Cold Rooms For Your Agricultural Business: How Much Will It Cost?
Fruit and vegetables can spoil quickly, so storing them correctly is vital. Investing in a cold room is a great way to prolong the lifespan of fresh produce, offering several advantages over a traditional upright or under-counter fridge or freezer. As well as providing extra storage space, cold rooms are more secure and allow you to store different products at specific temperature ranges – so no matter your business requirements, we’ve got a cold room solution that’s perfect for you!
You may be wondering ‘how much does a cold room cost? There’s no simple answer to this question. Cold room installation cost depends on a number of factors, so let’s take a closer look at each of these in turn.
Cold Room Size
The most obvious factor in the price of a cold room is its size. Put simply, the larger the cold room, the more it will cost. However, you should also take long-term costs into consideration. While a smaller cold room might be cheaper initially, you may run out of space and have to build additional rooms. Therefore, building a larger cold room to begin with can be cheaper in the long run.
Cold Room Placement
Cold rooms can be placed anywhere, but some locations are more expensive than others. Building a cold room outside will incur additional costs as it will have to be weatherproofed to ensure your products are protected. Therefore, it is usually cheaper to build a cold room on the ground floor, as installing it upstairs will be trickier and will take longer.
Cold Room Door Type
Cold rooms can be fitted with either sliding or hinged cold room doors, as well as high speed chiller and freezer doors by Nergeco. Depending on space and size, you may not have much choice of cold room door type, but different door types will incur different costs.
It’s beneficial to choose a cold room door solution that suits your application and requirements though, to ensure it is performing to the best of its abilities.
Cold Room Shelving and Racking
Some cold rooms require custom racking solutions for specific uses. As with any bespoke addition, this will increase the total cost.
Cold room shelving solutions can help to increase the space within your cold room, as well as display everything neatly so you can assess what is needed (especially helpful within the food and drink retail industry!)
Installation Costs
It takes a trained engineer to install a walk-in chiller, freezer or ambient space, and the cost of their work will depend on the specifics of the installation.
Some elements of your cold room are more complex than others, and therefore require specialist knowledge to be able to provide you with the quality of service you need. As a result, the more technical your cold room project, the more expensive it could become due to the required knowledge needed.
Our team’s expert knowledge, combined with a wealth of industry experience means that you can rest assured knowing that your project is in the best hands.
Get In Touch with MTCSS
MTCSS provides expert cold room installation and design – our bespoke cold rooms can be constructed externally or internally to fit your requirements. Our expert team will conduct a site survey when required, ensuring we help design a cold room to enhance your processes.
Get in touch today for more details on how to build a cold room for produce or vegetable storage. Email us at sales@mtcss.flywheelsites.com, call us on 01886 833381 or fill in an enquiry form here!
