A timber shark lookout tower on a rock shelf and a dark headland, silhouetted against the low sun over the surf, swimmers in the waves

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Air conditioning in Newcastle, sized to the house

Split systems and ducted air conditioning installed, serviced and repaired by a licensed Newcastle team in Mayfield. We measure the rooms before we quote, so what goes in cools the house it's in, and the reverse cycle unit that cools you in January heats you in July.

Call (02) 5550 2240 Get a free quote

NSW air conditioning and refrigeration Lic. 000000C (demo)
ARC refrigerant trading authorisation AU00000 (demo)

23Start here

Split system or ducted?

Both are reverse cycle air conditioning: the same unit cools in summer and heats in winter. The difference is how much of the house it reaches, and what your roof space allows. We'll tell you which suits yours at the quote, and our split system vs ducted guide runs through it room by room.

Split system

One room at a time. Bedrooms, a living area, a granny flat, an apartment or a terrace with no roof space to speak of.

Usually installed in a day
Add rooms later, one unit at a time
Several indoor units can share one outdoor unit

Split system installs

A bright open-plan living room with a round ceiling air vent above a navy corner sofa, glass doors open to a timber deck

Ducted

The whole house from one quiet unit in the roof, with nothing on the walls. Zoned, so you only cool the rooms you're in.

Two to three days to install
Needs usable roof space
Zones for bedrooms and living

Ducted installs

23Before the first hot week

Air conditioning servicing
and cleaning

A unit that hasn't been cleaned works harder for less, and the first sign is usually a musty smell on the first hot night. A service is a fixed price per unit, booked ahead, and you see the before and after photos.

What a service includes

Filters washed and the indoor coil cleaned
Drain line flushed and the tray checked
Outdoor coil cleaned, salt and leaves off
Electrical connections and pressures checked

36Stopped working?

Air conditioner repair, usually the same day

Not cooling, or blowing warm air
Water dripping inside
Ice on the pipes outside
Rattling, buzzing or a new noise
Flashing light or an error code

Call-out: $140 in business hours, $220 after hours and on weekends, including the first half hour. We tell you the price before any repair starts.

Call (02) 5550 2240 What to check before you ring

A bright modern kitchen and living room with an old yellowed wall-mounted air conditioner above the doorway to the garden — Before

The same kitchen and living room with the wall unit gone and a slim white linear vent in the ceiling — After

23Planning the whole house?

Ducted heating and cooling, planned on paper first

A room-by-room heat load check at the quote, a written plan with the outlets, the zones and the dates, then two to three days of install. Most families stay home the whole time.

Quote visit
The plan on paper
Install
Walk-through

How a ducted install runs

23Reviews

What Newcastle homes say

Our old house had one wall unit fighting the whole place. They measured every room before quoting, put the return in the hall where it actually draws, and set it up as three zones. The bedrooms are cool by 9pm now without the lounge running all night.

Tanya, Lambton Ducted install

Split died on the hottest day in January. They came the same afternoon, found a failed capacitor, and had it running before tea. Told me the price on the phone first.

Mick, Waratah Breakdown

Booked a service because the bedroom unit smelt musty. They pulled it apart, cleaned the coil and the drain, and showed me the photos. Smell's gone.

Priya, Merewether Service

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23Where we work

Air conditioning near me, from Mayfield out

We work from a unit on Dewpoint Lane in Mayfield, so the inner west and the city suburbs are minutes from the van, and Lake Macquarie and Maitland are a short run out. Cessnock and Singleton get grouped days, so we're not charging you for the drive.

Not listed? Ring anyway. If you're in the Hunter, we'll get to you.

Newcastle

Suburbs we cover

MayfieldNSW 2304
LambtonNSW 2299
HamiltonNSW 2303
WallsendNSW 2287
WaratahNSW 2298
MerewetherNSW 2291
AdamstownNSW 2289
KotaraNSW 2289
StocktonNSW 2295

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Lake Macquarie

Suburbs we cover

Warners BayNSW 2282
BelmontNSW 2280
MorissetNSW 2264
CharlestownNSW 2290
Speers PointNSW 2284
TorontoNSW 2283
CardiffNSW 2285
SwanseaNSW 2281
EdgeworthNSW 2285

Air conditioning around Lake Macquarie

Hunter Region

Suburbs we cover

MaitlandNSW 2320
CessnockNSW 2325
SingletonNSW 2330
East MaitlandNSW 2323
RutherfordNSW 2320
ThorntonNSW 2322
Kurri KurriNSW 2327
BranxtonNSW 2335
Raymond TerraceNSW 2324

Air conditioning in the Hunter Valley

A stainless steel cool room, its door open on a strip curtain lit cold blue

Commercial and cool rooms

Shops, offices and cafes, and the cool room out the back: installs, servicing and breakdowns, quoted on site.

Quote a commercial job

23Questions

Questions about air conditioning
in Newcastle

How much does it cost to install air conditioning in Newcastle?

It depends on the size of the room or house, where the units can go and how long the pipe run is, so we price it after a free look. A single back-to-back split, with the outdoor unit straight through the wall behind the indoor one, is the simplest job. Ducted is priced on the house: the number of zones, the roof space and the system size.

Do you charge a call-out fee?

Only for breakdowns, where nobody knows what's wrong until we look: $140 in business hours and $220 after hours and on weekends, which covers getting to you and the first half hour of fault-finding. Quotes for new installs are free with no obligation, and servicing is a fixed price per unit, agreed before we book.

Are you licensed?

Yes. Air conditioning and refrigeration is specialist work in NSW, so it needs a contractor licence at any job value: ours is 000000C (demo). The refrigerant side is federal, so the business holds an ARC refrigerant trading authorisation (AU00000 (demo)) and every technician holds an ARC refrigerant handling licence.

Do you do the electrical work as well?

Our licence covers the wiring that goes with the air conditioner: connecting the unit to its circuit and its controls. If your switchboard needs a new circuit or an upgrade to carry it, we arrange a licensed electrician and it shows on the quote as its own line, so there are no surprises on the day.

How often should air conditioning be serviced?

Once a year for most Newcastle homes, ideally in spring before the first hot week. Units within a few streets of the beach or the lake do better with a check every six months, because salt air corrodes the outdoor coil. Washing the indoor filters every few weeks in summer is something you can do yourself.

Which areas do you cover?

We're in Mayfield, so Newcastle is home ground: Mayfield, Waratah, Hamilton, Lambton, Wallsend, Merewether, Adamstown and Stockton. We also work across Lake Macquarie, Maitland, Cessnock and Singleton, and out to Kurri Kurri and Raymond Terrace.

23From the blog

Before you buy,
or before you ring

Repairs

Tell us the rooms.
We'll size it and price it.

Send the job with a photo or two and we'll come back with a price, usually the same day. Bigger jobs get a free visit to measure up. Stopped working? Ring instead: (02) 5550 2240.

Air conditioning in Newcastle, sized to the house