Appliance Repair in Fairfax City, VA

Same-day is possible when the day's route has room. We're based in Alexandria, about 14 miles from Fairfax City, and Fairfax stops share a run with Annandale, Vienna and Burke, so a morning call often lands a window the same afternoon; later calls usually get the next day. We're open Monday to Saturday 8 AM to 10 PM and Sunday 10 AM to 10 PM, and an evening or weekend visit costs the same as a weekday one.

Refrigerators and ice makers, freezers, washers, dryers, dishwashers, wall ovens and ranges, gas, electric and induction cooktops, over-the-range microwaves, range hoods, wine coolers, and heating and cooling, including heat pumps with electric backup. Brands include Samsung, LG, Whirlpool, Maytag, GE, Bosch, KitchenAid, Miele, Thermador, Viking, Wolf and most others. A wall oven in an original 1960s cutout is usually worth repairing, since a new one may not fit without cabinet work. We don't repair small countertop appliances.

Appliance Surgeon charges $75 for the diagnostic visit in Fairfax City, 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.

We can. Tell us at booking that the landlord or property manager approves repairs and give us their email or phone. The technician diagnoses the appliance at the house, and the written quote goes straight to the landlord, which saves a round of phone tag. Nothing is repaired until they approve it, and the invoice goes to them. Property managers with several units in Fairfax City can book turnovers and occupied units the same way, and we send a COI if the building asks.

In the city's older houses the water line often runs from a saddle valve clamped onto a copper pipe in the basement, and those valves corrode and drip; the thin plastic tubing from the original install also goes brittle. A leak that appears only after using the dispenser usually starts in the door instead, from a dispenser valve that doesn't close fully or a cracked line, which is what a Fairfax Frigidaire request turned out to be. Check behind the fridge and the basement ceiling under it before you call. Fairfax Water runs harder in late summer and fall, so a slow ice maker in October often has a scaled inlet valve.

Pull anything out from under a cooktop or in front of a wall oven, since both come partway out of the cabinet. Write down the model number and the error code, and run a quick check if you can: an empty spin on a washer that won't spin, or a look at the outdoor unit's fan on a system blowing warm air. Switch off a cooling system whose outdoor unit isn't running on a hot day. Have the person who approves the quote reachable during the visit.

Ask for the earliest window for a washer leaking over a finished ceiling, a burning smell, sparking, an element stuck on high with the knob off, or a fridge or freezer that is no longer holding temperature. A cooktop that keeps clicking after a spill can wait a day to dry out, but one that still sparks after that needs a visit. If you smell gas, don't touch knobs or light switches; leave the house and call Washington Gas or 911 from outside. We don't run 24/7 emergency service, but we answer until 10 PM, seven days a week.

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.