The Work · Woodinville
Refrigerator Repair
Diagnosis and repair of built-in and integrated Sub-Zero refrigerator columns, including sealed-system and defrost faults.
What people describe when they call
- “The fresh food side has crept up to about 50°F but the freezer is still rock solid”
- “Water pools under the crisper drawers every couple of days and I keep towelling it out”
- “It runs constantly, never cycles off, and the floor in front of the grille is warm”
- “The control panel is flashing a service code and the alarm goes off in the middle of the night”
A warm fresh-food side over a hard freezer, water under the crispers, a cabinet that never cycles off: each one points at a single circuit. The $89 visit settles which part on it has gone, and it is taken off the repair once you approve it.
What it costs
Six lines, and the visit
The visit and the whole diagnosis are one flat $89 call-out; approve the repair and that $89 is deducted from its bill.
The fault lands on one of these lines. Inside it you get one number, and nothing is ordered or unscrewed until you have said yes to it.
- Door seal (gasket), whole perimeter a door that needs a shove, condensation along the frame, frost at the lip
- $280–$630
- A fan motor, cabinet side or machine side fresh food warming while the machine runs far longer than it used to
- $300–$660
- Zone sensor, thermostat or defrost heater a fresh-food side that cannot hold its setting though air is moving
- $290–$670
- Ice maker, fill valve or water line only on the models with an ice maker inside the cabinet
- $280–$790
- Control board SERVICE flashing after a clean coil and a power cycle, or dead keys
- $450–$1,000
- Compressor and sealed-system work nothing cold anywhere and a machine that has stopped cycling off
- $1,490–$3,400
Wondering whether the unit is worth it at all? The repair-against-replacement page sets the top line beside what a new unit costs; it is the only page here that prints that figure.
In their words
Three calls, told by the people who placed them
5.0/ 51,836reviews
Water was pooling under the crisper every second day and I kept towelling it out. The drain behind the rear panel had iced over. He cleared it, changed a thermistor, and it has stayed dry.
Ottilie B.WellingtonFeb 2026
Our basement spare had drifted to about fifty while the freezer half stayed hard. He logged both compartments, forced a defrost, then showed me the evaporator fan barely drawing any current. New motor from the van, and it recovered overnight.
Bertram F.Cottage LakeMay 2026
Panel-ready column set in old fir joinery I could not replace if it were marked. He put protection down first, photographed every clip before pulling it, and it went back exactly as built. The fault was a control relay, not the compressor.
Peter & Ann H.WellingtonSep 2025
Fresh-food side drifting? Tell us the reading and how long it has been climbing.
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