Renters, landlords & little houses

Portable A/C rental in South Salt Lake

Same-day cool for the valley’s most compact housing — delivered, set up, and collected when the repair lands or the heat breaks.

Local context

Small homes heat fast — and cool fast, with help

South Salt Lake’s postwar houses are the smallest in the valley, and in a heat wave that cuts both ways. Little rooms under low roofs heat up brutally by afternoon — but they’re also exactly the spaces a good portable A/C can genuinely win back. Two units in a compact floor plan isn’t a patch here; it’s functional whole-home relief.

A lot of these homes rent, which is why so many of our South Salt Lake rental calls come from owners rather than occupants. A tenant’s no-cooling message on a 100° Friday doesn’t have to wait for a contractor’s Monday: the portables usually go in the same day, the real repair gets scheduled sanely, and everyone’s week improves.

And because we repair the swamp coolers and A/C units these houses run, the machine that quit and the cold air that replaces it can be one phone call.

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Clear pricing

One rate for houses and four-plexes

Owner or renter, the math is the same — reserve by phone or text and the units go in that day’s window.

Landlords: pair it with a repair booking — book online →

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 — rentals are confirmed person-to-person on the spot, which also makes owner-pays, tenant-receives arrangements painless.

2

We deliver & set up

We coordinate the arrival with whoever’s home, set the units where the sleeping happens, and leave them running.

3

We pick it up

When the landlord’s repair finally lands, we collect everything ourselves — tenants never haul a thing.

Who calls for this

The South Salt Lake calls we get most

THE LANDLORD SAVE

Tenant’s cooling died, repair is days out. Owner reserves by phone, we usually set up with the tenant same-day, everyone stops sweating.

THE SWAMP COOLER BRIDGE

The rooftop cooler quit mid-heat wave and the pump is on order. Portables carry the house; we can fix the cooler too.

THE NO-A/C HOUSE

Some of these homes have never had cooling at all. For the worst two weeks of summer, renting beats buying a machine you’d store for eleven months.

THE PARTS WAIT

A/C compressor part lands Thursday. The bedrooms stay cool until it does, and nobody pays heat-wave panic prices for a rushed fix.

Where we deliver

All of South Salt Lake

Granite Park, Roosevelt, Historic Scott, Meadowbrook, Central Pointe and every street off State — houses, apartments and four-plexes alike.

Nearby portable A/C rental: Salt Lake City · Millcreek · Murray · Sugar House

South Salt Lake rental FAQ

South Salt Lake’s rental questions

Do you deliver portable A/C same-day in South Salt Lake?

Nearly always the same day, and often the same evening, since South Salt Lake sits minutes from the middle of our routes. Windows run M-F 7am-10pm, Sat 8am-10pm, Sun 8am-9pm. Text or call 801-960-5925 for a confirmed slot.

Who rents portable air conditioners in South Salt Lake?

Canyon Comfort Heating & Cooling, licensed and insured, rents portables to South Salt Lake homes, tenants and landlords alike, and repairs the swamp coolers and A/C units these small postwar houses run on. One call to 801-960-5925 can book both.

Can a landlord rent for a tenant?

Yes, and it happens here weekly in summer. The owner reserves and pays by phone, we coordinate the setup time with the tenant by text, and the tenant gets a cool bedroom while the real repair gets scheduled. It’s the fastest way to turn an angry hot-apartment call into a solved one.

What’s included in the rental?

The kit that arrives: two high-efficiency portable A/C units covering about 450 square feet each, 900 together, plus a portable swamp cooler. In these compact postwar floor plans that’s most of the home’s living space, delivered, set up and later hauled away.

What does it cost, and how are days counted?

Dates on the calendar, not hours on a meter. $150 covers the delivery, setup and takedown; each date adds $20, with the setup and pickup dates each counting as one whatever time we arrive. Need a third unit? $10 a day.

Will it keep the whole house at 70?

Portables cool rooms, not whole houses, and we say that up front. In a small postwar home, though, two well-placed units cover the bedroom and living room, which is what a livable week actually requires.

Our swamp cooler died and parts take a few days. Is this the bridge?

That’s one of the most common calls here. The portables carry the house while the cooler waits on its pump or motor, and since we repair swamp coolers too, one call can book both.

Can I rent if another company is doing the repair?

Yes, any repair company, any timeline. Want us on the fix as well? The weekday service call is $80 (7am-6pm) and it credits toward repairs you approve; weeknights until 10pm and weekends run $40 more.

Small homes, fast relief

The whole hot week, one phone number

Rented cold air today and the swamp cooler or A/C repaired right behind it — licensed, insured, and used to landlord logistics.