How fast can you reach Palo Alto from San Ramon?

Palo Alto rides the same Mid-Peninsula route as Menlo Park and Atherton, so we are down there two to three days a week. Figure 45 to 60 minutes of drive time. If there is no same-day slot we put you on the next routed day with a written arrival window.

My Eichler kitchen has a Thermador Freedom column that wanders on temp. What is it?

That is the air-circulation side, the evap fan or its control, long before the sealed system has anything to do with it. We run the unit on a 24-hour pull-down to see which, then replace the part that actually failed instead of chasing refrigerant on a guess.

Our apartment fridge stopped making ice. Is that an expensive fix?

On GE, LG, and Samsung French-doors it is usually the icemaker assembly, not the water valve, and that is a single-visit fix. We install the current revision. Diagnostic is $75, waived when you book the repair.

REFRIGERATION REPAIR · PALO ALTO

Refrigeration Repair · Palo Alto, CA

Refrigeration repair across Palo Alto 94301, 94303, 94304, 94306. Eichler remodels to apartment French-doors.

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

Call (925) 999-4095

Refrigeration Repair in Palo Alto

Refrigeration Repair in Palo Alto.

Palo Alto covers four ZIPs and the refrigeration stock is mixed. Old Palo Alto and Crescent Park remodels lean on Sub-Zero columns with Wolf and Thermador ranges. The Eichler kitchens we get into often run Thermador, including the Freedom columns, which changes how we approach the diagnosis. A Freedom column wandering on temp is the evap fan or the air-circulation control far more often than the sealed system, so we put it on a 24-hour pull-down and confirm before anyone touches refrigerant.

University South and Midtown apartments run mainstream stock, mostly GE Profile, LG, and Samsung French-door fridges. Those calls are straightforward and almost always single-visit: icemaker assembly swaps and evap-fan motor replacements. If an LG has a linear compressor and quits cooling, we pull the serial against the recall settlement before opening the panel, since a covered compressor changes the whole quote. We find the actual failure, write it up with parts and labor separated, and test the pull-down before we leave.

What the work looks like

A built-in sealed-system leak repair.

Nitrogen pressure and a soap-bubble test on a built-in fridge line set. We map every leak source before we braze.

The corroded copper up close. After fifteen-plus years this is why a real fix rebuilds the sealed run, so you do not pay the labor twice.

ADRIUM technician brazing a copper refrigerant line onto a compressor with a torch during a sealed-system repair — Brazing a new line onto the compressor during the same kind of sealed-system repair. Recover, braze, evacuate, and recharge: the real fix, done as one complete job.

Water and ice systems

The water inlet valve, a common fridge leak.

Every fridge with a dispenser or ice maker has a water inlet valve. The fittings can leak under the cabinet, or the solenoid fails and the dispenser and ice maker stop getting water.

Common repairs we do

What we close on the truck.

Thermador Freedom column not holding temp. Drift on the evap-fan or air-circulation side, not the sealed system. We confirm against a 24-hour pull-down before quoting.
Sub-Zero column sealed-system and fan motors. Older Old Palo Alto built-ins in the leak window. OEM fan motors, sealed-system work with recovery and weigh-in charge.
GE, LG, Samsung icemaker assemblies. No ice on apartment French-doors is the icemaker itself far more often than the water valve. Current revision installed, one visit.
LG linear-compressor recall check. Full no-cool on linear-comp LG. We look up the recall serial first. A covered part changes the quote, and we explain the labor side up front.

Pricing and warranty

What it costs. What we stand behind.

$75

Diagnostic visit. Waived when you book the repair with us.
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

Refrigeration Repair in Palo Alto questions, answered.

How fast can you reach Palo Alto from San Ramon?

Palo Alto rides the same Mid-Peninsula route as Menlo Park and Atherton, so we are down there two to three days a week. Figure 45 to 60 minutes of drive time. If there is no same-day slot we put you on the next routed day with a written arrival window.
My Eichler kitchen has a Thermador Freedom column that wanders on temp. What is it?

That is the air-circulation side, the evap fan or its control, long before the sealed system has anything to do with it. We run the unit on a 24-hour pull-down to see which, then replace the part that actually failed instead of chasing refrigerant on a guess.
Our apartment fridge stopped making ice. Is that an expensive fix?

On GE, LG, and Samsung French-doors it is usually the icemaker assembly, not the water valve, and that is a single-visit fix. We install the current revision. Diagnostic is $75, waived when you book the repair.

Need refrigeration repair in Palo Alto?

Tell us what is broken. We will quote it.