Planned maintenance Southern Metro // service schedule
Maintenance Programmes
The cheapest work we do, and the only work that reliably prevents the rest. Residential twice a year, commercial quarterly, documented every visit.
Service scope
What every visit covers
- Filter clean or replacement and airflow verification
- Evaporator and condenser coil cleaning
- Condensate drain flush and sanitising
- Refrigerant pressure, superheat and subcooling check
- Electrical torque check and running current measurement
- Temperature split recorded against specification
- Door seal, hinge and heater inspection on refrigeration
- Written condition report per unit
Recommended intervals
- Residential AC
- Every 6 months
- Commercial AC
- Quarterly
- Kitchen cold chain
- Quarterly, monthly on heavy duty
- Cold & freezer rooms
- Quarterly with log review
- Ice machines
- 6-monthly descale, quarterly in busy kitchens
- Heat pumps, boilers, solar
- Annual, 6-monthly on hard water
Local programmes
Maintenance by suburb
Maintenance in Mitchells PlainOpen, wind-exposed flats. South-easter driven sand loading blocks condenser co…Maintenance in AthloneWarm inland pocket with poor night cooling. Cold rooms run longer duty cycles …Maintenance in LansdowneSheltered, humid summer evenings. Bedroom units run overnight, so quiet operat…Maintenance in OtteryIndustrial rooftops with high solar gain. Plant rooms need airflow clearance t…Maintenance in Grassy ParkZeekoevlei and Rondevlei humidity keeps moisture high year-round, accelerating…Maintenance in RetreatFalse Bay salt-laden air attacks aluminium fins and steel casings. Coastal-gra…Maintenance in Lotus RiverLow-lying and damp in winter, hot and still in late summer, so systems must ha…Maintenance in PhilippiSandy, wind-scoured farmland and industrial parks. Airborne sand is the single…Maintenance in ManenbergHot, exposed and dusty in summer. Appliances sited against sunlit walls run ha…Maintenance in CrawfordSheltered and warm with little night breeze, so bedroom cooling and quiet unit…
Maintenance questions
Conversion path
Set up a maintenance schedule
Tell us how many units you run and where. We will quote a schedule and give you a per-visit and annual figure up front.
Written quotes before work starts, measured diagnostics on every callout, and guaranteed workmanship on parts we fit.