Commercial Appliance Repair Sudbury
Restaurants, cafes, retirement homes. We service them all.
Need commercial appliance repair in Sudbury?
Commercial appliance downtime costs you money every hour. We service walk-in coolers, commercial dishwashers, ovens, fryers, and refrigeration for restaurants, cafes, retirement homes, daycares, and other Greater Sudbury businesses. Priority dispatch for revenue-critical equipment. Invoicing available for businesses.
Common signs you need this service
- Walk-in cooler temperature drifting up
- Commercial dishwasher not sanitizing properly
- Reach-in fridge or freezer failing
- Commercial oven not holding temperature
- Ice machine not producing ice
- Coffee maker / espresso machine not working
How we handle it
- Priority response for revenue-critical equipment
- Diagnose and quote on-site
- Repair same-day where possible to minimize downtime
- Provide written work order + invoice for your accounting
Pricing
Typical pricing for commercial appliance repair in Sudbury: $150 service call, hourly $130-$175, parts at cost plus markup. We quote you the actual price before we start work, so there are no surprises on the bill.
How quickly can we get there?
Typical response time: Priority dispatch for revenue-critical equipment. For urgent issues (fridge or freezer with food at risk, no laundry capacity for a household), we prioritize dispatch and get a technician heading your way as fast as we can.
Sudbury factors that affect this repair
- When a walk-in cooler or commercial dishwasher quits, every hour open with broken equipment costs a Greater Sudbury operator real money, and a failed cooler can put a whole night's stock at risk. Restaurants along Durham Street and the Kingsway, cafes downtown, and care-home kitchens all run on a thin margin of cold-holding capacity. We push revenue-critical commercial calls to the front of the day and quote on-site so you can decide fast.
- Sudbury winters are hard on commercial refrigeration. Condensers in unheated back rooms or on rooftop units fight the cold, and a walk-in that short-cycles in January is often a head-pressure or defrost problem, not a dead compressor. Door gaskets matter too, a worn walk-in seal pulls in damp cold air and frosts the coil. We check the controls and the seal before condemning any sealed system.
- Greater Sudbury's hard water scales up the parts commercial kitchens lean on hardest. Booster heaters and final-rinse jets on a commercial dishwasher mineral over and stop hitting sanitizing temperature, ice machines slow as scale coats the evaporator, and steamers lose output. A machine that will not reach the 82 degree final rinse is frequently scale or a tired booster element, not a dead control board. We descale and test the rinse temperature against your health requirements.
- A lot of Sudbury's commercial kitchens sit in older mining-era buildings with mixed single-phase and three-phase service and circuits never sized for today's equipment. A breaker that trips when the oven and fryer both call for heat is usually a load problem, not a faulty appliance. We test the supply at the equipment and flag a circuit issue for your electrician rather than throw parts at it, and we leave a written work order and invoice for your books.
Ready to book?
Most Sudbury commercial appliance repair jobs get scheduled the same day you call. Phones are answered Mon-Fri 8 to 6 and Sat 9 to 3; after hours go to voicemail and we call back next business morning.
Questions Sudbury homeowners ask us
How much does commercial appliance repair cost in Sudbury?
Our commercial service call is $150 and applies to the repair if you go ahead. Labour runs $130 to $175 an hour and parts are at cost plus markup. A gasket, thermostat, or rinse-jet cleanup sits at the low end, a compressor or sealed-system repair on a walk-in at the high end. We quote on-site before any work so there are no surprises on the invoice, and we tell you honestly when a tired unit is past the point of repair.
How fast can you come out for a business?
We give revenue-critical commercial equipment priority over residential calls. Book before 1 PM and we aim for same day on walk-in coolers, reach-ins, and commercial dishwashers, next business day for less urgent gear. We cover Greater Sudbury proper plus Hanmer, Val Caron, Garson, Lively, Naughton, Chelmsford, Azilda, and Capreol. Leave a message with the equipment and the problem and we route the most time-sensitive jobs first.
My walk-in cooler temperature is drifting up. Can you help before I lose stock?
Yes, and a cooler that cannot hold 4 degrees Celsius is both a stock risk and a health-inspection problem, so it goes to the front of the line. A slow drift is often a dirty or iced condenser coil, a failing defrost cycle, or a worn door gasket pulling in warm air, all fixable on-site. If product is already warming, move what you can to a backup unit and call us with the cooler's current temperature so we can plan the visit.
Our commercial dishwasher is not sanitizing. What is wrong?
Most often the final rinse is not reaching the 82 degree sanitizing temperature. In Sudbury's hard water that usually traces to a scaled booster heater or mineral-clogged rinse jets rather than a dead machine. We descale the booster and jets, test the rinse temperature, and check the wash and rinse arms before quoting any part, so you pass your next inspection without buying a machine you do not need.
Do you invoice the business, and do you work after hours?
We provide a written work order and invoice for every commercial job so it goes straight to your accounting, and businesses can be invoiced rather than paying on the spot. We are not a round-the-clock operation, our hours are Monday to Friday 8 to 6 and Saturday 9 to 3. After hours, leave a message and your call is first in the queue when we open, ahead of residential bookings.
Do you service our equipment brand, and what should we do before you arrive?
We work on the common commercial brands here including True, Traulsen, Beverage-Air, Hoshizaki, Manitowoc, Hobart, Garland, Vulcan, and Pitco, plus the heavy-duty versions of residential brands. We warranty our labour for 90 days, plus any manufacturer coverage on new OEM parts. Before we arrive, note any error code or alarm, move at-risk product to a working unit, and clear access to the back of the equipment so we can reach the compressor, controls, and coils.
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