Many of Lorton's refrigerators came with houses built in the last twenty years, so they have French doors, ice and water in the door, and electronic controls that are now out of warranty. We repair them across Lorton and price the job before any work starts.
Appliance Surgeon offers same-day and next-day visits to Lorton homes and buildings. The $75 diagnostic visit is credited to the repair, labor starts at $200 on about 9 in 10 repairs, and every repair carries a 90-day parts-and-labor warranty.
Schedule service in Lorton
Same-day and next-day visits.
Open 7 days until 10 PM (Sundays from 10 AM)
Diagnostic visit: $75, or $115 for a double unit.
Credited toward your repair when you approve the quote.
90-day warranty on parts and labor, and a written quote before any work starts.
Laurel Hill grew up on the land of the old D.C. prison after Fairfax County acquired it in 2002, so its houses and townhouses are among the newest in Lorton. A lot of those kitchens got French-door refrigerators with ice and water in the door, and on those models the ice and water parts tend to need attention well before the cooling system does.
An in-door ice maker sits on the fresh-food side, so it depends on a small fan and duct to carry freezer air up to it. If ice blocks that path or the compartment's seal leaks, the ice maker stalls or turns out clumped cubes while the rest of the fridge seems fine.
A Whirlpool from the Mount Vernon area, one of the requests shown here, had power and lights but wasn't cooling. That pattern points to the parts that move or make the cold: the evaporator fan, the defrost system, the compressor's start relay or the condenser fan.
Lorton's water comes from Fairfax Water, which reported 2025 hardness of 51 to 185 mg/L across its two plants. A fridge filter doesn't take hardness out, so a dispenser that has slowed on a ten-year-old fridge can be a scaled valve rather than a tired filter.
A Frigidaire refrigerator started water-hammering after a filter change, even with the old filter back in.
What our technicians usually find: the water inlet valve, the filter housing or high household water pressure.
Refrigerator repair in Mount VernonA Whirlpool refrigerator had power but was not cooling.
What our technicians usually find: a failed evaporator fan, a defrost system fault, the start relay or compressor, or the condenser fan.
Refrigerator repair in Mount VernonCompany data; customer details are kept private. “What our technicians usually find” is the common cause of that problem, confirmed by our team. The technician confirms the cause on site before quoting.
The checklist our technicians follow on every visit is on the Refrigerator Repair page.
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Before you book in Lorton, VA, these guides explain the most common symptoms, which checks are safe to try yourself, and when a technician should take over. All guides.
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This location is part of our refrigerator repair coverage across the DC metro area. See all appliance repair services in Lorton, VA.
Neighborhoods we regularly cover in Lorton, VA: Lorton Station, Laurel Hill and Mason Neck.
We're based in Alexandria, about 12 miles from Lorton. Same-day and next-day appointments are available when the technician route has open windows; call or book online for the earliest option. Appointments cost the same on weekdays, evenings and weekends - our hours run 8 AM to 10 PM Monday through Saturday and 10 AM to 10 PM on Sunday, all at one standard rate.
Many refrigerator repairs are completed in a single visit once the technician has diagnosed the fault and confirmed the parts on hand. If a specific part has to be ordered, we schedule a short return visit to finish the job.
Appliance Surgeon charges $75 for the diagnostic visit, 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. 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. The part decides the rest: a relay, fan or thermostat sits at the affordable end, while sealed-system work costs more. Every Lorton, VA visit starts with diagnosis and a firm quote before any repair - and same-day appointments are often available when food is at risk. Typical price ranges by appliance are in our appliance repair cost guide.
Common calls include not cooling, freezing food, ice maker not working, water leaking, loud compressor or fan noise and frost buildup. The exact cause is confirmed during diagnosis.
On many in-door designs, ice builds up when the ice compartment's seal leaks or when the fan or heater that keeps that small space in balance stops working, and the ice maker jams. Clearing the ice gets it going for a while. If the ice is back within a few weeks, the seal, the fan, a heater or the ice maker itself needs attention.
Probably not, especially if the noise carries on with the old filter back in, as it did with the Fort Hunt Frigidaire request on this page. A filter housing that didn't seat fully, a failing inlet valve or high household pressure is more likely. If your house has a pressure regulator near the main shutoff, have that checked too.
A few basics are safe: confirm the unit has power, make sure the doors close and seal fully, and clean the condenser coils if they are dusty. Beyond that, refrigerant lines and electrical components are best left to a technician - probing inside can turn a small repair into a larger one.