Toronto Commercial HVAC looks after the whole mechanical side of restaurants across Toronto and the GTA: kitchen make-up air and exhaust interlocks, dining room rooftop units, walk-in coolers and freezers, reach-ins, prep tables and bar refrigeration. We serve full-service restaurants, QSR, cafes, bakeries, bars, banquet halls and catering kitchens, more than 220 restaurants a year.
Restaurants are hard on equipment. Kitchen hoods pull 3,000 to 10,000 CFM out of the building, so make-up air has to keep pace or the building goes negative. Grease and flour load condenser coils fast. Walk-ins open hundreds of times a day. Dining rooms fill with people and heat at the same time the kitchen is at full output. And when something fails, it fails during service.
Most restaurant operators deal with an HVAC company and a separate refrigeration company, and problems fall between them. One contractor for the whole kitchen removes that gap.
What We Cover in a Restaurant
Kitchen ventilation
Make-up air units, exhaust fan motors and exhaust interlocks, with supply balanced against exhaust so hoods capture and doors close normally. Details on make-up air unit service.
Refrigeration
Walk-in coolers and freezers, reach-ins, prep tables, under-counter units and bar refrigeration. See commercial refrigeration repair.
Dining room comfort
Rooftop units and split systems serving dining rooms, bars and patios, including economizers and controls.
Heating
Rooftop gas heat, unit heaters in storage areas and make-up air burners in winter.
Common Restaurant HVAC Problems
| Problem | Usual cause | Fix |
|---|---|---|
| Smoke drifting into the dining room | MUA off or unbalanced | MUA repair and balancing |
| Doors slamming or hard to open | Negative building pressure | MUA and exhaust balance |
| Walk-in warm on Friday night | Dirty condenser, defrost, leak | Repair and quarterly PM |
| Hot dining room | Dirty or undersized RTU | Service, economizer fix or upsizing |
| Freezing kitchen in winter | MUA burner failure | Ignition and burner repair |
Restaurant Programs
Single restaurants can book $185 maintenance visits. Restaurant groups get multi-site MSAs with quarterly PM for HVAC, make-up air and refrigeration on one schedule, per-site billing and an equipment age list for capital planning. Visits happen before opening, between services or on closed days.
Restaurant HVAC Across Toronto and the GTA
We work in Entertainment District, King West, Chinatown and Fashion District kitchens downtown, Woodbridge restaurants in Vaughan, downtown Brampton, Humber Bay in Etobicoke, Markham-Lawrence in Scarborough and Unionville in Markham. Our 45-site downtown refrigeration MSA is written up on our projects page, and our walk-in freezer repair team runs the 24-hour food-service line.
