CRATHCO · SAN CARLOS
Service · All Crathco ModelsCrathco Beverage Equipment Repair · San Carlos, CA
Crathco dispenser repair for the restaurants on Laurel Street and the warehouse break rooms on San Carlos's east side.
- $99 diagnostic (credited toward the repair)
- Same or next-day best effort
- CSLB #1136642
Crathco in San Carlos
Crathco refrigeration in San Carlos.
Laurel Street carries most of San Carlos's restaurant business, and a lot of the small kitchens along that stretch run a Crathco iced tea or frozen drink dispenser through lunch and dinner without much of a break in between. That kind of steady cycling is hard on the bowl gasket and the shaft seal behind the auger, so a slow drip under the counter is usually the first sign something needs attention, not a sudden failure.
The east side of town, out past the rail tracks toward Highway 101 and Old County Road, is a different kind of account. Warehouses and light industrial shops out there keep a simpler cold drink dispenser in the break room, and it sits quiet for long stretches between shift changes. Product that sits still in the lines longer than it should builds up on the valve seats, and the unit starts to dispense slow or drip even though nobody has touched it.
Bay Area Refrigeration Service is Andrew Kuznetsov's independent shop, based out of San Ramon and running under CSLB #1136642 and EPA 608 certification. We keep a technician working the Peninsula side of the county, so San Carlos and the corridor around Belmont and Redwood City get quick response instead of a long drive over. The diagnostic is $99, credited toward the repair, and you get a written quote before parts go in.
Common repairs we do
What we close on the truck.
- Bowl gasket, shaft seal, and faucet O-ring leaks. This is the complaint we hear most from Laurel Street kitchens running a dispenser through back to back meal periods. We pull the bowl, check the shaft seal behind the auger, and replace the gasket and O-ring set as a group rather than guessing at one part. Hardened rubber lets syrup weep past the shaft, and once it starts it does not stop on its own.
- Magnetic coupling slipping under a full bowl. A dispenser that hums but will not turn the bowl usually has a coupling that has slipped its magnetic link, not a dead motor. High-volume Laurel Street accounts wear this part faster because the drive rarely gets a rest. We test the coupling loaded, not empty, since a tired one can still turn an empty bowl and fool a quick check.
- Product buildup on valve seats in low-use units. East side warehouse break rooms run their dispensers less often, and product that sits in the valve and the dispense line longer than it should crystallizes and gums the seat. The fix is usually a full teardown and clean of the valve rather than a part replacement, and we flush the lines before we call the unit done.
Models we service
Crathco product lines.
- Cold and frozen beverage dispensers
- Twin-tank and single-tank bubbler and spray units
- Crathco D, FROZEN, and Mini-Pro lines
- Refrigerated (R290 sealed-system) dispensers
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
Crathco in San Carlos questions, answered.
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Can you work around our lunch rush on Laurel Street?
Yes, tell us your slow window and we will aim for it. If the repair needs the bowl drained and warmed up, we plan that for the gap between lunch and dinner so you are not down during service. -
Our warehouse dispenser barely gets used but it still leaks. Why?
A unit that sits idle actually dries out its seals faster in some cases, since the rubber is not staying wetted by product moving through it. We see this on the east side accounts more than on the busy Laurel Street kitchens. -
Are you coming from San Ramon every time, or is there someone closer?
We keep a technician on the Peninsula side of San Mateo County for this part of our territory, so San Carlos, Belmont, and Redwood City are not waiting on a drive across the bridge or down 101 from San Ramon.
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