Daikin Split Installation for a New Cafe in Bangsar

The challenge

A new cafe in Bangsar was days away from its opening when the owner reached out on WhatsApp. The shell had been handed over by the building, the kitchen and counter were going in, and two brand-new Daikin 2.0HP wall splits were sitting boxed on the floor — but nothing was mounted, piped, or commissioned. Opening day was fixed, suppliers were booked, and the first customers were expected on the dot. There was no room in the schedule for a unit that wasn’t cooling.

F&B fit-outs carry a few constraints a typical apartment install doesn’t. The trunking and unit positioning are in full view of paying customers, so a messy run of exposed copper or a crooked casing isn’t acceptable — the finish has to read as clean and deliberate. Cooling also has to be even across the seating area; a single unit blasting one corner while the far tables stay warm is a complaint waiting to happen. And condensate is the quiet risk: a cafe shopfront on a Bangsar street cannot have water dripping onto the walkway or pooling near the entrance. The owner was clear on all three points — neat, even, and dry — and clear that it all had to be done before opening, not after.

What we did

We scheduled the job for a single morning so the units would be live and cooling well before the doors opened. The team arrived with the copper, brackets, trunking, and drainage materials cut and prepped, so on-site time went to the work itself rather than ferrying parts.

• Bracket and unit positioning. Before drilling, we set the mounting heights and positions so the two units throw across the seating area evenly — no warm corner, no cold spot directly over a table. Brackets were levelled and anchored into solid wall, not plaster.
• Copper runs, flared and torqued. Each indoor unit was connected to its condenser with a clean 3 m-plus copper run. Every flare was cut and seated properly, and joints were torqued to spec rather than hand-tightened — the single most common cause of a slow gas leak on a fresh install.
• Neat external trunking. The piping and drain lines were run inside straight, square trunking with proper corners, sized to sit flush against the wall. Because this is a customer-facing space, the routing was planned to be as discreet and tidy as the finish on the units themselves.
• Condensate to the floor trap. Drain lines were piped to the cafe’s floor trap with a continuous fall along the whole run, so water always gravity-drains away from the unit. No flat sections to hold water, and nothing routed toward the shopfront — exactly the dripping risk the owner wanted eliminated.
• Electrical hookup. Each unit was wired to a dedicated isolator so it can be safely switched off for future servicing, with the connections checked before power-up.
• Vacuum-down and gas charge. Both systems were vacuumed down to pull moisture and air out of the lines, then charged to the manufacturer’s specified pressure. Skipping or rushing this step is what shortens compressor life on a new unit, so we held the vacuum and verified it before releasing refrigerant.
• Commissioning and handover. We ran both units, measured the outlet temperatures, confirmed even cooling across the floor, and walked the owner through switching and basic filter care. The full scope behind each of these steps is detailed on our aircond installation service page.

The result

Both Daikin units were cooling to spec by late morning, with even coverage across the seating area and no warm pockets at the far tables. The trunking finished straight and flush — tidy enough for a space where customers see it every day — and the condensate ran cleanly to the floor trap with no pooling or dripping near the entrance. The whole job was completed in one morning, so the cafe opened on schedule with cooling already comfortable before the first customers walked in.

The installation was handed over with a 1-year installation parts warranty, the manufacturer’s 5-year compressor warranty on the Daikin units, and a 3-month workmanship warranty on our labour — so the owner is covered on the parts, the hardware, and our own work. For a brand-new F&B space, that combination matters: it means a comfortable room on day one and no surprises in the months that follow.