For the weeks the mountain gets hot

Portable A/C rental in Park City

Most homes up here were built without A/C — and most summers that’s fine. For the weeks it isn’t, cold air usually arrives the same day.

Local context

Built for winter, caught out by July

Park City housing was engineered around one season. Old Town’s miner-era homes and a big share of Prospector and Park Meadows were built without air conditioning at all, on the reasonable theory that 7,000-foot nights would handle summer — and most of the time they do. But a genuinely hot spell changes the math: a south-facing home that soaks up sun all day holds it well past dark, upstairs bedrooms worst of all.

Renting for exactly those weeks beats every alternative. No permanent equipment a mountain home doesn’t need fifty weeks a year, no box-store unit to store afterward — two portable A/C units and a portable swamp cooler (dry mountain air is its best case), set up in the bedrooms the same day, gone when the weather breaks.

Short-term rental owners and managers use the same play for guest stays that land on a hot week: set up before check-in, collect after checkout, predictable calendar-day math throughout.

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Mountain rate matches the valley

Parleys is our commute, not your surcharge — reserve by phone or text and the window is confirmed on the call.

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Portable A/C rental

$150 total
delivery, setup & takedown
+ $20 / day
counted by the date — setup day and pickup day each count as one, whatever the time
  • 2 high-efficiency portable A/C units — 450 sq ft each, 900 sq ft together
  • 1 portable swamp cooler included
  • Third portable A/C unit +$10/day
  • Usually same-day delivery, full setup, picked up when you’re done
How it works

Three steps, no hauling on your end

1

Reserve

Call or text 801-960-5925 — for guest-stay setups, tell us the check-in date and we’ll work backwards from it.

2

We deliver & set up

Old Town stairs or Pinebrook garages, we place the units, vent them cleanly and leave them holding the bedrooms.

3

We pick it up

Weather broken or guests departed, we collect everything — hosts never touch a unit.

Who calls for this

The Park City calls we get most

THE OLD TOWN HOT SPELL

A miner-era home with no A/C holding 82° at bedtime. Portables in the bedrooms for the week the mountain runs hot.

THE GUEST STAY

A rental booking lands on a heat wave and the unit has no cooling. Set up before check-in, collected after checkout.

THE SYSTEM WAIT

For the newer homes that do have A/C — when it quits, mountain-town repair scheduling can take days. The rental bridges them.

THE HOME OFFICE

A south-facing office losing its afternoons to the sun. One dedicated unit holds it through the working hours.

Where we deliver

Park City & the basin

Old Town, Prospector, Park Meadows, Thaynes, and out through Kimball Junction, Silver Summit, Trailside, Pinebrook and Jeremy Ranch — same set rate throughout.

Nearby portable A/C rental: Heber · Salt Lake City · All rental details

Park City rental FAQ

Park City’s rental questions

Do you deliver portable A/C to Park City?

Yes, Old Town to Kimball Junction, usually the same day you reserve. Setup runs seven days a week: weekdays 7am-10pm, Saturday 8am-10pm, Sunday 8am-9pm. Call or text 801-960-5925 and we confirm availability on the spot.

Who rents portable air conditioners in Park City?

Canyon Comfort Heating & Cooling, licensed and insured, brings rental portables up to Park City at the same set rate as the valley, cooling no-A/C mountain homes and short-term rentals through the hot exceptions. Reserve at 801-960-5925.

Does the drive up Parleys cost extra?

No. The $150 for delivery, setup and takedown is the same on the Wasatch Back as anywhere else we serve, plus $20 a day.

Our mountain home has no A/C at all. Is that normal up here?

Completely. Most older Park City homes were built on the theory that mountain nights do the cooling, and most summers they’re right. The exception is the one or two genuinely hot stretches, when a sun-baked Old Town or Prospector home holds heat into the night. Renting for exactly those weeks is what this service is for.

What’s included?

Two high-efficiency portable A/C units, 450 square feet apiece and about 900 paired, plus a portable swamp cooler that thrives in mountain-dry air. Delivered up the hill, set up fully, and removed when the heat passes.

How are the days counted?

By calendar date at any elevation: $150 for the delivery, setup and takedown, $20 for each date the units stay, with the setup and pickup dates each counted once. A third unit adds $10 a day, guest bookings included.

Can a rental manager arrange cooling for a guest stay?

Yes, and it’s a common Park City call. A hot week with arriving guests and no A/C in the unit is solvable in an afternoon: reserve by phone, we set up before check-in, and collect after checkout. Days count by the calendar, so the math is predictable.

Can I rent if another company is handling my HVAC work?

Yes, whoever handles your mountain home’s systems. If you’d like us involved, the weekday service call is $80 (7am-6pm), credited toward approved work, +$40 weeknights to 10pm and all weekend.

For the hot exception

Fifty cool weeks, two hot ones — we cover the two

Rental cold for the mountain’s rare hot spells and guest-stay saves, from the licensed, insured company already serving the Wasatch Back.