Cold Rooms · Catering Companies · Plumstead
Cold Rooms Not Cooling Repair for Catering Companies in Plumstead
Not Cooling in a cold room is one of the most disruptive faults a catering company in Plumstead can face. We treat it as a critical callout and aim to reach Plumstead within 60–90 min. Our technician works through the electrical, refrigerant and airflow side of the fault in turn, then proves the repair.
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
Catering Companies cannot absorb a long outage. 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
Plumstead · Southern Suburbs
We service Plumstead and the surrounding Southern Suburbs suburbs as part of standard Cape Town coverage. Vans are stocked for the faults we meet most often in Plumstead, so a repair rarely waits on parts.
Prevention
Stop the fault returning
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.
Monitor cabinet temperatures daily and log deviations so not cooling is flagged before stock is lost.
Emergency Dispatch
Refrigeration down? Speak to a technician now.