MaintScope · Barber & salon
Barber & salon air conditioning service
Product aerosol lands on the coil and sets, hair binds it together, and airflow drops away so gradually nobody notices until a hot day. Your clients sit still for an hour — they'll feel a warm room long before you do.
And if it's still running
Know what it's going to cost you — before it costs you
A licenced tech goes through every bit of air conditioning, ventilation and refrigeration you've got, and writes down what condition it's in, what needs doing and when, and what it's realistically going to cost you over the next year and the next five. Plain English, one PDF.
Nothing perishes — but a room that's uncomfortable empties out.
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What the report actually says
What you’ve got
| Equipment | Age | Condition | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Split systems x2 | ~7 yrs | Action | Coils matted with hair and product overspray |
| Hot water unit | ~7 yrs | Watch | Slow recovery at peak |
| Basin/backwash area ventilation | Original | Watch | Steam not clearing |
Needs attention now
- Coils matted with hair and hairspray. This is the defining maintenance problem of your trade and almost nobody addresses it. Product aerosol lands on the coil and sets, hair binds it together, and airflow drops away over years so gradually nobody notices until a hot day.
- Hot water recovery. Running out mid-Saturday is a customer experience problem with a plant cause.
- Steam in the backwash area with nowhere to go means moisture into the ceiling.
Your service year
| When | What |
|---|---|
| Monthly | Filter clean — non-negotiable in a salon |
| 6-monthly | Coil clean, deeper than a standard service |
| April | Full service |
| Sept / Oct | Pre-summer service |
| Annual | Hot water service and anode check |
What it costs — next 12 months
| Item | Low | High |
|---|---|---|
| Splits (2), 2 visits | $720 | $1,120 |
| Deep coil clean, 6-monthly | $360 | $720 |
| Hot water service | $180 | $280 |
| Ventilation check | $180 | $360 |
| Total | $1,440 | $2,480 |
Coming in five years
- Split replacement — $2,200–4,000 each, and matted coils bring that date forward
- Hot water replacement — $1,200–2,800
- Backwash ventilation — $1,500–4,000
Quietly costing you money
Clients sit still for an hour. They notice a warm room long before you do — you’re moving, they’re not. And a matted coil can cost 15–25% of the unit’s capacity, so you’re paying full running cost for partial performance.
What I’d do first
- Deep coil clean on both units — not a filter rinse, a proper clean
- Monthly filter routine your staff run
- Hot water service before summer
How it works
$150 to come out. Everything else depends on what's there.
- I come out — $150.I go through the lot: what you've got, how old it is, what condition it's in. Takes an hour or two depending on how much is in the place.
- You get it in writing within 48 hours.One PDF. What's there, what needs doing and when, what it should cost you over the year, and what's coming further out.
- Anything that needs fixing, I quote on what I find.I can't price a service off a website — it depends on the unit, the access and what turns up when it's open. You'll get a real number, not a guess.
- If you'd rather not think about it again, I'll handle it.Scheduled servicing across the year, timed around your trade. No lock-in — plenty of people take the report and go it alone, and that's genuinely fine.