Will an East Palo Alto call get the same response as one in Palo Alto?

Yes. We keep a technician based on the Peninsula in San Mateo County, and East Palo Alto sits right in that coverage area alongside Palo Alto and Menlo Park. Call and I'll give you a straight read on the schedule instead of a guess.

Our building is brand new. Can a Perlick unit really fail this early?

It can, and the usual reason is airflow, not the equipment itself. If the enclosure around the unit is too tight, the compressor overheats no matter how new it is. I check clearance first on any new-construction call before I assume a part is bad.

What's the cost just to have you look at it?

Diagnostic is $99, waived if you book the repair. You get a written quote before I start any work, so you're deciding on a number, not a guess.

PERLICK · EAST PALO ALTO

Service · All Perlick Models

Perlick Commercial Refrigeration Repair · East Palo Alto, CA

Perlick undercounter and back-bar refrigeration repair for East Palo Alto, covering the University Avenue corridor and the newer Ravenswood-area buildings.

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

Call (925) 999-4095

Perlick in East Palo Alto

Perlick commercial service.

East Palo Alto doesn't have the restaurant density of Palo Alto or Menlo Park next door, and the Perlick calls here reflect that. Most of the work comes from the University Avenue corridor and the newer mixed-use buildings going up around the Ravenswood area, where developers are putting commercial-style kitchens and amenity bars into apartment buildings and retail space that didn't exist a few years ago.

New construction brings its own kind of failure. I see units installed correctly on paper that still don't get enough clearance once the surrounding cabinetry or drywall goes in, and the compressor pays for it within the first year. The older, established restaurants along Bay Road and University Avenue have the more familiar problem, back-bar coolers and bottle wells that have logged years of service and are due for a coil clean or a compressor.

Common repairs we do

What we close on the truck.

New Ravenswood-area build with a starved condenser. Fresh construction near the Ravenswood corridor sometimes closes in a Perlick undercounter unit tighter than the install spec calls for, drywall or built-in millwork right up against the vent path. The compressor runs constantly trying to keep up and overheats early. I open the airflow path, correct what I can on site, and put the clearance problem in writing for the builder.
University Avenue back-bar cooler warm on a busy night. Restaurants along University Avenue on the East Palo Alto side push the same grease-laden kitchen air across a back-bar condenser as any other food service strip, and the coil clogs the same way. I clean it, check the fan motor, and confirm the compressor amps settle back to normal.
Bay Road catering kitchen compressor tripping on start. Light commercial and catering kitchens along Bay Road sometimes run on older wiring that sags under a compressor's starting load, and the unit trips instead of starting clean. I check the start relay and capacitor first, and if the voltage itself is the problem, I tell you that honestly instead of just swapping parts and hoping.

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.

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FAQ

Perlick in East Palo Alto questions, answered.

Will an East Palo Alto call get the same response as one in Palo Alto?

Yes. We keep a technician based on the Peninsula in San Mateo County, and East Palo Alto sits right in that coverage area alongside Palo Alto and Menlo Park. Call and I'll give you a straight read on the schedule instead of a guess.
Our building is brand new. Can a Perlick unit really fail this early?

It can, and the usual reason is airflow, not the equipment itself. If the enclosure around the unit is too tight, the compressor overheats no matter how new it is. I check clearance first on any new-construction call before I assume a part is bad.
What's the cost just to have you look at it?

Diagnostic is $99, waived if you book the repair. You get a written quote before I start any work, so you're deciding on a number, not a guess.

Need Perlick service in East Palo Alto?

Tell us what is broken. We will quote it.