SPACEMAN · BURLINGAME
Service · All Spaceman ModelsSpaceman Frozen Beverage Machine Repair · Burlingame, CA
Spaceman frozen beverage machine repair in Burlingame, checked from the refrigeration side first
- $75 diagnostic (waived with repair)
- Same or next-day best effort
- CSLB #1136642
Spaceman in Burlingame
Spaceman commercial service.
Burlingame's dessert and drink scene around Broadway, plus the c-stores and quick-serve spots feeding the SFO corridor, keep Spaceman machines running hard. A frozen-beverage barrel in a busy shop cycles all day, every day, and the compressor and refrigeration side take the brunt of it. Soft, soupy product on a warm afternoon means lost sales by the cup.
When a Spaceman stops freezing, we check refrigerant charge, the compressor, the condenser fan, and airflow first, because that order matches how these machines actually fail. Our refrigeration work runs with EPA Section 608 Universal certification, so the sealed system gets diagnosed and repaired properly instead of casually topped off.
Diagnostic is $75, waived with repair. Quotes in writing, 1-year repair warranty, 7-day scheduling for shops that never really close.
Common repairs we do
What we close on the truck.
- Soft product from refrigeration loss. The classic call: the barrel runs but the product will not set up. We check charge and look for leaks, test compressor performance, and inspect the condenser, which in a Burlingame boba or dessert shop is usually coated in sugar-laden dust. A choked condenser mimics a dying compressor, and the fix costs a fraction as much.
- Beater motor and gearbox wear. Grinding noise, a tripped overload, or a barrel that freezes solid and stalls the auger point at the beater drive. We inspect the gearbox, motor, and coupling, and check product consistency practices too, because running the wrong mix ratio overloads the drive on a schedule.
- Barrel seal and O-ring leaks. Product weeping from the rear of the barrel or under the machine means the barrel seals are done. We replace seals and O-rings, inspect the shaft surface they ride on, and reset the torque on the faceplate, since overtightening a worn seal is how shafts get scored.
Models we service
Spaceman product lines.
- Frozen-beverage and soft-serve machines
Pricing and warranty
What it costs. What we stand behind.
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$75
Diagnostic visit. Waived when you book the repair with us.
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Written
90 days on consumables, 1 year on major parts, 2 years on sealed-system rebuilds. Quoted in writing before work starts.
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CSLB
#1136642. Bonded and insured. We file warranty paperwork when applicable.
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FAQ
Spaceman in Burlingame questions, answered.
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Our Burlingame shop's slush machine died on a hot Saturday. How fast from San Ramon?
About 45 minutes over the San Mateo Bridge, and weekends are working days for us. Burlingame pairs with Hillsborough on our Peninsula routing, so urgent frozen-beverage calls usually land same-day. The sooner you call, the less product you dump. -
The machine freezes overnight but goes soft during the afternoon rush. Why?
That pattern points at marginal refrigeration capacity: a dirty condenser, a tired condenser fan, or a low charge that keeps up only under light load. It is one of the most fixable Spaceman complaints, and catching it at this stage is much cheaper than waiting for the compressor to quit. -
Can you handle the refrigerant work legally?
Yes. EPA Section 608 Universal certification covers exactly this. We recover, repair, evacuate, and recharge to spec, and the written quote documents what was done to the sealed system. No mystery top-offs.
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