Condensers on the balconies of an apartment block, shutters closed against the afternoon sun

Air Conditioning in Palmanova

Most of the housing here is low-rise blocks put up during the tourist decades, which means the person who decides where an outdoor unit may go is a meeting rather than an owner. That sounds like an obstacle and is often the opposite: in a block where somebody has already been given permission, the argument has been had. Tell us what the block permits and we send the request on with it.

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A condenser bracketed to a stone balcony wall, seen through open doors past a green louvred shutter

A precedent in your own building is worth more than a design

Blocks of this era were built before anybody expected the flats to be conditioned, so nothing was designed for it. What has happened since varies enormously from building to building: some have agreed a standard position and a standard bracket for everybody, some allow anything on a rear elevation and nothing on the front, and some have refused for years and then agreed all at once.

Finding out which of those your building is takes one conversation and saves a great deal. It tells you where the unit will go, which tells you the pipe route, which is most of what separates two quotes for the same flat.

Where a block has agreed a standard, following it is almost always the fastest route. Where it has not, the useful move is to ask what would be acceptable rather than to propose something and wait to be refused.

Worth finding out before anybody quotes

  • Whether the block has agreed a standard position for outdoor units
  • Whether the front and rear elevations are treated differently
  • What other flats have installed, and where the units ended up
  • Whether there is a shared riser or duct that may be used
  • Whether condensate has a route that does not cross another terrace
  • What hours the building permits work and whether the lift may be used

Usually asked for here

Apartments

The page for the whole set of constraints a block imposes.

Holiday rentals

A great deal of this stock is let, and a rental system is specified differently.

Replacement

Blocks of this age carry a lot of equipment fitted long ago.

Nearby areas

Costa d’en Blanes

Air conditioning and zoned climate control for split-level villas above the coast.

Santa Ponsa

Air conditioning and replacement systems for coastal villas and apartments in Santa Ponsa.

Portals Nous

Air conditioning for villas and apartments on the terraced plots above Portals Nous marina.

How your request reaches a company

Mallorca Climate Control is a comparison service. A request for air conditioning in Palmanova goes to the air conditioning and heat pump companies on our list; they quote the work and carry it out, and any agreement is between you and the company you pick.

  1. 01

    Describe the job

    Tell us the property, roughly what you want and where it is. Photographs and a rough plan help, though neither is required.

  2. 02

    We match it

    The request goes to companies that work in your area and take on this kind of job at this size.

  3. 03

    They quote you

    Each company contacts you directly with its own price, timing and approach. We do not set any of it.

  4. 04

    You compare and choose

    Put the quotes side by side and take the one you want, or none of them. Using the site costs you nothing.

Do I have to ask the community before installing?

For anything attached to a shared element, which includes most facades and balcony structures, the answer is normally yes. The practical approach is to find out what has already been permitted in your own building and to work with that, rather than to design something and then seek approval for it.

What if the block has refused before?

It is worth asking what was refused and why, because the answer is often about a specific position or appearance rather than about air conditioning as such. A proposal that matches whatever the building has already accepted elsewhere is a different request from the one that was turned down.

The flat is let. Does that change the specification?

It changes it more than most owners expect. A let flat is used at full occupancy in the hottest weeks by people who did not choose the equipment, so capacity, robustness and simple controls matter more than they would in a private home.

Get air conditioning quotes in Palmanova

Say what the building allows as well as what the flat needs, and let several companies price the same brief.

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