Looking for Air Conditioning and Commercial Refrigeration Engineers in Essex and the South East of England?

Established for over 20 years Chill Factor Ltd is a family run business that offers a wide range of high quality air conditioning and refrigeration services to the commercial sector.

All of our air conditioning and refrigeration services are readily available to commercial and industrial customers throughout Essex, London, East Anglia and the South East of England.

For the independent retailer through multiple outlet companies and over a wide-ranging industrial spectrum, we pride ourselves on offering a prompt, first class service whatever the size of the job.

Experienced air-conditioning and refrigeration engineers on-call throughout Essex and the Home Counties

Our experienced team of engineers are only a telephone call or email away; whether it's an out-of-hours emergency breakdown, routine site maintenance, new or replacement installation.

We can also supply new air conditioning, refrigeration and kitchen catering equipment at competitive prices for your replacement or expansion needs.

F Gas Certified Engineers

For working with refrigerant gases our engineers are F Gas Certified (C&G 2079) to comply with current environmental and Health and Safety legislation. For further information please visit:

• F gas: guidance for users, producers and traders

Chill factor Ltd is able to supply full electrical services for installation and testing of AC and refrigeration equipment

Full Certification to 17th Edition Regulations (BS 7671:2008 incorporating amendment number 3:2015) for green-field installs through Small Works requirements.

This AC & refrigeration service will also cover initial inspection and testing, Minor Works, Periodic inspection & In-service inspection and testing.

R404a Refrigerant Gas usage will not be allowed in new equipment after 1st January 2020

Use of R404A

The use of HFCs with a GWP above 2,500 will be banned in all new commercial refrigeration equipment placed on the EU market after January 1st 2020. Therefore no a/c or refrigerator/freezer manufacturer will be able to sell equipment after 1 January 2020 if it uses R404A.

Why stop using R4040A now?

Recently one of the largest manufacturers of refrigerants stated that they intend to stop selling high GWP refrigerants such as R404A in Europe from 2018. The price of R404A has risen dramatically over the last year and is predicted to continue increasing. There is now a strong business case to move to a low GWP and economic refrigerant alternative.

Alternatives to R404a

Using another gas in place of R404a will depend on the equipment in use & its purpose. Chill Factor Ltd. can advise on what to do for new equipment and servicing, please contact Paul Akers on 01268 661705.

R22 Refrigerant Gas is now phased out as of 1st January 2015

If your equipment is still using R22 gas, Chill Factor Ltd can provide a full consultancy, installation and replacement service to help make your transition to industry compliant refrigeration equipment safe, economic and efficient.