Short answer
Yes. Limpieza de Ductería, a technical service of Climatiza, works in shops, restaurants, workshops and homes in Pedregal, an area about 13 km by road from its office. Whoever runs each premises sets in advance the time slot and where the team goes in.
Pedregal is a corregimiento in the northeast of the Panama metropolitan area, in the Panama District, with strong commercial growth along the José Agustín Arango road: minimarkets, hardware stores, restaurants, workshops and businesses of every kind in each sector. The corregimiento also has numerous housing developments and neighborhoods.
These are modest premises, each with its own unit, open many hours in a row. In a dining room or a workshop the air also carries whatever moves around inside the premises. Since the area is about 13 km by road from the Climatiza office, in an approximate calculation, the visit is arranged beforehand with whoever runs each business.
Data point: A modeling study by Waring and Siegel (2008) estimated that filters in commercial systems collect a median of 130 g/m² per month, compared with 2.97 in residential ones. It is an estimate, which is why the actual case is inspected.
| Building type | What is usually there | What is checked first |
|---|---|---|
| Minimarkets and corner stores | Premises open many hours in a row, with their own unit | Odor on entering and the return by the registers |
| Hardware stores and workshops | A sales floor and a work space in the same premises | Which ducts serve the sales floor and which serve the workshop |
| Restaurants and dining rooms | Lounges with heavy service at mealtimes | Odor in the dining room (kitchen exhaust is a different service and is referred to Climatiza) |
| Housing developments and neighborhoods | Houses and small buildings with different kinds of units | Which installation each home has, before proposing an inspection |
01
A call beforehand to set the time of day when the premises is least affected.
02
The camera goes first into the service area and the return, then into the sections nobody sees.
03
A report with photos and video of the premises itself, useful for deciding whether cleaning is needed.
Yes. Limpieza de Ductería, a technical service of Climatiza, works in shops, restaurants, workshops and homes in Pedregal, an area about 13 km by road from its office. Whoever runs each premises sets in advance the time slot and where the team goes in.
A stuffy smell when the unit starts, dust stuck to the diffusers, customer comments about the air inside and a difference between the front and the back are the clues. The camera inspection confirms it. Each premises runs different hours, so there is no single calendar.
The ducts of the lounge and the dining room are inspected with a camera. Kitchen exhaust, hoods and cold rooms are different services, and they are referred to Climatiza separately. The report makes clear which part of the system was inspected and which was left out.
Not always. In a small premises the work is agreed by time slot and by sector so the business can keep serving, and it is decided case by case after the camera shows which sections serve each area. Whoever runs the premises chooses the slot.
Every visit starts from a camera inspection. The businesses of the area also appear on the pages for retail and restaurants. All areas. The service is provided by Climatiza.