Traulsen Refrigeration Repair · Bay Area

Traulsen is the kind of cabinet we like getting a call about. It’s built for the abuse a working kitchen hands out, and it’s built so a tech can actually take it apart and fix it. When one goes down, repairing it almost always beats buying new. Keep one tuned and it’ll run for years. The failures we see come from age and miles on the unit, not from anything wrong with how it was made.

Thermostat trouble is the call we get most on Traulsen. The cabinet drifts warm or stops holding its setpoint once the thermostat goes out of calibration or quits altogether. Plan on labor from about $250 plus the part.

Refrigerant leaks tend to surface somewhere past the 15-to-20-year mark. Years of vibration and slow corrosion eventually crack the sealed system open. This is the bigger repair, and it’s the one most general appliance guys aren’t set up to handle, legally or otherwise. We carry EPA Section 608 certification (EPA #1279674151528) and do sealed-system work in-house with proper recovery, evacuation, and a weigh-in on the charge. A full sealed-system rebuild can run up to $4,000, and we back that repair with a 2-year warranty.

Door gaskets are the part that quietly kills a unit when maintenance slides. A torn or hardened gasket lets warm air leak past the seal, so the compressor never gets a break and your power bill climbs. Replacing one is among the cheapest fixes on the whole cabinet, and it saves the compressor from running itself into the ground. Let it go and you’ll shorten the life of everything downstream.

Commercial labor starts at that same $250 base. Tight access, having to pull a neighboring unit out of the way, or needing a second set of hands can push it higher. The $75 service call is a flat fee that covers a full diagnostic, and it gets waived when you book the repair. You’ll get a written quote before we turn a wrench.

We run this as an independent shop. We’re not a Traulsen factory dealer and we don’t claim to be. What we are is a crew that knows these cabinets and stocks the common failure parts on the truck. We’re an ADRIUM Service Solutions line (CSLB #1136642), dispatched out of San Ramon 7 days a week, 7AM to 7PM, with the same number for after-hours emergencies. We cover the Tri-Valley and the greater East Bay up to Concord and Walnut Creek.

Got a Traulsen reach-in or roll-in that won’t pull temperature? Call (925) 999-4095 and we’ll get it cold again. If you also run espresso or HVAC equipment, our sister lines Bay Area Refrigeration Service and Bay Area HVAC Service handle those, all under ADRIUM Service Solutions.