Cold Rooms · Catering Companies · Rondebosch
Cold Rooms Leaking Water Repair for Catering Companies in Rondebosch
A catering company in Rondebosch running with leaking water is on borrowed time — every hour of delay costs product and money. 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
Catering Companies depend on predictable temperatures for product quality and compliance. 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
Rondebosch · Southern Suburbs
We service Rondebosch and the surrounding Southern Suburbs suburbs as part of standard Cape Town coverage. From first call to cold cabinet, the Rondebosch leg of the job is the shortest part.
Prevention
Stop the fault returning
Keep condenser fins clean and airflow clear — the leading preventable cause of leaking water in catering companies cold chains.
Monitor cabinet temperatures daily and log deviations so leaking water is flagged before stock is lost.
Replace door seals at the first sign of perishing to stop the warm-air ingress that drives many leaking water callouts.
Book a service check ahead of peak trading so the cold room under the heaviest load is not the one that fails.
Emergency Dispatch
Refrigeration down? Speak to a technician now.