Aircon cleaning in Mooroobool.
Mooroobool is inner-west Cairns — established 70s through 90s housing stock between the Cairns Western Arterial and Mulgrave Road. High rental concentration, deep penetration of ducted systems from the original build era, and a lot of units that have been running 15+ years without proper service. The right deep clean (and an honest refrigerant check) buys most of these systems another decade.
The Mooroobool aircon story.
1980s–90s ducted stock running on borrowed time.
A high proportion of Mooroobool homes along Pease Street, Mooroobool Road, Skull Road and the streets between Mulgrave Road and the Cairns Western Arterial run the original ducted system from the original build — many on R-22 refrigerant that’s now phased out. These systems can be kept running with the right service: coil clean, return-air filter replacement, duct vacuum, and an ARCtick pressure check on the refrigerant. We don’t push replacement when service can buy another 5–10 years.
Rental concentration = forgotten service.
Mooroobool is one of the higher rental-concentration suburbs in inner Cairns. Landlords often discover the aircon hasn’t been serviced since install when a tenant complains about mould smell or the unit stops cooling. We see this often in the wet season — a unit that’s been “running fine” for years suddenly drips water onto the carpet because the drain pan biofilm has finally blocked the condensate line. The fix is a deep clean, biocide on the drain pan, and a flush of the condensate line.
Body-corp townhouse strata.
Mooroobool has multiple older townhouse and duplex complexes, particularly off Pease Street and around the Stockland Earlville edge. Many have a mix of original ducted systems (in larger townhouses) and retrofitted splits (in smaller units). Body-corp managers run on annual contracts with us — whole-complex day, consolidated invoice, per-unit service reports for the owners’ warranty files.
Indoor-head replacement on ducted systems.
On some 25+ish-year-old ducted installs, the outdoor compressor is still serviceable but the indoor evaporator coil is beyond chemical cleaning — aluminium fin pack corroded through, condensate tray cracked, biofilm so thick the coil can’t shed it. We can quote an indoor head-only replacement that keeps the existing ducting and outdoor unit, which is a fraction of a full system replacement and adds another 10+ years of service life.
Typical Mooroobool jobs.
- Whole-house ducted service on a 90s install with R-22 (~$520–$780)
- End-of-tenancy split-system deep clean + mould treatment (~$220–$320)
- Single split deep clean on an inner-west rental (~$180–$220)
- Indoor head-only ducted replacement quote on a 25-year original system (separate quote)
- Landlord annual service plan covering 2–3 properties on shared schedule (~$520–$880/yr)
Other service areas.
Free Mooroobool aircon clean quote.
Old-stock ducted specialist. Landlord/rental scheduling. Honest advice on service vs replace.