How fast can you get to a Laurel Street kitchen if a cooler goes down mid-service?

We have a technician based in San Mateo County covering the Peninsula, so San Carlos is a short run, not a cross-Bay trip. We don't guarantee same-day, but a commercial unit down during service moves to the front of that day's schedule when we can make it work.

Can you work around our open hours so you're not in the kitchen during service?

Yes. Laurel Street restaurants mostly want us there before open or in the gap between lunch and dinner, and that's when we prefer to schedule commercial calls too. Tell us your windows and we'll work inside them.

What's the actual cost to have someone look at our Continental unit?

The diagnostic is $99, and it's waived the moment you approve the repair we quote. You get that quote in writing before any part gets ordered or any labor starts.

CONTINENTAL REFRIGERATOR · SAN CARLOS

Service · All Continental Models

Continental Refrigerator Commercial Refrigeration Repair · San Carlos, CA

Continental refrigeration repair along San Carlos's Laurel Street restaurant row

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

Call (925) 999-4095

Continental Refrigerator in San Carlos

Continental Refrigerator commercial service.

Laurel Street is San Carlos's restaurant row, a tight run of independent kitchens that all lean on Continental prep tables and reach-ins to get through lunch and dinner. We service that equipment across San Carlos through Bay Area Refrigeration Service, ADRIUM Service Solutions' commercial refrigeration division.

A Laurel Street kitchen doesn't have room to spare, so the cooler usually sits close to the line, close to the fryer, close to the grill. Heat and grease from that layout land on the condenser coil first, and that's where most of the calls I run there start. I check amp draw and superheat before I say the word compressor, because a dirty coil looks a lot like a dying one until you clean it and measure again.

The $99 diagnostic is waived when you book the repair, quotes come in writing, and we run seven days because Laurel Street kitchens do too. Refrigerant work is handled under EPA Section 608 Universal certification, and a San Mateo County based technician covers San Carlos, so calls here don't wait on a truck routed from somewhere else on the map.

Common repairs we do

What we close on the truck.

Condenser coils overloaded by tight line placement. Laurel Street kitchens put the Continental prep table or reach-in wherever it fits, which usually means close to the cook line's heat and grease. The coil loads up fast, head pressure climbs, and the cabinet loses ground exactly during the dinner rush. I degrease the coil, verify the fan motor is pulling the right amps, and confirm superheat is back in range before closing the ticket.
Prep table rail temperature drift during service. A Continental sandwich or salad prep table can hold the base fine and still lose the rail on top, usually from a worn lid gasket or staff leaving lids propped during a rush. I check gasket seal, confirm the evaporator isn't iced, and set the thermostat differential correctly, since a rail running warm on paper doesn't always mean the compressor is the problem.
Door gasket wear on high-traffic reach-ins. A Laurel Street reach-in that gets opened every thirty seconds during service wears its gaskets faster than the manual assumes. Once the seal goes, humid air feeds the evaporator and the drain line follows with ice. I replace the gasket, clear the drain, and check the door hinge so the new gasket sits flush instead of failing again in a month.

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 San Carlos questions, answered.

How fast can you get to a Laurel Street kitchen if a cooler goes down mid-service?

We have a technician based in San Mateo County covering the Peninsula, so San Carlos is a short run, not a cross-Bay trip. We don't guarantee same-day, but a commercial unit down during service moves to the front of that day's schedule when we can make it work.
Can you work around our open hours so you're not in the kitchen during service?

Yes. Laurel Street restaurants mostly want us there before open or in the gap between lunch and dinner, and that's when we prefer to schedule commercial calls too. Tell us your windows and we'll work inside them.
What's the actual cost to have someone look at our Continental unit?

The diagnostic is $99, and it's waived the moment you approve the repair we quote. You get that quote in writing before any part gets ordered or any labor starts.

Need Continental Refrigerator service in San Carlos?

Tell us what is broken. We will quote it.