Aircon cleaning and repair

[Inderpland]

The guy I've used for years isn't answering his phone anymore so would like to ask if anbyone can recommend a company? I very much want to avoid the type that surprises you with a bill of hundreds of Baht for "refilling gas".

 

[scubascuba3]

Maybe just decline the gas refill if you don't have a problem with AC getting cold. It is as we know an easy scam the young lads pull

[champers]

Great to see an ad pop-up for a company doing this work - in New Orleans. Love them algorithm thingies.

[MJCM]

22 minutes ago, scubascuba3 said:

Maybe just decline the gas refill if you don't have a problem with AC getting cold. It is as we know an easy scam the young lads pull

Or buy your own gas bottle, that is what I did ????

 

 

PS: Picture was from a previous post on another topic regarding aircons

[Villapete]

Hello,

 

I use PK Air Con..081 344 9052. Good service, good price, no fuss has been my experience.

 

 

All the best,

 

Peter

Edited May 12, 2023 by Villapete

[MeaMaximaCulpa]

I have used Paitoon (08-1353 6654) for a very long time and can fully recommend him. Trustworthy and reasonable prices.

 

We also buy all new units from him, I have compared prices and he is on par with or below the big retailers.

[Inderpland]

12 hours ago, Villapete said:

Hello,

 

I use PK Air Con..081 344 9052. Good service, good price, no fuss has been my experience.

 

 

All the best,

 

Peter

Thanks, do they repair units as well as clean them?

[Inderpland]

5 hours ago, MeaMaximaCulpa said:

I have used Paitoon (08-1353 6654) for a very long time and can fully recommend him. Trustworthy and reasonable prices.

 

We also buy all new units from him, I have compared prices and he is on par with or below the big retailers.

Thanks, does he repair units as well as clean them?

[John8]

I have used 'Santipad Air Service' they did a great job. very thorough cleaning and no scam...  500 each unit. and fill gas

 

phone: 0954702534

fb: Santipad Air Service

Edited May 13, 2023 by John8

[Inderpland]

29 minutes ago, John8 said:

I have used 'Santipad Air Service' they did a great job. very thorough cleaning and no scam...  500 each unit. and fill gas

 

phone: 0954702534

fb: Santipad Air Service

Thanks. Same question to you; do you know if they repair units as well?

[MeaMaximaCulpa]

2 hours ago, Inderpland said:

Thanks, does he repair units as well as clean them?

Yes he does. He comes normally twice per year to clean and repairs when required.

[Mickeymaus]

On 5/12/2023 at 3:43 PM, scubascuba3 said:

Maybe just decline the gas refill if you don't have a problem with AC getting cold. It is as we know an easy scam the young lads pull

I never even let them check the gas. In the worst case they damage the valves and it will be leaking. In the meantime after extremely bad experiences here in Pattaya I clean my aircons myself. Yes, it gets on my nerves but the cleaning experiences I had were extremely bad and I tried 3 different companies. The last one threw away 6 screws. But this wasn't the worst experience.

 

Edited May 13, 2023 by Mickeymaus

[proton]

On 5/12/2023 at 4:07 PM, MJCM said:

Or buy your own gas bottle, that is what I did ????

 

 

PS: Picture was from a previous post on another topic regarding aircons

How much is it? We had a bloke pulling the need gas top up lark. When we finally got the Mitsu guys it they said they had to take some out!

[Mickeymaus]

1 minute ago, proton said:

How much is it? We had a bloke pulling the need gas top up lark. When we finally got the Mitsu guys it they said they had to take some out!

If you add too much gas the compressor could be damaged. 

[scubascuba3]

34 minutes ago, Mickeymaus said:

I never even let them check the gas. In the worst case they damage the valves and it will be leaking. In the meantime after extremely bad experiences here in Pattaya I clean my aircons myself. Yes, it gets on my nerves but the cleaning experiences I had were extremely bad and I tried 3 different companies. The last one threw away 6 screws. But this wasn't the worst experience.

 

Good idea, I'll tell them in future not to check the gas (unless it's not getting cold)

[Villapete]

  On 5/13/2023 at 12:13 AM, Villapete said:

Hello,

 

I use PK Air Con..081 344 9052. Good service, good price, no fuss has been my experience.

 

 

All the best,

 

Peter

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Thanks, do they repair units as well as clean them?

 

Yes. Chat with them on Line app....

 

[John8]

On 5/13/2023 at 1:12 PM, Inderpland said:

Thanks. Same question to you; do you know if they repair units as well?

Yes they do and replace

[sungod]

On 5/13/2023 at 6:51 AM, MeaMaximaCulpa said:

I have used Paitoon (08-1353 6654) for a very long time and can fully recommend him. Trustworthy and reasonable prices.

 

We also buy all new units from him, I have compared prices and he is on par with or below the big retailers.

How much for a clean please?

[Doctor Tom]

On 5/12/2023 at 3:43 PM, scubascuba3 said:

Maybe just decline the gas refill if you don't have a problem with AC getting cold. It is as we know an easy scam the young lads pull

Gas refills come from a small bottle fitted with a standard regulator.  It should cost no more than an extra 200 Baht on to a standard circa 4/500 Baht cleaning job.  Any more and you are being ripped off.  Very few one man band aircon cleaners do repairs. Same with car aircons. Little guy in a lockup by the side of the road will re-gas for 200 Baht. 

[Mickeymaus]

Look that they don't use the water from the water container of the toilet (the upper part...) Some like to do it because it refills automatically. But this water is very dirty.

 

One day my aircon was full of algue slime and the evaporator was blocked. 3 cleaning companies cleaned this aircon and did not realise the problem because it was on the backside. And I told them that there is almost no airflow. Answer I don't know, the fan has a problem, the board has a problem and this after the cleaning. So much to their cleaning quality.

 

I needed chemicals and a lot of work to get rid of it. Since this experience I clean the aircons myself with drinking water and chemicals. There was never a problem again. Of course this work gets on my nerves. But I gave up to use cleaning companies. And this with the algue was not the only problem. 

 

If you use chemicals put a piece of aluminium foil and a piece of copper wire into a glass with a lid and add the chemical and check after some days. A cleaner from a very well known US brand dissolved the aluminium completely. Not a good choice to use this one.

 

If you ask for the price ask if this includes the outside compressor unit too.

[Ralf001]

3 minutes ago, Mickeymaus said:

Look that they don't use the water from the water container of the toilet (the upper part...) Some like to do it because it refills automatically. But this water is very dirty.

 

One day my aircon was full of algue slime and the evaporator was blocked. 3 cleaning companies cleaned this aircon and did not realise the problem because it was on the backside. And I told them that there is almost no airflow. Answer I don't know, the fan has a problem, the board has a problem and this after the cleaning. So much to their cleaning quality.

 

I needed chemicals and a lot of work to get rid of it. Since this experience I clean the aircons myself with drinking water and chemicals. There was never a problem again. Of course this work gets on my nerves. But I gave up to use cleaning companies. And this with the algue was not the only problem. 

 

If you use chemicals put a piece of aluminium foil and a piece of copper wire into a glass with a lid and add the chemical and check after some days. A cleaner from a very well known US brand dissolved the aluminium completely. Not a good choice to use this one.

 

If you ask for the price ask if this includes the outside compressor unit too.

Yeah wow.

 

Mine are cleaned using tap water... which is the same water that fills the toilet.

 

Never had an algae problem !!

[Mickeymaus]

19 minutes ago, Ralf001 said:

Yeah wow.

 

Mine are cleaned using tap water... which is the same water that fills the toilet.

 

Never had an algae problem !!

But this water standing in the water of the toilet water container might be of a different quality. After this experience I even boil the drinking water and of course let it cool down completely before using it. This story went on for almost a year and they didn't find the reason. I believed them until I checked myself. Here a not so nice picture of the problem. 

 

[scubascuba3]

2 hours ago, Doctor Tom said:

Gas refills come from a small bottle fitted with a standard regulator.  It should cost no more than an extra 200 Baht on to a standard circa 4/500 Baht cleaning job.  Any more and you are being ripped off.  Very few one man band aircon cleaners do repairs. Same with car aircons. Little guy in a lockup by the side of the road will re-gas for 200 Baht. 

Point is young somchais refill the gas for 200 baht when it's not needed, good little scam

Edited May 15, 2023 by scubascuba3

[Doctor Tom]

3 hours ago, scubascuba3 said:

Point is young somchais refill the gas for 200 baht when it's not needed, good little scam

topping up every 6 months,  for 200 baht, is hardly a major scam, and is perhaps sensible. . 

[Pattaya57]

36 minutes ago, Doctor Tom said:

topping up every 6 months,  for 200 baht, is hardly a major scam, and is perhaps sensible. . 

If you have to top up every 6 months you've got a major leak (or you're being scammed). Plus over gassing is not good the aircon units

 

I recently had my 4 aircon serviced for the first time in 10 years thinking for sure they'd need gassing. Nope, I was advised all 4 did not need gas

 

Edited May 15, 2023 by Pattaya57

[scubascuba3]

1 hour ago, Doctor Tom said:

topping up every 6 months,  for 200 baht, is hardly a major scam, and is perhaps sensible. . 

You like being scammed? many are relaxed about it, you know by girls and all that

[transam]

1 hour ago, Doctor Tom said:

topping up every 6 months,  for 200 baht, is hardly a major scam, and is perhaps sensible. . 

Any A/C that needs topping up every 6 months has a leak/fault...????

[blackshadow]

7 hours ago, sungod said:

How much for a clean please?

you have been given a phone number and name....call and ask instead of asking on here !!!!

[Mickeymaus]

1 hour ago, Doctor Tom said:

topping up every 6 months,  for 200 baht, is hardly a major scam, and is perhaps sensible. . 

My 3 Daikin aircons are almost 20 years old - see picture ????. I often think to replace them. On the other hand they work problem free and there needs to be some construction work if I buy new ones because they are mounted inside on the walls close to the floor (bigger units made for this). I don't like this disturbance... 

 

They never needed gas and I never allowed them to check it. I always told them to leave the gas bottle in the car so that they didn't "accidentally" check the gas ????.

 

A friend of mine allowed them to check the gas at a problem free new Daikin aircon. Obviously they damaged the valve and every couple of months he needed gas. In the meantime he has a new aircon and doesn't allow any gas checks. If the cooling goes down then let them check the gas.

 

Edited May 15, 2023 by Mickeymaus

[sungod]

1 hour ago, blackshadow said:

you have been given a phone number and name....call and ask instead of asking on here !!!!

Wasn't actually asking you, but thanks for your most valuable contribution to the forum none the less!

Edited May 15, 2023 by sungod