Appliance Repair
in Washington, DC
Refrigerators, washers, dryers, dishwashers and ranges, in rowhouses, condos and restaurant kitchens. We find the fault first, agree one price with you, and only then pick up the tools.
- Phone line
- Open 24/7
- Warranty
- 90-Day Parts & 30-Day Labor Warranty
- Scheduling
- Same-day visits often available
- Pricing
- Fixed price agreed before work
Built for the Way DC Lives
A Capitol Hill rowhouse, a Crystal City high-rise and an Old Town townhouse each bring their own access problems. We plan the visit around them before we arrive.
What We Repair
Kitchen, laundry and refrigeration equipment for homes and businesses. Choose an appliance to see common faults and how we fix them.
Refrigerator Repair
A refrigerator never gets a day off. Its compressor, fans and controls cycle around the clock to pull heat out of the cabinet, and twice or more a day a defrost heater melts the frost that builds on the cooling coil. Most refrigerator trouble starts in that airflow and defrost system, long before anything is wrong with the compressor.
Washer Repair
A washer fills, agitates or tumbles, drains and spins, and has to confirm a locked door, the right water level and a balanced load at each step. It is a heavy, wet, vibrating machine, so pumps, bearings, suspension parts and door locks wear faster than the electronics that report on them.
Dryer Repair
A dryer is a heater and a fan wrapped around a turning drum, and it only works as well as the air it can push out of the building. In rowhouses and apartments, where vents often run a long way to a rear wall or into a shared duct, restricted exhaust is the most common reason a dryer underperforms or overheats.
Dishwasher Repair
A dishwasher measures in a small amount of water, heats it, sprays it through rotating arms and pumps it out, several times per cycle. Filters, spray jets, pumps and the water-hardness setting decide how clean the dishes come out, and Potomac water is hard enough that scale and film are worth managing.
Oven Repair
An oven holds a set temperature by switching its heat source on and off against a sensor, so it is always swinging a little above and below the number on the display. When baking goes wrong, the cause can be the element or igniter, the sensor, the door seal or the control, and they look alike from the outside.
Microwave Repair
A microwave cooks with energy from a magnetron, fed by a high-voltage circuit that stays dangerous even when unplugged. Over-the-range and built-in models also carry a vent fan, lights and filters. Door switches are a safety system, not a convenience, and they are among the most common parts we replace.
Freezer Repair
A freezer has one job: keep everything inside at or below 0°F, all the time. Frost-free uprights do it with a fan, a defrost heater and a sensor; chest and manual-defrost models do it with a simpler cold-wall design that needs defrosting by hand. Knowing which you have changes what is normal and what is a fault.
Cooktop Repair
A cooktop delivers heat to a pan by flame, radiant element or induction coil. Each technology has its own failure points: gas burners foul and stop sparking, radiant elements burn open, and induction cooktops rely on power electronics and cooling fans tucked into a shallow cabinet.
Ice Maker Repair
A standalone ice maker freezes water onto an evaporator, then warms it just enough to release the ice into an insulated bin. Everything depends on clean water flow, a clean condenser and a room that is not too hot. Moderately hard Potomac-sourced water means scale is part of ownership here, and most production problems trace back to it.
Wine Cooler Repair
A wine cooler holds a narrow, steady temperature with as little vibration as possible, which makes it a different machine from a beverage fridge. Compressor models cool strongly but need careful mounting; thermoelectric models are quiet but can only cool a limited number of degrees below the room they sit in.
Stove Repair
A stove is a cooktop and an oven in one cabinet, and in service terms they are separate machines that happen to share a power supply or gas line. A burner that will not light and an oven that will not heat usually have nothing to do with each other.
Range Repair
A range combines surface cooking and an oven, from basic 30-inch freestanding models to 48-inch professional ranges with a griddle and two ovens. The cooktop and oven fail independently, and on dual-fuel ranges the gas burners and the electric oven do not share a single part that matters.
48 Brands We Service
Mass-market, built-in and commercial manufacturers. We work from your model number, because two badges often share the same parts underneath.
Manufacturer-specified parts by default · Washington, DC
Neighborhoods We Serve
Washington, DC, grouped into neighborhood service areas across all eight wards. Search your ZIP or open the area that includes your street.
Check your ZIP code
Enter your ZIP or a neighborhood name to open its page, with the appliances and brands we handle there.
51 ZIP codes in 18 Washington, DC service areas.
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All appliancesHow TrueFix Washington DC Handles a Repair
Diagnosis Before Price
We test the appliance and find what failed before quoting. You will not get a number read off a list over the phone.
One Price, Agreed First
Parts and labor in a single fixed figure that you approve before the repair starts. If we find something new, we stop and ask.
Straight Answers on Replacement
When a repair costs more than the appliance is worth, we say so plainly and leave the choice with you.
90-Day Parts & 30-Day Labor Warranty
The parts we install and the work we do are covered. Call us if the same repair gives trouble within that period.
How It Works
Questions About Our Appliance Repair Service
Answers to what customers in DC ask us before booking. If your question is not here, call and ask. A short conversation usually settles it.
Want to talk it through?
Describe the symptom and your neighborhood, and we will tell you when a technician can get there.
Washington, DC, in all eight wards. That runs from the Palisades and Chevy Chase in upper Northwest to Woodridge and Fort Lincoln in Northeast, across the Anacostia to Congress Heights, and down to the Southwest Waterfront. We book by ZIP code, and the service areas page lists every ZIP we cover; if yours is not on it, we will tell you on the phone.
Often, yes. Same-day visits depend on the time you call and what is already booked on our routes, so the person who answers will give you the real options rather than a guess. The line is answered around the clock (open 24/7), and a late-night call is usually scheduled for the next day.
The technician tests the appliance first and finds the part or connection that actually failed. You then get one fixed price for parts and labor, and nothing is taken apart for the repair until you approve it. If something else turns up once the work starts, we stop and talk to you before going further.
Yes. Give us the management office or front desk contact when you book, and we will send the certificate of insurance they ask for and work around their service elevator and loading dock rules. If your street has residential permit parking or the building has no loading zone, tell us that too so the visit is planned around it.
That depends on the fault, the age of the machine and what a comparable replacement costs. A worn pump, belt or igniter is nearly always worth doing. A failed sealed system on an aging freestanding refrigerator often is not. Built-in units in a renovated kitchen are a different calculation again, because replacing them can mean cabinet work. We give you the numbers and our honest view, and the decision stays yours.
Repairs carry our 90-day parts & 30-day labor warranty. It covers the parts we installed and the work we did. If a different component fails later, that is a new repair, and we will explain which situation you are in before quoting anything.
Yes. Alongside home appliances we work on reach-in and walk-in refrigeration, ice machines, prep tables, commercial dishwashers and cooking equipment for restaurants, bars and institutional kitchens. Tell us your service hours and we will try to schedule around them.
Manufacturer-specified parts are our default. When an original part has been discontinued or is on a long backorder, we will tell you what the alternative is and let you choose before anything is installed.
The brand, the model number and a short description of what the appliance is doing. The model number is printed on a label, usually inside the door or lid, along the edge of the door frame, behind the lower kick panel or on the back. A phone photo of that label is enough, and it lets the technician bring the right parts on the first visit.
Installation and Repair Guides
Clearances, venting, water supply and the other specs that decide whether an appliance fits and runs properly.
Range Hood Duct Size and Length: What Your Fan Needs
A hood moves only as much air as its duct allows. See KitchenAid and GE figures for duct size, equivalent length and elbows, and how to tally your run.
How High to Mount a Range Hood Over Gas or Electric
Range hood height depends on fuel type and your hood's guide. See KitchenAid and Whirlpool ranges, a 36-inch upper limit, and how to measure your own.
Over-the-Range Microwave Height: The Two Measurements That Decide It
GE wants the cabinet above an over-the-range microwave at least 66 inches off the floor and 30 inches over the cooktop. Plus stud, outlet and vent rules.
Open 24/7 · Same-day visits often available
Tell Us What Stopped Working
Call, or send the booking form with your model number. We handle appliance repair across Washington, DC, from the Palisades to Congress Heights.