This page exists so you can check a quote, including one of ours. Almost nobody in this trade publishes figures, and the reason is that a public number cannot be adjusted later in your kitchen.
Rough ranges, parts and labor together
- Refrigerator, non-sealed: fans, defrost parts, thermistors, seals. Usually $175 to $420.
- Refrigerator, sealed side: finding a leak, compressors, weighed recharges. Higher, and legally it requires EPA certification.
- Washer: pumps, valves, dampers, interlocks. Usually $170 to $400.
- Dryer: heating elements, thermostats, drive belts and drum rollers. Usually $160 to $350.
- Dishwasher: drain and wash pumps, inlet valves, heaters, control boards. Usually $170 to $400, more when it is integrated.
- Range, oven and cooktop: elements, igniters, sensors, locks, boards. Usually $180 to $460.
- Ice maker and wine cellar: Usually $180 to $430.
What legitimately pushes a number up
Getting to it. An integrated dishwasher under stone, or a refrigeration column screwed into joinery, is an hour of careful work at each end before anybody touches a part. That is real work and it belongs on the invoice.
The brand. Professional and imported equipment carries dearer parts and some of them are a special order.
Which part. A thermal cutout and a control board take the same half hour and are nothing alike on the bill. The biggest single variable here.
What should make you ask questions
A trip charge on top of a diagnostic charge. An hourly rate quoted without an estimate of the hours. Parts described without a number. A figure that changes once the machine is apart. None of those is illegal and all of them are worth querying before you agree.
The one number that stays put
The one you agreed to. If a second problem turns up behind the first, the tools go down and you get a phone call, not a longer invoice at the end of the afternoon.
You can read what yours starts at on the pricing page before you speak to anybody. Call 866-264-9578 for a figure on your own machine.
