Walk-In Cooler Sizes for Commercial Use

To size a walk-in cooler, assess your daily product volume, required storage capacity, available floor space, and traffic frequency. Small operations typically need an 8x8 or 10x10 box, while high-volume facilities with forklift access require larger openings — up to 96"x120" or 12'x12'. Factor in door swing or sliding clearance as well.

Swing doors are the standard choice for most restaurants and retail walk-ins, offering simple operation and easy installation. Sliding doors are ideal for high-traffic facilities where forklift, pallet jack, or cart access is required. Sliding doors provide a wider opening footprint without the swing-arc clearance requirement.

Yes. ELT Custom Coolers manufactures custom-sized walk-in cooler and freezer doors for non-standard openings, oversized walk-in boxes, and retrofit projects. Custom doors are fabricated in-house. Contact the team with your exact opening dimensions to receive a quote for a made-to-order door.

A prehung walk-in cooler door arrives pre-mounted within its frame — either a standard frame, plug frame, or jamb sandwich frame — and drops directly into an existing opening with no on-site fabrication. This significantly reduces installation time and ensures a proper seal, making it the preferred replacement option for commercial operators.

Yes. ELT Custom Coolers offers heated frame and heated jamb options on select walk-in freezer doors and sliding freezer doors. Heated frames prevent frost buildup, ice-up, and door-stick — a critical feature for freezer-temperature applications where condensation and ice accumulation around the door opening are common problems.

Strip curtain sets — like the Kason 402 Easimount — are the most common walk-in cooler door accessory. They act as a secondary barrier, reducing cold-air loss by 20–40% during high-traffic open-door periods. Strip curtains are compatible with swing and sliding cooler doors and are recommended for any high-cycle commercial doorway.