How long is the drive from San Ramon to Albany, even after hours?

The after-hours number is (925) 999-4095, staffed Fridays and weekends. Albany runs about 40 to 45 minutes from San Ramon off-peak, usually up 580 or over Highway 24 to 80, grouped with our Berkeley and Richmond Inner East Bay stops. A booked window gets you a written arrival time, and a back bar down on a busy night gets worked that night whenever we already have a truck in the area.

Our Perlick box runs warm but nothing looks broken. What's going on?

In a lot of Albany's small footprints the unit is boxed into a spot without enough air clearance, so the compressor works overtime and the box runs warm on its own. We check clearance and clean the condenser first before we open the sealed system.

PERLICK · ALBANY

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Perlick Commercial Refrigeration Repair · Albany, CA

Perlick back-bar and beer-line service for Albany bars and cafes on Solano and San Pablo.

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

Call (925) 999-4095

Perlick in Albany

Perlick commercial service.

Albany packs its restaurant and bar scene into 1.8 square miles between Berkeley and El Cerrito, mostly along Solano Avenue and where San Pablo Avenue crosses it. These are small, dense storefronts, often sharing walls with the shop next door, and the beer-forward spots run Perlick back-bar coolers and draft towers tucked into whatever space the building allows. Keg storage is usually right behind the bar rather than a separate walk-in room, which means the draft run is short but the equipment sits in a cramped, low-airflow spot.

That cramped placement is the recurring problem in Albany. A Perlick back-bar unit boxed into a tight service alley does not get the air clearance it needs, so the compressor works harder and the box runs warm even when nothing is actually broken. Door gaskets on these units also take a beating in small footprints where staff are squeezing past the box all shift.

Common repairs we do

What we close on the truck.

Back-bar cooler starved for air clearance. Boxed into a tight service alley, a Perlick unit can run warm from restricted airflow alone. We check clearance and clean the condenser before assuming a compressor problem.
Back-bar evaporator iced over. A gasket stretched from staff squeezing past the box all shift lets warm air in. We swap the gasket, usually under 30 minutes.
Glycol chiller running warm on a short draft line. Even a short run can drift out of spec if the chiller is undersized for the space. We test glycol concentration and rebalance it.
Back-bar door cylinder and hinge wear. Heavy foot traffic in a small footprint wears the door hardware fast. We rebuild the door rather than replace the whole unit when the panel is sound.

Models we service

Perlick product lines.

Tobin Ellis Signature bar
Glass washers
Undercounter refrigeration
Beer dispensing systems
Back-bar refrigeration

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.

Recent work

Perlick jobs we have closed.

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FAQ

Perlick in Albany questions, answered.

How long is the drive from San Ramon to Albany, even after hours?

The after-hours number is (925) 999-4095, staffed Fridays and weekends. Albany runs about 40 to 45 minutes from San Ramon off-peak, usually up 580 or over Highway 24 to 80, grouped with our Berkeley and Richmond Inner East Bay stops. A booked window gets you a written arrival time, and a back bar down on a busy night gets worked that night whenever we already have a truck in the area.
Our Perlick box runs warm but nothing looks broken. What's going on?

In a lot of Albany's small footprints the unit is boxed into a spot without enough air clearance, so the compressor works overtime and the box runs warm on its own. We check clearance and clean the condenser first before we open the sealed system.

Need Perlick service in Albany?

Tell us what is broken. We will quote it.