Are your sites using 25% more energy than necessary?

The first suggestion of a problem with a fridge or freezer is often an audit failure or a series of incidents where food is spoiling before their 'use by' dates. If your sites use smart meters or similar energy monitoring technology, an appliance may indicate rising energy usage – as much as 25% in some cases.

Passing this issue over to a service contractor or FM management company might identify that the underlying issue is a worn or damaged door seal. Finding a replacement can take weeks and you or your site manager may even be told that a new appliance is the most economical solution.

This kind of scenario is par for the course for national brands, but wouldn't it be great if you could nip this in the bud by implementing a simple door seal strategy across your estate? How much money could you save by reducing the gasket sourcing costs for each fridge, freezer and bottle cooler in every one of your sites?

What is driving up your door seal procurement costs?

It can take a long time for a business to realise that there is a problem with their door seals. Unlike major component failure (e.g., broken compressors or burnt out condenser fans), worn or torn gaskets aren't obvious, especially if no one is routinely checking their integrity. But as warm air enters appliances, it triggers the refrigeration cycle more frequently. This immediately pushes up energy usage, while placing unnecessary strain on the compressor.

Once the problem is identified, most contractors or FM procurement managers will contact the OEM or a wholesaler for a replacement seal. These companies are almost always based overseas, exposing you to supply chain costs such as global shipping, import tariffs, courier fees and intermediate handling and admin charges. You could be paying up to four times profit on cost for every door seal.

In many cases, the parts are of poor quality (reducing efficiency) or don't fit, adding delays which are often compounded by customer service issues. Some OEMs will even claim you can't replace the gasket because the model is obsolete, forcing you to splash out on a new appliance.

Most of these problems, and their associated costs, vanish when you start ordering your gaskets from a UK-based company.

Gasket Guy is a specialist fridge and freezer door seal supplier and manufacturer. We hold over 200 gasket profiles in stock, catering for most makes and models, so we can often despatch replacements in days rather than weeks. We also offer trade pricing and multi-buy discounts.

Our Asset Register and your door seal strategy: a perfect match

Reducing the cost of replacement parts is a great start, but what if you could set up a simple system that would pre-empt gasket failure and streamline ordering at the same time. This would minimise energy wastage and component wear and increase the lifespan of your appliances while slashing procurement costs.

This is where the Gasket Guy Asset Register adds value. Our engineers can inspect each of your sites and add the gasket profiles of every fridge and freezer onto our database. With a simple ID and sticker system, your site managers or service engineers can place future orders with a single call. We can even reach out to you when gaskets are reaching the end of their natural lifespan, so you don't have to wait until a problem becomes obvious before acting.

By combining our Asset Register service with a robust cleaning and maintenance schedule across your sites, you can create a door seal strategy that keeps you in control of these accumulating marginal costs.

Call us for more details. We look forward to adding you to our expanding list of national brand partners.