Cold Rooms · Commercial Kitchens · Franschhoek
Cold Rooms Leaking Water Repair for Commercial Kitchens in Franschhoek
Leaking Water in a cold room is one of the most disruptive faults a commercial kitchen in Franschhoek can face. Booked as a urgent callout, it normally reaches a Franschhoek site within 60–120 min. We arrive with the instruments and common parts this fault needs, fix the cause and verify the cabinet holds.
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
Commercial Kitchens
Commercial Kitchens cannot absorb a long outage. Centralised production kitchens running continuous cold loads. Reyds shapes the repair around how your sector actually uses the equipment.
Cape Town coverage
Franschhoek · Winelands
We service Franschhoek and the surrounding Winelands suburbs as part of standard Cape Town coverage. Familiarity with Franschhoek means less guesswork about access and parking on arrival.
Prevention
Stop the fault returning
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 commercial kitchens cold chains.
Monitor cabinet temperatures daily and log deviations so leaking water is flagged before stock is lost.
Emergency Dispatch
Refrigeration down? Speak to a technician now.