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Bay Area Refrigeration Commercial Refrigeration & Ice Machine Service
(925) 999-4095 · San Ramon, CA · CSLB #1136642 · BBB A+

MANITOWOC · ALBANY

Factory-Certified by Manitowoc

Manitowoc Commercial Ice Machine Repair · Albany, CA

Manitowoc-certified ice machine repair for the cafes and restaurants along Albany's Solano Avenue and the San Pablo Avenue storefronts.

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

Manitowoc refrigeration in Albany.

Solano Avenue is the spine of Albany, a dense run of small restaurants, cafes, and bakeries shared with North Berkeley, and where San Pablo Avenue crosses through there's another stretch of storefronts leaning on Manitowoc ice heads behind the counter. In a city barely 1.8 square miles, when a head quits before a weekend rush, the owner wants it fixed right, not guessed at.

Our Manitowoc certification comes out of the Manitowoc Ice and Koolaire seminar, factory training on the Indigo NXT modular line, the NEO undercounter, and the QuietQube remote-condenser heads. Albany runs on the same general East Bay water supply as its neighbors, soft compared to inland wells, but cafe volume on Solano Avenue still scales minerals onto the evaporator over time. Our approach is to rebuild and descale the unit rather than sell a replacement.

Common repairs we do

What we close on the truck.

  • Stuck harvest on Indigo NXT. The Indigo NXT posts a code when something's off, and the call we get most from Solano Avenue cafes is a stuck harvest, ice frozen onto the evaporator instead of dropping. Usually the water curtain isn't tripping the harvest valve or the harvest sensor has iced over. We carry the coil and the curtain switch on the truck.
  • Cloudy cubes from cafe volume. Even on Albany's softer supply, the volume a busy Solano Avenue counter runs pushes minerals onto the evaporator until cubes turn thin and cloudy or production drops off. The fix is a water-circuit descale, a fresh inlet filter, and a six-month service schedule instead of the twelve months the manual prints.
  • NEO undercounter faults in tight kitchens. Albany's kitchens run small, 1920s and '30s bungalow footprints converted to commercial use or shoehorned into a storefront, so a lot of the ice gear here is the NEO undercounter line, boxed in tight with barely any airflow. That cooks the condenser and shortens compressor life. We check clearance, clean the coil, and confirm the install has the airflow the unit needs.

Models we service

Manitowoc product lines.

  • Indigo NXT modular ice machines
  • NEO undercounter
  • QuietQube remote condenser
  • Koolaire value-line ice
  • Storage bins and ice dispensers

Factory credentials

Manitowoc Certified · 2026/02/12

Manitowoc Ice and Koolaire Field Service Seminar

Issued 02/12/2026 by Manitowoc Ice (Pentair Water Solutions). Instructor: Jonathan A. Binley.

Pricing and warranty

What it costs. What we stand behind.

  • $99

    Diagnostic visit. Credited toward the repair.

  • Written

    1 year parts and labor on the repair, 90 days on consumables. Quoted in writing before work starts.

  • CSLB

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

Nearby cities

Manitowoc service in neighboring cities.

FAQ

Manitowoc in Albany questions, answered.

  • Do you only work on Manitowoc?
    No. Manitowoc is where our factory certification is; Hoshizaki, Scotsman, and the rest we handle as an independent shop. No factory-authorization claims on those, just the repair.
  • Is Albany's water easy on ice machines?
    Easier than inland wells, yes, but a busy Solano Avenue cafe still cycles enough water to scale the evaporator over a few months. We still recommend a six-month inlet-filter swap and a regular descale.
  • How far is Albany from your San Ramon shop?
    About 40 to 45 minutes, either I-580 to San Pablo Dam Road or Highway 24 through the Caldecott to I-80. Albany runs on the same route day as our Berkeley and Richmond calls, and booked windows get a written arrival time.

Need Manitowoc service in Albany?

Tell us what is broken. We will quote it.

Call (925) 999-4095

Manitowoc Ice and Koolaire Field Service Seminar

Issued 02/12/2026 by Manitowoc Ice (Pentair Water Solutions). Instructor: Jonathan A. Binley.

Certificate for Manitowoc Ice and Koolaire Field Service Seminar, awarded to Andrew Kuznetsov.
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