Short answer

Across Olympia we repair six appliances: refrigerators, washers, dryers, dishwashers, ranges and ice makers, from Cooper Point and the Eastside to South Capitol basements and Steamboat Island wells. Because the list stops at six, the van carries fill valves, drain pumps, defrost heaters and igniters, so most visits finish on the first trip. The visit fee counts inside any repair you approve. Phone (360) 564-6074 and say which of the six is acting up.

Choose your appliance

Why the list stops at six.

There is a limit to how many spare parts fit in a van and a limit to how many machines one person can know by ear. Six is where the two lines cross. Because the list ends there, the shelves hold actual components for that half-dozen: fill valves, drain pumps, defrost heaters, igniters, drum rollers, door latches, control relays, and replacements for the terminals that salt air corrodes along Eld Inlet and West Bay — which is why most visits between Cooper Point and the Eastside are finished on the first trip. Every page below walks through what the caller describes, what the culprit tends to be in a 1920s South Capitol basement or a Steamboat Island house on a well, and what the technician does between the knock and the test cycle. Money works the same way on all six: one visit fee for the trip and a straight answer, the repair written as one price before a panel moves, and that fee folded into the price if you go ahead.

Not on the list

Wine fridges, microwaves, ice machines that sit on or under a counter, water heaters, garbage disposals, well softeners and iron filters, galley units on the boats at Swantown, commercial kitchen gear. Mention what you have when you phone; if it falls outside the six you will know before anyone drives out.

The same six, street by street

West Olympia, downtown with the Capitol, and the Eastside each have a separate page for every appliance, because a Craftsman basement on Puget St, a condo above the marina on West Bay Dr and a 1980s rambler near Yauger Park do not break in the same ways.

By maker and by code

Samsung, LG, Whirlpool, GE, Bosch, KitchenAid, Frigidaire and Maytag are covered under Brands; the letters and numbers on the display are decoded under Error codes; Sub-Zero columns and Wolf ranges have a corner of their own under Built-in.