Refrigeration Repair · Bay Area

What we do

ADRIUM repairs built-in columns, French-door fridges, wine reserves, and undercounter refrigeration across 65 Bay Area cities, with sealed-system work done in-house under EPA 608 certification and backed by a 1-year warranty (2 years on a full rebuild). The diagnostic is $99, credited toward the repair. Refrigeration is our biggest call category; we bring a calibrated digital manifold for diagnosis. We diagnose to the actual failure before we order. We do not parts-swap and hope.

Workflow is the same every call. Diagnose. Quote one total price in writing. Order if needed. Install. Bench-test the repair (a temperature pull-down, an icemaker harvest cycle, a sealed-system leak check) before we close out. Most repairs start with an on-site diagnosis and a written estimate. For Sub-Zero compressor or sealed-system work, we find the fault, check access and confirm parts availability. Then we agree on the repair schedule and number of visits with you.

We are EPA Section 608 Universal certified for refrigerant work. R134a, R600a, R290, R744. We recover, evacuate, and weigh-in charge with a scale. No guessing.

Inside a built-in sealed-system repair

A sealed-system leak on a built-in fridge is the repair most techs skip, because it takes EPA certification and the right tools to do it correctly. Here is the actual work: pressurize the line set with nitrogen, find the leaks with soap, then deal with the corroded copper that caused them.

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A full sealed-system rebuild looks like this in practice: a 1991 built-in freezer with a failed sealed system and a rusted cabinet, brought back with a new compressor, a new evaporator, and a repainted body. See the full rebuild.

A Water Inlet Valve, On Camera

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Common issues. Typical repair.

Sub-Zero 600 and 700 series, warming while the compressor runs. We check temperatures, fans and airflow before identifying the fault. If a fan motor needs replacement, we confirm the correct part and verify operation after the work. We give you the repair schedule after diagnosis, before work starts.

Bosch 800 Series, rattle plus warming. We look for ice, a blocked drain and fan problems, then test the affected parts. We tell you what needs repair and how long it should take.

Samsung RF four-door, no ice production. Samsung refrigerator repairs, especially ice-maker repairs, are often expensive and may not be worth doing. The service kit includes the control board, ice maker, drain heater and clips. We diagnose for $99, credited toward the repair, and explain the cost before any work. Some models had a time-limited extended ice-maker warranty from Samsung, so we check the model and purchase date before quoting customer-paid work.

Sub-Zero built-in, no ice or very little. The shut-off arm can hang up and stop production early (Sub-Zero’s 600 and BI service manuals describe a mechanical arm), or the cause is upstream: weak supply pressure, a kinked line, or a reverse-osmosis system feeding too little water to the mold. We test supply pressure and run the module through a harvest cycle before we replace anything.

Sub-Zero 736TCI dispenser dead. The vintage control board is discontinued from Sub-Zero direct but available rebuilt through independent board refurbishers. We test the harness and the dispenser switch first because both can mimic the board symptom.

GE Monogram built-in, not cooling or no ice. Panel-ready column or side-by-side that runs but will not hold temperature, often with a warm freezer and a dead ice maker together. Usual causes are the evaporator or condenser fan, a defrost fault, or on post-2015 columns an inverter board that mimics a dead compressor. We test the board before condemning the compressor. Sealed-system rebuilds on a Monogram column are done in-house with a 2-year warranty. See the GE Monogram not-cooling page.

LG and Samsung sealed-system failures. Linear-compressor era LG fridges fail at the compressor itself. We check the serial and purchase date against LG’s compressor warranty before opening the panel. On many LG models the compressor part carries a longer warranty than labor does, but the terms depend on the exact model, the purchase date and LG’s warranty for that unit. A covered part doesn’t always mean a free repair. We tell you up front what LG’s terms cover and what you would pay.

Wine columns drifting. If one zone holds temperature and another does not, we compare measured temperatures and check the controls and airflow for the exact U-Line or Sub-Zero model. We confirm the fault and plan the verification checks before proposing a repair.

Liebherr BioFresh drawer, humidity fault. Usually the humidity sensor or a drawer that is not seated fully on its rail, not the electronic control. We check drawer alignment and the sensor reading before replacing anything. More on our Liebherr brand page.

Built-in refrigerators, water pooling at the base. Not necessarily the compressor. A blocked defrost drain lets meltwater back up instead of draining to the evaporator pan, and it shows up as water on the floor instead of at the clog itself. We pull the rear panel, clear the drain and the channel that feeds it, and flush the line to confirm it runs clean. Often no parts are needed; we confirm that during the on-site diagnosis. Recent built-in defrost-drain repair, Palo Alto.

Before your service visit

• Samsung Refrigerator Not Cooling: Checks Before a Reset
• Bosch Refrigerator Not Cooling: Power, Vents and Demo Mode
• LG Refrigerator Not Cooling After an Outage: What to Check
• Water Inside or Under the Fridge: Where to Look First