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

HOSHIZAKI · CASTRO VALLEY

Service · All Hoshizaki Models

Hoshizaki Commercial Ice Machine Repair · Castro Valley, CA

Hoshizaki ice machine and prep-table repair for Castro Valley diners, markets, and the BART-area bars.

  • $75 diagnostic (waived with repair)
  • Same or next-day best effort
  • CSLB #1136642
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Hoshizaki in Castro Valley

Hoshizaki refrigeration in Castro Valley.

Castro Valley is the quieter end of the East Bay, and most of the Hoshizaki gear sits along Castro Valley Boulevard or in the strip centers near BART. The family diners, the taquerias and pho spots, a couple of bars, and the neighborhood markets all run cube heads and refrigerated prep tables. Smaller market than Hayward or Oakland, but a Hoshizaki that won't make ice is the same emergency anywhere.

We dispatch from San Ramon, and Castro Valley sits on the same route as Hayward, so same-day on a real outage is usually doable. We stock common Hoshizaki failure parts on the truck. Diagnostic is $75, waived when you have us do the repair, written quote first.

Common repairs we do

What we close on the truck.

  • KM cubers scaling on moderate-hard water. The markets and bars here run Manitowoc and Hoshizaki cubers, and the local water is moderately hard, so scale builds on the evaporator plate. You get thin cubes, long harvest cycles, or a machine that stops making ice altogether. We descale, replace water valves and float switches, and rebuild the harvest assembly when it's fouled past saving.
  • Water pump bearing failure. On older Hoshizaki KM heads the water pump bearing goes around year seven. You hear a loud pump at startup and then an intermittent high-amp fault. We replace the full pump assembly rather than just the motor, since the impeller usually cracks once the bearing fails.
  • Prep-table rail running warm. Hoshizaki refrigerated prep tables in the diners and taquerias drift warm when the discharge-air thermistor ages or the condenser ices up. We carry calibrated thermistors and the common start components, so a warm rail on a hot afternoon usually closes in one visit.

Models we service

Hoshizaki product lines.

  • KM-series cube ice machines
  • Undercounter ice makers
  • Ice and water dispensers
  • Refrigerated prep and sandwich tables
  • Sushi display cases
  • Stackable flaker and crescent units

Pricing and warranty

What it costs. What we stand behind.

  • $75

    Diagnostic visit. Waived when you book the repair with us.

  • Written

    90 days on consumables, 1 year on major parts and boiler work. Quoted in writing before work starts.

  • CSLB

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

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FAQ

Hoshizaki in Castro Valley questions, answered.

  • Can you get to Castro Valley same day?
    Often, yes. Castro Valley is on the same route as Hayward from our San Ramon base, so a real outage during business hours usually gets a same-day slot. We run 7AM to 7PM, seven days, same number after hours.
  • Do you work on Hoshizaki as a factory dealer?
    No. We service Hoshizaki as an independent shop, no factory-authorization claim. We're Manitowoc-certified on ice machines, EPA 608 certified (#1279674151528), and R290 trained for the newer self-contained units around town.
  • My Hoshizaki cubes come out thin and cloudy. What's wrong?
    Usually scale on the evaporator plate from hard water, sometimes a fouled water valve or float. We descale, check the filter, and replace the water-circuit parts that are gone. We'll set a cleaning interval so it doesn't choke again in three months.

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