How fast can you reach Lafayette from San Ramon?

About 20 to 25 minutes up 680 and through on 24, or over the hill through Alamo. Lafayette rides our regular loop with Orinda, Walnut Creek, and Alamo, so same-day slots come up most days, 7 days a week.

Can you service our restaurant unit during the afternoon gap?

Yes, the 2 to 5 pm window between services is exactly when we like to book Lafayette restaurants. Gasket, fan motor, and timer repairs all fit inside that gap with parts from the van.

We have a True undercounter in an outdoor kitchen. Does it need special care?

Outdoor installs need more frequent condenser cleaning and gasket checks because heat, dust, and sun age them faster than indoor units. We service them under the same 1-year repair warranty and can put the unit on a seasonal check schedule.

TRUE · LAFAYETTE

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True Commercial Refrigeration Repair · Lafayette, CA

True refrigeration repair for Lafayette restaurants on Mt. Diablo Boulevard and estate kitchens in the hills.

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

Call (925) 999-4095

True in Lafayette

True commercial service.

Lafayette packs a serious restaurant row onto Mt. Diablo Boulevard, and those kitchens run True reach-ins and prep tables through long dinner services. Off the boulevard, the hillside homes toward Happy Valley often carry True undercounters in outdoor kitchens and butler pantries. Both sides of town are covered by Bay Area Refrigeration Service, our commercial refrigeration division.

Lafayette kitchens skew small and well-kept, which changes the failure mix. I see fewer grease-choked condensers here and more plain age: ten-year-old fan motors with dry bearings, original gaskets finally giving up, and defrost timers on their last cycles. Catching those on a maintenance visit is cheaper than catching them during Saturday service.

We are based in San Ramon, EPA Section 608 Universal certified, CSLB #1136642, and we work 7 days. The $75 diagnostic is waived with an approved repair.

Common repairs we do

What we close on the truck.

Aging condenser fan motors on original equipment. Many boulevard restaurants still run the True units they opened with, and the original fan motors are past their bearing life. The noise builds for weeks before the stall. We swap in OEM motor kits and inspect the start components while the panel is open.
Original door gaskets losing seal after years of service. A decade-old gasket does not fail dramatically, it just stops sealing, and the compressor quietly starts short-cycling and icing the coil. New gaskets plus a hinge and closer check restores the seal and drops run time noticeably.
Evaporator icing from stuck defrost timers. The pattern is always the same: unit never shuts off, cabinet warm, coil frozen behind the panel. We keep timers stocked, so it is a thaw, replace, and verify visit, and we check the drain line so meltwater does not refreeze.

Models we service

True product lines.

Reach-in refrigerators & freezers
Prep & sandwich tables
Under-counters
Bottle coolers

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.

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FAQ

True in Lafayette questions, answered.

How fast can you reach Lafayette from San Ramon?

About 20 to 25 minutes up 680 and through on 24, or over the hill through Alamo. Lafayette rides our regular loop with Orinda, Walnut Creek, and Alamo, so same-day slots come up most days, 7 days a week.
Can you service our restaurant unit during the afternoon gap?

Yes, the 2 to 5 pm window between services is exactly when we like to book Lafayette restaurants. Gasket, fan motor, and timer repairs all fit inside that gap with parts from the van.
We have a True undercounter in an outdoor kitchen. Does it need special care?

Outdoor installs need more frequent condenser cleaning and gasket checks because heat, dust, and sun age them faster than indoor units. We service them under the same 1-year repair warranty and can put the unit on a seasonal check schedule.

Need True service in Lafayette?

Tell us what is broken. We will quote it.