How long is the drive from San Ramon to Orinda?

Roughly 25 minutes via 680 and Highway 24. We route Orinda with Lafayette, Moraga, and the Berkeley side when we cross the hills, so it sits comfortably in our fast zone. We schedule 7 days.

Our cafe has one machine and cannot lose a day. How do you handle that?

We stock the common D line failure parts on the van, drives, seals, valves, start components, precisely so a single machine shop gets fixed in one visit. If a part must be ordered, we tell you the real lead time in the written quote.

Will you come out for a home unit that just needs a checkup?

Yes. The visit is the standard $75 diagnostic, and if the checkup turns into approved work the fee folds into the repair. No minimum job size.

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Crathco Frozen Beverage Machine Repair · Orinda, CA

Crathco repair for Orinda's Theatre Square cafes and the home bars in the hills

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

Call (925) 999-4095

Crathco in Orinda

Crathco commercial service.

Orinda's commercial footprint is compact, mostly the cafes and eateries around Theatre Square and the crossroads by the BART station, and the Crathco units there are typically single D series bowls carrying a lemonade or iced tea program for the commute and matinee crowds. One machine, no backup, so reliability is the whole game.

The rest of Orinda's machines hide in the hills. Remodeled homes off Miner Road and in Sleepy Hollow include wet bars and pool houses with commercial style beverage equipment, and those owners need a servicer willing to make a residential call for a single unit. We are.

Terms are the same on both sides of town: $75 diagnostic waived with repair, written quote, one year repair warranty, 7 days a week.

Common repairs we do

What we close on the truck.

Single bowl units losing cooling capacity gradually. A cafe's only machine rarely fails all at once. It holds 38 in March, 42 in June, 46 in August. That slope is a slow refrigerant leak or a fouling condenser, and catching it on the early end is the difference between a seal repair and a dead Saturday. We test, find the cause, and fix it with the charge weighed in.
Home bar units with failed door and bowl seals. Hillside homes run cooler and damper than shop interiors, and seals on lightly used machines mildew and harden. We replace the food zone seal set, sanitize the path, and set the owner up with a simple monthly rinse routine.
Agitator noise transmitted through quiet counters. In a small quiet cafe a worn agitator bushing sounds louder than it is, a tick or scrape customers can hear at the counter. We replace the bushing and magnet set and balance the paddle, and the machine goes back to background hum.

Models we service

Crathco product lines.

Crathco D, FROZEN, and Mini-Pro beverage dispensers
Bubbler and spray units

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.

Recent work

Crathco jobs we have closed.

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FAQ

Crathco in Orinda questions, answered.

How long is the drive from San Ramon to Orinda?

Roughly 25 minutes via 680 and Highway 24. We route Orinda with Lafayette, Moraga, and the Berkeley side when we cross the hills, so it sits comfortably in our fast zone. We schedule 7 days.
Our cafe has one machine and cannot lose a day. How do you handle that?

We stock the common D line failure parts on the van, drives, seals, valves, start components, precisely so a single machine shop gets fixed in one visit. If a part must be ordered, we tell you the real lead time in the written quote.
Will you come out for a home unit that just needs a checkup?

Yes. The visit is the standard $75 diagnostic, and if the checkup turns into approved work the fee folds into the repair. No minimum job size.

Need Crathco service in Orinda?

Tell us what is broken. We will quote it.