Aircon Hub South Africa

Aircon Hub helps you find the best quote, fast, on air conditioning installation, repairs and servicing across South Africa. Describe the job once, and Leaderr approved providers who cover your area reply with prices.

• Tell us what you need: a new unit, an installation, a repair, a service or a full system.
• Providers who cover your area reply with availability and prices, and you compare them yourself.
• This website does not supply units, install them or carry out any work.
• The provider you appoint does the work, commissions it and sets its own terms.

What Providers Quote For

How It Works

• Describe the job. One short request: the room or building and what you need.
• Providers reply. Those covering your area send availability and prices.
• You compare. Side by side, on scope and price, not on who answered first.
• You appoint. Directly with the provider. We are not party to the work.

Getting the Capacity Right

• Start with the room. Roughly 600 to 700 BTU a square metre as a first guide.
• Allow for the glass. A west-facing wall of windows can add half as much again.
• Allow for the height. A double-volume room is a volume job, not a floor-area one.
• Count the heat inside. People, ovens, servers and machinery all add to it.
• Too big is a fault. An oversized unit short cycles and leaves the room cold and damp.
• Too small never gets there. It runs flat out, misses setpoint and fails early.

Inverter or Fixed Speed

• Fixed speed. The compressor is on or off; cheaper to buy, dearer to run.
• Inverter. Varies its speed, holds the temperature and draws far less power.
• Noise. An inverter running at low speed is noticeably quieter.
• After an outage. An inverter restarts more gently, which matters on backup power.
• Payback. A few seasons on a unit that runs most days.
• Light use. A guest room used twice a year is the case for fixed speed.

Aircon Prices at a Glance

Ballpark ranges across the common jobs, so you can check a quotation.

What to Include in Your Request

• The address. Suburb and street, so a provider knows whether they cover you.
• The room or building. Size, ceiling height and what it is used for.
• What you need. A new unit, an installation, a repair, a service or a clean.
• What is already there. Existing units, their age and whether they still work.
• Where the outdoor unit can go. And how far that is from the indoor position.
• Your deadline. It changes both the price and who can take the work on.

Availability

• Repair callouts. Often same or next day for a local visit in the metros.
• New installations. Usually within a week or two outside the summer peak.
• The first hot week. Everyone switches on at once and the queue forms that day.
• Servicing. Book it in spring; December is the worst month to start looking.
• Commercial projects. Quoted after a site visit and a load calculation.
• Coastal sites. Shorter service intervals, because salt attacks outdoor coils.

Comparing Providers

• Ask for the capacity. A price with no BTU rating cannot be compared to one with it.
• Ask what the pipe allowance covers. And the rate per metre beyond it.
• Separate the line items. Unit, installation and electrical work quoted apart.
• Ask about the certificate. Commissioning, and electrical compliance if a circuit is run.
• Check the warranty. Its length, and what voids it.
• Ask who makes good. Chasing a wall and leaving it is a common gap in a quote.

Frequently Asked Questions