Serviced, not just repaired
Commercial Air Conditioning and HVAC Maintenance in London
Heating, ventilation and air conditioning maintenance for commercial buildings: servicing contracts, F-Gas obligations and the reactive calls when a system fails in August.
The plant most worth maintaining, and most often neglected.
Air conditioning fails in the first hot week, heating fails in the first cold one, and both fail because they were not serviced in the quiet months in between.
It is also expensive plant. The gap between a serviced system reaching its design life and an unserviced one being replaced early is the largest single avoidable cost in most maintenance budgets.
What we keep working.
- Split, multi-split and VRF air conditioning systems
- Air handling units, ventilation and extract systems
- Commercial boilers, heating circuits and hot water plant
- Controls, thermostats and building management interfaces
- Filter replacement, coil cleaning and condensate management
- F-Gas leak checking and record keeping where the system requires it
A contract, not just a call-out number.
The commercial argument for an HVAC contract is straightforward: two planned visits a year, timed before the cooling season and before the heating season, cost less than one emergency compressor replacement in August.
Servicing also protects manufacturer warranties, which are routinely voided by an absence of servicing records rather than by any fault of the equipment.
Why service it
Two planned visits cost less than one August compressor.
Timed to the season
Serviced before the cooling season and before the heating season, so failures happen on a schedule rather than in the first hot week.
Plant reaches its design life
The difference between a serviced system lasting its full life and an unserviced one being replaced early is the biggest number in the budget.
Warranties protected
Manufacturer warranties are routinely voided by missing servicing records rather than by equipment fault.
F-Gas handled
We will tell you which systems are in scope for leak checking, at what frequency, and keep the records for you.
Straight answers on replacement
Where a unit is beyond economic repair we will say so and price the replacement rather than keep charging for attendances.
Fewer temperature complaints
Nothing generates more facilities complaints than heating and cooling. Servicing is the cheapest way to reduce them.
Where it matters
Buildings where HVAC failure costs most.
Offices and workspace
Occupied buildings where almost nothing can be done in working hours, and temperature generates more complaints than everything else combined.
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Retail
Where a fault is lost trade rather than an inconvenience, and response time is the thing that actually matters.
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Industrial and warehouse
Big roofs, hard-worked floors and loading bays. These buildings fail at the envelope, usually somewhere high up.
Read more →How we work
How HVAC servicing runs.
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Walk the building
We record what is actually there: plant, age, condition and what the law requires of it. No schedule is worth anything if it was written from a price list rather than a walk round.
- 02
Write it down
A scope, a schedule and a price, itemised so it can be phased. You should be able to see what each part costs and decide what happens first.
- 03
Work around the building
Phased, out of hours, room by room or floor by floor. The building carries on being used; that is the constraint we plan against, not an inconvenience we discover.
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Evidence it
Every job closed with an outcome, every statutory certificate filed against the building. The test is whether you can answer an insurer or an auditor without ringing us.
Common questions
Questions we get asked about HVAC.
How often should commercial air conditioning be serviced?
Twice a year is standard for most commercial systems, typically before the cooling season and before the heating season. High-use environments and systems serving server rooms or catering areas often need more.
What are F-Gas obligations?
Systems containing fluorinated greenhouse gases above certain thresholds require periodic leak checking and record keeping, with the frequency depending on the charge size. We will tell you which of your systems are in scope and maintain the records.
Do you repair as well as service?
Yes, including reactive attendance when a system fails. Where a unit is beyond economic repair we will say so and price the replacement rather than keep charging for attendances.
Can you take on a system another contractor installed?
Yes. We will inspect it, record the asset details and set the servicing schedule from its actual condition and manufacturer requirements.
One conversation, every trade at the table.
Tell us about the building and which disciplines are causing the pain. We will come back with how the group would run them.
Talk to the group