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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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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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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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Dryer Repair

I am frequently asked this question – “Should I just buy a new dryer rather than repair my existing dryer?” For me this is an easy answer with a qualifier. The answer is yes if the repair costs less than 1/2 the cost of a new dryer of the same quality. That is actually my [...]

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Dishwasher Repair vs. Purchase

So frequently I run into a dishwasher repair situation that requires me to condemn the dishwasher and encourage the client to purchase a new one. This is particularly true if the dishwasher in their home is the “home builder grade”. Here is some very good information regarding a dishwasher purchase if a dishwasher repair is [...]

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Refrigerator Repair

Ah, the refrigerator… Nothing is more taken for granted, and nothing is more necessary in your home as an appliance as the refrigerator. Who out there remembers the horrible feeling to wake up in the morning and feeling a wet floor in front of the refrigerator only to open it and find everything defrosted in [...]

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Washer Repair Tips

I am a firm believer that 50% of all appliance repairs can be prevented by either installing a whole house surge protector or at least placing surge protection at the point of use (a surge protector that is plugged into the outlet in the wall and the appliance is plugged into the surge protector) or establishing [...]

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