Carney Refrigeration Inc. — Commercial & Industrial Refrigeration Since 1946

What We Do

Full-service refrigeration for businesses that can't afford downtime.

From a single ice machine to a 40,000 sq ft cold-storage warehouse, we service, repair, and install commercial and industrial refrigeration systems across Northern California.

— 01

24/7 Emergency Service

When your walk-in goes down at 11pm on a Saturday, we answer the phone. Our technicians are on-call around the clock for service emergencies across the Bay Area.

— 02

Repair & Diagnostics

Compressor failures, refrigerant leaks, control system issues, evaporator coil work. We diagnose accurately the first time so you're not paying for guesses.

— 03

New System Installs

Walk-in coolers and freezers, refrigerated prep tables, cold-storage rooms, and full condensing unit replacements. Designed and sized for your actual load.

— 04

Ice Machines

Service, repair, and installation for all major commercial ice machine brands. Routine maintenance plans available to keep production consistent and water quality high.

— 05

Remote Monitoring

Certified Heatcraft intelliGen installers — real-time visibility into your walk-in's temperature, compressor status, defrost cycles, and door alerts, streamed 24/7 to our team and to you.

— 06

Preventive Maintenance

Scheduled service programs that catch problems before they shut you down. Coil cleanings, refrigerant checks, control calibration, and full system inspections.

— 07

CO₂ & A2L Systems

Factory-trained on next-generation refrigerants — including CO₂ transcritical systems and low-GWP A2L blends — that most service companies in our area aren't equipped to handle yet. Plus EPA-certified handling of all conventional refrigerants (R-448A, R-404A, R-134a, and more).

— 08

Estimates & Proposals

Detailed, itemized proposals for equipment replacements and new installs. No surprises, no inflated parts markups, no nonsense.

— 09

Water Filtration Systems

Specialty water filtration for commercial ice machines — protecting your investment from scale, sediment, and chlorine that destroy components over time. We also install filtration for general commercial water use.

Custom walk-in cooler built by Carney Refrigeration Inc. in a private residence garage

Custom Build · Concept to Commissioning

Interior of custom walk-in cooler with Bohn evaporator and intelliGen controller

Inside the build. Bohn evap, intelliGen controls.

Our Story

Three generations of family-owned refrigeration service.

Carney Refrigeration Inc. has been keeping Bay Area businesses cold since 1946 — when refrigeration meant glass-lined boxes, copper tubing, and a service truck stocked with whatever you could fit in it.

Today, we run a tight crew of certified technicians serving everything from neighborhood restaurants to airport lounges and 40,000-square-foot cold-storage warehouses. Same family. Same standards. Modern equipment.

When you call Carney, you get a technician who's seen it before — and an owner who picks up the phone.

80.

Years In Business

Generations

Why Carney

The kind of technicians the manufacturers actually train.

Most refrigeration outfits chase the lowest-cost part and call it a day. We do the opposite — investing in factory training, top-tier tools, and the manufacturer relationships that let us go further for our clients than the rest of the field.

— 01 / Factory-Trained

Trained directly by the manufacturers who build the equipment.

Every technician on our crew attends factory training at major manufacturer facilities multiple times a year. We don't learn from YouTube — we learn from the engineers who designed the system.

That depth means faster diagnostics, fewer callbacks, and confidence that the work is done right the first time.

Multiple Factory Visits / Year

— 02 / Industry Relationships

Direct lines to the decision-makers at the manufacturer level.

Decades of attending trade shows and building relationships with manufacturer leadership means we get answers — and a level of support — that the average shop simply can't.

For our clients, that often translates to priority parts access, engineering support on unusual problems, and case-by-case warranty advocacy when it matters most.

Direct Manufacturer Access

— 03 / Best-In-Class Tools

The Inficon D-TEK Pro and other industry-leading equipment.

We invest heavily in the best diagnostic tools on the market — including the Inficon D-TEK Pro, the most sensitive refrigerant leak detector available to the trade.

Better tools find problems faster. Less time chasing leaks means lower bills for you and better outcomes for your equipment.

Inficon D-TEK Pro · Industry Standard

— 04 / Next-Gen Refrigerants

One of the few shops in the area trained on CO₂ and A2L systems.

The refrigeration industry is shifting fast — natural refrigerants like CO₂ (R-744) and the new low-GWP A2L blends are replacing legacy refrigerants under federal regulations. Most service companies in our area aren't trained to handle them yet.

We are. Our technicians have completed factory training on CO₂ transcritical systems and A2L refrigerant safety — so when the next generation of equipment shows up at your facility, we don't have to refer you elsewhere.

CO₂ · A2L Trained

Remote Monitoring

Know what your walk-in is doing — before it fails.

We're certified and fully trained on the Heatcraft intelliGen system — the most comprehensive remote monitoring platform in commercial refrigeration today.

Unlike generic temperature loggers, intelliGen gives our team real-time visibility into the entire system: internal status, alerts, and diagnostics streamed directly to us — and to you — so problems are addressed before your product is at risk.

Box Temperature

Door Alerts

Fan Status

Compressor Status

Defrost Cycles

Internal Pressures

System Diagnostics

24/7 Real-Time Alerts

Bohn walk-in cooler with Heatcraft intelliGen monitoring display

Walk-In #1 · Live

System Healthy

Box Temp

-2°F

Compressor

Running

Suction

12psi

Door

Closed

The Work

From rooftop crane lifts to walk-in installs.

A look at recent projects — equipment installs, system replacements, and the day-to-day work our crew does across the Bay Area.

Crane lifting refrigeration equipment to rooftop

Rooftop Install

Crane lifts for condenser placement

New condensing unit installed on rooftop

New Condenser

Full condensing unit replacement

Controls

Control system diagnostics and repair

Champion Install

Specialty equipment placement

Bohn Walk-In

Walk-in cooler servicing

Refrigeration controller display showing alarm status

Diagnostics

Reading active alarms in the field

Rack Controls

Rack system controller programming

Condenser Swap

Condensing unit changeout

Keeping commercial kitchens, walk-ins, and warehouses cool for 80 years.

Full-service refrigeration for businesses that can't afford downtime.

24/7 Emergency Service

Repair & Diagnostics

New System Installs

Ice Machines

Remote Monitoring

Preventive Maintenance

CO₂ & A2L Systems

Estimates & Proposals

Water Filtration Systems

Three generations of family-owned refrigeration service.

The kind of technicians the manufacturers actually train.

Trained directly by the manufacturers who build the equipment.

Direct lines to the decision-makers at the manufacturer level.

The Inficon D-TEK Pro and other industry-leading equipment.

One of the few shops in the area trained on CO₂ and A2L systems.

Know what your walk-in is doing — before it fails.

Serving Northern California from our San Mateo headquarters.

From rooftop crane lifts to walk-in installs.

System down? Let's get you back up.