How do they do it?

[MM 6,562]

Does anyone have an idea how the air conditioning units are serviced on this building?

 

Seems like it might be difficult. I haven't noticed other buildings being like this, but then I rarely look.

 

[seeker 0]

Rope access maybe? i nearly went on one of those courses a few monthes ago, i thought very handy for all sorts of tricky jobs like that and very good money,they run an IRATA course not from from patts aswell.

[MM 6,562]

Rope access maybe? i nearly went on one of those courses a few monthes ago, i thought very handy for all sorts of tricky jobs like that and very good money,they run an IRATA course not from from patts aswell.

 

If so, it would seem that the cost of servicing a unit would be rather high (and dangerous).

[seeker 0]

Im not sure how much it would cost in thailand but here its expensive you should see how much they charge for cleaning windows on high rises also im not sure how many ac egineers have rope access, Hey i see job oppertunities knocking! as for dangerous well if you can get your head around hights no problems they are very safety minded

Edited September 6, 2009 by seeker

[ThaiLearner 18]

Spiderman could earn a few quid there.

[henryski 6]

big cherry picker

[seeker 0]

big cherry picker

yea very big 1! i bought 1 of those 2 years ago with a view to making some dosh out of minor roof repairs but the health and saftey issue soon put that to rest(bollards close the st etc) and also i nearly shat my self when it was fully extended and rocking about in the wind

[jacko 8,827]

They look close to the wall too, lose a bit of efficiency.

I have lived in LOS a while now, what does 'serviced' mean......?

[gerry53 1]

It would be easy to rapel down to the A/C units and do maintenance after tieing off. It would be alot cheaper than paying for the cherry picker to look after 1 unit. Original instalation I'm sure they used one or scaffolding. I like having the noisy bastards of the balcony though, good idea.

[MM 6,562]

It would be easy to rapel down to the A/C units and do maintenance after tieing off. It would be alot cheaper than paying for the cherry picker to look after 1 unit. Original instalation I'm sure they used one or scaffolding. I like having the noisy bastards of the balcony though, good idea.

 

Yes, they used those flimsy looking wood scaffolds to put them up. I agree about not having them on the balcony though. It's just that your normal servicing of air con units doesn't usually require rapelling skills, as far as I know. It just seems that over the long term, the cost of maintenance might be higher because of the specialized equipment required.

I'll wait a few months and see if I can see a unit being serviced. Probably read about it in the Pattaya newspapers too.

[gerry53 1]

That looks like a simple 6-8 storey building with lots of roof access. It wouldn't take much equipment to rapel down to these units, you could teach a monkey to do it! Many high rise windows in your country are cleaned with a simple bosun chair , basket or swing stage and they are hundreds of feet higher (with a backup safety line of course). Once you do it and have confidence in your equipment it's quick, efficient and safe. Been there done that.