Reach-In Cooler & Freezer Repair in Tacoma, WA

A lot of Tacoma restaurants pair a reach-in with a walk-in cooler for overflow, especially in older buildings downtown where kitchen space runs tight, and our walk-in cooler repair technicians look at both together on one visit if they are both giving you trouble.

Reach-in coolers and freezers do the daily heavy lifting in most Tacoma kitchens, whether it is a Sixth Avenue restaurant or a Port of Tacoma cafeteria. We see the same handful of failures over and over: a compressor giving out, a gasket that has finally worn through, or a fan motor that has seized. Parts for True, Turbo Air, and Beverage-Air ride on the truck for same-visit fixes.

An ice machine and a reach-in run on separate refrigeration cycles, but they often sit on the same electrical circuit in a smaller Tacoma kitchen, so one bad breaker can take both down together. Our ice machine repair technicians handle undercounter and modular units throughout the city.

Reach-ins are just one entry under the broader kitchen cooler category, which also covers prep tables, undercounters, and worktop refrigeration. When we get called for one failing reach-in, we generally check the rest of the line too, since a single overloaded circuit is a common culprit behind multiple units acting up at once.

Deli cases run tighter tolerances than a standard reach-in because product sits out where customers can see it all day, and our display case cooler repair technicians repair fan motors, gaskets, and defrost timers on these units for Tacoma grocers and specialty food shops.

Wine coolers are not typical reach-in equipment, but a handful of Tacoma restaurants with a wine program keep one in the same kitchen, and our wine cooler repair technicians take care of both on a single stop if yours needs attention too.