Cool Room Design, Build & Repair (+2 to +8°C) for Sydney Hospitality
Active designs, builds, repairs and regasses cool rooms across Sydney — for cafés, restaurants, supermarkets and food processors. ARC-licensed technicians, upfront quotes and 24/7 breakdown cover, whether you're fitting out a new walk-in cool room or yours has stopped holding temperature.
Cool room down now? We answer 24/7 — talk to a real Sydney refrigeration tech.
Building a new cool room — or rescuing one that's failing?
Most cool 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 cool room repairs in Sydney.
New install & fit-out
A new walk-in cool 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
Cool 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 cool room, spec'd properly
A walk-in cool room (or cooler) is only as good as the parts you can't see once it's running. Here's what we specify and service.
PIR/PUR-cored panels in 75mm and 100mm for most cool rooms — cam-locked, sealed joints to lock the cold in.
Ceiling or wall evaporators matched to a correctly sized condensing unit — remote or packaged — for the room's heat load.
Hinged or sliding cool 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 cool 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.
How much does a cool room cost in Sydney?
Across Sydney, a cool room typically costs from about A$6,000 for a small café unit to A$18,000+ for a larger build, depending on size, panel thickness and refrigeration; repairs cost far less. These are typical Sydney ranges to help you plan — we lock in your exact price after a quick site visit.
| Cool room size | Typical use | Panel core | Indicative range* |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (café / small kitchen) | Fresh produce, dairy, drinks | 75mm | from A$6,000 |
| Medium (restaurant / venue) | Bulk prep, bar stock, deli | 75–100mm | A$10,000 – A$18,000 |
| Large (supermarket / processor) | High-volume cold storage | 100mm | A$18,000+ |
*Typical Sydney ranges to help you plan — your exact price comes in a free, fixed quote. GST may apply.
What drives the price
Size & volume
More cubic metres = bigger refrigeration and more panel. The single biggest lever.
Panel thickness
75 vs 100mm — busier or hotter sites need thicker core 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.
Cool room vs cold room vs freezer room
The terms get used loosely. Here's the difference that actually matters when you're speccing a build.
| Cool room | Cold room | Freezer room | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Temperature | +2°C to +8°C | 0°C to +5°C | −18°C to −25°C |
| Purpose | Chill fresh stock for short turnover | Colder general storage, meat & deli | Freeze & hold stock long-term |
| Insulation (panel core) | 75–100mm | 100mm | 100–150mm |
| Energy use | Lowest — small temp lift | Moderate | Highest — big lift + defrost |
| Typical applications | Cafés, bars, florists, produce | Butchers, delis, kitchens, retail | Ice-cream, frozen stock, processors |
| Humidity & defrost | Higher humidity, off-cycle defrost | Controlled, off-cycle defrost | Dry, heated frame + electric/hot-gas defrost |
In plain terms: a cool room keeps things chilled, a cold room is a colder general store, and a freezer room goes sub-zero and needs heated doors and a proper defrost cycle. Get the type wrong and you'll either spoil stock or pay to over-refrigerate it.
A repeat hospitality client — bar refrigeration & air conditioning
Bar refrigeration upgrade, plus the AC in one visit
"This is the second time that we have used this company… an upgrade of our undercounter bar refrigeration system and… a service of our 2 air conditioning systems. On both occasions we have found Chris's team to have been prompt, professional and efficient for a reasonable price. They are on my preferred company to use for any refrigeration or air con matters…"
Consult, design, install, test
A straightforward path from first call to a commissioned cool 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 cool rooms are one part of the chain. We look after the rest of it too.
Colder general storage for meat, deli & prepped food.
Sub-zero walk-in freezers, built and serviced to spec.
The units that drive your rooms, supplied & repaired.
Cool room down after hours? We answer around the clock.
Cool rooms, display cabinets & full store cold chain.
The full refrigeration service — repairs & maintenance.
Cool room questions
What size cool room do I need?
My cool room is not holding temperature — what's wrong?
What panel thickness do you use — 75 or 100mm?
How much does a cool room repair cost?
What temperature should a cool room run at?
Which areas of Sydney do you cover?
Planning a cool 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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