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Corpus Christi, Texas

Ice machine repair in Corpus Christi.

Ice machines fail slowly and then all at once, and the water side is usually what kills them.

Residential HVAC and commercial refrigeration · TX License TACLA56268C

Cooling or refrigeration down right now?

After hours emergency service is available. Say it is an emergency when you call.

What Corpus Christi does to refrigeration

Corpus Christi puts salt on every outdoor condenser in town, and a fouled condenser is the single most common reason a walk in cannot hold temperature through an August afternoon. The compressor is not weak, it is being asked to reject heat through a coil that has been slowly closing up since the day it was installed.

Corpus water plus a salted condenser is a bad pairing for an ice machine. Scale slows the harvest while the fouled coil pushes head pressure up, so the machine works harder to make less, and the bar notices before the kitchen does.

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It is almost always the water

Scale from hard water builds on the evaporator plate and inside the water system. Harvest slows, cubes come out thin, cloudy or hollow, the machine cycles longer for less ice, and eventually it stops making a full batch at all. Operators normally notice the shortfall weeks after the cause set in.

That is why a real ice machine service is a deep clean and descale of the water side, not a wipe of the bin. Filtration matters here too, and it is the cheapest insurance on the machine.

What it costs while it is down

Bin control and thermostat faults that stop production while the bin is half empty, a dirty condenser working the head pressure up, water inlet valves and pumps, and drain problems that back up and get blamed on the machine.

Calling from Corpus Christi

Use the Corpus Christi number, 361-558-6946. It reaches the crew that covers Corpus Christi rather than a call center in another state. Hours are Monday to Friday 8am to 6pm, Saturday by appointment, with after hours emergency service available for refrigeration.

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Before you book

Questions we get on the phone.

Do you do commercial ice machine repair in Corpus Christi?
Yes. Corpus Christi is in our Corpus Christi service area and the crew is local to the region. Call 361-558-6946.
Can you come out after hours in Corpus Christi?
Yes. After hours emergency service is available for refrigeration. Say it is an emergency when you call and we will tell you the honest window before you commit.
Are you licensed?
Yes, Texas HVAC license TACLA56268C. It is on the truck door and on every estimate and invoice.