Cold Rooms · Catering Companies · Gardens
Cold Rooms Not Cooling Repair for Catering Companies in Gardens
A catering company in Gardens running with not cooling is on borrowed time — every hour of delay costs product and money. We treat it as a critical callout and aim to reach Gardens within 60–90 min. We isolate the fault, correct it with matched parts and confirm the unit holds temperature under normal load.
Symptoms
What you may be observing
Unit runs but cabinet temperature keeps climbing
Product warming, condensation on packaging
Compressor may run continuously without effect
No cold air reaching the storage space
Possible Causes
Diagnosed on site by our technicians
- C01
Compressor failure or inefficient pumping
- C02
Refrigerant charge low from a leak
- C03
Dirty or blocked condenser rejecting heat poorly
- C04
Faulty thermostat or temperature sensor misreading
The Reyds Solution
Our technician arrives with manifold gauges and a leak detector, diagnoses the root cause on site, and restores cooling fast — recharging refrigerant, clearing the condenser, or replacing a failed compressor with a unit matched to your cabinet.
Industry context
Catering Companies
A catering company has little margin for a cold chain that drifts. Off-site and event catering with mobile and static cold holding. The repair is matched to the duty cycle your equipment actually sees.
Cape Town coverage
Gardens · City Bowl
Reyds covers Gardens as part of our City Bowl callout zone. Vans are stocked for the faults we meet most often in Gardens, so a repair rarely waits on parts.
Prevention
Stop the fault returning
Book a service check ahead of peak trading so the cold room under the heaviest load is not the one that fails.
Keep a documented escalation path for temperature alarms so not cooling is answered in minutes, not noticed at close.
Schedule quarterly preventative maintenance on your cold room to catch wear before it becomes not cooling.
Keep condenser fins clean and airflow clear — the leading preventable cause of not cooling in catering companies cold chains.
Emergency Dispatch
Refrigeration down? Speak to a technician now.