Commercial air conditioning in Somerset
Cooling and heating for offices, shops, restaurants, pubs, hotels, holiday lets and gyms. Designed around how the premises trade, installed with minimal disruption, then kept running under a planned maintenance arrangement.
Commercial is a different job
A commercial system has to run for long hours, cope with changing occupancy and not get in the way of trade. Failure costs money immediately: a restaurant dining room at 28°C, a shop floor customers leave quickly, an office where people stop working at three in the afternoon. So the design questions are about load, redundancy, control and access for maintenance as much as about the equipment itself.
We survey the premises during normal operation where we can, work out the realistic peak load, and propose a system that handles it without being oversized. Installation is then programmed around opening hours, with out-of-hours work where the business needs it.
Premises we work with
- Offices — open-plan floors, meeting rooms and server or comms rooms.
- Restaurants, pubs and hotels — dining rooms, bars, function rooms and guest bedrooms.
- Shops and retail — cassette or ducted systems that stay out of the way of the shop fit.
- Holiday lets — reliable, simple-to-use systems between changeovers.
- Gyms and studios — high internal gains and heavy ventilation demands.
- Clinics, salons and treatment rooms — quiet, controllable comfort for small rooms.
Systems for commercial use
Most small and medium premises are served by cassette or ducted split systems, or by multi-split where several rooms share an outdoor unit. Larger buildings may suit a VRF (variable refrigerant flow) system, where one outdoor unit feeds many indoor units, each with its own control, and heat can be moved from one zone to another. Whichever is right, we specify it from the survey rather than from a catalogue.
Compliance and maintenance
Commercial systems come with legal obligations. Refrigerant handling falls under the F-Gas regulations, larger systems may need periodic leak checking depending on the refrigerant charge, and air conditioning systems above a combined rated output of 12kW in England and Wales fall under the energy inspection requirements. Keeping records matters for insurers and landlords.
We set out which of these apply to your system and keep the paperwork straightforward. See F-Gas regulations explained, and our planned maintenance arrangements for ongoing cover.
One group for the electrics
Commercial air conditioning often needs a new distribution board way, sub-main or supply upgrade. Somerset Sparks is an established electrical contractor in Wells doing commercial fit-outs, fire alarms and testing, so those works can be carried out by the same group, on the same programme.
Electrical workCommercial installations often need distribution board work or a supply upgrade. Somerset Sparks, run by Tom, is an established electrical contractor in Wells and can sit that work in the same programme.
Common questions.
Who provides commercial air conditioning in Somerset?
Somerset Cooling Solutions installs, services and repairs commercial air conditioning for offices, shops, restaurants, pubs, hotels, holiday lets and gyms across Somerset, Bath and Bristol, as part of the Somerset Sparks group.
Can you install without closing the business?
Usually. Work is planned around opening hours, with noisy or disruptive stages done out of hours where needed. The survey sets out the programme.
Do commercial systems need regular maintenance?
Yes. Commercial systems run harder and for longer, so most need servicing at least twice a year, with filters checked more often. See planned maintenance.
What is VRF?
Variable refrigerant flow. One outdoor unit serves many indoor units, each controlled separately, and some systems recover heat from one area to warm another. It suits larger or multi-room buildings.
Is a TM44 inspection required?
In England and Wales, air conditioning systems with a combined effective rated output above 12kW need an energy inspection at least every five years. We can advise whether your building is affected.
Talk to the engineers.
Call, message or send the form. We reply the same working day wherever we can.
