Aircon servicing in Singapore
In this climate an air conditioner runs most of the year, and it is usually the first thing anyone complains about when it stops. A unit that is not serviced does not fail all at once either: it cools a little less each month, costs a little more to run, and starts to smell before anyone calls it a fault.
Regular servicing is mostly about keeping the airflow clean. Filters, coils and drainage are what determine whether a unit works properly, and all three are easy to stay on top of and expensive to ignore.
What matters on this job
Most leaks are a blocked drain, not a broken unit
Water dripping from a fan coil usually means the condensate tray or drain pipe has silted up, not that the unit has failed. Clearing it is a straightforward job, and it is one of the most common calls we get.
Weak cooling is not always gas
A unit blowing warm is often a clogged filter or a dirty coil restricting airflow. Topping up gas on a system that is not actually low masks the symptom and hides a leak that will empty it again.
When a chemical wash is worth it
A normal service cleans what is reachable. Once a coil is properly fouled, or the unit has been neglected long enough to smell, a chemical wash is what actually restores it. We will tell you which one the unit needs rather than defaulting to the dearer job.
Servicing intervals depend on use
An office running units through the working day needs attention more often than a meeting room used twice a week. Rather than putting everything on the same cycle, we set intervals by how hard each unit works.
Where we do this work
Common questions
- How often should aircon units be serviced?
- For most commercial premises in Singapore, every three months is a sensible baseline, and heavier-use units benefit from more frequent attention. We will set intervals by how hard each unit actually works rather than putting everything on one cycle.
- What is the difference between a service and a chemical wash?
- A standard service cleans filters, accessible coil surfaces, and drainage. A chemical wash strips the coil properly and is what you need once a unit is heavily fouled, cooling poorly despite cleaning, or has started to smell.
- My unit is leaking water. Is that serious?
- Usually not. It is most often a blocked condensate drain or a silted tray rather than a failure, and clearing it is quick. It is worth dealing with promptly though, since the water has to go somewhere and ceilings and flooring are the usual answer.
- Do you handle repairs as well as servicing?
- Yes. Diagnosis, gas top-ups, drainage repairs, and component replacement. Where a unit is beyond economical repair we will say so rather than keep charging to nurse it along.