Resources
Practical answers about office water, ice, and Utah's hard water, from the team that installs and services the equipment.
Articles
- Who fixes a leased water cooler or ice machine?If you lease it, the company you lease it from should fix it. What service included should mean, and the questions that show whether it does.
- Store-bought office water cooler vs. a serviced bottleless coolerA warehouse-store cooler is easy to buy and easy to forget. Here's how it compares with a serviced bottleless cooler on water, upkeep and repairs.
- What does reverse osmosis take out of Utah tap water?Reverse osmosis takes out most of the hardness, the chlorine taste and much of what's dissolved in Utah tap water. Why that matters for coolers and ice.
- Questions to ask a water cooler service company before you switchThe questions that separate a water cooler company that shows up from one that doesn't: repairs, response time, who answers, maintenance and water.
- Pebble ice vs. bullet ice vs. cubes: which is best for an office break room?Pebble ice is soft and chewable, bullet ice is a firmer middle ground, and cubes melt slowest. How each one fits an office break room.
- How to switch water cooler providers: what actually happens and how long it takesSwitching water cooler companies takes one call, one site visit and one install. Here's each step, what you need to do, and how long it takes.
- How many water coolers or ice machines does an office need?Plan for one machine in every break room people actually use, sized to the busiest moment of the day. How headcount, layout and ice use change that.
- What does a free water cooler trial look like?A free trial is a full install of a real machine in your break room, about a week of everyday use, then a check-in. Here's each step.
- How often should a commercial ice machine be cleaned and sanitized?The twice-a-year manufacturer baseline, what pushes it sooner in Utah, the signs a machine is overdue, and what a proper cleaning involves, for offices, warehouses, gyms, clinics and other workplaces.
- Why Utah's hard water is brutal on commercial ice machinesScale is the quiet killer of ice machines in Utah. What hard water does inside the machine, the warning signs, and what prevents it: reverse osmosis, regular descaling and a maintenance schedule somebody keeps.
- Bottleless vs. bottled water delivery: an honest comparison for Utah officesHow jug delivery and plumbed-in bottleless coolers really differ for an office: lifting, storage, running out, install needs and upkeep. Plus the question that matters more than either: who services it.