MaintScope · Tattoo studio
Tattoo studio climate & ventilation
Long sessions need steady hands and a still, warm corner doesn't help anyone. Add a sterilising room dumping heat and steam that isn't being cleared, and you've got a comfort problem and a moisture problem in the same building.
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 | ~6 yrs | Watch | Filters overdue, one running warm |
| Station/booth ventilation | ~6 yrs | Watch | Weak at the rear booths |
| Sterilisation room extraction | ~6 yrs | Action | Heat and steam not clearing |
Needs attention now
- The sterilisation room isn’t clearing heat. Autoclave cycles dump heat and steam, and if it’s not extracted it migrates into the studio and into your ceiling.
- Rear booths under-ventilated. Artists working long sessions in a still, warm corner make more mistakes and take more breaks.
- One split running warm — likely gas or a fouled coil.
Your service year
| When | What |
|---|---|
| Quarterly | Filter clean |
| 6-monthly | Split service |
| 6-monthly | Ventilation check, all booths |
| Annual | Sterilisation room extraction service |
What it costs — next 12 months
| Item | Low | High |
|---|---|---|
| Splits (2), 2 visits | $720 | $1,120 |
| Booth ventilation service | $280 | $560 |
| Sterilisation extraction | $280 | $560 |
| Diagnosis on the warm unit | $150 | $380 |
| Total | $1,430 | $2,620 |
Coming in five years
- Split replacement — $2,200–4,000 each
- Booth ventilation upgrade — $2,500–7,000
- Extraction rebuild — $1,500–4,000
Quietly costing you money
Sessions are long and hands need to be steady. A warm booth in February means shorter sittings, more breaks, and fewer pieces finished in a day. Client comfort matters too — someone sitting through four hours of pain in a hot room isn’t rebooking.
What I’d do first
- Find out why one unit is running warm — gas or coil
- Sterilisation room extraction, before the moisture finds your ceiling
- Balance airflow to the rear booths
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.