6 Common Repair Issues for Your Cold Rooms

When using your cold room on a daily basis, it’s to be expected that you will run into some issues. However, being prepared for these issues, and knowing how to solve them, is key to preventing disaster within your business. 

MTCSS are here to help identify 6 common cold room issues, why they occur and how you can repair them – so you’re prepared in case your cold room decides to incur any issues! 

6 Most Common Cold Room Issues That Need Repairing 

There is the potential for multiple issues to occur in your cold rooms, especially if your cold room is older! But with these issues comes repairs to help your cold room run efficiently and smoothly again. 

So, which cold room issues are the most common? 

• Damage to cold room doors 
• Broken cold room door furniture and heater systems 
• Inefficiently running refrigeration systems 
• Damaged floor overlays 
• Broken insulated cold room panels

Don’t fret – each of these cold room issues can be repaired. But let’s understand why these cold room issues can occur first. 

Why Cold Room Issues Occur 

There are a multitude of reasons why issues in your cold rooms can occur – this is because there are a range of different ways to configurate your bespoke cold rooms.  

Each cold room will differ slightly from the next, due to your individual requirements. However, on the whole the most common reasons why cold room issues occur is due to: 

Cold Room Doors, Door Furniture and Frame Heater Systems  

Cold room doors are the access point for your cold room, meaning they’re used multiple times a day.  

Naturally, everything will experience wear and tear, but other factors such as impact damage can cause issues with your cold room doors faster, specifically to do with their insulation properties which are important for maintaining your specific temperature. 

In turn with your cold room doors being used daily, this will have a knock-on effect on your cold room door furniture, such as your cold room door gaskets and handles. These should be repaired as soon as possible, as they pose both a hazard to your employees (if they get stuck in your cold room) and your cold room’s temperature. 

Similarly, your cold room door frame heater systems should be repaired when required to prevent your cold room door gaskets from freezing to the door frame! 

Refrigeration Systems  

As your refrigeration systems are a key component of your cold room, because they keep it cold, they should be serviced and maintained regularly and replaced when needed.  

Usually, your refrigeration systems incur issues when there are other issues in your cold room – for example, if your cold room door gasket is broken, letting ambient air into your cold room, it forces your refrigeration systems to work harder to create your desired temperature. 

The added strain on your refrigeration systems can cause issues to arise, including it not maintaining the correct temperature for your products/processes.  

Cold Room Panels  

Your walls and ceilings are comprised from cold room panels, meaning that any issues caused by various factors (such as impact damage, ice build-up, general ageing etc) will have a knock-on effect on the insulation levels in your cold rooms. 

Meaning that your cold room’s internal temperature will be affected, placing extra strain on your refrigeration systems to try and achieve your desired internal temperature. 

Floor Overlays 

Similarly, to your cold room panels, your floor overlay (commonly comprised from rigidized galvanized steel or aluminium) can cause health and safety hazards, such as slips and trips, to your employees if broken or damaged.  

Such damage can be caused by forklift trucks, trolleys, pallet damage, or even ice-build up! 

How To Repair Common Cold Room Issues 

Now we know why these cold room issues can occur, how can you repair them? The answer to that is simple. 

1 ) Access to Cold Room Parts with Quick Delivery – Investing in cold room parts with quick delivery could benefit your business, cold room and products greatly.

If your cold room door broke right now, would you be prepared to repair it straight away? Stocking up on cold room parts eliminates having to potentially lose stock/business from your cold room being ‘down’ whilst your door gets repaired.

Alternatively, UKColdRoomSpares have competitive prices and short lead times on our cold room parts – so you can invest in cold room parts quickly, ensuring your cold room lasts for as long as possible. Browse our cold room parts here! 

2) Plan Regular Cold Room Maintenance – Scheduling regular cold room maintenance or regularly checking your cold rooms for any issues will benefit you greatly.

Keeping on top of the condition of your cold room and key cold room components could help you to identify an issue early on, or keep them well maintained for longer.  

3) Investing In High-Quality Materials When Building Your Cold Rooms – If you invest in higher quality materials when building your cold rooms, instead of the cheapest materials, your cold room is likely to last longer and as a result incur less issues due to the durability being better!

MTCSS invest in suppliers that have our customer’s best interest at heart, and so use high-quality materials to ensure your cold rooms are efficient and last the test of time. 

UKColdRoomSpares have an incredibly large stock of cold room parts for your cold rooms, suitable for any cold room issues you may run into! 

Can’t find what you’re looking for? Get in contact with our experts today – we will always try to source the part you’re after! 

Email us at spares@mtcss.co.uk, call us on 01886 833381 or fill in an enquiry form below.