Appliance Repair in Westlake, Los Angeles

Quick thing first: this is Westlake as in MacArthur Park, right next to Downtown. Not Westlake Village. It's about as crowded as LA gets, block after block of big 1920s apartment buildings on Wilshire and Sixth and Alvarado, little walk-ups on the side streets, some old Victorians on Bonnie Brae, newer stuff up on Crown Hill. We fix the fridges, ranges, ovens, dishwashers, washers and dryers in there, and the call can come from anybody, the tenant, the owner, the guy who manages the building.
$65 diagnostic, credited to the repair · 183-day parts & labor warranty · License A 50129

Most buildings here have a laundry room in the basement or off the courtyard with coin or card machines, and those belong to a route company, so call the number on the machine for them. What we do get called for is a washer the owner bought for the shared room, units where a stacked set got added during a remodel, and the houses on the hillside streets up toward Echo Park. Top-loaders that won't spin and dryers that take two runs, that's most of it.

Diagnostic visit: $65. Do the repair with us and that $65 just becomes part of the bill.
Our tech checks it out, says what broke, and gives you one price for parts and labor. Nothing happens until you're okay with it.

If you manage a building and two or three units need us, make it one booking, list the apartments, and you'll get a quote for each.

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.

Our shop's in West Hollywood, and Westlake's a straight shot down Beverly or Third, or over on Wilshire if that's moving. Whoever we send shows up inside your window, tells you the price first, and the repair's covered 183 days, parts & 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 there's a decent chance we're there the same day, otherwise next morning. Big building? Tell us the unit, the buzzer code and where the manager's office is.
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.

Apartment-size appliances. 20 and 24-inch ranges, narrow fridges, an 18-inch dishwasher if there's one at all. They work fine, but the parts are their own little world.
Big old buildings. 1920s brick and stucco, slow elevators or no elevator, long hallways. It takes us a minute to get up to you, that's all.
Managers. Plenty of our calls come from a building manager or owner, so we send them the quote and the tenant isn't stuck in the middle.
Busy kitchens. Lots of cooking for lots of people, which means clogged burner ports, worn oven door hinges and fridges that run all day because they're opened all day.
Parking. Around MacArthur Park and on Alvarado it's rough. If there's a loading zone or a spot in the building's lot, tell us when you book.

Small gas oven won't light: Plenty of apartment-size ranges still use a standing pilot. If the pilot's out you can relight it using the sticker inside the door, and if it won't stay lit, the thermocouple or safety valve is usually done. Newer ones have a glow-bar igniter that just gets weak with age. See oven repair.
Fridge running all the time: First check that the door closes all the way, because the gasket on the hinge side is where they tear. Then the coils, which on older fridges sit under the front grille and fill up with dust. A condenser fan that isn't spinning is the next thing we'd test. See refrigerator repair.
Burner flame yellow and lazy: Most of the time it's dirty burner ports or a cap that's sitting crooked, so clean it and let it dry. A tall, yellow, sooty flame that doesn't clear up after cleaning needs a tech to look at the air shutter or the orifice, and that's not really a DIY job. See range repair.
Top-loader won't spin: Lid switch first, it's the cheapest part and it fails a lot. After that it's the drive belt or the coupler depending on the model. Packed it full of comforters? Yeah, that's usually how couplers break. See washer repair.
Dryer needs two runs: Lint screen, then the vent. In these old buildings a vent run can be long and stuffed with lint from who knows how many tenants back. Air's moving fine? Then we're on to the heating element or the gas valve coils. See dryer repair.
Narrow dishwasher leaking: Those 18-inch ones crammed into small kitchens mostly leak at the door seal, or from a hose under the sink that's worked loose. Open the sink cabinet and look at the floor in there before anything else. See dishwasher 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.

In Westlake it's a lot of Frigidaire, Whirlpool, GE and Magic Chef, apartment-size ranges from Avanti and Premier, and some Samsung and LG in the remodeled units.