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Perlick back-bar coolers and draft systems serviced for the restaurants and cafes along Albany's Solano Avenue.
- $99 diagnostic (credited toward the repair)
- Same or next-day best effort
- CSLB #1136642
Perlick in Albany
Perlick refrigeration in Albany.
Solano Avenue carries a dense run of small restaurants and cafes, shared with North Berkeley, and a number of them pour off Perlick back-bar coolers and draft systems. Where San Pablo Avenue crosses Solano there are a few more storefronts running the same gear. When a box quits or a tap pours warm on a Friday night, the owner wants a real diagnosis, not a guess.
We're not a Perlick dealer and don't claim factory authorization; we work on these systems as an independent commercial refrigeration shop. The Albany calls run predictable: a forced-air evaporator iced over behind a worn door gasket, a thermostat off setpoint, warm beer at the tap while the glycol chiller hums along fine on its own. Common parts and OEM gaskets ride on the truck, which is why most of these jobs wrap up in a single stop.
Common repairs we do
What we close on the truck.
- Warm draft beer at the tap. On the Solano Avenue restaurants and cafes, warm beer usually traces back to the glycol chiller or the trunk line, not the tap. We test glycol concentration, flush and recharge if it's drifted, and re-wrap the insulation on the run between chiller and tower.
- Back-bar coolers frosting over. Perlick back-bar boxes tucked into these small Albany storefronts ice the evaporator once a door gasket tears, and constant door traffic in a tight space tears one fast. We stock OEM gaskets in common widths and swap one in well under half an hour.
- Glass washers and sealed systems. Albany's water runs on the soft side like the rest of the corridor, but Solano Avenue volume still scales the glass-washer rinse heaters over time. We descale the booster heater and rebuild the rinse-aid pump, and any sealed-system leak repair gets handled in-house under EPA #1279674151528.
Models we service
Perlick product lines.
- Tobin Ellis Signature bar refrigeration
- C-Series undercounter coolers
- Back-bar bottle coolers
- Beer dispensing / glycol systems
- HC and DBC glass washers
- Underbar door storage units
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
Perlick in Albany questions, answered.
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Are you a Perlick dealer?
No. We're independent, not a Perlick-authorized dealer. We hold EPA #1279674151528 for sealed-system work and are R290 trained. Diagnostic is $99, credited toward the repair, written quote first. -
Why is my Perlick back-bar cooler icing up?
Almost always a torn door gasket. The forced-air evaporator frosts the moment the seal stretches, common on a door pulled all shift at a busy Solano Avenue spot. We carry OEM gaskets on the truck and get the ice cleared out before we leave. -
How far is the drive from San Ramon to Albany?
About 40 to 45 minutes, either I-580 across to San Pablo Dam Road or Highway 24 through the Caldecott to I-80. Albany runs on the same day as our Berkeley and Richmond stops, and a booked window gets a written arrival time.
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