.
On those muggy days and nights your family has
spent enough days and nights at the shopping
malls to create enough time for your home to
cool off before you open that entry door. To
make things worse, you just watched or overheard
the weather forecast on the news and they just
mentioned the buzz word," El Niņo, La Niņa or
Kona winds", which all simply means really hot
and muggy weather coming soon to a home near
you Those of who are here because you are building
or designing a new home, congratulations!
Careful planning and designing an air conditioning
system into a new home is what a majority of
the homeowners in Hawaii overlook until it is
too late. By navigating through this website
we sincerely hope that your will be able to
gather enough information so when you decide
to ask some of the local a/c contractors to
submit a quote to you, you will already have
some idea how you would want your home to be
air conditioned.
Bear in mind that with any type of construction
project large or small last minute decisions
will always drive up the construction cost just
to hide any ductwork or mechanical equipment
like the air handling unit. Our advice to you
is when the preliminary drawings for your home
is handed over to you by your architect, if
you have some thoughts of possibly including
air conditioning into your project, now is the
best time for us to do some preplanning with
you and your architect. At no charge to you,
AMV Air Conditioning Inc will review your preliminary
drawings, put some ideas and options together
and explain to you through a professionally
detailed written proposal to help create a number
to add to your budget for the project. Once
our preliminary proposal is signed and accepted
by you, we will go forward and start the ground
work to provide a mechanical layout that you
and your architect can review that will contain
all the pertinent information on the equipment
being specified for your project, cooling capacity,
electrical requirements, CFM requirement for
each room, duct layout, dimensions, etc.
Purchasing a properly designed air conditioning
system is considered to be a large investment
for many of you. So before you jump into making
this large investment, take your time and do
your homework. In my opinion, the three largest
investments that you may make in your lifetime
is (1) purchasing a home, (2) purchasing a car
and for some people (3) purchasing air conditioning
for their home.
The five things you may want to take into consideration
prior to making your purchase are:
- Get three competitive quotes
from licensed air conditioning contractors
that will be able to meet your design needs.
When possible ask for references, it is not
unusual in Hawaii to find that some air conditioning
contractors on this island will design and
install a system that others can't or won't
do or they may end up doing it for you but
is actually subcontracting a portion of the
work or the entire project. Be very careful
when third parties are involved in the installation
of your system. It makes it very difficult
to settle any type of disagreement you may
have regarding your project.
- To prevent your self from being
sued from workers injuries who's employer
is not fully insured or to prevent yourself
from being taken advantage of make sure you
check that the contractor is licensed, insured
and check their business history by calling
the following numbers:
- Hawaii Contractors
License Board at 586-3000
- Hawaii Better
Business Bureau at 536-6956
- Review your budget for air conditioning
and make sure that your budget will allow
you to make a choice that you will be able
to live with for at least the next 10 to 15
years or even more (which happens to be the
life expectancy of a properly maintained air
conditioning system).
To help leverage our
customer's buying power, AMV Air Conditioning
offers (6) different payment options from
which you can choose from. These payment options
will be listed in the written proposal submitted
for your project:
- Cash
- Check (personal,
cashiers or business checks accepted)
- Credit Card (all
major credit cards accepted)
- 90 Day No Interest
Financing (no finance charges)
- 6-Month Financing
(add 4% finance charge)
- 12-Month Financing
(add 7% finance charge)
- Talk it over with your spouse
and ask each other some simple questions,
"Do we want something that will just
make us comfortable or are we also concerned
about it's interior and exterior aesthetic
appearance, noise level and cost to operate
this system?" After viewing this website
you will see there are many ways to air condition
your home finding the right one will need
to be discussed thoroughly prior to making
a final decision.
- Check the Seasonal Energy Efficiency
Rating (SEER rating) on the system prior to
making a purchase. The higher the energy efficiency
rating the less you will pay HECO for your
comfort. We can email you a HECO calculation
formula that will allow you to estimate your
electrical cost based on the size of your
equipment, EER rating and hours of operation.
In some cases, based on its efficiency, you
will be surprised to find that cooling off
your living room, family room, dining room,
kitchen and foyer with a single ducted central
air conditioning will be a more cost effective
solution for your comfort versus installing
(2) or (3) wall mounted ductless split systems.
More information is included in the "Estimated
Electrical Usage for a/c unit" section
on our website.
Take your time in reviewing our
other pages and feel free to utilize our "WEB
SITE LINKS" to our equipment manufacturers.
You may find it useful for equipment specifications
or for any additional information.
Enjoy your browse into AMV Air
Conditioning, Inc's. contribution into the electronic
aged world of the information superhighway.
When you're ready, feel free contact us at 845-3149
to set up an appointment to allow our representative
to put together an air conditioning or heating
evaluation for you at no charge. You can also
EMAIL us simply by clicking our "CONTACT
US" link. Or just simply set up an appointment
to personally meet Aldrin M. Villahermosa so
he can show you our display at the office and
personally go over all your air conditioning
options that will be available based on the
design of your home. Don't forget to click and
print the "DRIVING DIRECTIONS LINK"
at the top of this page to assist you in locating
our office in the Sand Island Access Road Business
District Area.
The staff at AMV Air Conditioning
Inc thanks you for visiting our website and
sincerely welcome any comments, suggestions
or recommendations you may have regarding our
newly rebuilt website.
The reproduction and duplication of any information
contained in this website will be a direct violation
of the copywright laws. If discovered that any
information was duplicated onto any sales material
or another website, AMV Air Conditioning Inc
will reserve the right to hire anattorney and
prosecute you to the fullest extent of the law.
