Gaskets Specialists in Downtown Chicago

We cover downtown and the North Side — The Loop, River North, Old Town, the West Loop, Lincoln Park, Lakeview, Uptown, Lincoln Square, and Ravenswood — plus the O’Hare and Rosemont corridor. We work with restaurants, hotels, convenience stores, grocery stores, and hospitals across that footprint. Every job starts with a free inspection and a written estimate, so you know exactly what a kitchen needs before any work begins.

We specialize in precision-fit commercial refrigeration gaskets for coolers, freezers, reach-ins, and walk-ins, and we also handle door sweeps, door closers, strip curtains, and hot-side (oven and warming-cabinet) gaskets. We measure on site and fit custom, OE-spec gaskets to any make or model — True, Traulsen, Hoshizaki, Turbo Air, Beverage-Air, Delfield, and the rest — so the seal is right the first time.

A torn or compressed door gasket lets cold air escape, which drives up energy costs, overworks the compressor, and lets temperatures drift into the range that fails a health inspection. With roughly 16,000 licensed food establishments in the city, Chicago inspectors stay busy, and a bad seal is one of the easier violations to avoid. A properly fitted gasket holds temperature, protects your product, and keeps your equipment running longer.

Fast, reliable response is the core of how we operate. We know the realities of city service — parking, loading-dock access, and kitchens that can’t spare a minute during a rush — so we schedule around your service hours and a repair never interrupts lunch or dinner. Our goal is to reduce downtime and catch small problems before they become emergencies, whether you’re a River North restaurant or an O’Hare-area hotel.

The SEALS of Chicago Metro is owned by John Galentine, who brings more than 20 years of leadership in industrial operations, quality, and customer service to the business. He built it to pair the responsiveness and personal accountability of a locally owned company with the proven systems of a national brand. The approach is straightforward: treat your business like our own, communicate clearly, and recommend only what you actually need — earning trust through consistency and follow-through.