Our ice machine shuts off on the hottest days in July. Is it the heat or the machine?

Usually both. Heat raises head pressure, and a dusty coil or a slow fan adds to it until the high-pressure control trips. We clean the condenser, test the fan and read the pressures at the worst time of day. If the room itself is too hot, we set out the options in writing.

Can you service the ice machine at a tasting room out in the wine corridor?

Yes. An undercounter unit or a small cuber behind a tasting bar gets the same service as one in a restaurant. Out among the vineyards the dust load is heavier, so we clean the coil on every visit. Refrigerant work falls under ADRIUM's EPA 608 Universal certification.

How often should a Livermore kitchen have its ice machine condenser cleaned?

Check the air filter monthly in summer and have the coil cleaned at least twice a year. Where dust is heavy, add a visit before the hottest stretch. The schedule goes in writing inside the panel. CSLB #1136642.

COMMERCIAL ICE MACHINE REPAIR · LIVERMORE

Commercial Ice Machine Repair · Livermore, CA

Ice machine repair built for Livermore heat and dust, from kitchens in town to tasting rooms in the wine corridor.

$99 diagnostic (credited toward the repair)
Same or next-day best effort
CSLB #1136642

Call (925) 999-4095

Commercial Ice Machine Repair in Livermore

Commercial Ice Machine Repair for Livermore kitchens.

Livermore summers run hotter than Pleasanton or Dublin, with triple-digit stretches most years, and wind carries dust and dry grass fiber off the rangeland and vineyards around town. Both end up on an ice machine's condenser. An air-cooled head in a hot kitchen, or a remote condenser up on a roof, mats over and runs high on head pressure until the high-pressure control shuts it down.

So the condenser is our first stop here, ahead of the board or the compressor. We clean the coil, the air filter and the fan, and read the pressures under load. A tasting room out in the South Livermore wine corridor and a kitchen in town get the same maintenance offer: coil cleaning timed to the dry season. The $99 diagnostic is credited toward the repair, and the quote is in writing.

Common repairs we handle.

Condenser coil matted with dust and grass fiber. Fine fiber knits into the fins and blocks air even when the coil looks clean from a few feet away. We brush and vacuum the coil, clean the air filter, straighten bent fins and check that the fan moves full air across it.
Remote condenser baking on a roof. A remote condenser on a sun-heated roof sits in air well above the temperature at street level, and dust builds on it where nobody looks. We clean the coil, test the fan motor and the head pressure control, and check the line set insulation on the way up.
Condenser fan motor giving out in the heat. A fan motor that runs hot for weeks wears its bearings or its windings, and head pressure spikes as it slows. We check the motor's speed and draw and replace it before it takes the compressor down with it.
Maintenance before the summer heat. A spring visit cleans the coil and the filter, delimes the evaporator, sanitizes the water system and checks the pressures, so the machine starts the hot months at full capacity. A second visit in fall clears what summer left behind.

Pricing and warranty

What it costs. What we stand behind.

$99

Diagnostic visit. Credited toward the repair.
1 yr

Parts and labor warranty on completed repairs. In writing before we start.
CSLB

#1136642. Bonded and insured. We file warranty paperwork when applicable.

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FAQ

Commercial Ice Machine Repair in Livermore questions, answered.

Our ice machine shuts off on the hottest days in July. Is it the heat or the machine?

Usually both. Heat raises head pressure, and a dusty coil or a slow fan adds to it until the high-pressure control trips. We clean the condenser, test the fan and read the pressures at the worst time of day. If the room itself is too hot, we set out the options in writing.
Can you service the ice machine at a tasting room out in the wine corridor?

Yes. An undercounter unit or a small cuber behind a tasting bar gets the same service as one in a restaurant. Out among the vineyards the dust load is heavier, so we clean the coil on every visit. Refrigerant work falls under ADRIUM's EPA 608 Universal certification.
How often should a Livermore kitchen have its ice machine condenser cleaned?

Check the air filter monthly in summer and have the coil cleaned at least twice a year. Where dust is heavy, add a visit before the hottest stretch. The schedule goes in writing inside the panel. CSLB #1136642.

Need commercial ice machine repair in Livermore?

Tell us what is broken. We will quote it.