Toronto Commercial HVAC runs commercial HVAC maintenance programs for offices, retail plazas, restaurants, industrial buildings and institutions across Toronto and the GTA. Programs cover rooftop units, split systems, VRF, boilers, unit heaters, make-up air, chillers, cooling towers and controls. We currently have 1,400+ RTUs under contract and 85+ chiller plants on PM.
Most HVAC failures announce themselves weeks before they happen. A contactor starts to pit. A belt glazes and slips. A condenser coil loads up with cottonwood and the compressor runs hot. A heat exchanger develops a hairline crack. Without scheduled visits, those signs get missed until a unit fails on the hottest or coldest day of the year, when parts and technicians are hardest to get.
Single-site visits cost $185. Quarterly programs for smaller buildings usually run $4,800 to $18,000 a year, and building-wide programs run $18,000 to $85,000 a year. Reactive HVAC spend averages 40% more than planned PM.
What Does a Commercial HVAC Maintenance Program Cover?
Rooftop units and split systems
Filters, belts, bearings, coils, condensate drains and pans, electrical connections, contactors and capacitors, refrigerant pressures, economizer operation and thermostat calibration. Heating season adds combustion analysis and heat exchanger inspection.
Boilers and heating equipment
Burner and flame safeguard checks, low-water cutoff testing, combustion tuning, venting inspection and pump and valve checks. Gas work follows CSA B149.1.
Chillers and cooling towers
Refrigerant and oil logs, approach temperatures, tube condition, water treatment, basin and fill condition and legionella sampling. See commercial chiller service and cooling tower service for plant-specific programs.
Controls
BAS alarms, setpoints, schedules and sensor calibration. A wrong schedule can run a whole floor of equipment all weekend.
Monthly vs Quarterly vs Semi-Annual: Which Fits Your Building?
| Frequency | Best fit | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Semi-annual | Small offices, light industrial, low run hours | Spring cooling and fall heating start-ups cover the basics |
| Quarterly | Restaurants, retail, busy offices | Filters and coils foul faster with high run hours |
| Monthly | Towers, hospitals, chiller plants, server rooms | Critical loads and plant logs need close tracking |
When Do You Need a Maintenance Contract?
- Your building has more than a handful of rooftop units and no record of their age or condition.
- Emergency calls are eating the repair budget every July and January.
- Your board, landlord or insurer is asking for written maintenance records.
- You are planning capital replacement and need data on which units to replace first.
- You operate multiple sites and want one contractor and one report format. Our property manager programs cover 3-50+ sites.
Planned Maintenance vs Reactive Repair
Reactive repair looks cheaper until you add up overtime rates, emergency parts, tenant complaints and the shorter life of equipment that runs dirty. A planned program spreads cost evenly, catches small faults while they are cheap and gives you the condition data to plan commercial HVAC replacement on your schedule instead of the equipment’s. For restaurants and grocery, pair HVAC PM with commercial refrigeration maintenance on one contract.
Maintenance Across Toronto and the GTA
Our PM routes run through Bay Street and King West towers, Yonge-Sheppard and Yonge-Eglinton offices, Square One and Airport Corporate Centre office parks, Dixie-Mavis and Hwy 410 industrial and retail plazas from Streetsville to Agincourt. Paul Hendricks, an asset manager with three North York buildings on one quarterly program, told us the reserve fund consultant now uses our per-unit data directly.
