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Austin, Texas

Refrigeration maintenance in Austin.

Almost every emergency refrigeration call we run had a warning sign a scheduled visit would have caught while it was still a small number.

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 Austin does to refrigeration

Austin runs on hard water, and hard water is what kills commercial ice machines. Scale builds on the evaporator plate, harvest slows, the cubes come out thin and cloudy, and the machine runs longer and longer for less and less ice until it stops. The kitchen usually blames the machine. It is almost always the water.

In Austin the maintenance that pays for itself fastest is ice machine descaling, because the hard water is relentless and the failure is both expensive and public.

A crane lifting a rooftop HVAC unit into position on a commercial building

What a visit covers

Condenser cleaned properly rather than blown at, evaporator condition and defrost operation, refrigerant charge verified, door gaskets and heaters, drain lines flowed, electrical connections and amp draw, controls and set points, and ice machine descale and sanitation where there is one.

What it costs while it is down

Two reasons, and neither is the coil. The first is that a clean correctly charged system uses less power to hold the same temperature, and refrigeration runs all day every day, so that shows up on the bill. The second is the paperwork. A scheduled service history with temperatures logged is the thing you want to hand an inspector.

Calling from Austin

Use the Austin number, 512-893-TIDE. It reaches the crew that covers Austin 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 refrigeration maintenance in Austin?
Yes. Austin is in our Austin service area and the crew is local to the region. Call 512-893-TIDE.
Can you come out after hours in Austin?
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.