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Our water-cooled chiller setup has a cooling tower, and "water treatment" keeps appearing as a recurring cost line. Before I just keep paying it, I want to understand it: - What d…
I manage a building on district cooling and the bill has two parts: a consumption charge (for cooling used) and a big capacity / demand charge that's there regardless of usage. Ow…
People keep quoting AC and chiller capacity in "tons" (TR) and I realise I don't actually understand it: - What is a "ton" of cooling in normal units? - How many tons does my spac…
I'm helping spec the cooling for a commercial building and trying to properly understand water-cooled vs air-cooled chillers before committing. What I think I know: water-cooled i…
After a brutal summer of the AC running almost non-stop, I want to give it a proper post-summer service — but I've been burned before by someone who basically sprayed the filter,…
I'm fitting out a commercial space and the cooling setup varies by unit: some are on the building's chilled-water (district cooling) supply with FCUs, others I'd install my own DX…
My café's extraction hood came with mesh filters (the metal-wool-looking panels), and I keep being told baffle filters are what a commercial kitchen should use. Before I buy repla…
I'm planning a second café / small commercial space, and the fit-out approvals feel a lot more involved than the home renovations we usually discuss here. People keep mentioning a…
For a home repair in Dubai you've basically got three routes: a handyman app/platform, going direct to a local maintenance company, or the building's FM/maintenance. I keep gettin…
We're planning a kitchen renovation and, like everyone warns, the quotes swing wildly. Before I pick a number I want to understand what actually drives the cost, so I can compare…
The ice machine in the café is going downhill: it's making less ice than it used to, the cubes come out smaller and cloudy, and — the bit that worries me most — the ice has starte…
The under-counter fridge in my café is slowly losing temperature — it's meant to sit at 1-5°C but it's been creeping up to 8-9°C, and the compressor seems to run almost constantly…
I run a small café in JLT and I've realised our kitchen extraction hood has never been properly cleaned — the cleaner just pops the metal filters out, washes them, and puts them b…
Our villa's wiring is original and never touched, and between a couple of nuisance trips and reading the threads here on DB upgrades and safety inspections, I keep wondering: am I…
I'm getting quotes for a gypsum false ceiling in the living/dining area and they're all over the place — the range is wide enough that I don't think they're pricing the same thing…
I run a small place in JLT (Jumeirah Lake Towers) and live nearby, and the cooling setup here is different from a normal split-AC building: it's district cooling, so there's no ou…
Power cuts in the UAE are rare, which is why I never thought about it — but we had two long outages last summer, and sitting in a villa with no AC and a defrosting fridge in 45°C…
I've realised I have no idea when — or if — the water storage tank for our home has ever been cleaned. Someone mentioned that Dubai Municipality actually requires it, which surpri…
Having just dealt with a roof damp patch, it's got me thinking about the bigger picture. The vulnerable waterproofing in my villa — the roof, the bathrooms/wet areas, and the exte…
I'm comparing a few AC / home maintenance contracts (AMC) and I'm confused. They all use the word "comprehensive", but the annual prices are miles apart — some nearly double other…
Before the worst of the heat lands, a little AC prep saves a mid-summer breakdown (and a chunk off the DEWA bill). Here is the community shortlist — add yours below. - Clean or re…