How does the drive from San Ramon to El Cerrito work?

El Cerrito is routed with our Berkeley and Richmond Inner East Bay days, about 40 to 45 minutes via 580 or Highway 24 to 80. Residential calls get a written arrival window, and the after-hours line covers a commercial cooler down over the weekend.

Do you work on restaurant and market coolers as well as home refrigerators?

Yes. Hoshizaki icemakers and True or Beverage-Air reach-ins along San Pablo Avenue and around El Cerrito Plaza, plus the home French-doors and top-mounts. We are EPA Section 608 Universal certified and carry the manifold, so the sealed-system work stays in-house.

My fridge in the hills runs constantly and the food inside is warm. What's going on?

Usually a fouled condenser coil, a failing condenser-fan motor, or a start relay giving out, most common on units that have been running ten-plus years up off Moeser Lane and Barrett Avenue. I check all three before I quote so you are not paying for a part that did not fail.

REFRIGERATION REPAIR · EL CERRITO

Refrigeration Repair · El Cerrito, CA

El Cerrito refrigeration: hillside kitchen fridges, flats French-doors, and San Pablo Avenue commercial coolers.

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

Call (925) 999-4095

Refrigeration Repair in El Cerrito

Refrigeration Repair for El Cerrito kitchens.

El Cerrito's home refrigerators split the same way the housing does. Up off Moeser Lane and Barrett Avenue, toward the Wildcat Canyon ridge, the remodeled kitchens run GE Profile and LG French-door refrigerators, most under fifteen years old, and the calls there are icemaker failures and evap-fan motors. Down in the flats near San Pablo Avenue, the older stucco bungalows run Whirlpool and Frigidaire units that have been in place a decade or two, and those calls run more to a warming cabinet from a fouled condenser or a failing start relay.

The San Pablo Avenue strip and the El Cerrito Plaza shopping center add commercial refrigeration on top of the home calls. Small markets and restaurants there run Hoshizaki icemakers and reach-in coolers from True and Beverage-Air. A reach-in that won't hold temperature is usually a dirty condenser or a door gasket losing its seal before it is the compressor, and I check the easy stuff first. Any sealed-system work is weighed in on a scale under EPA Section 608, and I carry the manifold on the truck.

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.

GE Profile or LG French-door, no ice or warming. Hillside remodel kitchens. Frozen defrost drain, failed icemaker assembly, or a bad evap-fan motor. We provide a written repair estimate after the on-site diagnosis and before any work starts.
Whirlpool or Frigidaire, flats unit running warm. Fouled condenser coil or a failing start relay on the older San Pablo Avenue area bungalows. I clean the coil and test the relay before quoting a compressor job.
Hoshizaki icemaker not harvesting. San Pablo Avenue and El Cerrito Plaza commercial accounts. Dirty condenser, water level, or float switch checked before I touch the board.
True or Beverage-Air reach-in, won't hold temperature. Door gasket seal or a dirty condenser on the commercial units along the strip. Cleaned and gasket checked before any refrigerant work.

Pricing and warranty

What it costs. What we stand behind.

$99

Diagnostic visit. Credited toward the repair.
3 mo to 2 yr

Parts and labor warranty on completed repairs, from 3 months to 2 years depending on the type of repair. In writing before we start.
CSLB

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

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FAQ

Refrigeration Repair in El Cerrito questions, answered.

How does the drive from San Ramon to El Cerrito work?

El Cerrito is routed with our Berkeley and Richmond Inner East Bay days, about 40 to 45 minutes via 580 or Highway 24 to 80. Residential calls get a written arrival window, and the after-hours line covers a commercial cooler down over the weekend.
Do you work on restaurant and market coolers as well as home refrigerators?

Yes. Hoshizaki icemakers and True or Beverage-Air reach-ins along San Pablo Avenue and around El Cerrito Plaza, plus the home French-doors and top-mounts. We are EPA Section 608 Universal certified and carry the manifold, so the sealed-system work stays in-house.
My fridge in the hills runs constantly and the food inside is warm. What's going on?

Usually a fouled condenser coil, a failing condenser-fan motor, or a start relay giving out, most common on units that have been running ten-plus years up off Moeser Lane and Barrett Avenue. I check all three before I quote so you are not paying for a part that did not fail.

Need refrigeration repair in El Cerrito?

Tell us what is broken. We will quote it.