Licensing is a state matter, so our Brisbane air conditioning page covers it: the QBCC's mechanical services licences, the carve-outs for single-head splits and houses, the licence details a website has to show, where a restricted electrical licence stops, and the national ARC licence. Ipswich is on Energex's network, so check any PeakSmart cashback line against Energex's current terms before it goes on the site. What sets Ipswich apart is its weather, its rivers and its age.
The Bureau of Meteorology's station at RAAF Base Amberley, on the city's south-western side, has records back to 1941. It averages 97.5 days a year at 30°C or more and 13.5 days at 35°C or more, and its highest reading is 44.3°C. Winter goes the other way: a mean July minimum of 5.4°C, an average of 18 nights a year at 2°C or below, and a lowest reading of minus 4.9°C. Afternoons are drier than on the coast, with a mean January 3 pm humidity of 51%. Few places in South East Queensland give an installer such a clear case for selling heating as well as cooling.
The rivers are the second thing. Ipswich has flooded many times: the 1893 flood peaked at 24.5 metres, the 1974 flood at 20.7 metres and the January 2011 flood at about 19.4 metres. Queensland's Electrical Safety Office says water-damaged hard-wired appliances, air conditioning units included, should be checked by a licensed electrician before they're used again, and that the check may be needed before the power is reconnected. The Queensland Government's flood-resilience guidance lists raising air conditioner condenser units, placed above the highest known flood level or as high as practically possible, and suggests checking council's flood information before deciding the height. Its current Stronger Homes Grant covers other council areas, not Ipswich, so an Ipswich site shouldn't mention it.
The third is age. Ipswich became a local government area in 1860, and council runs a Heritage Adviser Service that gives owners of historic Ipswich buildings conservation advice at no cost, by appointment and in limited numbers. For an installer working on an old Queenslander, mentioning that service, and showing that you plan where the condenser and pipework go with the street front in mind, reassures an owner who has spent years restoring the place. Meanwhile the city keeps growing at the edges, in Springfield and the Ripley Valley, and its industrial and freight businesses run cool rooms and refrigeration that need servicing.
We're an Adelaide team at Ste 3/110 Hutt St and work with Ipswich businesses by phone and email. There's no air conditioning business in our portfolio yet. You send your licence details, the suburbs you cover and photos of installs, including raised condensers; we send a draft link to check on your phone, and you pay once you've approved it.