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Dishwasher Repair Specialists

We Repair all Dishwashers, Undercounter, Passthrough, Pot Wash, Sterilliser's, Flight, Rack & Conveyor.

"Our Priority is to keep your equipment in service. We attend site quickly, diagnose the fault and if possible repair the fault from van stock, and leave your equipment working."

Key reasons to use Catercare:

  • We have fast response times
  • Our engineers are highly skilled, qualified and experienced
  • We offer competitive pricing
  • We provide bespoke services designed specifically for you
  • We are Gas Safe Registered
  • We are F-Gas Certified
  • We are CCEECC Trained
  • All our engineers are DBS enhanced checked
  • We carry out due diligence for health & safety and environmental health
  • We provide risk assessments & method statements
  • We are CHAS Premium Plus accredited (Contractor Health and Safety Assessed)

Energy Saving Tips

If you do not have a pre rinse unit invest in one. This will help to keep the dishwasher energy efficient and reduce blockages.

If you are based in a hard water area, regenerate your water softener two or three times per week.

Always run a full load.

Make sure the rinse pressure is correct.

If your machine is not cleaning properly it is a sure sign of a problem. This can help you identify basic problems and avoid expensive repairs.

Clean the filters regularly,

Check the wash arms regularly and replace any with faulty bearings.

Check your settings. Your rinse pressure should be set between 15 to 15 pounds per square inch for optimum energy efficiency. And the wash tank set at 160ºF and the booster heater set at 180ºF and the hot water heater set at 140ºF


Trouble Shooting

Will not turn on
Check the fuse and circuit breaker

Not pumping water
Clean filter, check water supply to the machine i.e. no kinks in the pipe and the water is turned on, unblock drain pump.

Dishes or glasses have white film
Hard water minerals are the culprit. You may need to regenerate the water softener more often (Information can be given by the local water authorities /supplier). Check and regenerate your water softener at least twice a week. If you have a Calcium Treatment Unit it may need exchanged.

Not heating up
It could be a faulty heating element, thermostat or both.
In most cases it's the heating element.
Check with a multi-meter for 115/220V on the heater tags.
if you get this voltage there, you should replace the heating element.
if you can't read the 115/220V on the heater tags, check thermostat's for continuity (you should read a low resistance). If you can't get any measurement, you should replace the thermostat.

Leaking water
Check door seals for dirt and rips. Check rinse jets and arms for lime scale contamination clean if necessary.


Our maintenance schedule

Dish and glass washers

  • Dismantle and checked the inlet valve/filter mesh and the working condition of the heating element.
  • Carry out visual check on internal wiring & control panel switches.
  • Test and clean if necessary, all wash and rinse jets.
  • Inspect the condition of internal filters and water softener.
  • Test the operation of door safety switch.
  • Calibrate wash and rinse temperature.
  • Test all chemical dosing pumps.
  • Inspect wash arm bearings.
  • Carry out earth and insulation resistance test.

Gas equipment

  • Dismantle and grease the taps.
  • Clean the burners and venturis.
  • Check and adjust gas pressure as necessary and adjust gas burner pressures.
  • Inspect the condition of the thermocouples & calibrated thermostats.
  • Inspect all controls are in working order.
  • Inspect the condition of the door seals.
  • Carry out a soundness test.

Electric ovens

  • Checked the operation of the control panel switches.
  • Carry out a visual check of internal wiring and connectors.
  • Carry out an earth continuity and insulation resistance tests.
  • calibrate thermostats.
  • Inspect the condition of the door seals.
  • Carry out a soundness test.

Hot cupboards and gantries

  • Test the operation of heater controls.
  • Test heat lamps.
  • Carry out a visual check of internal wiring.
  • Inspect the general condition of doors & castors.
  • Carry out an earth continuity and insulation resistance test.

Small electrical appliances

  • Test the operation of safety devices.
  • Inspect bearings and blades where necessary.
  • Test the operation of the control panel switches.
  • Carry out a visual inspection of internal wiring and connectors.
  • Carry out an earth continuity and insulation resistance tests.

Microwave ovens

  • Carried out a radiation leakage tests & power test.
  • Inspect the condition of the roof liner & base plate.
  • Remove, clean and inspect the condition of the air filter.

Water boilers

  • Test the operation of the thermostats.
  • Remove loose lime scale.
  • Test the operation of the control panel switches.
  • Carry out a visual inspection of internal wiring and connectors.
  • Carry out an earth continuity and insulation resistance tests.
  • Inspect water treatment facilities.

We repair the following manufactures equipment

Amika | Alto-Sham | Blodget | Blue Seal | Bravilor  | Bonamat | Buffalo | Burco | Cater-Wash | Caterlite | Chefsrange | Classeq | Convotherm | DC | Derby  Electrolux | Falcon | Friulinox | Frymaster | Garland | Hatco | Hobart | Houno  | Imperial | Inomak | Instanta | Kenwood | King Edward |KitchenAid | LEC |  Lainox | Lincat | Maidaid | Maestrowave | Marco | Meiko | Menumaster |  Mercatus  | Merrychef  | Metcalf | Moffat  | Nelson  | Panasonic | Parry | Pitco  Promek | Rational | Robot Coupe | Roller Grill | Rowlett Rutland | Samsung | Sharp | Sammic | Simag | Sirman Thor  | Valentine | Victor  | Winterhalter 

AHT | Arcaboa | Autonumis | Blizzard | Cambro | Caravelle | Caterlite | Cellerator | Comersa | Craven | Crystal | Derby | Designline | Electrolux | Elcold | Fagor | Foster Refrigerator | Framec | Frigoglass | Frilixa | Gamko | Genfrost | Gram | Hoshizaki | ISA | Ice-O-Matic | Iarp | IMC | Infrico | Interlevin | J E Hall | Kubus | LEC | Lifestyle | Lincat | Manitowoc | Marstair | Metro | Mercatus | Mondial Elite | Moffat | Polar | Porkka | Precision | Roller Grill | Santos | Sirman | Smeg | Tecfrigo | Tefcold | Trimco | True | Victor | Vouge | Waring | Whrilpool | Williams