Appliance Repair in Lincoln Heights

Lincoln Heights is old LA. Like, really old, it was one of the first neighborhoods outside downtown, right over the river. On one block you can have a Victorian, two Craftsmans, a stucco bungalow and a little two-story apartment building all squeezed together, with North Broadway as the main drag. We come out here for fridges, gas ranges, ovens, washers, dryers and microwaves, and we really don't care if you own the place, rent it or manage the building.
$65 diagnostic, credited to the repair · 183-day parts & labor warranty · License A 50129

Laundry's out back, on a service porch, in a corner of the garage, or in a shared room if it's one of the small apartment buildings. Top-loaders are still super common here, and they mostly need the usual stuff, a lid switch, a belt, a coupler, a pump. Dryers are mostly gas, venting out through a wall that's been standing for a hundred years, and those vents tend to be way longer and more bent up than they ought to be. We check that every time, no exceptions.

Diagnostic visit: $65. Go ahead with the repair and the $65 just goes toward the bill.
Our tech checks it out, tells you what's broken without the jargon, and gives you one price for the part and the labor.

Turns out it's the outlet or the circuit and not the appliance? We'll say so right away.

Appliance Insight was founded by Stan, an appliance technician with 5 years of experience on built-in refrigerators and high-end kitchen brands like Sub-Zero, Viking, Wolf, Thermador and Miele. Every technician on our team is trained by Stan and works to the same standard.

We usually take the 101 to the 5, or come across and over the river on Broadway if the freeway's a mess. The tech gets there in your window, tells you the price before opening anything up, and the repair's covered 183 days on parts and labor.

Book online or call: the form works 24/7, phones are answered 8 AM–8 PM every day.
Pick a window: call before 11 AM and same day is pretty likely, otherwise next morning. Old house with a side gate, or a building with a buzzer? Tell us how to get in.
Diagnosis and one clear price: $65 diagnostic, credited to the repair if you go ahead.
Repair and warranty: most jobs are finished in one visit and covered for 183 days on parts and labor.

Old houses. Victorians and Craftsman homes from way back, with the kitchen and laundry added onto over the years.
Old wiring. Hardly any kitchen outlets, shared circuits, and breakers that trip and make a perfectly good appliance look dead.
Older gas ranges. Burners, igniters, valves and oven thermostats that mostly just need some attention.
Small apartment buildings. Owners and managers who want a straight quote they can say yes or no to quickly.
Busy streets. Parking on North Broadway and Main? Good luck. A side street or your driveway is way better.

Fridge seems dead, breaker keeps tripping: This one comes up a lot in old houses. Pull the microwave plug, and the toaster's, reset the breaker and let the fridge run on its own for a bit. If it's humming along happily, congrats, your fridge is fine and you need an electrician, not us. If the breaker pops again with only the fridge plugged in, then yeah, something inside is shorted (compressor, a fan, the defrost heater) and we'll come find it. See refrigerator repair.
Old gas oven won't light: Nine times out of ten the igniter's tired. You'll see it glow, maybe even hear a click, but it never gets hot enough to tell the gas valve to open. The real old-timers with a standing pilot? Sometimes the pilot just blew out, sometimes the thermocouple's done. See oven repair.
Burner flame weak or uneven: Look at the little holes around the burner. Gunked up? Crooked cap? Grease? Clean it, dry it, try again. If you've still got a lazy yellow flame after all that, leave it alone and call us, that's an air or orifice adjustment. See range repair.
Top-loader won't spin: We'd check the lid switch first, it's cheap and it breaks a lot. If that's fine, it's probably the belt or the coupler, depending on the model. See washer repair.
Gas dryer, no heat: Usually the igniter, sometimes the gas valve coils. Now, if the thermal fuse is what blew, don't just swap it and move on, because it blew for a reason and that reason is almost always a clogged vent. We clean the vent out while we're there. See dryer repair.
Microwave trips the breaker: Check what else is on that circuit first, it might just be sharing with the fridge. Moved it and it still trips? Could be a door switch, could be something shorted, could be the magnetron. Whatever you do, don't take the cover off, the capacitor inside can bite even when it's unplugged. See microwave repair.

Everyday brands: Whirlpool, GE, Samsung, LG, Frigidaire, Maytag, KitchenAid, Bosch, Electrolux, Kenmore, Amana, Haier, Speed Queen.
High-end / Built-in: Sub-Zero, Viking, Thermador, Miele, Wolf, JennAir, Dacor, Fisher & Paykel, Liebherr, Monogram.

We mostly see Whirlpool, GE, Frigidaire, Samsung, LG and Maytag around here, a bunch of old Kenmores and Magic Chef ranges still doing their thing, and some Bosch where somebody redid the kitchen.