For those of you who live in georgia, what is the reasonable price for a pound of freon?(I'm new to this)?

Question

We are new to this whole thing of living on our own, and our air system ran out of freon and it is deathly hot. I don't want to get ripped off, so can anyone help me?

Answer 1

Because, of their license, A/C contractor can not just add freon. They have to find the source of the leak and fix it before adding freon. Expect to pay $100 service call and about $30 per pound of r22 (typically 3 lbs) plus the cost of any parts. Worst case:
Typical problem is inside coil leak - could be up to $2000 to replace (cheaper than fixing).
Unlikely outside compressor could be $4000 to replace.
Best to get second estimate, if either is found to be aproblem.