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Article: Restaurant uses sealant for leak.(FOCUS: SUPERMARKET & RESTAURANT REFRIGERATION)
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- Air Conditioning, Heating & Refrigeration News
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- September 7, 2009
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No one has to tell James Chelini there is a recession. The 35-year-veteran refrigeration tech is reminded of tough times every time he repairs foodservice refrigeration equipment and sees his clients normally-busy restaurants half-empty.
Unfortunately for restaurateurs however, their refrigeration service/maintenance costs remain the same whether business is good or slow.
Such was the case for El Boqueron, a Silver Springs, Md.-based Tex-Mex cuisine restaurant with a leaking reach-in cooler evaporator coil. Local codes require a cooler, so the 14-year-old family-owned restaurant was faced with an $800 replacement including installation, as leaks in ...