Commercial Refrigerators · Commercial Kitchens · Franschhoek
Commercial Refrigerators Refrigerant Leak Repair for Commercial Kitchens in Franschhoek
A commercial kitchen in Franschhoek running with refrigerant leak is on borrowed time — every hour of delay costs product and money. Booked as a critical callout, it normally reaches a Franschhoek site within 2–4 hrs. 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
Gradual warming over days or weeks
Oil stains or residue near pipework
Hissing sound from the coil or joints
Low suction pressure on the gauge set
Possible Causes
Diagnosed on site by our technicians
- C01
Corrosion pinholes in the evaporator or condenser
- C02
Vibration wear at pipe joints
- C03
Mechanical damage from impact
- C04
Failed braze or flare joint
The Reyds Solution
We electronic-leak-detect the full circuit, repair the failed joint or section, pressure-test with nitrogen, evacuate to deep vacuum, and recharge with the correct refrigerant to OEM weight.
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
Franschhoek falls inside our regular Winelands service round, so travel time stays short. From first call to cold cabinet, the Franschhoek leg of the job is the shortest part.
Prevention
Stop the fault returning
Monitor cabinet temperatures daily and log deviations so refrigerant leak is flagged before stock is lost.
Replace door seals at the first sign of perishing to stop the warm-air ingress that drives many refrigerant leak callouts.
Book a service check ahead of peak trading so the commercial refrigerator under the heaviest load is not the one that fails.
Keep a documented escalation path for temperature alarms so refrigerant leak is answered in minutes, not noticed at close.
Emergency Dispatch
Refrigeration down? Speak to a technician now.