Southampton · Family-run since 1996

Cold rooms & clean rooms, engineered to your spec.

Waterside Installations designs, manufactures, installs and maintains custom cold rooms and clean rooms across the south of England. Trusted by restaurants, retailers, manufacturers, the NHS and UK Government for over 30 years.

0+Years in business
0+Customers in the south
−40°CTemperature range

What we do

Everything cold storage, under one roof.

We manufacture insulated panels, doors, windows and shelving in our own Southampton workshop, then install and maintain with our own employed engineers. No contractors, no hand-offs, no surprises.

Custom Cold Rooms

Designed, built and installed to your exact specification, from under 8m² to over 8,000m², including mobile cold rooms on trailers. Any size, shape or temperature down to −40°C.

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Insulated & Clean Room Doors

Made-to-measure insulated doors and hygienic clean room doors, manufactured in our Southampton workshop and fitted to new or existing rooms.

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Modifications & Extensions

Outgrowing your cold storage? We modify and extend existing cold rooms and clean rooms with minimal disruption to your operation.

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Maintenance & Repairs

Planned maintenance and responsive repairs by our own employed engineers, keeping your cold rooms compliant, hygienic and running.

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How it works

From first call to final inspection.

Consult & survey

We visit your site, understand your requirements and measure up. Or simply send us your specification and we will work to it.

Design & specify

Panel build-up, temperatures, door schedules and finishes agreed, with fire-rated PIR panels and foodsafe coatings as standard.

Manufacture & install

Components made in our Southampton workshop, delivered and built on site by our own skilled team.

Maintain & support

Planned maintenance, repairs, modifications and extensions for the life of your room.

Who we serve

From single kitchens to national chains.

Our customer base spans small independents through to blue-chip chains, the NHS and UK Government. Many of them have been with us for decades.

Restaurants & Bars

Walk-in cold rooms sized for tight back-of-house spaces.

Food Retail

Reliable cold storage for butchers, grocers and supermarkets.

Production & Distribution

Large-scale chilled and frozen storage up to 8,000m²+.

Medical & Scientific

Clean rooms and controlled environments for labs and pharma.

0Established in Southampton
0%Own employed engineers, no contractors
0+Years average customer tenure
0Largest room delivered to date

Why Waterside

Built by our own people, to a standard we put our name on.

Employed, not contractedEvery installer and engineer works for us. That means consistent quality on every job.
In-house manufacturingPanels, doors, windows and shelving made in our Southampton workshop.
Fire-rated, foodsafe buildsPIR panels with Foodsafe laminate, PVF2 and HPS200 finishes, anti-bacterial sealed joints.
Family-run accountabilityDirect access to the people who own the business, since 1996.
Much of our work comes from customers who've been with us for twenty years or more. Repeat business is the best measure of quality we know.
Waterside Installations, Southampton
SafeContractor AccreditedEst. 1996Family RunSouth of England

Tell us what you need to keep cold.

Free site surveys and quotations across the south of England. Whether it's a new build, an extension or an urgent repair, talk to the team that does it all in-house.