Fridge and Freezer Repair in Auburn

Auburn straddles the King and Pierce county line, and for fridge and freezer repair it behaves like two different places: the older neighborhoods on the valley floor around downtown, and the newer developments up on the hills and plateau. We cover both. The appliances, and the trip to reach them, differ between the two.

Valley floor and the hills

Downtown and the surrounding valley neighborhoods are flat and close to the main roads. Lea Hill, West Hill and Lakeland Hills sit above the valley, and getting up to them adds time, especially at rush hour. It doesn’t change whether we can come, only how we plan the route.

Give us the neighborhood as well as the street address. If you’re up on the plateau, calling before mid-morning leaves the most room to fit you in.

What’s in Auburn kitchens

Older homes near downtown

Many homes near downtown and in south Auburn are older houses and small ramblers. Kitchens tend to be compact, and the refrigerator is often a top-freezer or side-by-side model that has been replaced once or twice. Repairs on these are usually straightforward: a defrost heater, an evaporator fan, a thermostat or a door gasket. We’ll tell you if the unit’s age makes the repair a poor value.

Newer neighborhoods on the hills

Lakeland Hills and much of Lea Hill are newer subdivisions and townhouse communities, with French-door refrigerators, through-the-door ice and water, and the electronic controls that come with them. Here the calls lean toward ice makers, water valves and control faults. Some developments have HOAs with parking rules, so let us know where a work van should go.

Freezers get a lot of use here

Many Auburn households keep a separate freezer, chest or upright, for bulk food, often in a garage or utility room. These units are simple, which is good news, but a failure can mean a lot of food at risk. Common causes are a worn lid or door gasket, a failed defrost component on frost-free uprights, or, less often, a sealed-system leak. Frost-free uprights are more convenient than a manual-defrost chest, but they have a heater, timer or control board, and a fan that a chest freezer doesn’t, so there’s more that can fail. Our freezer repair page explains how we approach each one, and our guide to a freezer that isn’t freezing covers what you can check yourself.

Neighboring cities

From Auburn, our technicians also cover Federal Way, Edgewood and Tacoma.