Spoiled stock
A few hours above the permitted temperature takes a consignment outside the food-safety window, and it may have to be destroyed even if the room recovers afterwards.
Maintenance contracts for cold and freezer rooms
that stop a failure before it costs you stock
Eight hours of downtime in a cold room can mean an entire consignment written off. Annual maintenance contracts from Elfarida Ice turn maintenance from an expensive reaction into a preventive schedule with numbers known in advance — for cold rooms, freezer rooms, blast freezers, chillers and central rack systems across every region of the Kingdom.
The cost of downtime
What not having a maintenance contract actually costs you
A contract price is always compared against the price of a failure, never against the price of doing nothing. These are the cost lines that appear in every unplanned breakdown.
Halted operations
A restaurant, plant or warehouse without refrigeration stops receiving and stops shipping. The loss is not in the equipment — it is the whole operating day.
Emergency repair at emergency rates
A sudden failure means a spare part that is not in stock, a technician pulled off schedule, and a higher service rate — for a fault a routine visit would have caught.
Excess electricity
A dirty condenser, a low refrigerant charge or a mistuned defrost cycle raises compressor consumption month after month, unnoticed until the bill arrives.
Shorter compressor life
The compressor is the most expensive component in the system, and nothing shortens its life faster than running under unregulated conditions. Early replacement costs several times the annual contract.
Regulatory findings
Food and pharmaceutical facilities are required to keep a documented temperature log and a maintenance schedule. A missing log can mean a finding regardless of equipment condition.
The plans
Three plans — pick the one that matches what downtime costs you
Prices shown are preliminary estimates for a single unit inside the Eastern Province, calculated from the formula published under the estimator. The final price is issued after an on-site survey.
Essential
For small facilities with stable loads
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SAR / year per unit
- Two preventive visits per year
- Compressor inspection, suction and discharge pressures
- Evaporator and condenser cleaning
- Refrigerant charge check and visual leak detection
- Technical condition report after each visit
- Scheduling priority over non-contract clients
- No 24/7 emergency line
Professional
Best fit for restaurants, supermarkets and mid-size warehouses
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SAR / year per unit
- Four preventive visits per year
- Everything in Essential
- Danfoss controller calibration and defrost tuning
- Control panel and electrical connection inspection
- Superheat and subcooling adjustment
- 24-hour fault response on working days
- 10% discount on genuine spare parts
- Annual energy efficiency report
Total Care 24/7
For facilities where downtime means lost stock
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SAR / year per unit
- Monthly preventive visit (12 per year)
- Everything in Professional
- 24/7 emergency line, all week
- Four-hour on-site response in the Eastern Province
- Consumable spare parts included
- One compressor overhaul within the contract term
- Temperature monitoring with an auditable log
- 20% discount on major spare parts
Contract cost estimator
Know your annual range before you call
Enter the units you operate, choose a plan and a region — you get an immediate estimated range calculated from a published formula, not an arbitrary number.
Comparison
Exactly what each contract covers
| Item | Essential | Professional | Total Care 24/7 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Preventive visits per year | 2 | 4 | 12 |
| Compressor inspection and pressure readings | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| Evaporator and condenser cleaning | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| Refrigerant charge check and leak detection | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| Condition report after each visit | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| Controller calibration and defrost tuning | — | ✔ | ✔ |
| Control panel and wiring inspection | — | ✔ | ✔ |
| Superheat and subcooling adjustment | — | ✔ | ✔ |
| Annual energy efficiency report | — | ✔ | ✔ |
| Fault response time | 48 hours | 24 hours | 4 hours* |
| 24/7 emergency line | — | — | ✔ |
| Consumable spare parts | — | 10% discount | Included |
| Compressor overhaul within the term | — | — | One included |
| Temperature monitoring and auditable log | — | — | ✔ |
| Major spare parts discount | — | 10% | 20% |
* The four-hour on-site response promise applies inside the Eastern Province. Response times for other regions are set in the contract annexe according to facility location.
FAQ
Questions before signing
What does an annual cold room maintenance contract cover?
The contract covers scheduled preventive visits including compressor inspection with
suction and discharge pressure readings, evaporator and condenser cleaning, refrigerant
charge measurement and leak detection, control panel and electrical connection
inspection, and controller calibration with defrost cycle tuning. A documented technical
condition report is issued after every visit and stays in the facility's records.
How much does a maintenance contract cost per year?
Cost is calculated from the number and type of units, the plan level and the region,
using the formula published under the estimator above. The estimator returns an immediate
range; the final price is issued after an on-site survey and a review of equipment
condition and operating age.
What is the difference between preventive and emergency maintenance?
Preventive maintenance is a schedule of visits that stops a failure before it happens
through inspection, cleaning and periodic calibration. Emergency maintenance is a
response to a failure that has already occurred. An annual contract covers preventive
work in full and gives you priority and a faster emergency response; the Total Care plan
adds a round-the-clock emergency line.
Is the 24/7 emergency line available to everyone?
The round-the-clock emergency line is reserved for Total Care contract clients. Clients
without a contract are served according to team availability and at a lower priority than
contract holders — which is precisely what the contract buys: your place at the front of
the queue when everything stops.
Are spare parts included?
The Total Care plan includes consumable spares (filters, belts, contactors, sensors) and
one compressor overhaul within the contract term. The Essential and Professional plans
include a discount on genuine spare parts instead of covering them.
Which regions do the contracts cover?
We cover the Eastern Province (Dammam, Khobar, Dhahran, Jubail, Al-Ahsa, Qatif) and the
Riyadh Region through our two branches, and serve the rest of the Kingdom on a scheduled
basis. The four-hour response promise in the Total Care plan applies inside the Eastern
Province.
Can you contract on equipment installed by someone else?
Yes. The relationship starts with a technical survey that establishes current condition
and any corrective work required before the contract begins, so the contract is signed on
a basis that is clear to both parties.
Start with a free technical survey
An engineer visits your facility, documents the condition of every unit, and issues a contract offer with a final price — with no obligation.