A coldstore can be constructed in the available space inside or if you need extra space, built as a standalone unit outside (also known as external coldrooms).

It’s important to consider where the coldroom is in relation to the kitchen and its entrances, so that your team can easily move between storage areas. It should fit seamlessly into your team’s workflow. Leaving adequate space in front of your coldroom will allow a hassle-free experience for your team to put away deliveries in a timely fashion.  

If your coldroom is in a thoroughfare or likely to be bashed and bumped, you might want to consider bumper bars or other wall protection systems to protect your coldroom.

If your kitchen is awkwardly sized or hard to access, you may want to consider looking outside of the kitchen. External Coldrooms are a great way of increasing site capacity for your chilled or frozen storage without using up large amounts of valuable space within a kitchen or back of house area.

Choose between external coldrooms using the Foster Coldstores weatherproof roof overs (complete with guttering and downpipes), IP rated enclosures (if required for control panel protection) and optional adjustable steel base frames to prevent the need for an expensive and disruptive concrete base.

Our external coldrooms are available in three colours (white, van dyke brown and olive green), allowing them to blend in to the environment. Learn more here. 

If your external condensing unit is set to be in a residential area or noise sensitive areas, you may need to consider low noise units.

Foster Coldstores are able to assist with design and recommendations to provide an energy saving solution, whilst maintaining a balance between energy efficiency, environmental friendly and design resilience and capital cost.

The equipment options on offer provide a refrigeration solution to suit any application, they can include:

• Remote refrigeration.
• Integral, wall and ceiling mounted options.
• Multi compressor packs for large schemes.
• Water-cooled options.
• Various refrigerant options including low GWP refrigerants.
• Various ambient options.
• Various control solutions.

There are two types of refrigeration: integral or remote.

Integral

Integral refrigeration systems are either wall or ceiling mounted. This is a great option if fresh air can reach the coldroom area so the system can regulate the temperature.

Remote

The most reliable form of walk-in refrigeration. As the name suggests, the remote refrigeration system sits apart from the coldroom. The internal evaporator is connected to the external condensing unit by pipes. The initial capital cost is higher – you have to consider the complexity and distance between the coldroom and where the condenser would be located – but the remote system offers energy savings over its lifetime as well as superior performance and reliability.

These units are suitable for providing cooling to multiple rooms by having one large central refrigeration system which can help deliver significant energy saving.

Control panel and temperature monitoring

On top of these key considerations, we offer a number of optional add-ons so your coldstore fulfils all your requirements.

• Personnel trap alarm – an internal alarm that lets staff signal they need help in the unlikely event they become trapped.
• Door open alarm – make sure your food is not at risk of being stored at the wrong temperature if the door is accidentally left open.
• Emergency light test switch which allows you to manually check if operational
• Stainless steel finish
• 100% refrigeration back up with 7-day auto changeover for peace of mind and valuable high-risk stock
• Custom controller to suit application.
• Temperature Monitoring – receive real-time alerts from an automated wireless temperature monitoring system.