Split system deep clean
Full strip-down of the indoor head, chemical clean of the fan barrel and coil, drain flush and outdoor condenser service. From $249 + GST per unit.
Sydney, NSW
Sydney, NSW
Maroubra runs from open surf at Marine Parade back up past the Junction, and the two ends leave very different residue inside an air conditioner. We strip the unit down, treat the mould, flush the drain and hand it back working the way it did when it was new.
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Why Maroubra is different
Maroubra is two suburbs as far as your air conditioner is concerned. On the beach side the outdoor coil meets salt off the bay. Up behind the Junction it meets traffic grime off Anzac Parade. Both block airflow through the fins, they just leave different residue behind.
The beach half runs from Marine Parade around to South Maroubra and Lurline Bay, close enough to open surf that salt aerosol reaches every balcony, side passage and rooftop. Salt does not eat through aluminium overnight. It settles on the fins, draws moisture out of the air, and holds that moisture against the metal between runs, so the coil never fully dries. The first thing you notice is not corrosion, it is that the unit runs longer to reach the same temperature.
Inland Maroubra has the opposite problem. Anzac Parade and Bunnerong Road carry heavy traffic all day, and the fine grime that comes off brake pads and exhaust is oily rather than crystalline. It sticks to a damp coil and then traps ordinary dust on top of itself, which is why an inland condenser can look filthy while a beachside one three kilometres away looks merely dull.
Inside the house the split system does not care which half you live in. It runs a cold coil through warm Sydney air, condenses water out of it, and that water sits in the drain pan and on the barrel fan. Add household dust, skin cells and cooking oil and you have exactly what mould needs. That is the musty smell people describe in the first minute after switching on.
Maroubra also has far more flats than houses. The 2021 Census counted 5,821 flats and apartments against 3,550 separate houses, so a large share of the suburb has its condenser on a balcony or hanging in a shared light well where nobody can reach it easily. Units in those positions are the ones we most often find have never been cleaned at all.
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Access in Maroubra
Almost half of Maroubra homes are flats, another fifth are semis and terraces, and the rest are freestanding houses. Each one puts the outdoor unit somewhere different.
In the walk-up blocks along Maroubra Road and Malabar Road the condenser usually sits on the balcony slab or hangs off a bracket on the rear wall. Balcony units are the straightforward ones. Bracket-mounted units over a light well need a ladder set on the neighbouring landing, and in most blocks that means telling the strata manager the date rather than asking anyone permission.
Semis and terraces through the middle of the suburb tend to put the condenser down the side passage, often hard against the boundary fence with less than a metre of clearance. We work in that space regularly. What we need is the side gate unlocked and the bins moved, not scaffolding.
Freestanding houses in South Maroubra and the streets above Mons Avenue often run two or three indoor heads off one outdoor unit. Those systems take longer, but the second and third head are discounted, so the price per unit drops the more we clean in the one visit.
Around 42 per cent of Maroubra homes are rented. If you rent you do not need the owner on site, but it is worth telling the agent the clean is happening. A cleaned system with a written record is the simplest way to settle an argument later about whether the unit was maintained.
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Our services
Full strip-down of the indoor head, chemical clean of the fan barrel and coil, drain flush and outdoor condenser service. From $249 + GST per unit.
The coil behind the filters is where airflow is lost. Cleaned, treated and rinsed through, not wiped over.
Treatment through the barrel, coil and housing to deal with the mould causing the musty smell.
Filters removed, washed and refitted, or replaced where they are past saving.
Coil fins washed down, base cleared and clearances checked so the unit can shed heat properly.
Return air filter, coil and accessible duct runs for ducted systems. From $350 + GST.
Inside your unit
Transparent pricing
No call-out fee and no charge for the quote. The same price in every suburb we service.
How it works
Tell us the brand and how many units you have, or send a photo. We come back with a fixed price and a time, seven days a week.
Drop sheets and a containment bag go under the unit before anything comes off the wall.
Cover, filters and fan barrel come off. The barrel, coil and housing are chemically cleaned and rinsed, and the drain line is flushed.
The unit goes back together, gets a sanitising treatment, and we run it and check airflow and drainage in front of you.
About the suburb
Maroubra is one of the largest suburbs in the Eastern Suburbs. The 2021 Census recorded 30,722 residents at a median age of 39, living in roughly 12,000 occupied dwellings at an average of 2.4 people per household.
The housing mix is unusual for the east. Flats and apartments make up 48.5 per cent of occupied dwellings, separate houses 29.6 per cent, and semis, terraces and townhouses 20.9 per cent. That mix is why one Maroubra street can need balcony work and side-passage work on the same afternoon.
Just over 42 per cent of Maroubra households rent. Rented homes change hands more often than owned ones, and an air conditioner that has been through three tenancies without a service is among the most common jobs we are called to here.
The suburb sits in Randwick City Council and covers everything from Maroubra Beach and South Maroubra through to Maroubra Junction, the Pagewood side and the streets backing onto the golf course.
Common questions
A split system deep clean starts at $249 + GST per unit, with 20 per cent off the second unit in the same visit. Ducted systems start at $350 + GST and are quoted per property. There is no call-out fee and no charge for the quote, and the price is fixed before we arrive.
Yes. On a Maroubra job the outdoor condenser is the part doing the suffering, so it is cleaned as part of the same visit rather than charged as an extra. We rinse the fins, open the casing, clear the debris and treat the coil.
Once a year for most homes. If you are within a few streets of the beach, or you run the system most of the year, six months is more realistic. Salt builds on a schedule that has nothing to do with how often you switch the unit on.
Yes, and most of our Maroubra work is in flats. Nobody needs the strata committee to approve a clean of your own unit. If the condenser sits somewhere shared, such as a light well or a rooftop, we just ask you to let the building manager know the date.
If the smell is mould, yes. It comes off the evaporator coil and the barrel fan, not the filters, which is why washing the filters only quietens it for a week. A deep clean removes the growth at the source.
About an hour and a half to two hours for one split system including the outdoor unit. Two units in the same home take around three hours. We work seven days a week, 7:00 to 19:00.
Yes, the whole suburb, including South Maroubra, Lurline Bay, Maroubra Junction and the streets off Anzac Parade. There is no travel surcharge anywhere in Maroubra.
Clean it first and decide after. A blocked system performs like a failing one, so you cannot judge it fairly until it is clean. If it still will not hold temperature once we are done, we will tell you plainly that it is the unit and not the dirt.
Service area
Seven days a week, 7:00 to 19:00, with no travel surcharge.
We also deep clean air conditioners in Randwick, Coogee, Bondi, Bondi Junction and Paddington. · Eastern Suburbs
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