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Refrigerators · freezers · Perrinville to Sherwood
Refrigerator not cooling, freezer frosting over, a garage unit humming without getting cold? An Edmonds fridge technician tests the defrost circuit, fans and controls at your house, then gives you one written price ahead of any work.
Booking
Tell us the machine and what it is doing, then where to come. We call back to set a two-hour window, Monday through Saturday.
Prefer to talk? (425) 905-3879 · Mon–Sat 8 a.m.–7 p.m. · Sunday closed
Refrigerators & freezers · Edmonds
The June 2021 heat dome was a rough week for Edmonds refrigerators. Plenty of houses here have no air conditioning, and a kitchen that stays hot all afternoon keeps a compressor running with barely a pause. Garage units had it worse. Much of Edmonds went up on hillside lots after the war, and in places like Perrinville and Sherwood a second refrigerator or upright freezer in the garage is a common sight, living with whatever the weather does. For most of the year the trouble runs the other way: damp marine air. Door gaskets sweat, the drain pan fills faster, and a freezer door left open a crack frosts over quickly. Remodeled kitchens bring built-in refrigerators with quirks of their own, from cramped condenser access to cabinet panels that hide a sagging hinge.
The fault we meet most is a stalled defrost cycle. On a schedule, the defrost heater is supposed to melt frost off the evaporator coil; when the heater, its thermostat or the control stops doing that job, ice packs the coil, the evaporator fan can’t push air through, and the fresh-food side warms while the freezer still feels cold. Picture a side-by-side in a Sherwood kitchen: milk souring a day early, a white crust across the rear of the freezer, and a fan that chirps as its blades scrape ice. The meter shows the heater open. Other regulars include condenser fans clogged with dust and pet hair, start relays failing on older compressors, and door gaskets that have stiffened and let room air leak in. Each one is tested before anything is replaced.
Symptoms
| What you notice | Usually behind it | What we do on the visit |
|---|---|---|
| Fresh-food side warm, freezer still cold | Iced-over evaporator coil from a failed defrost heater or thermostat | Meter the defrost circuit, melt the ice, replace the open part |
| Clicks every few minutes, nothing gets cold | Start relay or overload failing on an aging compressor | Test relay and compressor windings, then lay out the options |
| Water pooling under the crisper drawers | Defrost drain frozen shut or plugged at the back | Thaw and flush the drain, check the drain heater |
| Garage freezer losing temperature in hot spells | Dusty condenser coil, slow condenser fan, or a weak outlet | Clean the coil, test the fan, check outlet and breaker |
| Door seal wet or beaded with water | Stiff or torn door gasket, or a cabinet out of level | Check the seal’s contact, level the cabinet, price a gasket |
Calls in Edmonds
Perrinville · garage refrigerator in a warm spell
The top-freezer refrigerator in the garage has been running without pause since the weather turned warm, and the ice cream is soft. The technician checks the outlet first, then the condenser fan and the temperature control. The fan motor turns sluggishly and draws too much current on the meter. A new motor from the van, a cleaned coil, and the freezer pulls back down.
Sherwood · built-in behind cabinet panels
A built-in refrigerator behind matching panels has a warm top shelf and a fan that cuts in and out. Service access is through the top grille, so the technician covers the counter before opening it. The evaporator fan motor has a seized bearing. It is replaced, the grille goes back on, and the panels close flush with the cabinetry again.
196th Street SW · French-door after a power blip
A French-door unit in a home near 196th Street SW shows a code after a brief outage, and the fresh-food side drifts warm while the freezer holds. The technician reads the code, then meters the thermistor and the air damper between compartments. The damper motor has stuck closed. A replacement damper restores airflow, and the display clears on the test run.
On the visit
The technician starts by measuring rather than guessing: air temperature on a middle shelf, the freezer’s reading, and whether the compressor and condenser fan are running. Next the back panel inside the freezer comes off, because the evaporator coil shows at a glance whether frost is spread thin or packed solid. If it is packed, the meter goes to the defrost heater, the defrost thermostat and the control board, one at a time, so we know which link broke. If the coil is clear, attention moves to the evaporator fan motor, the damper between compartments and the thermistors that report temperature to the board. The outlet and breaker get checked too; a weak outlet or a tripping circuit is work for an electrician, and we say so. Then you hear which part failed and see the written price.
Edmonds refrigerators cover a broad spread. Top-freezer Whirlpool and Frigidaire units live in garages, French-door GE, LG and KitchenAid models fill updated kitchens, and Kenmore and Amana side-by-sides keep running for second and third owners. Remodeled view-home kitchens add built-ins from Thermador, Miele and Café, often hidden behind cabinet panels that take care to remove and refit. When a refrigerator is new enough that its maker’s warranty still applies, we tell you that before anything else. Sealed-system findings, meaning the compressor or refrigerant, get the same plain treatment: we explain what the readings show and how they tilt the repair-or-replace choice. On any refrigerator here, the $85 visit counts inside the repair price when you approve the work. Choose not to repair, and that $85 is the entire bill.
FAQ
Usually a defrost problem. Frost builds on the evaporator coil until air can’t reach the fresh-food side, so the freezer stays cold while the milk warms. Sometimes the evaporator fan or the damper is to blame instead. The technician tests each part with a meter before naming one. Until we arrive, move perishables to a cooler and keep the doors shut.
Yes. When food is warming, the call jumps ahead of other repairs on the schedule. Calls that come in early usually leave room for a same-day visit, Monday through Saturday. Phone us or use the booking form, and we confirm a two-hour arrival window on the callback.
Yes. Garage units see the widest swings here, from damp winters to heat like the June 2021 heat dome. We check the outlet and breaker first, since a shared garage circuit causes some of these calls, then the condenser fan, coil and controls. If the fault sits in the house wiring, we tell you that it belongs to an electrician.
We do. Built-ins from Thermador, Miele, KitchenAid and others show up often in rebuilt Edmonds kitchens. They take longer to open because panels, grille and trim come off first, and we protect the cabinetry while we work. The diagnosis follows the usual order: temperatures, fans, defrost circuit, controls.
We tell you what the readings show and what they mean for this refrigerator. A compressor or refrigerant fault changes the balance between repairing and replacing, especially on an older unit. You get the facts in plain words, along with the age and condition of the rest of the machine, and you make the call without any push from us.
Yes: a first repair with us comes with up to $15 off the repair price. Tick the first-repair box when you book online, or mention it when you call. It comes off the repair itself, not the diagnostic, and it shows on the written price before you approve anything.
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