Sub-Zero Repair in Magnolia
98199 Downtown and Queen Anne Lead appliance: Refrigerator
On Magnolia the calls come from houses along the bluff and the streets behind it, where full-size Sub-Zero refrigerators and wine storage share one run of cabinetry, and the refrigerator leads.
- Compressor
- Wiring connector
- Condenser fan
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Magnolia: how it usually goes
- Most often Door gasket hardened, torn or pulled from its channel
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Gives itself away by Beads of moisture at one corner of the door and a refrigerator that warms after a busy day
Price band Door gasket or seal replacement$290–$640
- Sometimes Fresh-food evaporator fan failing
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Gives itself away by A fan that grinds, ticks or falls silent behind the panel while the freezer stays cold
Price band Evaporator or condenser fan motor$330–$690
- Rarely Leak in the refrigerator's own sealed system
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Gives itself away by Fan running, seal sound, condenser clean, and still no cold at the coil
Price band Compressor or sealed-system repair$1,410–$3,350
Telling these three apart is what the $89 visit is for. Sub-Zero Appliance Repair Seattle · (206) 339-4211
Sub-Zero refrigeration, not the house’s other cooling
This page is about built-in Sub-Zero refrigerators, freezers, ice makers and wine storage in Magnolia kitchens. We do not work on anything else, and a call about any other kind of cooling equipment belongs with another trade.
What we usually find on the bluff
The refrigerator doors in these kitchens get heavy use, and the gasket is what gives first. A seal that has hardened with age, torn at a corner or crept out of its channel lets damp air into the fresh-food side, where it condenses on the door edge or the back wall. The refrigerator copes for a while, then starts running warm late in the day. Replacing a gasket is a modest job next to anything in the sealed system, and it is the first thing we test.
When the seal is sound, the next suspect is the fan that moves cold air around the fresh-food side. A fan motor near the end of its life tends to announce itself: a tick, a grind, or silence where there used to be a faint rush of air.
Wine storage in the same run
Many of these kitchens have a wine cabinet beside the refrigerator. If both are misbehaving at once, tell us when you book; two separate appliances failing together is unusual, and the answer is often in the room rather than in either cabinet.
Customer reviews
What Seattle owners say
Built-in Sub-Zero calls in Queen Anne, Madison Park, Laurelhurst and Magnolia.
5.0/ 51,885 reviews
Our built-in sits in a hot corner by the window and had been running above ten degrees for a month. Choked condenser airflow plus a door heater stuck on, fighting each other. One visit, and he explained the drift.
Thandi C.Magnolia
The undercounter unit was sweating at the door and smelled damp inside. Vacuum seal had gone soft along one edge. New gasket, hinge adjusted, and it shuts with a proper thunk again.
Kenji W.Magnolia
Freezer went warm between Christmas and New Year with a season of food inside. Someone answered at ten at night. Failed defrost thermostat, and he moved the food into a cooler while it pulled back down.
Oskar H.Magnolia
Cabinet running warm?
Ring before the food decides for you
Give the model number and what the cabinet is doing, and the visit is booked from there. Visits 8:00 am – 8:00 pm, seven days; a person answers the phone 24/7.