Aircon stopped working in the middle of a Cairns summer? We repair all makes and models of split system and ducted air conditioning across Cairns and the Far North, usually within a day or two, and with emergency call-outs available when you can’t wait.
Our team are fully qualified air conditioning mechanics and licensed electricians, so whether the fault turns out to be refrigeration, electrical or a blocked drain, the one visit covers it. No being told to “call a sparky” halfway through the job.
Common Faults We Fix
✓Running But Not CoolingLow refrigerant, a failing compressor, or a filthy coil choking the airflow.
✓Water Dripping InsideThe classic Cairns wet season fault. A condensate drain blocked with biofilm.
✓Musty Or Mouldy SmellMould through the coil and fan barrel. Extremely common in our humidity.
✓Tripping The BreakerElectrical faults, a failing compressor, or an overloaded circuit.
✓Ice On The PipeworkAirflow restriction or a refrigerant problem. Switch it off and call us.
✓Noisy Or RattlingWorn fan bearings, loose mounts, or debris in the outdoor unit.
✓Error Codes FlashingWe read the fault code and diagnose it properly rather than guessing.
✓Won’t Turn On At AllController, isolator, power supply or control board failures.
Why Aircons Fail Faster Up Here
Air conditioners in Far North Queensland work harder than almost anywhere else in the country. They run nearly year-round, they run through months of extreme humidity, and if you’re near the beaches, salt air attacks the outdoor coil and cabinet the entire time. Three faults account for most of the call-outs we attend in Cairns:
- Blocked condensate drains, the system produces enormous amounts of water through the wet season, and the drain line silts up with biofilm until it backs up through your ceiling or wall.
- Coils choked with mould and dirt, a coil that can’t breathe can’t cool, so the unit runs constantly, costs you a fortune and still doesn’t get the room down.
- Coastal corrosion, salt eats outdoor coils and fittings on beachside homes, causing slow refrigerant leaks that show up as “it just isn’t as cold as it used to be”.
How Our Repair Service Works
- Call us with the symptoms, often we can tell you over the phone whether it’s something simple you can check yourself before paying for a call-out.
- On-site diagnosis, we test the system properly: refrigerant pressures and temperatures, amp draw, electrical components, airflow and drainage.
- You get the price before we start, we tell you what’s wrong, what it costs to fix, and how long the repair should last. No work goes ahead without your say-so.
- Repaired and tested, we complete the repair, test the system under load, and tell you honestly if anything else is heading for trouble.
We’ll tell you when repairing isn’t worth it. If your system is old, running phased-out R22 refrigerant, or the repair bill is creeping toward a third of a new installed system, we’ll say so and price both options. Our
9 red flags your AC unit is outdated guide walks through exactly how we make that call.
All Makes & Models
We repair every brand we install and plenty we don’t, Daikin, Mitsubishi Electric, Fujitsu, ActronAir, Panasonic, LG, Samsung and more, across both split systems and ducted.
Stop The Repeat Call-Outs
A large share of the breakdowns we attend were entirely preventable. If your system has never been professionally serviced, a clean and service is usually cheaper than the repair you’ll be calling about next February, and our annual maintenance customers get priority booking through the summer rush.
