Cypress, Texas · Family run since 2006
Todd Fokken is certified in air balancing, load calculations and duct design. That is why customers keep writing that he measured the system, then told them it did not need replacing yet.
The record
Efficiency Experts has been family owned since 2006. Todd runs it with his wife Marcie, the CFO, and he is the one who turns up at the house.
4.5
Google rating across 318 reviews
2006
Founded in Cypress by Todd Fokken
28
Years Todd has worked in the trade
20
Point checklist on every installation
01
Filters, returns and the duct that feeds them. A starved return will make an eight year old system look finished when it is not.
02
Supply against return. This is the number that separates a charge problem from a duct problem, and it is taken before anything is quoted.
03
Todd holds certifications in air balancing, load calculations and duct design. Rooms that never cool are usually a design fault, not a capacity fault.
04
Repair or replace, with the reasoning shown. Customers write about being talked out of a replacement more than anything else this company does.
“Instead of pushing us into a replacement, Todd gave us the confidence to extend the life of our existing unit and helped us get two more years out of it.” Colleen Valenta, Google
The balanced house
Air leaves the handler, travels the trunk, splits into branches and arrives at a register. A room that will not hold temperature has a reason, and the reason sits somewhere on that path. This is the walk Todd does before he quotes.
Plenum
The handler and the plenum it breathes into. Sealing here decides how much of the capacity you paid for ever leaves the equipment. In a Cypress attic that hits well past 130 degrees in August, a leaking plenum is cooling the roof.
Outside
The condenser, the pad it sits on and the line running back to the house. Set level, charged to the reading rather than to the gauge, and cleaned up after. Their crews get named for the cleanup as often as the work.
Supply
Disconnect and surge protection at the unit. It is a small line on an invoice and it is the difference between a Gulf coast storm costing you a fuse or costing you a compressor.
Register
The branch and the register in the room that never gets cold. Balancing is the certification Todd carries, and it is the step that turns a system that runs into a house that is comfortable.
What we handle
Efficiency Experts is a Trane dealer and also fits Honeywell and Generac standby generators. Free estimates, and financing if you want to spread it.
Guaranteed five years
A 20-point checklist covering precise installation, sealing and charging, backed by a 5-year workmanship guarantee on a Trane Comfort System. Todd oversees every install personally.
How an install is runBefore anything is quoted
Free estimates are one of the things Efficiency Experts lists under what you can expect. Nothing is priced until the system has been read, and if the honest answer is that your unit has life left in it, that is the answer you get.
Who turns up
Todd Fokken founded Efficiency Experts in 2006 after years as a top HVAC sales professional, and he decided the job was worth more than the sale. His wife Marcie runs the financial side and trains the office staff. Between them, that is who you are dealing with.
In their own words
Rated 4.5 stars across 318 Google reviews. These are quoted as written.
“They literally came to our rescue and saved us from the Texas heat. They were prompt, professional and Todd is incredibly knowledgeable; he took the time to explain everything in detail with additional information. Within one day of our call, he came to our house and quickly and efficiently repaired our system and had our home cool and comfortable again.”
“They first came out two years ago after we received an outrageous quote from another provider in the area. Instead of pushing us into a replacement, Todd gave us the confidence to extend the life of our existing unit and helped us get two more years out of it”
“This company and the owner, Todd, are very pleasant to work with. They are not only very knowledgeable but they go out of their way to make sure you understand everything about your HVAC replacement. Their replacement team is quick and they make sure they clean up after themselves.”
“We worked with Todd and he was awesome! Not only did he fix the system in minutes he also worked to educate me on how things worked and how I can service things in the future to help prevent future issues.”
Straight answers
Where we are
The office is on Telge Road. Most of the work is Cypress and the northwest side of Houston, and the crew has taken a system into a townhome in The Heights with a crane when the job called for it.