Air conditioning installation in Clacton-on-Sea

This is the one genuinely technical difference about working on the coast. A standard outdoor unit has an aluminium-finned condenser coil, and in salt-laden air those fins corrode far faster than they would inland. The unit keeps running for a while, gradually loses efficiency, and then fails years earlier than it should.

Salt air and outdoor units

The answer is a coil with a protective coating, specified at the point of order rather than retro-fitted, plus siting the unit where it is sheltered from the prevailing salt spray rather than simply on the most convenient wall. It costs a little more up front. It is the difference between a system that lasts and one that does not, and it is the first thing we discuss on any survey within a few miles of the sea.

Clacton also has a great deal of bungalow stock and an older population, and for many of those customers the winter heating performance matters as much as the summer cooling. A reversible system heats a room efficiently without the standing cost of running central heating for one occupied room.

Villages and areas nearby

We also cover Holland-on-Sea, Frinton-on-Sea, Walton-on-the-Naze, Great Clacton, St Osyth, Jaywick, Thorpe-le-Soken and Weeley, along with the surrounding Essex villages. If you are not sure whether you are in range, call and ask — the answer is usually yes.

What it costs

Our pricing is published rather than quoted on the doorstep, so you can see roughly where you stand before anyone visits. See one, two and three room prices.

Worth reading first

• Does air conditioning heat a room?
• Why it needs an annual service
• What air conditioning actually costs to run