COMMERCIAL REFRIGERATION REPAIR · BERKELEY
Commercial Refrigeration Repair · Berkeley, CA
Back-of-house refrigeration for Berkeley cafes and restaurants. Ice machines, prep tables, and reach-ins.
- $75 diagnostic (waived with repair)
- Same or next-day best effort
- CSLB #1136642
Commercial Refrigeration Repair in Berkeley
Commercial Refrigeration Repair for Berkeley kitchens.
A lot of Berkeley commercial refrigeration sits along the Shattuck, Telegraph, and 4th Street restaurant corridors. The cafes and restaurants there run Hoshizaki KM-series cubers, Manitowoc Indigo NXT heads, and Atosa R290 prep tables, usually in cramped back kitchens with little room around the condensers. When the ice head gets wedged into a tight corner against a warm wall, the most common call is a cuber slowing down or short-cycling because the condenser is starved for air and choked with grease.
The diagnostic starts at the condenser and the water side, not the control board. On a Hoshizaki cuber I check the bin thermostat, scale buildup on the evaporator, and whether the harvest cycle is completing. On an Atosa R290 reach-in or prep table I check the gasket seal and the condensate drain before anything else, because a stretched gasket or a grease-clogged drain explains most icing and floor-water calls. R290 is hydrocarbon refrigerant and most current Atosa units use it, which is why a tech without that certification tells you parts aren't available.
Common repairs we do
What we close on the truck.
- Hoshizaki cuber slow or short ice production. Condenser packed with grease in a tight back kitchen, plus scale on the evaporator. Clean the condenser, descale, verify the harvest cycle completes over a full run.
- Manitowoc Indigo NXT not harvesting. Water curtain or harvest assist out of adjustment, or a clogged water distribution tube. Clean, adjust, and confirm a clean ice slab release.
- Atosa prep table water on the floor. Condensate drain clogged with grease and food debris. Pull and blow the line clear, fit an inline screen where layout allows, log the clean interval.
- Atosa R290 reach-in icing inside. Stretched door gasket lets warm air in and the evap ices. Gasket swap, then verify full-sweep door closure before closing the panel. Common gaskets on the truck.
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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1 yr
Parts and labor warranty on completed repairs. In writing before we start.
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CSLB
#1136642. Bonded and insured. We file warranty paperwork when applicable.
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FAQ
Commercial Refrigeration Repair in Berkeley questions, answered.
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How fast can you reach a Berkeley restaurant when the ice machine or reach-in goes down?
We run out of San Ramon, 40 to 55 minutes to the Berkeley corridors when we have a slot. The after-hours line, (925) 999-4095, is for Friday-night and weekend bar and restaurant calls. Booked windows get a written arrival time before we leave. -
Why did my last tech say he couldn't get parts for my Atosa unit?
Most current Atosa equipment uses R290 hydrocarbon refrigerant, which requires specific certification and handling. We are trained and licensed for R290, so we can do the sealed-system work and source the right parts instead of declaring it dead. -
Do you do preventive maintenance for cafes and restaurants?
Yes. Quarterly visits with documented condenser and ice-machine cleaning, descaling, condensate-line clearing, and gasket inspection. For high-volume Shattuck and 4th Street kitchens that keeps the Hoshizaki cubers producing to spec and cuts emergency calls.
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