Pemulwuy is the new kid on our Greystanes run - estate homes from the 2000s and 2010s, tidy streets, and a suburb's worth of builder-installed air con now old enough to need real attention. Half our work here is first proper services on systems that have never seen one; the other half is honest upgrades where the original package never matched the floor plan.
After air conditioning in Pemulwuy? Jay's Air has been doing it since 1991. A typical Pemulwuy 4-bedder wants 12.5 to 14kW of zoned ducted at $8,000 to $12,000 installed. A 2.5kW split for one room is $1,800 to $2,100. Fault-finding is $250 plus GST with the fix quoted before we start. 4.8 stars from 280+ reviews.
The big local question: why doesn't my builder-installed system cool the open plan? Usually because it was sized to a budget line, not your western glass and dark roof. Sometimes a rezone fixes it for hundreds; sometimes the honest answer is a size up. We test before recommending either.
Systems installed when these homes were built have quietly done 8 to 15 years, most without a single service. Weak cooling, longer run times and musty smells are the signs. A $250 service with a coil clean brings most back to spec and catches the tired capacitors before January does.
Upgrading or extending? Numbers first with the sizing calculator and the pricing guide - and size for the dark roof, not just the floor area.
Pemulwuy sits on our corridor run with Greystanes, Wentworthville and Merrylands.
The ducted air conditioning Pemulwuy asks for is mostly upgrades - replacing or resizing builder-grade systems that never coped with the open plans. Mick has run our installs since 2009. Typical jobs land at 12.5 to 14kW zoned, $8,000 to $12,000, with existing duct runs reused where they're sound. Fixed quote, lifetime workmanship warranty, and we test the old system first because sometimes a rezone is all it needs.
Because we test before we sell. Half the "failing" builder systems out here just need a rezone or their first real service - and we say so, even though the replacement would be the bigger invoice.
Mick Daly runs the ducted work and has since 2009. Noah Hall does the splits. Ben handles diagnostics, and for air conditioning repairs Pemulwuy gets the per-fault honesty we run everywhere.
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 - builder-installed units included.
Hours are Monday to Friday 7am to 5pm, Saturdays by arrangement.
Give us a bell on (02) 9820 4500.
Jays Air Jobs Done in Pemulwuy
Three recent ones from the estate.
Usually package sizing – the spec ignored your dark roof and western glass. Sometimes a $400-odd rezone fixes it; sometimes the honest answer is a size up. We test before recommending either.
A typical 4-bedder wants 12.5 to 14kW zoned at $8,000 to $12,000 installed. Upgrades reusing sound builder duct runs come in at the friendlier end. Fixed quote first.
After 8 to 15 years, yes – coils cake, drains clog and capacitors tire quietly. A $250 service with a coil clean brings most builder systems back to spec and heads off the January failure.
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 a $460 rezone that saved an $11,000 replacement to a 14kW upgrade that finally holds the house, we install, repair and service the lot across Pemulwuy.
Dark roofs earn their reputation - they add real load, and any upgrade should be sized for it rather than the brochure number. The calculator plus a roof colour honest-check gets it right.
Keep the side-passage condenser breathing too; compact blocks trap dead air around outdoor units exactly when they need airflow most.
