How far is Hillsborough from your San Ramon base?

Around 50 to 60 minutes across the San Mateo Bridge. We schedule Hillsborough with Atherton, Palo Alto, and Los Altos Hills work on Peninsula days, and for an event-week failure we will make a dedicated trip.

Our caterer says the reach-in must hold 38 degrees for the event. Can you verify it?

Yes. We check cabinet temperature loaded and logged, not just the display, and we verify the thermostat calibration against a reference thermometer. If the unit cannot hold, we tell you before the event, not during it.

Who handles the refrigerant if the system needs a recharge?

I do, under EPA Section 608 Universal certification. Recovery and recharge are measured and documented, and a system that lost charge gets leak-checked first, because topping off a leaking system is not a repair.

CONTINENTAL REFRIGERATOR · HILLSBOROUGH

Service · All Continental Models

Continental Refrigerator Commercial Refrigeration Repair · Hillsborough, CA

Continental refrigeration service for Hillsborough estate kitchens

$75 diagnostic (waived with repair)
Same or next-day best effort
CSLB #1136642

Call (925) 999-4095

Continental Refrigerator in Hillsborough

Continental Refrigerator commercial service.

Hillsborough has no commercial district at all, so every Continental unit we touch here lives in a home: catering pantries sized for hundred-guest events, secondary kitchens with commercial reach-ins, and pool houses with worktop coolers built into the bar. That equipment is commercial-grade and needs commercial-grade service, which we provide through our division Bay Area Refrigeration Service.

The town's hills add a wrinkle I rarely see elsewhere: long private drives and detached service buildings mean these units often run on their own subpanels, and voltage drop across a long feeder does to a compressor what a bad relay does. I measure voltage under load at the unit before replacing parts. The rest of the discipline is standard: amp draw and superheat before any compressor verdict.

The $75 diagnostic is waived with repair, quotes are written for whoever approves household spending, repairs carry a one year warranty, and we schedule seven days around staff and event calendars.

Common repairs we do

What we close on the truck.

Compressor start failures on long subpanel feeders. A reach-in in a detached catering kitchen at the end of a long feeder sees voltage sag at compressor start. The relay chatters, the overload trips, and parts get replaced that were never the problem. We measure voltage under starting load, fix what the measurement says, and document the feeder issue if the electrician needs to get involved.
Condenser coils fouled by construction and landscaping dust. Hillsborough properties are always renovating something, and fine dust ends up matted into the coil of the pantry reach-in. The unit runs constantly and struggles in warm weather. A proper coil cleaning and a superheat check usually restores full capacity without parts.
Drain freeze-ups over finished floors. An iced defrost drain floods the cabinet and then the hardwood in front of it, and in these homes the floor costs more than the refrigerator. We thaw and clear the line, verify pitch and the drain heater, and check the door gaskets that let the humidity in.

Models we service

Continental Refrigerator product lines.

Reach-ins
Prep tables
Under-counters

Pricing and warranty

What it costs. What we stand behind.

$75

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

90 days on consumables, 1 year on major parts, 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 Hillsborough questions, answered.

How far is Hillsborough from your San Ramon base?

Around 50 to 60 minutes across the San Mateo Bridge. We schedule Hillsborough with Atherton, Palo Alto, and Los Altos Hills work on Peninsula days, and for an event-week failure we will make a dedicated trip.
Our caterer says the reach-in must hold 38 degrees for the event. Can you verify it?

Yes. We check cabinet temperature loaded and logged, not just the display, and we verify the thermostat calibration against a reference thermometer. If the unit cannot hold, we tell you before the event, not during it.
Who handles the refrigerant if the system needs a recharge?

I do, under EPA Section 608 Universal certification. Recovery and recharge are measured and documented, and a system that lost charge gets leak-checked first, because topping off a leaking system is not a repair.

Need Continental Refrigerator service in Hillsborough?

Tell us what is broken. We will quote it.