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[Home](/) 2. [Services](/services) 3. Air Conditioning Repair Repair · Rapid-Response · All Brands # Specialist Air Conditioning Repair Across Bournemouth & Dorset Not cooling? Leaking water? Tripping the breaker? Throwing an error code? Get in touch and we'll respond quickly, book you in at the earliest available slot and get your system back up and running across Dorset & Hampshire. [Book a repair callout](/contact) [01202 144008](tel:+441202144008) Rapid response across Dorset & Hampshire · F-Gas registered (Company No. 15463021) · Fixed written quotes · Bournemouth · Poole · Christchurch · Wimborne · Ferndown · Ringwood · Dorset · Hampshire · Salisbury - 17 years' air conditioning experience - F-Gas registered engineers - Rapid response across Dorset & Hampshire - Fixed written quotes - Manufacturer-backed warranties Service overview ## What air conditioning repair actually involves. Plain-English breakdown, so you know exactly what you're paying for, and why it matters before we set foot on site. ### What it is Air conditioning repair covers diagnosis and fix of any fault on a refrigerant-based cooling or heating system — failed capacitors, dead fan motors, faulty PCBs, refrigerant leaks, blocked drains, frozen coils, tripping isolators, error codes, no-cool/no-heat complaints, anything that's stopping the system doing its job. ### Who it's for Anyone whose air conditioning has stopped working or is working badly — homeowners on a 30°C bedroom call, restaurants whose dining room cassette has failed mid-service, offices that can't have a sweltering meeting room, landlords with a tenant complaint, facilities managers on a fast-response SLA. ### When you need it The day it goes wrong. We hold rapid-response capacity Monday to Sunday across our core patch (BCP postcodes plus Wimborne, Ferndown, Ringwood). Call before 4pm and you almost always get a visit the rapid response; call later and we'll try, and worst case it's first thing tomorrow. ### Why it matters Most air conditioning faults get worse the longer they're ignored — a slow leak becomes a compressor failure, a blocked drain becomes a ceiling collapse, a buzzing capacitor becomes a fan motor replacement. Early diagnosis is almost always cheaper than the eventual breakdown. The cost of doing nothing ## What goes wrong when this is ignored. An air conditioning fault that's left to 'see if it sorts itself out' almost always escalates — usually in the worst week of the year, usually at the worst time of day. ### Risks of waiting - A slow refrigerant leak ignored for one season usually costs the compressor — that's the difference between a £180 repair and a £1,400 part replacement. - A buzzing or bulging capacitor will fail completely within weeks, taking the fan motor and sometimes the control board with it on the way out. - A blocked condensate line will overflow into the ceiling void, ruining plasterboard, light fittings and stored items — common, expensive and totally preventable. - A frozen evaporator coil left running will eventually burn out the compressor; switching off at the wall and waiting is the right move while you wait for us. - A repeatedly tripping isolator is the system telling you something is electrically wrong — resetting it for the 5th time is how house fires start. ### Common mistakes - Topping a system up with refrigerant without finding the leak — pure waste of refrigerant, and you'll be calling again within months. - Letting a non-F-Gas electrician 'have a look' — they legally can't touch the refrigerant circuit, so they can't actually diagnose half the faults. - Resetting a tripping isolator over and over without investigating what's drawing the trip current. - Running a system that's iced up in the hope it'll thaw 'with the door open' — this is how compressors die. - Accepting a quote with no fault diagnosis attached — a real repair quote tells you what's wrong, why, and what the fix is, in writing. Our process ## How the job actually runs. Same system every time. No improvising on your floor. 1. 01 ### Phone triage 30-second phone call: symptoms, brand, model, error code if any, indoor/outdoor location, age of system. We arrive with the most likely parts on the van. 2. 02 ### On-site diagnosis Electrical test, refrigerant pressure check, manufacturer fault-code interrogation, controls verification — we tell you what's actually wrong, not just what's easy to replace. 3. 03 ### Fixed-price repair quote Written quote on the spot for the diagnosed fault: parts, labour, refrigerant, any tax. You decide whether to proceed; no pressure either way. 4. 04 ### Fix on the day where possible Capacitors, contactors, sensors, drain blockages, leak repairs and re-gases — usually completed in the same visit. PCBs and compressors are typically 24–48 hour parts orders. 5. 05 ### Test, verify & document Full functional test, F-Gas paperwork, written invoice with what was changed and why, and 90-day guarantee on the parts and labour we've fitted. What you get ## The outcomes that matter. ### Rapid-response callout Across BCP and the wider Bournemouth patch, the answer is almost always 'today'. Call before 4pm. ### Fixed callout fee, no time-clocking We quote the diagnosis fee, the part and the labour up-front. No hidden hourly rates ticking on your wall. ### All major brands Daikin, Mitsubishi Electric, Mitsubishi Heavy, Panasonic, Fujitsu, LG, Toshiba, Samsung, Hitachi, Sanyo and more — diagnosed and repaired. ### F-Gas certified repairs Refrigerant work done legally, properly logged, and your manufacturer warranty stays intact if it's in date. ### 90-day repair guarantee Any repair we carry out is guaranteed for 90 days on parts and labour. If the same fault returns, we're back at no cost. ### Direct engineer line You call the engineer's mobile, not a switchboard. The person diagnosing the fault is the person who'll fix it. In depth ## Everything worth knowing before you book. The details a salesperson skips. Skim it, or read every word — both are useful. Questions on this? Talk to a specialist engineer direct. [01202 144008](tel:+441202144008) ### The faults we see most often and how they're fixed Across a typical Dorset summer the top five faults are: capacitor failure on the outdoor fan motor (£90–£140 fitted, 30-minute repair); blocked condensate drain causing water ingress (£70–£120 to clear and re-route, often add a safety float switch); slow refrigerant leak at a flare joint (£180–£350 to leak-test, repair the joint and recharge); failed fan motor (£250–£450 fitted depending on brand); and PCB failure on the indoor unit (£280–£550 fitted — and usually a 24-hour parts order). We carry the first three in van stock; the second two we order rapid-response where the supplier is in Bournemouth or Poole. ### Reading manufacturer error codes — what they actually mean Every manufacturer flashes or displays its own error codes. Daikin uses letter+number combinations on the remote and an LED flash pattern on the outdoor unit; Mitsubishi Electric uses two-character codes (P5, E6, etc.); Panasonic uses an H/F numbering. The code points to a subsystem — refrigerant, electrical, controls, communication — but it doesn't tell you which component has failed. That's a diagnosis job: pressure-testing, voltage-checking and elimination. We bring the manufacturer fault-code manuals and the diagnostic adapters to interrogate the system properly. ### Why 'just top it up' is almost never the right answer If a system needs refrigerant, it's because refrigerant has leaked out — refrigerant doesn't get used up. F-Gas regulations actually prohibit topping up a system with a known leak greater than a defined threshold without first repairing the leak. A top-up alone wastes refrigerant (now £80–£150/kg), lets the leak grow, and means a second callout within weeks. Every Adapt re-gas includes a full pressure test, leak location and repair before any refrigerant goes back in. ### When repair stops being worth it Most domestic systems are economic to repair until around year 12–14, or until the compressor itself fails. A failed compressor on a 10-year-old system is usually the moment to weigh up replacement: a new compressor is 50–70% of the cost of a new system, and the rest of the system is at the back end of its design life. We'll always tell you straight — repair quote in one hand, replacement quote in the other, with no commission either way. ### Commercial repair response — what changes Commercial repair calls are about downtime cost. A restaurant losing its dining-room cassette in July loses £hundreds an hour in walked covers; an office with a failed comms-room split risks server damage. We respond rapid-response on commercial as default, prioritise BCP postcodes, and carry the controls and capacitors most commonly needed for ducted, cassette and VRF systems. For SLA-backed commercial contracts we offer 4-hour response inside Bournemouth and 6-hour response across the wider Dorset patch. ### Safety while you wait If the system is tripping the isolator, leave it off — don't keep resetting it. If the indoor unit is dripping water, switch off at the isolator and put a bowl underneath. If you can see ice forming on the indoor head, switch off and let it thaw before we arrive (an iced coil masks the underlying fault and can damage the compressor when run). If there's any smell of burning, switch off at the consumer unit and call us immediately. Frequently asked ## Honest answers, practical solutions. Can't see your question? Call [01202 144008](tel:+441202144008). Can you really get to me today? Across BCP (Bournemouth, Christchurch, Poole) and the wider Wimborne/Ferndown/Ringwood patch, yes — almost always, if you call before 4pm. Outside that radius we'll be there within 24 hours. For commercial SLA contracts we hold dedicated rapid-response capacity year-round. What's the callout fee? How much do common repairs cost? What brands can you repair? My system is throwing an error code — what should I do? Is the repair guaranteed? Will repair void my warranty? Do you work weekends? What if the system can't be repaired? Do you cover my area? Are you F-Gas registered? Will I get a written quote? Ready when you are ## Book your air conditioning repair job today. Written fixed quote. F-Gas registered engineer. No upsell, no pressure. 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