How long does it take you to reach El Cerrito from San Ramon?

About 40 to 45 minutes, usually 24 through the Caldecott and then 80 north, sometimes 580 depending on the day. We route El Cerrito with Berkeley and Richmond on our Inner East Bay days, and a booked window gets you a written arrival time.

My Continental unit runs all the time but still holds temperature. Should I worry?

Yes, treat it as the first sign. A unit that never stops running usually cannot reject heat properly, most often a dirty coil or blocked airflow around the cabinet. Handled now it is a cleaning. Left through a warm stretch it turns into a compressor replacement.

Is there a charge if you look at the unit and it turns out to be a small fix?

No. The $99 diagnostic is waived once you approve the repair. You see the written quote first, and the work carries a one year warranty either way.

CONTINENTAL REFRIGERATOR · EL CERRITO

Service · All Continental Models

Continental Refrigerator Commercial Refrigeration Repair · El Cerrito, CA

Continental prep table and reach-in repair for the restaurants and markets along El Cerrito's San Pablo Avenue strip

$99 diagnostic (waived with repair)
Same or next-day best effort
CSLB #1136642

Call (925) 999-4095

Continental Refrigerator in El Cerrito

Continental Refrigerator commercial service.

El Cerrito runs its food business along San Pablo Avenue and out of the El Cerrito Plaza shopping center, small restaurants, bakeries, and markets packed into older storefronts between Richmond and Albany. A lot of those spaces still carry their original Continental prep tables and reach-ins, units opened and closed all day by a kitchen that never really slows down. We service Continental refrigeration in El Cerrito through Bay Area Refrigeration Service, our commercial division.

Buildings on San Pablo Avenue date back to the 1940s and 1950s in a lot of cases, and the electrical behind the walls has not kept pace with the equipment plugged into it. I have found Continental units cycling their compressor on and off because the circuit is starved, not because the compressor is bad. Before I swap a start relay or capacitor, I check voltage under load, because a part replaced on a weak circuit just fails again in a few months.

Diagnostic runs $99 and comes off the bill once you book the repair. You get a written quote before we start, the repair carries a one year warranty, and we are on call seven days a week.

Common repairs we do

What we close on the truck.

Compressor cycling on undersized San Pablo Avenue circuits. Older storefronts on San Pablo Avenue often share a panel that was never sized for a reach-in and a hood fan on the same run. I test amp draw and voltage at start-up before replacing anything, and I put the circuit finding in writing so you have something to hand a landlord or electrician.
Condenser coils loaded with grease in tight galley kitchens. El Cerrito storefront kitchens are narrow, and the cooler ends up close to the line because there is no other spot for it. Grease builds on the coil fins, head pressure climbs, and the box runs warm during a rush. I degrease the coil, check superheat, and give the kitchen a cleaning interval that actually fits their volume.
Door gaskets failing from marine-layer humidity. El Cerrito sits in the fog belt and the moist air works on rubber gaskets faster than a drier inland kitchen sees. A worn gasket pulls humid air into the box, the evaporator ices, and the unit runs long cycles trying to hold temperature. I replace the gasket and check the door alignment so it seals square again.

Models we service

Continental Refrigerator product lines.

Reach-ins
Prep tables
Under-counters

Pricing and warranty

What it costs. What we stand behind.

$99

Diagnostic visit. Waived when you book the repair with us.
Written

3 months standard, 1 year on inverter boards, up to 2 years on sealed-system rebuilds. Quoted in writing before work starts.
CSLB

#1136642. Bonded and insured. We file warranty paperwork when applicable.

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FAQ

Continental Refrigerator in El Cerrito questions, answered.

How long does it take you to reach El Cerrito from San Ramon?

About 40 to 45 minutes, usually 24 through the Caldecott and then 80 north, sometimes 580 depending on the day. We route El Cerrito with Berkeley and Richmond on our Inner East Bay days, and a booked window gets you a written arrival time.
My Continental unit runs all the time but still holds temperature. Should I worry?

Yes, treat it as the first sign. A unit that never stops running usually cannot reject heat properly, most often a dirty coil or blocked airflow around the cabinet. Handled now it is a cleaning. Left through a warm stretch it turns into a compressor replacement.
Is there a charge if you look at the unit and it turns out to be a small fix?

No. The $99 diagnostic is waived once you approve the repair. You see the written quote first, and the work carries a one year warranty either way.

Need Continental Refrigerator service in El Cerrito?

Tell us what is broken. We will quote it.