How long does it take you to get to Saratoga from San Ramon?

Saratoga is one of our longer runs, about 50 minutes down 680 and across on 85 in normal traffic. We route it with Los Gatos, Los Altos Hills, and Palo Alto, so we usually schedule Saratoga on a day the truck is already working that corridor. For a restaurant with product at risk we move it up. Tell us what the cabinet temperature is doing when you call and we will triage honestly.

My Perlick is built into custom cabinetry. Can you service it in place?

Usually yes. Perlick designed the Signature Series to service from the front, and most coil cleanings, fan replacements, and control repairs happen without pulling the unit. If it does need to come out of a panel-ready surround, we take our time with the cabinetry. I would rather add twenty minutes to the job than scratch a built-in kitchen.

Is it worth repairing a ten-year-old Perlick or should I replace it?

These are commercial-grade machines and a ten-year-old one with a bad fan motor or control board is normally worth fixing. You get a written quote after the $75 diagnostic, which is waived if you go ahead with the repair, so you can compare the repair number against a replacement before deciding. If replacement wins, our installation carries a 10-year parts and 10-year labor warranty.

PERLICK · SARATOGA

Service · All Perlick Models

Perlick Commercial Refrigeration Repair · Saratoga, CA

Perlick undercounter, wine reserve, and back-bar repair for Saratoga estates and Big Basin Way kitchens.

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

Call (925) 999-4095

Perlick in Saratoga

Perlick commercial service.

Saratoga is mostly a residential Perlick town for us. The estate kitchens off Pierce Road and up in the hills were built around outdoor kitchens and butler pantries, and Perlick 24-inch Signature Series refrigerators, dual-zone wine reserves, and outdoor-rated units are standard equipment in them. These are commercial-grade sealed systems living in cabinetry, and when one fails the homeowner usually cannot just slide in a replacement because the panel-ready surround was built to that exact unit. Repair is the sensible move, and we repair them.

The commercial side is small but real. The restaurants and tasting rooms along Big Basin Way run compact back-bar and undercounter Perlick cabinets because the kitchens there have no room for anything bigger. A dead undercounter in a Saratoga village kitchen takes half the cold storage with it, so we treat those calls with the same urgency as a full bar. That work runs through Bay Area Refrigeration Service, our commercial division, 7 days.

I am EPA Section 608 Universal certified and ADRIUM Service Solutions holds CSLB #1136642. The $75 diagnostic is waived with repair, and if we ever install a replacement unit for you the installation carries a 10-year parts and 10-year labor warranty.

Common repairs we do

What we close on the truck.

Outdoor Signature Series units killed by clogged coils and heat. Saratoga outdoor kitchens face west into afternoon sun, and the front-breathing condenser on an outdoor-rated HP24 pulls in pollen, cottonwood fluff, and BBQ grease film. Add a 95-degree patio and the unit runs continuously, then the compressor overheats and cycles off right when the party starts. We deep clean the coil, verify condenser fan performance, and check that the surrounding cabinetry actually gives the unit the ventilation clearance Perlick specifies, because half these failures are an enclosure problem.
Dual-zone wine reserve losing one zone. On Perlick dual-zone wine reserves one compartment drifts warm while the other holds. That points at the damper or the zone control rather than refrigerant, and I test it that way instead of guessing at the sealed system. A drifted probe in the upper zone can slowly cook a collection at 68 degrees without tripping any alarm, so if your reds compartment reads odd, have it checked before summer. Repairs carry a 1-year parts and labor warranty.
Undercounter cabinets short cycling in tight Big Basin Way kitchens. The village restaurant kitchens are narrow, and undercounter Perlick cabinets get shoved back until the front grille is blocked by a mat or a speed rail. The unit recirculates its own hot discharge air, head pressure climbs, and the compressor short cycles on its overload. Line cooks report it as the box being warm at the start of dinner service. We clean the coil, restore the airflow path, and check start relay and capacitor, since repeated overload trips eat those parts.

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.

$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

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FAQ

Perlick in Saratoga questions, answered.

How long does it take you to get to Saratoga from San Ramon?

Saratoga is one of our longer runs, about 50 minutes down 680 and across on 85 in normal traffic. We route it with Los Gatos, Los Altos Hills, and Palo Alto, so we usually schedule Saratoga on a day the truck is already working that corridor. For a restaurant with product at risk we move it up. Tell us what the cabinet temperature is doing when you call and we will triage honestly.
My Perlick is built into custom cabinetry. Can you service it in place?

Usually yes. Perlick designed the Signature Series to service from the front, and most coil cleanings, fan replacements, and control repairs happen without pulling the unit. If it does need to come out of a panel-ready surround, we take our time with the cabinetry. I would rather add twenty minutes to the job than scratch a built-in kitchen.
Is it worth repairing a ten-year-old Perlick or should I replace it?

These are commercial-grade machines and a ten-year-old one with a bad fan motor or control board is normally worth fixing. You get a written quote after the $75 diagnostic, which is waived if you go ahead with the repair, so you can compare the repair number against a replacement before deciding. If replacement wins, our installation carries a 10-year parts and 10-year labor warranty.

Need Perlick service in Saratoga?

Tell us what is broken. We will quote it.

Call (925) 999-4095