Every property has a peak season — the weeks when every room is occupied and every unit is running at maximum load. That's also when neglected PTACs fail. A pre-season maintenance pass is the best way to avoid emergency calls during your highest-revenue period.
Start 6–8 weeks before peak
Give yourself time to complete deep cleans, order parts, and re-service any unit that shows problems. Waiting until the first heat wave means vendors are booked and rooms are full.
Focus on the high-load units first
Corner rooms, south-facing units, and rooms above mechanical spaces work hardest and fail first. Prioritize them in your pre-season schedule, then move through the rest of the property floor by floor.
Test before you need them
A maintenance visit should include performance testing: amp draw, temperature split, airflow, and drain line function. Catching a weak compressor or slow leak in March is far cheaper than replacing a failed unit in July.
Make it repeatable
The properties that survive peak season without drama are the ones that treat pre-season maintenance as a recurring program, not a one-time scramble. Book the next cycle before the current one ends.
Want to know the condition of your equipment inventory?
A-TAC maintains PTAC, VTAC, water-source heat pump and mini-split systems across the NYC metro area — New York City, nearby New Jersey, Westchester and Long Island. We can assess a representative sample of units or the full inventory and report what we find.