Refrigerator Not Holding Temperature is usually one of a small number of specific, repairable causes — here's what to check and when it's worth calling a professional.
Eichler kitchens are post-and-beam bays glazed to the floor, and a unit against a west elevation is rejecting heat into a room the catalogue figure never accounted for.
The compressor overheats compensating for restricted airflow and eventually shuts itself down as a protective measure.
Lets a steady trickle of warm, humid air into the cabinet that the compressor can never fully counteract.
The Peninsula holds the densest concentration of Eichlers anywhere — more than 2,700 in Palo Alto, and roughly 650 in the San Mateo Highlands. Radiant heat is cast into the slab, there is no crawlspace and no attic, and the kitchen is usually a post-and-beam bay with glass to the floor. Where a unit sits against that glass, solar gain on a west elevation does work a catalogue figure never accounted for.
Based on symptoms like this, these are the components our technicians check first. The exact part depends on your model and what we find during diagnosis.
Burlingame — One of the most intact pre-war stocks on the Peninsula, Tudor and Spanish Revival through Burlingame Park and the Easton Addition, with the shallow cabinet runs that come with it. We also cover Redwood City, San Carlos, Baywood Park across Mid Peninsula.
ZIP codes we cover in Burlingame: 94010, 94011
If basic checks don't resolve it, this is usually a specific component failure rather than something that fixes itself. Our repair service covers same-day diagnosis and a flat-rate quote before any work begins.
Same-day diagnosis, genuine OEM-compatible parts, warranty of up to 1 year.
*SubZero Repair San Mateo is an independent repair company and is not affiliated in any way with Sub-Zero, Inc., Wolf Appliance, Inc., or any of their distributors. We are not a factory service provider and specialize exclusively in out-of-warranty appliance repairs.