What affects used shop & restaurant equipment prices in Islamabad
How much is a used shop & restaurant equipment worth?
What a used shop & restaurant equipment fetches in Islamabad and Rawalpindi comes down to condition, completeness and how easily the unit can be serviced — the factors set out below. We have not published a rate table for this category yet, so send photos on WhatsApp for a same-day price range.
We publish rate tables only where the figures have been reviewed, and this category is not there yet. What follows is what actually moves the price — send photos on WhatsApp and you will have a range the same day.
What raises and lowers the price of used shop & restaurant equipment
Condition grade is only part of it. These are the specifics that move a quote up or down in this category.
- Refrigeration running on its original sealed system is worth far more than a unit whose pipework carries several brazed repair patches.
- Completeness decides a lot, because mixer bowls and hooks, oven trays and racks, fryer baskets and chiller shelves are made for one model and are difficult to replace.
- Gas equipment jetted for the supply it will actually run on places more easily, since a range set up for cylinder LPG needs its jets and regulator changed before it will burn properly on a piped connection.
- Heavier-gauge stainless steel with sound welds and no pitting around sinks and drains holds value that a thin, dented cabinet does not.
- Refrigeration and prep furniture built to standard gastronorm pan sizes takes off-the-shelf inserts and shelving, while a one-off fabricated counter needs every pan and shelf made to fit it.
When an item is worth parts value only
- A sealed refrigeration system that has been opened and re-brazed repeatedly and still will not hold its charge is a parts unit rather than a working chiller.
- Rust that has eaten through a food-contact surface or a chiller's inner liner cannot be cleaned back to a hygienic finish.
- Coolers carrying a beverage company's branding are normally supplied to the shop on loan and remain that company's property, so they cannot be sold on.
- Cracked burner castings or a gas manifold that leaks at the joints make a range unsafe to put back into service as it stands.
Brands we see most
These are the shop & restaurant equipment brands that come up most often in the Islamabad and Rawalpindi second-hand market. We trade others too — this is what typically turns up, not a list of what is in stock today.