Earlwood is one of those suburbs where the houses outlast everything put in them. The interwar brick bungalows here are solid as anything, and a lot of them are on their second or third air conditioner. We've worked these streets for decades - the hilly blocks, the double brick that holds heat into the night, the rooflines that take ducted better than people expect.
After air conditioning in Earlwood? Jay's Air has been doing it since 1991. A typical 3-4 bedroom Earlwood brick home takes a 10 to 12.5kW ducted system at $7,000 to $11,000. A 2.5kW split for a bedroom is $1,800 to $2,100, a 5kW for the living room $2,500 to $3,000. Fault-finding is $250 plus GST with the fix quoted before we start. 4.8 stars from 280+ reviews.
The big Earlwood question is repair or replace, because so many systems here are 15-plus years old. The honest rule: a repair over $600 on a system past 15 years is money better spent on a new one, especially the old R22 units where the gas alone is $265 a kilo.
Earlwood's double brick does something people don't expect: it soaks up the day's heat and gives it back all evening. That's why the house still feels hot at 9pm when outside has cooled off. It means systems here need to run later into the night, sizing should err a touch bigger, and a struggling unit shows up first in the evenings. If your bedroom won't cool before midnight, that's the wall heat winning.
Ducted replacements are the bread and butter - the duct runs from the 2000s installs usually reuse fine, which keeps the cost down. Check your numbers with the sizing calculator and the pricing guide before anyone quotes.
Earlwood sits on our inner south-west run with Marrickville, Bexley and Kingsgrove.
Most of the air conditioning repairs Earlwood calls us for belong to ageing systems: capacitors gone on hot days, fan motors squealing, drains blocked and leaking down walls, and older units low on gas. Common fixes run $120 to $500, most done same visit, parts warrantied 12 months. Ben does the diagnostics and the quote comes before the work, every time.
Because we give the straight answer on old systems. If it's worth fixing we fix it, if it isn't we say so and show you both numbers. No drama, no upsell.
Mick Daly runs the ducted replacements and has since 2009. Noah Hall does the splits, and split system installation Earlwood semis and bungalows ask for keeps him busy here. Ben handles the diagnostics himself.
Credentials: in business since 1991, 4.8 stars from 280+ reviews, NSW licence 273312C, ARCtick AU13058, $20M public liability. We install Panasonic, Daikin and Actron and repair every brand.
Hours are Monday to Friday 7am to 5pm, Saturdays by arrangement.
Give us a bell on (02) 9820 4500.
Jays Air Jobs Done in Earlwood
Three recent ones from around the suburb.
For a typical 3-4 bedroom Earlwood brick home, $7,000 to $11,000 for a 10 to 12.5kW system. Replacing a 2000s system usually costs less because the duct runs get reused. Fixed quote before any work.
Double brick. It soaks up heat all day and releases it all evening, so the house fights you until late. Systems here should be sized a touch bigger and expected to run into the night on hot days.
Repairs over $600 on a system past 15 years are money better put toward a new one – and old R22 units make the call easy, with the gas at $265 a kilo when you can get it. We quote both ways and tell you straight.
Jay’s Air. Family run since 1991, our own blokes not subbies, fixed pricing, 4.8 stars from 280+ reviews. Licence 273312C, ARCtick AU13058. (02) 9820 4500.
From swapping a 20-year-old R22 system in a double brick bungalow to a tidy bedroom split in a semi, we install, repair and service the lot across Earlwood and the inner south-west.
Don't run the old R22 unit into the ground. Once it leaks you're paying premium money for discontinued gas on borrowed time. Replace on your schedule, not a heatwave's.
On the hilly blocks, outdoor unit placement matters for noise - sound carries downhill to the neighbours. We pick the spot during the quote so nobody's knocking on your door in February.
