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What we do

Wine cellar cooling unit
repair,
job by job.

Ten repairs we take on. Each cellar cooling job we do has its own page: what the technician does to the unit and the room, where it sits among the lighter and heavier repairs, and the point at which an old unit is no longer worth the part.

(844) 398-5977

Mon–Sat, 8am–8pm

  • 10 repairs
  • 9 priced jobs
  • Workmanship warranty

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Familiar brands. Expert care.

For the brands
in your cellar.

Independent repair service. Not affiliated with, authorized or endorsed by any manufacturer. Brand names and model numbers are the property of their respective owners and are used here for identification only, to describe the appliances we service.

All 7 brands

The work itself

In the order it gets done: the cheapest cause first, and the expensive answer at the bottom where it usually belongs.

A technician on a short stepladder in a US home wine cellar holds a digital thermometer probe up to the grille of a wall-mounted cellar cooling unit, stone walls and dark wooden racks of wine bottles around him, cool soft lighting. Diagnostic fee

Wine cellar cooling diagnostic visit

A visit that reads the cellar, the room the heat goes to and the cooling unit itself, and ends with one named cause, whether it is a part or the room.

 A close view of an open wine cellar cooling unit pulled from its wall sleeve on the exhaust side of a US home wine cellar, showing a black compressor, copper tubing and a start capacitor, a technician's gloved hand holding a meter probe to a terminal. Cost: moderate to highest

Cellar compressor and sealed system repair

Getting the heart of the cellar unit pumping again, from the start capacitor, relay and contactor that give out first to a compressor or a sealed-system restriction.

 A technician crouched beside the insulated copper line set of a wine cellar split cooling system where it enters a garage wall in a US home, holding an electronic leak detector wand to a brazed joint, gauges hanging from the service valves of the small condensing unit beside him. Cost: highest

Cellar cooling leak search and recharge

Finding where a cellar unit or a split system is losing its refrigerant, repairing the joint or coil, and charging it by weight rather than topping it off.

 A technician's hands fitting a new fan motor into the open cellar side of a wine cellar cooling unit, the aluminum coil fins visible behind it, set in a wood-paneled US home wine cellar with dark racks of wine bottles softly out of focus. Cost: low to moderate

Cellar evaporator and condenser fan repair

Restoring the two fans a cellar unit depends on: the one that moves cellar air across the cold coil and the one that throws the heat away.

 A technician holding a reference probe thermometer beside a small blank wall-mounted cellar controller next to the glass door of a US home wine cellar, dark wood racks of wine bottles visible through the glass, soft warm lighting on any screen. Cost: moderate

Cellar controller and sensor repair

Getting the controller, its display and its probes to read the cellar truthfully and call for cooling at the right time.

 A technician kneeling on a dry stone floor in a US home wine cellar replacing a small white condensate pump fixed low on the wall beneath a wall-mounted cellar cooling unit, clear tubing running up to the unit, wooden racks of wine bottles beside him. Cost: low

Cellar condensate drain and pump repair

Clearing and rerouting the line that carries water off the cellar coil, and repairing the condensate pump where the water has to travel uphill.

 A close view of the open cellar side of a wine cellar cooling unit with a layer of white frost across its aluminum coil fins, a shallow plastic tray on a stepladder below it catching drips, in a stone-walled US home wine cellar with racks of wine bottles at the edge of the frame. Cost: low to moderate

Cellar coil icing and defrost repair

Stopping ice from forming on the cellar coil by finding what starves it, whether airflow, charge, controls or humid air coming into the room.

 A technician wrapping new black foam insulation around a copper line where it passes through the wall of a US home basement next to a wine cellar, the cellar's glass door and wooden racks of wine bottles visible beside him, a small tool bag on the concrete floor. Cost: moderate to highest

Split-system cellar line set repair

Repairing, reinsulating or rerunning the copper lines and control cable that join the cellar evaporator to its outdoor or remote condensing unit.

 A technician reading a small handheld hygrometer held up among tall wooden racks of wine bottles without labels in a stone-walled US home wine cellar, a wall-mounted cellar cooling unit visible high on the far wall, soft even lighting. Cost: low to moderate

Cellar humidity control repair

Bringing a wine cellar back into its humidity window, roughly 50 to 70 percent, by fixing the humidifier, the fan settings, the drain or the room.

 A technician holding a thermal camera up to the edge of a closed exterior-grade wooden wine cellar door in a US home, looking at its seal, the dark wooden racks of wine bottles visible through a small glass pane, a cooling unit grille high on the wall beside the door on the camera screen. Cost: lowest

Cellar cooling load and room check

Measuring the cellar as the cooling unit sees it: insulation, vapor barrier, door, glass and the heat load, to show whether the unit can ever keep up.

 Before you book

What each of these usually costs

Bands rather than prices, because nobody can quote a figure before the wine cellar cooling unit has been looked at — and the diagnostic visit that decides it, set against the repair.

10 repairsCheapest firstDiagnostic visit Read the cost guide

What a repair
usually costs.

Weigh a cellar repair against two things: what a new system for the same room would take to install, and the collection sitting in that room. Fans, drains, probes, pumps and humidifier parts are a small share of either, and so is most sealed-system work on a split system or a unit built into finished walls. The harder call comes with an older through-the-wall unit that needs a compressor or a second leak repair, or a unit that was never large enough for its room; there the technician puts repair, replacement and any room fix side by side.

Wine cellar cooling diagnostic visit: A cellar gets its price after the room and the unit are measured.
Read the full cost guide
RepairRelative costNotes
Start capacitor, contactor, compressor or sealed-system restriction moderate to highest A capacitor, relay or contactor is a small part reached once the unit's panel is off. A new compressor, or clearing a restriction with brazing, a drier, a vacuum and a weighed charge, sits near the top of the scale, and more so when the unit must come out of a wall or a ceiling.
Leak search, joint or coil repair and a weighed charge highest Finding the leak, repairing it, evacuating and charging by weight is the most involved work a cellar unit takes. A long line set or a leak hidden behind a finished wall adds hours; a leak at a service valve on an outdoor unit is the quicker end.
Evaporator or condenser fan motor, blade or capacitor low to moderate A fan motor and its blade or capacitor are modest parts on most units. Reaching the cellar-side fan on a ceiling unit, or an outdoor fan on a roof or a tight pad, adds a little time.
Air or coil probe, display, transformer or control board moderate A probe or a fuse is a small repair. A control board or a remote display made for one make of cellar unit costs more and sometimes has to be ordered, and a long cable run to a wall display can add time.
Drain line, drain pan or condensate pump low Clearing and flushing a drain line is quick work. A new condensate pump, a replacement pan or rerouting a line that has no slope sits a little higher, and a pan in a ceiling reached from an attic takes longer.
Thawing an iced coil and correcting its cause low to moderate The thaw and a setting or probe change stay low. When the cause turns out to be a fan or a leak, that repair is priced on its own row.
Line set section, insulation or control cable moderate to highest Reinsulating an exposed length or fixing the control cable is moderate work. Replacing a crushed or leaking section inside a wall or under a deck means cutting in, brazing, evacuating and charging, and sits near the top.
Humidifier module, humidity probe or settings low to moderate Cleaning a scaled pad, freeing a valve or changing fan and differential settings is low on the scale. A new humidifier module or a separate humidifier with its water line is a step up.
Cooling load and room survey lowest The survey itself is a measured visit with a thermal camera and a written list. Any insulation, vapor barrier or door work it points to is done by the right trade and priced separately.

Start from what you noticed

Most people arrive knowing the symptom, not the repair. These are the jobs each one usually turns out to be, cheapest first — and every one of them starts with the wine cellar cooling diagnostic visit.

All 17 problems
A couple lifting a bottle from a lit stone-walled wine cellar, the cooling unit's grille high on the far wall
For the heart of your home.

Questions about
the work.

I only know the cellar is warm. Which repair should I choose?
Choose the diagnostic visit and describe what the room and the controller are doing in your own words. The technician works out which of the repairs listed here it comes down to, and only then orders a part or gives you a figure.
The cellar has two problems at once. Can one visit handle both?
Usually, and in a cellar one often causes the other: a door without a proper seal lets humid house air in until the coil ices and the drain overflows, and a clogged condenser makes the compressor run hot until the room drifts warm. Each repair gets its own figure, and you can approve one, both or neither.
Why do the cellar repair pages show no prices?
The same fan motor can take a short visit on a through-the-wall unit you can slide out of its sleeve and half a day on a ducted unit in a cramped attic or a split system whose evaporator hangs above the racks. The cost page sorts cellar work into bands, and the diagnosis places your job in one.
Does the technician bring cellar cooling parts, or will there be a second trip?
Probes, fan motors, capacitors, relays and drain fittings are often on board, especially when the booking includes the model number. Parts made for one model only, such as a compressor, a controller or a coil, are ordered once the diagnosis calls for them and installed on a return visit.

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