Cold Room Specialists in Sydney (0 to +5°C)
Walk-in cold rooms designed, built, repaired and serviced to spec — for butchers, delis, commercial kitchens and retail. Sandwich-panel construction, the right condensing unit and an evaporator sized for the load, not guesswork. Whether you're fitting out a new room or yours has stopped holding temperature, we sort it across Greater Sydney.
Cold room down now? We answer 24/7 — talk to a real Sydney refrigeration tech.
Building a new cold room — or rescuing one that's failing?
Most cold room enquiries fall into one of these two. Tell us which you're chasing and we'll point the right tech and the right quote at it. Need a fast fix? Start with our commercial cold room repairs in Sydney.
New install & fit-out
A new walk-in cold room from a clean sheet — or replacing a tired one. We size the refrigeration to your actual heat load and door traffic, supply and build the panel room, and commission it to temperature with materials backed by manufacturer warranties.
- Site measure, heat-load calc & layout
- Insulated sandwich-panel supply & build
- Condensing unit + evaporator matched to load
- Doors, gaskets, strip curtains & controls
- Commissioning + written temperature record
Repair, regas & service
Cold room creeping warm, icing up, leaking water or tripping out? A licensed tech finds the real fault — not just a re-gas — and gets you back in spec. After-hours failures go straight to our 24/7 breakdown line.
- Not holding temp / running constantly
- Heavy ice-up on the evaporator coil
- Water on the floor / blocked drain
- Failed fan motor, contactor or controller
- Refrigerant leak found & repaired before any regas
The walk-in cold room, spec'd properly
A walk-in cold room is only as good as the parts you can't see once it's running. Here's what we specify and service.
100mm PIR/PUR-cored panels are the workhorse for cold rooms — cam-locked, sealed joints that hold a steady low temperature.
Ceiling or wall evaporators matched to a correctly sized condensing unit — remote or packaged — for the room's heat load.
Hinged or sliding cold room doors, self-closers, and gasket replacement that stops air leaks and icing.
Strip curtains and air curtains hold the cold in on busy, high-traffic doorways — protecting product and cutting run time.
Digital controllers, defrost timing and data-logging so your room runs in spec and your records are audit-ready.
Keeping food safe. A cold room keeps cold food at or below 5°C — out of the 5–60°C temperature danger zone that the NSW Food Authority and FSANZ warn about. We set up controllers and logging so your records back that up.
Indicative cold room price ranges
Every room is quoted on its own specs, but here's the ballpark so you can plan. These are typical Sydney supply-and-install ranges for a standard walk-in cold room — we confirm your exact price after a site measure.
| Cold room size | Typical use | Panel core | Indicative range* |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (butcher / deli) | Meat, deli, prepped food | 100mm | A$12,000 – A$18,000 |
| Medium (kitchen / retail) | General cold storage | 100mm | A$18,000 – A$28,000 |
| Large (processor / cold storage) | High-volume bulk storage | 100–150mm | A$28,000+ |
*Typical Sydney ranges to help you plan — your exact price comes in a free, fixed quote after a site measure. GST may apply.
What drives the price
Size & volume
More cubic metres = bigger refrigeration and more panel. The single biggest lever.
Panel thickness
100mm is standard for cold rooms; hot plant areas may need 150mm to stay efficient.
Plant location & pipe run
Remote condensers on a roof with long pipe and crane access cost more than a packaged unit.
Doors & access
Sliding doors, multiple doors, ramps and strip curtains all add to the build.
Controls & monitoring
Data-logging, alarms and BMS integration for compliance-critical sites.
Refrigeration spec
The right evaporator and condensing unit for the load — undersize it and it runs flat-out.
Cold room or cool room — which do you need?
A cold room runs around 0°C to +5°C — colder and more general-purpose than a cool room, ideal for meat, deli and prepped food where you want a steady low temperature without freezing. A cool room sits a touch warmer at +2°C to +8°C for fresh produce and drinks, while a freezer room goes sub-zero with heated doors and a proper defrost cycle. Get the type wrong and you'll either spoil stock or pay to over-refrigerate it.
Want the full side-by-side? Our cool room vs cold room vs freezer room comparison breaks down temperature, insulation, energy use and applications in one table.
A multi-site retail client — cold chain across 50 stores
Keeping cold storage running across a retail network
"We use the team at Active for our 50 retail sites… always available in an emergency, excellent communication and scheduling and the best price!"
Consult, design, install, test
A straightforward path from first call to a commissioned cold room you can trust.
- 01
Consult
We discuss what you're storing, the space and your budget — and book a site measure.
- 02
Design
Heat-load calc, panel layout and the right unit — quoted upfront for you to approve.
- 03
Install
We build the panel room, run the pipework and wiring, and fit doors and controls.
- 04
Test
Pull-down, commissioning and a written temperature record before we hand over.
More of what we keep cold
Walk-in cold rooms are one part of the chain. We look after the rest of it too.
Chilled storage for produce, dairy, drinks & bar stock.
Sub-zero walk-in freezers, built and serviced to spec.
The units that drive your rooms, supplied & repaired.
Cold room down after hours? We answer around the clock.
Large cold rooms & bulk storage for processors.
The full refrigeration service — repairs & maintenance.
Cold room questions
What's the difference between a cold room and a cool room?
What size cold room do I need?
My cold room is not holding temperature — can you fix it?
What panel thickness do you use for a cold room?
How much does a cold room cost?
Which areas of Sydney do you cover?
Planning a cold room — or yours just gave up?
Talk to a licensed Sydney cold-chain technician now — free quotes on installs, honest diagnosis on repairs, upfront pricing either way.
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