Cold Rooms · Catering Companies · Green Point
Cold Rooms Leaking Water Repair for Catering Companies in Green Point
When a cold room starts showing leaking water in Green Point, the stock behind it and the trading day ahead are both at risk. Reyds classifies it as urgent, with a typical response of 60–120 min across Cape Town. The visit covers diagnosis, the repair itself and a check that temperatures are stable before we leave.
Symptoms
What you may be observing
Water pooling under or around the unit
Ice melting and running off the evaporator
Wet floors creating a slip hazard in the workspace
Visible dripping from the cabinet base
Possible Causes
Diagnosed on site by our technicians
- C01
Blocked or frozen defrost drain line
- C02
Cracked or misaligned drain pan
- C03
Clogged condensate routing from debris build-up
- C04
Defrost cycle overflowing the drain capacity
The Reyds Solution
We clear and flush the drain line, repair or replace the drain pan, and verify the defrost cycle so condensate routes cleanly out of your unit — stopping the leak and the hazard it creates.
Industry context
Catering Companies
In a catering company, leaking water moves from nuisance to operational risk very quickly. Off-site and event catering with mobile and static cold holding. We keep the parts and refrigerant these failures usually need on the van.
Cape Town coverage
Green Point · City Bowl
Green Point falls inside our regular City Bowl service round, so travel time stays short. Vans are stocked for the faults we meet most often in Green Point, 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 leaking water is answered in minutes, not noticed at close.
Schedule quarterly preventative maintenance on your cold room to catch wear before it becomes leaking water.
Keep condenser fins clean and airflow clear — the leading preventable cause of leaking water in catering companies cold chains.
Emergency Dispatch
Refrigeration down? Speak to a technician now.