Almcoe Refrigeration has kept Texas commercial coolers, freezers, and ice machines running since 1960. Our maintenance contracts protect your equipment through 100°F+ summers and give you priority service when refrigerant leaks or compressor failures hit.
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Since 1960, Texas businesses have called Almcoe when they need commercial refrigeration done right the first time.
We've serviced commercial refrigeration in Deep Ellum, Stockyards, Bishop Arts, and Legacy West since 1960. Our techs know how DFW's hard water destroys ice machine water pumps and evaporators, and how July heat loads cause compressor short-cycling on undersized walk-ins. That experience is written into every contract we write. We track your equipment history, condenser coil cleanings, refrigerant top-offs, and TXV calibrations in detailed service logs.
Our quarterly or monthly contract visits include condenser and evaporator coil cleaning, drain line flushing with pan tablets, door gasket inspection and replacement, defrost timer and thermostat testing, and refrigerant charge verification with superheat and subcooling measurements. We catch refrigerant leaks at the schrader valve, compressor terminals, and TXV connections before you lose R-404A or the newer R-448A blends. Walk-in strip curtains get checked, door sweeps replaced, and hot gas defrost solenoids tested.
A maintenance contract runs $140 to $320 per unit per quarter depending on equipment type and visit frequency. Compare that to emergency service calls at $195 trip charge plus $145 per hour labor, and a compressor replacement running $1,800 to $4,200 installed. Contracts include priority dispatch, discounted parts (15% off retail), and no trip charges for covered equipment. We've seen restaurants in Trinity Groves and West 7th cut annual refrigeration costs by 40% after signing contracts.
“Almcoe's contract saved us twice this summer. Our walk-in went down on a Friday night in Uptown and they were here in 90 minutes. No trip charge.”
“They caught a refrigerant leak during a routine visit that would've cost us a full compressor. The contract paid for itself in one visit.”
“We have six reach-ins and two ice machines across our Fort Worth locations. Almcoe handles them all under one contract with predictable monthly costs.”
Our contracts include scheduled preventive visits (monthly, quarterly, or semi-annual), complete condenser and evaporator coil cleaning, refrigerant charge testing, door gasket and hardware inspection, defrost system testing, drain line treatment, and detailed service reports. You get priority dispatch for breakdowns, discounted parts at 15% off retail, no trip charges on covered equipment, and after-hours emergency service. We track superheat, subcooling, amp draw, and temperature differentials on every visit to catch problems before they cause shutdowns.
Contract customers get priority dispatch. In the DFW Metro area including Dallas, Fort Worth, Arlington, Plano, Irving, and Frisco, we target under 2-hour response for emergencies. For the rest of Texas including Houston, Austin, San Antonio, and the Valley, we provide same-day service for contract customers when you call before noon. Our trucks stock common parts like contactor relays, start capacitors, TXV powerheads, and refrigerant so many repairs finish on the first visit.
Pricing depends on equipment type and visit frequency. Single-door reach-ins run $140 to $180 per quarter. Two and three-door units run $180 to $240. Walk-in coolers cost $220 to $320 per quarter depending on size. Ice machines run $160 to $220. Monthly plans cost about 2.5 times quarterly pricing but catch problems faster. We discount multi-unit contracts by 10% for five or more pieces of equipment. Most restaurants in DFW spend $600 to $1,400 per quarter for complete coverage.
We service all commercial refrigeration brands: True, Hoshizaki, Turbo Air, Bev-Air, Manitowoc, Scotsman, Master-Bilt, Kolpak, Norlake, Delfield, Victory, and others. Our techs carry parts and know the specific failure modes for each manufacturer. True condensers clog fast in Texas dust, Hoshizaki ice machines hate DFW hard water, and Turbo Air evaporator fans fail frequently. We stock brand-specific parts like True's 991172 universal start relay and Hoshizaki's KM cube evaporator assemblies.
Yes, we service all of Texas with primary focus on the DFW Metro. We have contract customers in Houston, Austin, San Antonio, Corpus Christi, El Paso, the Rio Grande Valley, Waco, Tyler, Lubbock, and Amarillo. For customers outside DFW, we typically schedule quarterly or semi-annual preventive visits with emergency service available 24/7. Travel charges may apply outside a 100-mile radius from Dallas, but we include those in the contract pricing so you know total cost upfront.
Yes, 24/7 emergency service is included for all contract customers. You call the same number day or night: (214) 949-8674. There are no trip charges for covered equipment, even at 2 AM on Sunday. Labor rates for after-hours emergencies are discounted 20% for contract customers compared to non-contract emergency rates. We keep techs on call every night because we know refrigeration failures don't wait for business hours, especially during Texas summers when ambient temps stay above 85°F all night.
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