CONTINENTAL · ALBANY
Service · All Continental ModelsContinental Commercial Refrigeration Repair · Albany, CA
Continental reach-ins and prep tables fitted into Solano Avenue's storefronts, diagnosed by an independent shop, not swapped blind.
- $99 diagnostic (credited toward the repair)
- Same or next-day best effort
- CSLB #1136642
Continental in Albany
Continental refrigeration in Albany.
Albany covers under two square miles, and its restaurant strip along Solano Avenue crowds a lot of kitchens into a short stretch, with more storefronts where San Pablo Avenue crosses through. The Continental gear inside isn't chain equipment you can swap without checking first. We see these reach-ins, prep tables, and undercounters in the small cafes along Solano and in the counters nearer UC Village.
When the cold side goes down in a kitchen this tight, the owner needs the actual fault found fast, not a guess billed by the hour. Continental holds up well, so a cabinet acting up is rarely worth replacing outright. We work it as an independent shop and carry fan motors, relays, thermostats, contactors, and gaskets on the truck, so most calls involve parts we usually stock.
Common repairs we do
What we close on the truck.
- Reach-ins that won't pull below 45. A Solano Avenue kitchen calling about a warm Continental reach-in is usually looking at a dead evaporator-fan motor or a frosted coil from a defrost cycle that stopped running. We replace the motor, clear the coil, test the defrost timer and heater, and stay until the reach-in proves it can hold temp again.
- Prep tables on packed condensers. The small restaurants along Solano and San Pablo run their Continental prep tables through a steady lunch and dinner crowd, and a condenser packed with grease and dust drives the compressor hot until the rail can't hold. We clean out the coil, check the refrigerant charge, and don't sign off until the rail is holding safe temperature.
- Sealed-system and gasket work. In a kitchen with a Continental unit wedged against a wall, the door gasket takes more abuse than usual just from staff squeezing past it all shift. A gasket that's gone stiff lets warm air past the seal and keeps the compressor running longer than it should. We swap gaskets early, and for a real leak or a dead compressor, the sealed-system work, recovery, evacuation, weigh-in, happens in-house under EPA #1279674151528.
Models we service
Continental product lines.
- Reach-in refrigerators and freezers
- Refrigerated prep tables
- Undercounter units
- Worktop refrigerators
- Roll-in and pass-through cabinets
- Display merchandisers
Pricing and warranty
What it costs. What we stand behind.
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$99
Diagnostic visit. Credited toward the repair.
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Written
1 year parts and labor on the repair, 90 days on consumables. Quoted in writing before work starts.
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CSLB
#1136642. Bonded and insured. We file warranty paperwork when applicable.
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FAQ
Continental in Albany questions, answered.
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Will you track down what's actually wrong with a Continental unit before you start replacing parts?
We take the panel off and find the real fault first, then quote it. A kitchen this tight can't afford a guessed part that turns out wrong. -
Do you handle after-hours emergencies in Albany?
Yes, seven days a week, 7 AM to 7 PM, dispatched from San Ramon, and after-hours calls go to that same number. Flag it as an outage and it moves ahead of routine work. -
How far is Albany from San Ramon?
About forty to forty five minutes, usually 580 to 24 to 80. Albany is Alameda County, wedged between Berkeley and El Cerrito, and it sits on our regular Inner East Bay route, so a booked window comes with a written arrival time.
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