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Refrigerator Care and Maintenance

With hot weather just around the corner, it’s important to keep refrigerators up and running – that includes the one in the garage with the beer. For a number of reasons, hotter weather puts more stress on refrigerators.  And nobody likes more stress. With just a little TLC you can protect your refrigerator and conserve [...]

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Spring Cleaning

Spring Home Maintenance Check List

Now that spring is here, it’s a good idea to take care of some routine home maintenance.  Let’s face it, if a kitchen appliance breaks down your wife will expect you fix it – immediately. So you might was well take a day this weekend and get it done. Then again, you could wait until [...]

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How to Maintain a Clothes Dryer

How to Maintain a Clothes Dryer

Ask any woman and she’ll tell you it’s important to avoid repairs to a clothes dryer. Think about it. What family can go very long with a broken dryer? Of course, you can hang your clothes in the backyard. But, hanging clothes outside on a clothes line only encourages bad tempered neighbors who report you [...]

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Washing Machine Repair

How to Avoid Washing Machine Repairs

It’s no secret the best way to avoid costly repairs to a washing machine is to take good care of it. Trust me. It pays to take care of your clothes washer. When you think about it, your washing machine is probably the most used large appliance in your home – well, except for your television.  So it [...]

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Typical Home Warranty vs. A+ Service Plan

Many folks have asked me what the difference is in the A+ Service Plan as compared to the standard Home Warranty. The way a typical home warranty works is to charge you the money “upfront” and then when you have a problem you make a claim. A service tech of the warranty company’s choosing comes [...]

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Computers in Appliances are at risk…

15 computers in appliances in 10 days! Appliances need surge protectors! Whirlpool washers & dryers, Bosch dishwashers, GE refrigerators, Maytag ovens, Kenmore ranges they all need surge protectors on them. Almost everyone knows to put surge protection on their computers, most folks know to put it on their TVs and less than 1% know to [...]

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Summer wreaks havoc on refrigerators

Summer is a time of fun and sun. For the appliance repair tech it means lots of extra business, especially refrigerators. Warmer weather, more people in the house for longer hours contribute to refrigerators working overtime. Some things you can do as a consumer are: 1) Make sure the doors stay closed as much as [...]

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Dishwasher not cleaning anymore?

I often get  calls similar to this client:  Over the past several weeks-months, have been getting a whitish film/deposit on pots, tops of some plastic cups, etc. You don’t really see it on plates. Typically this is caused when someone switches detergent usually to a liquid gel. It is almost always because we use too [...]

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50% of Appliance Repairs can be prevented!

Although I have only been in the appliance repair business for a short period of time, my data suggests that 50% of all refrigerator repairs, dryer repairs, washer repairs, dishwasher repairs, oven repairs, etc. can be prevented. There are 3 main factors that I see contribute to the panic call – “My appliance is broken, [...]

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Preventing Financial Disaster

I am finding out more and more in my life that financial disaster is more a function of planning than bad luck. An emergency fund, insurance, maintenance, organization, etc. helps to prevent the inevitable “Oh crap, I didn’t plan for that expense”. As the holidays approach, please check you oven and make sure it works [...]

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