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Commercial Air Conditioning

Cassettes, ducted systems, VRF and comms room cooling across Devon and the South West. Fitted alongside our commercial washroom and fit out work.

Commercial air conditioning

Cooling that a building can actually run

SWW installs, services and repairs commercial air conditioning across Exeter, Devon and the South West. Offices, shops, salons, restaurants, schools and commercial buildings, alongside the washroom and fit out work we already do.

Which means if the air conditioning is going in as part of a wider refurbishment, it is not a separate contractor to coordinate. It is us, and it is scheduled into the same programme as everything else.

System types

What goes where

Ceiling cassettes

Recessed into a suspended ceiling, throwing air out in four directions. The standard choice for offices, shops and salons where there is a ceiling void to hide the unit in.

Ducted and concealed

Unit hidden entirely in the ceiling void, air delivered through grilles. You see nothing but the grille. The premium option, and the one hospitality tends to want.

VRF and VRV

One outdoor unit feeding many indoor units, each independently controlled. This is the system for a whole building with different zones wanting different temperatures at the same time.

Wall-mounted splits

Straightforward and cheap to run. Fine for a single office, a treatment room or a small shop where a cassette would be overkill.

Server and comms rooms

Small, unglamorous and absolutely critical. A comms cabinet that overheats takes the business offline. These need cooling that runs year round, not just in August.

Floor-standing consoles

For rooms with nowhere sensible to hang a unit, or a glazed frontage that rules out wall mounting.

The bit that comes after

Installing it is the easy part

Once a commercial system is in, it carries a legal obligation. Systems above 5 tonnes CO2 equivalent of refrigerant have to be leak checked and logged, and the duty sits with you as the operator rather than with whoever maintains it.

We are F-Gas qualified, so we can service the system, carry out the leak checks and keep the logbook. See our F-Gas compliance page for what that actually involves.

One thing worth raising before you buy anything: if the premises is anywhere near the coast, and a lot of ours are, the outdoor unit will spend its life in salt air. Specify a standard unit and it will corrode. We will cover that at survey.

Good to know

Commercial Air Conditioning FAQs

What is VRF air conditioning?

Variable refrigerant flow. One outdoor unit serving a number of indoor units, each controlled separately, so one room can be cooling while another is heating. It is the sensible choice for a whole building with different zones, and it is more efficient than running a separate split system for every room.

Can you fit air conditioning as part of a refurbishment?

Yes, and it is where we work best. We already do commercial washrooms and full interior fit out across the South West, so air conditioning goes into the same programme rather than being another contractor for you to chase.

Do you cool server and comms rooms?

Yes. They need year-round cooling rather than seasonal, because the heat load comes from the kit rather than the weather. It is small work with a big consequence if it fails.

Will I have legal obligations once it is installed?

Almost certainly. Commercial systems above 5 tonnes CO2 equivalent of refrigerant must be leak checked periodically and the records kept for five years, and the duty is yours as the operator. We are F-Gas qualified and we can handle the checks and the logbook for you.

How far do you travel for commercial work?

Across the South West. Our commercial fit out and washroom work already covers a wider area than our domestic plumbing, and air conditioning goes with it.

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