Air Conditioner Installation & Repair in Makhinjauri
About 5 km from Batumi
Yes — Makhinjauri is effectively Batumi’s northern edge, about 5 km from the centre and often reachable the same day. Imia works there constantly. Installation starts from 140 GEL, on-site diagnostics from 60 GEL and a wall-unit deep clean is 130–150 GEL, with a 12-month workmanship warranty on every installation.
The harshest salt exposure on the coast
Makhinjauri is the place on this list where the sea does the most damage. The buildings sit directly above the shoreline with nothing between them and the open water, so outdoor units here take salt spray and salt-laden wind year-round. The visible result is a white crust on the condenser fins; the real result is aluminium fins corroding through, the coil losing its ability to reject heat, and the fan bearings and casing screws going long before their time. A unit that would run twelve years in central Batumi can be finished in seven here.
Two things change that, and both are cheap relative to a new system. First, when buying, insist on a corrosion-protected outdoor coil — blue-fin, gold-fin or whatever the manufacturer calls its coating. Second, wash the outdoor unit every year: rinsing the salt out of the coil is the single highest-value maintenance job on this stretch of coast, and it is part of a full service rather than an extra.
Sanatorium towers, short-lets and the train station strip
The building stock around Makhinjauri is a mix of old sanatorium and resort towers and newer apartment blocks let out short-term, clustered along the strip between the railway station and the northern edge of the Botanical Garden. In the older towers the recurring job is replacing units that were installed decades ago on pipework nobody has touched since — often a straight swap at 80 or 100 GEL if the existing line is sound, or a full install with fresh pipe if it is not.
In the newer short-let blocks the pattern is different: units are relatively new but heavily used and rarely cleaned, so the calls are smells, water dripping indoors, and weak cooling from a slow refrigerant leak. Because Makhinjauri is a ten-minute drive from central Batumi, these are the jobs most likely to be same-day, which matters when there is a guest in the flat.
Prices — Batumi rates, ten minutes away
Wall-mounted installation is 140 GEL at 7,000 BTU, 160 at 9,000, 200 at 12,000, 220 at 18,000 and 250 at 24,000. Replacing an existing unit is a fixed 80 GEL (20–40 m²) or 100 GEL (60–80 m²). A deep clean is 130 or 150 GEL, on-site diagnostics from 60 GEL, a water-leak check from 50 GEL, refrigerant 15 GEL per 100 g, and pipe and drainage preparation from 80 GEL.
Because Makhinjauri is so close, it is also the easiest place to get a quick look at something before it becomes a real fault — an outdoor unit that has started to hum differently, a smell that appeared last week, a drip that is only occasional. Call with the model number and the symptom, and you get a fixed price before any work starts.
Every service, available in Makhinjauri
- Pre-installation Pipe & Drainage PrepFrom 80 GEL
- Freon Leak DetectionQuoted on request
- Standard AC InstallationFrom 140 GEL
- Split & Multi-Split AC InstallationFrom 350 GEL
- AC RepairQuoted on request
- VRF System Installation & ServiceFrom 650 GEL
- Cassette & Ceiling-Floor AC InstallationFrom 450 GEL
- Maintenance & Deep Cleaning130 GEL
- Cassette AC Deep WashFrom 250 GEL
- Electrical Diagnostics & RepairFrom 60 GEL
Questions about Makhinjauri
Does the sea air really shorten how long an air conditioner lasts?
On the Makhinjauri seafront, yes and noticeably. Salt corrodes the aluminium fins of the outdoor coil, which then cannot shed heat properly, and it attacks the fan and fixings. A unit that lasts twelve years inland may manage seven or eight here. A corrosion-coated coil plus an annual outdoor wash is what closes most of that gap.
Can you come the same day in Makhinjauri?
Often, because it is only about a 5 km drive from central Batumi — this is the easiest part of the service area to reach quickly. Call and describe the fault; if there is a slot that day we will take it. On-site diagnostics is from 60 GEL and you get a fixed repair quote before any work begins.