Appliance Repair in College Park, MD

When the route has room, yes. We're based in Alexandria, about 14 miles from College Park, around the Beltway, and we pair College Park with Hyattsville, Silver Spring and DC stops. Morning calls have the best chance of a same-day window, and the next day is the usual fallback. We work Monday to Saturday 8 AM to 10 PM and Sunday 10 AM to 10 PM, and the price is the same for evenings and weekends, which suits tenants who work or study by day.

Refrigerators and compact apartment fridges, freezers, washers and dryers including stacked units, dishwashers, ovens, coil-top and gas ranges, cooktops, over-the-range microwaves, range hoods, wine coolers, and heating and cooling systems. We service Samsung, LG, Whirlpool, Maytag, GE, Bosch, KitchenAid, Miele, Thermador, Viking, Wolf and most other brands. On a compact fridge with a sealed-system leak, replacing often costs less than repairing, and we say so after the diagnosis. Small countertop appliances, including countertop microwaves, aren't repaired.

Appliance Surgeon charges $75 for the diagnostic visit in College Park, MD, 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.

You book, we call the tenant to set a window, and the technician diagnoses the appliance and sends you the written quote. Nothing is repaired until you approve it, and the invoice goes to your office, not the tenant. For apartment buildings along Route 1 we send the certificate of insurance to management before the visit. Turnovers between leases can be booked the same way, and the 90-day parts-and-labor warranty applies whoever lives in the unit.

The coil's plug or the receptacle it sits in has burned or pitted terminals, which is common on the coil-top ranges in College Park rentals. The coil usually has to be replaced together with the receptacle, or the new coil fails the same way. If a coil stays red with the knob off, the infinite switch behind that knob has stuck closed; switch the range off at the breaker and book a visit. Blackened drip pans make an old coil range smoke on high, and new ones are cheap.

Clear the counter and floor around the appliance, and move anything stored in front of a basement freezer or the attic access for an air handler. Write down the model number and the exact symptom, and note any blinking status code on a furnace panel. If a fridge is leaking onto a wood floor, dry it and close the water valve behind the fridge. Make sure the person who approves the quote is reachable by phone during the visit, even when that person is the owner rather than the tenant.

Book the earliest window for a leaking fridge or washer (water spreads fast across a wood floor), a burning smell, sparking from an outlet or element, a coil that stays red with the knob off, or a fridge or freezer that can no longer keep food cold. If you smell gas near a range, dryer or furnace, leave the house, then call 911 or Washington Gas from outside. We don't provide 24/7 emergency service, but the phone is answered until 10 PM every day.

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.