Aircon Installers Irene arranges free quotes for air conditioning across Irene and the surrounding estates: ducted and concealed systems, wall splits, repairs, servicing and maintenance, for village properties, estate homes and the office stock nearby.
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Indicative ranges, supplied and fitted where relevant. For sanity-checking a quote, not a quotation.
| Job | Indicative range | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Small ducted system, 2 – 3 rooms | R65,000 – R120,000 | Unit, ducting, grilles, installation |
| Typical home, 4 – 5 rooms ducted | R95,000 – R180,000 | The common range on estate homes |
| Larger home, 6+ rooms or two systems | R160,000 – R320,000 | Frequently split into two systems |
| Zoning, per zone | R6,500 – R14,000 | Damper, wiring and controller share |
| Additional supply grille and duct | R3,500 – R8,500 | Per outlet, run dependent |
| Return air grille and box | R4,500 – R12,000 | Undersizing this ruins performance |
| Service access hatch | R1,500 – R4,500 | Do not leave it out |
| Ceiling patching and making good | R4,500 – R20,000 | Retrofit only |
| Concealed ducted head, per zone | R28,000 – R60,000 | Plus ducting and grilles |
| 18000 BTU split supplied & installed | R15,000 – R24,000 | Where ducting is not practical |
| 24000 BTU split supplied & installed | R19,000 – R32,000 | Large living areas |
| Estate architectural approval | R0 – R2,500 | Drawings and sign-off where required |
| Concealed pipe routing, no wall chasing | R350 – R900 per metre | Older and heritage-sensitive buildings |
| Condenser screening to guidelines | R1,500 – R5,500 | Must not restrict airflow |
| Annual ducted system service | R1,800 – R4,500 | Per system |
| Standard split service, per unit | R650 – R1,400 | Cheaper per unit across a house |
| Call-out and fault finding | R450 – R950 | Often credited if the repair proceeds |
| Leak repair, vacuum and regas | R2,500 – R4,500 | Includes finding the leak |
Indicative ranges, not a quotation. A ducted quote for Irene is really two quotes in one: the air conditioning and the building work around it. On a retrofit, the hatches, the patching and the making good can account for a fifth of the total, and a quote that does not mention them has not priced the job you are actually buying.
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Older village fabric will not take visible plant. On the heritage-sensitive buildings in and around the old village, chased walls and a condenser on a street elevation are not acceptable. The work goes to concealed routes through roof spaces and service voids, and to condenser positions chosen for what cannot be seen rather than for the shortest pipe run.
Estate guidelines set what may be visible. In the surrounding estates the architectural rules commonly govern where outdoor plant may sit, whether it must be screened and what colour anything visible has to be. It is an approval process before it is an installation, and it is the usual reason a job here takes three weeks rather than three days.
Large homes are where ducted actually makes sense. Multi-room houses with roof space are the main ducted market in Centurion. One system, concealed, zoned, with nothing on the walls is a genuinely better result than five wall splits – provided the roof space can carry the ducting with the right falls and enough return air.
Retrofit ducting is a building job as well. Putting ducting into a finished house means ceilings opened, hatches formed, grilles cut in and everything patched and repainted afterwards. That work belongs in the quote. Where it is left out, it does not disappear, it just lands on you later.
The commercial stock nearby is a different trade. The office buildings around the Irene business node run cassette and VRF plant on maintenance contracts, with landlord and tenant obligations attached. Enquiries for that should be pointed at commercial contractors rather than at the people who install domestic splits.
Response Times, Approvals and Lead Times
Straightforward repairs in Irene are attended as quickly as anywhere in Centurion. Installations are the slow part, and the delay is almost never the contractor. Where estate architectural approval is needed, build three to four weeks into the plan, and start it before you settle on a quote rather than after.
A retrofit ducted installation is typically a week or more on site with a ceiling contractor involved, so it is worth scheduling for the cooler months. Trying to arrange one in December means living in the disruption during the weeks you most want the cooling.
Also Covered Nearby
Southdowns, Irene Farm Villages, Cornwall Hill, Pierre van Ryneveld, Doringkloof, Highveld and Nellmapius Drive. Quotes for the rest of the area are arranged from Aircon Installers Centurion.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can ducted air conditioning be retrofitted into an existing house?
Frequently yes, and it is common here. What decides it is the roof space: whether there is height for the ducting with sensible bends, somewhere to sit the indoor unit with access to service it, and a route for adequate return air. If the roof is tight or trussed awkwardly, the honest answer is splits rather than a compromised ducted system.
Do the estate guidelines control where the outdoor unit goes?
In most of the estates around Irene, yes. The rules usually cover visibility from the street and from common areas, screening, and sometimes noise limits at the boundary. Get the approved position confirmed in writing before you accept a quote, because the position is what determines the pipe run and therefore the price.
How do you install in an older building without chasing the walls?
By going around rather than through. Pipework runs in the roof space, down a service void, through a cupboard or behind existing joinery, and comes out at the back of the indoor unit rather than crossing a visible wall. It takes longer and costs more per metre than surface trunking, which is why it is priced separately.
Ducted or several splits for a five-bedroom house?
Ducted if the roof space allows it and you want nothing visible; splits if you want rooms to run genuinely independently, or if the roof will not take the ducting properly. Ducted is usually the better-looking and quieter result. Splits are cheaper, easier to service, and a failure only takes out one room.
What is the actual cost difference between ducted and splits?
On a five-room house, splits typically land somewhere in the region of R55,000 to R115,000 installed, against roughly R95,000 to R180,000 for a ducted system before zoning. The gap narrows once you add the making good on a retrofit and widens again if the ducted system needs two outdoor units. Get both priced on your actual house.
Does zoning a ducted system actually save money?
It does, provided the system is designed for it. Zoning lets you cool the bedrooms at night and the living areas during the day rather than the whole house all the time, which is where the running cost saving comes from. What it cannot do is rescue an undersized return air path, and a system zoned down too far without a bypass will struggle against its own dampers.
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