Appliance Repair in Colchester, VA

We're based in Alexandria, about 14 miles from Colchester, down Richmond Highway or I-95 to the Lorton exits, so a Colchester stop usually rides along with Lorton and Woodbridge calls. Ring before noon and a same-day window is often open; otherwise the next day nearly always is. We take calls Monday to Saturday 8 AM to 10 PM and Sunday 10 AM to 10 PM, and the price is the same whichever day or hour the technician comes.

Refrigerators, freezers (including the chest and upright freezers in garages and utility rooms), washers, dryers, dishwashers, ovens, stoves, cooktops (gas, electric, propane and downdraft), microwaves, range hoods and chimney hoods, wine coolers, and heating and cooling, including propane furnaces and the ECM blower motors in newer air handlers. Samsung, LG, Whirlpool, Maytag, GE, Bosch, KitchenAid, Miele, Thermador, Viking, Wolf and most other brands are covered. Small countertop appliances are not something we take on, and we are not a 24/7 emergency service.

Appliance Surgeon charges $75 for the diagnostic visit in Colchester, VA, or $115 for a double unit (such as a double wall oven, washer-dryer combo or stacked laundry), and the fee is credited toward the repair if you approve the quote. For appliance repairs, labor starts at $200 and stays there on about 9 in 10 repairs; more complex jobs can reach $450. Parts are extra and listed in the quote. Typical price ranges by appliance are in our appliance repair cost guide.

Long driveways and houses set back in the trees are the norm out there, so send a landmark, the mailbox color or a map pin along with the address, and the dispatcher passes it on. The van carries common parts for the major brands, and when the booking says the house runs on propane or a well, the technician plans for that. If the driveway is tight, tell us whether the van can turn around at the house or should park at the road.

It changes what we look at first. On well water, sediment collects in the screens where the hoses meet the washer and in the screen on the refrigerator's inlet valve, so a slow fill, a fill error or a lazy ice maker often clears up once those are cleaned, and uneven pressure from the well pump can trigger fill errors on a dishwasher. On propane, a furnace needs the same igniter, flame sensor and pressure switch work as a natural gas furnace plus a check that the burner is set up for propane, and a range that was never converted burns with tall, sooty flames and should stay off until it is corrected.

Take the baskets out of a freezer drawer that will not close and try it empty, then tell us what happened. Note whether a dishwasher goes completely dark or just stops with the panel lit. For an oven that runs cool, set it to 350, give it twenty minutes with an oven thermometer inside and pass on the reading. Clear the island cabinets under a cooktop, and have the model number and any error code written down before the power is reset.

An active leak from a washer or a thawing freezer, smoke or a burning-wiring smell from a range, sparking, a cooktop zone stuck on, or a refrigerator warming in both sections should be called in the same day. If you smell gas, natural gas or propane, leave the house first and call Washington Gas, your propane supplier or 911 from outside, and have the line checked before we touch the appliance. A range burning with tall yellow flames should stay off until it is looked at. We are not a 24/7 service, but calls are answered until 10 PM daily and urgent jobs are moved up when the route allows.

Every Appliance Surgeon repair is covered by a 90-day warranty on parts and labor, starting the day the repair is finished. The technician explains the terms before the job is complete.