The Lakebay refrigerator that was warm when you arrived Friday, the Home rental washer that will not spin, a Vaughn range that soots every pan.
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Refrigerator & Freezer Repair$99 diagnostic · one figure, written
Washer Repair$99 diagnostic · one figure, written
Dryer Repair$99 diagnostic · one figure, written
Dishwasher Repair$99 diagnostic · one figure, written
Oven, Range & Cooktop Repair$99 diagnostic · one figure, written
Ice Maker Repair$99 diagnostic · one figure, writtenThe way out is the way everyone goes: Hwy 16 to Purdy, across the Purdy Bridge with Henderson Bay on the left, then west on Hwy 302 through Wauna and onto the Key Peninsula Hwy. Vaughn and Key Center come first, then Home on Von Geldern Cove, Lakebay above Mayo Cove and Penrose Point, and Longbranch at the far end. Lake Kopachuck and the Kopachuck side sit just off the highway before the peninsula narrows. Driveways here are long, unpaved and unmarked, so we ask for a landmark, a gate code and whether the dog is friendly. It is the widest piece of our map, and the truck carries a deeper stock of propane and well-water parts on Key Peninsula days.
Cabins on Carr Inlet and Case Inlet, waterfront places with a large kitchen and a spare freezer, acreage homes with a shop and a generator, and rentals whose owners live in Seattle: that is the Key Peninsula. Every one of them is on a well and a septic tank, nearly all cook and dry on propane, and the salt air off the inlets corrodes condenser coils and range igniters years early. Outages are the other constant. When a November windstorm takes PSE down, this peninsula is among the last to come back, and every garage freezer, refrigerator board and washer control has been through it. We test what the outage and the generator did before anyone decides a machine is finished.
| Machine | The calls this peninsula sends us |
|---|---|
| Refrigerators | Cabin refrigerators found warm on arrival, garage freezers that thawed during a multi-day outage, corroded condenser coils on the waterfront, and boards damaged by generator power. |
| Washers | Rental machines in Home and Lakebay that will not drain or spin, inlet valves clogged with well sediment, and mildew in a front-loader closed up for the off-season. |
| Dryers | Propane dryers with failed coil packs, vents flattened where a tight cabin laundry pushed the machine back, and elements broken on the electric units in newer builds. |
| Dishwashers | Scale and iron from the well on the element and glasses, drain pumps blocked with sediment, and units that sat unused all winter and will not fill. |
| Ovens & ranges | Propane ranges never converted, regulators that have failed on the tank side, igniters corroded by salt air, and ovens that stall short of temperature. |
| Ice makers | Fill valves scaled shut by hard well water, fill tubes frozen after a slow-closing valve, and modules that quit in a rental nobody checked for months. |
A cabin above Mayo Cove, owner in Seattle, a caretaker who found the refrigerator at 55 on Thursday. The lockbox code comes by text. The condenser coil is green with salt corrosion and the fan is seized. The coil gets cleaned, a new fan goes in, a photo and one number go out, and the yes comes back in ten minutes.
A Vaughn kitchen with a propane range whose burners lift and roar and whose oven never passes 325. The regulator was never switched to propane when the range was installed. We convert it, set every burner and the oven, and the owner cooks dinner on it that night.
A rental in Home where the tenant reports a washer full of water and a locked lid. The drain pump is packed with fine well sediment and a hair tie. We clear it, test the pump, and the invoice and warranty reach the property manager’s inbox before the truck is back on Hwy 302.
A propane dryer in Wauna that heats for a few minutes and goes cold, three winters running. The coils in the gas valve open once warm, the classic failure. We replace the coil set from the truck, run a full heated cycle, and check the vent while the drum is out.
$99 diagnostic, folded into the repair you approve · every number after the meter, in writing
A Key Peninsula refrigerator that is warm when you unlock the cabin, or that never restarted after the windstorm, is booked into the same day whenever we can manage it. The salt air off Carr Inlet eats condenser coils and fans, and generator power takes out control boards, so those are where we start with the meter. Whatever failed gets a plain name, a single price that counts the $99 diagnostic goes on paper, and no repair means $99 is the full charge.
| Symptom | Likely cause | Our fix |
|---|---|---|
| Warm on arrival, compressor running hot and constant | Condenser coil corroded and clogged, condenser fan seized | Clean or replace the coil, replace the fan, confirm the temperature drop |
| Dead after an outage, no hum at all | Control board or start relay failed | Test the board and relay, replace the failed one, verify the compressor runs and cools |
| Freezer fine, fresh side warm | Defrost circuit dead, evaporator buried in ice | Heater and thermostat metered, coil thawed, failed part fitted |
Yes, chest and upright freezers are part of the refrigerator work we do. After a long outage the usual failures are the start relay, the thermostat or a fan, and each is one part. If the compressor has failed we say so, and the decision is yours with the figure on paper.
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$99 diagnostic, folded into the repair you approve · every number after the meter, in writing
Washers on the Key Peninsula fail in two ways: the well fills them with sediment until the valves and pump choke, and the rentals in Home and Lakebay get run hard by tenants who report the problem late. A drum still full, a spin that never arrives or a lid that will not unlock all get the same approach: pump, lock and valves get metered, the part gets its name, and a single figure that counts the $99 diagnostic goes on paper. The tenant need not be home if we have access.
| Symptom | Likely cause | Our fix |
|---|---|---|
| Water will not drain, lid locked | Drain pump blocked by sediment or a small item | Drain by hand, clear the pump and test it, fit a new one if the motor has failed |
| Fills for a long time, then errors out | Inlet valve screens clogged with well grit | Clean the screens, fit a new valve when full flow will not pass, test the fill |
| Musty smell after the off-season | Mold in the boot and drum from a front-loader left closed and damp | Clean and treat the boot, replace it if the rubber is spoiled, advise leaving the door ajar |
Yes. Tell us who to call for access and who approves the repair. We schedule with the tenant, diagnose, then the owner or manager gets the photo and written price by text. The approval comes from whoever pays, and that email receives the invoice and warranty.
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$99 diagnostic, folded into the repair you approve · every number after the meter, in writing
Most Key Peninsula dryers burn propane, and the one that heats briefly before turning cold is what this side of the Purdy Bridge calls about most. It is nearly always the gas valve coils, a set that sits on the truck. Electric dryers in the newer Vaughn and Wauna builds break elements and fuses instead. Whichever you have, the diagnosis runs meter-first and the $99 already lives inside whichever written number you say yes to.
| Symptom | Likely cause | Our fix |
|---|---|---|
| Propane dryer warm at first, then cold for the rest of the cycle | Gas valve coils opening when heated | Replace both coils, test a full heated cycle, check the flame |
| Electric dryer never heats | Element open or thermal fuse blown | Meter the element and fuse, replace, measure vent airflow |
| Loud rumble, drum drags | Flat spots on the rollers or a glazed belt | Renew rollers, idler and belt together, test under load |
Yes, especially in a cabin laundry where the vent got crushed behind the machine or exits under a deck into damp air. Wet lint blocks airflow and opens thermal fuses over and over. Airflow gets checked on every dryer call, and we clear or repair what we can reach.
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$99 diagnostic, folded into the repair you approve · every number after the meter, in writing
Well water and a septic tank frame every Key Peninsula dishwasher call. Scale and iron dull the glasses and crust the element, sediment blocks the drain pump, and a machine that sat unused from October to May often refuses to fill. We test the pumps, the fill valve, the element and the drain path before naming the fault, and the number you approve on paper already carries the $99 diagnostic. We tell you when the water or the septic is the problem rather than the machine.
| Symptom | Likely cause | Our fix |
|---|---|---|
| Will not fill after a winter unused | Fill valve stuck or float switch seized | Release or replace the valve, test the float, run a full cycle |
| Cloudy glasses, chalky element | Hard well water, softener empty or absent | Descale the element and arms, verify wash temperature, note what the water needs |
| Water pooling, gurgle at the sink | Drain pump blocked or the drain line backing up | Clear the sump and pump, test the drain, flag a septic-side issue if the line will not take water |
Leave the water on and run it once a month if someone checks the cabin; a dishwasher that sits dry all winter often loses its fill valve or pump seal. If it will not fill when you open up in spring, the diagnosis is usually one part, and the price is in writing before we fit it.
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$99 diagnostic, folded into the repair you approve · every number after the meter, in writing
Propane is how the Key Peninsula cooks, from Wauna to Longbranch, and half the range calls we take here are conversions that were never done: yellow flames, sooted pans, burners that roar and an oven that stalls. The rest are igniters corroded by salt air and regulators failing with age. We check the orifices, the regulator and the igniter with a meter, then a single figure with the $99 diagnostic counted in goes on paper. Say no, and the diagnostic is all you owe.
| Symptom | Likely cause | Our fix |
|---|---|---|
| Yellow, lifting flames; soot on pans | Range set for natural gas running on propane | Fit propane orifices, switch the regulator, set air shutters, test every burner |
| Igniter clicks endlessly on a waterfront range | Spark electrode corroded by salt air, or the spark module weak | Replace the electrode or module, confirm each burner lights in a second |
| Oven takes an hour to preheat | Oven igniter weak, or the thermostat drifting | Measure igniter current, replace, verify oven temperature against a probe |
We do, as part of range repair. A conversion means the correct orifices for every burner and the oven, the regulator switched to propane, and the air shutters adjusted so each flame burns blue. We test it all before we leave and put the work on the written warranty.
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$99 diagnostic, folded into the repair you approve · every number after the meter, in writing
Ice makers on the Key Peninsula fail quietly: a cabin rental where nobody noticed for months, a valve scaled by hard well water until hollow cubes came out, a fill tube frozen solid in a cold kitchen. We measure the fill volume, inspect the tube, and test the module before anything gets named. The single written price carries the $99 diagnostic, and the common valves and modules for Whirlpool, Samsung, LG and GE refrigerators ride on the truck.
| Symptom | Likely cause | Our fix |
|---|---|---|
| Cubes hollow or undersized | Well-water scale narrowing the fill valve | Replace the valve, measure the fill, confirm cube size across two harvests |
| No ice at all in a rental | Module motor failed, or the arm left in the off position | Test the module and harness, replace the assembly if dead, check the shutoff arm |
| Frost at the back of the freezer, fill tube solid | Valve weeping after it closes, ice building in the tube | Clear the ice, fit a new valve, test the tube heater on models that carry one |
It shortens the life of the fill valve, which is the part that fails most. Scale builds until the valve passes too little water, and the module makes small cubes or none. A new valve from the truck resolves it; a filter or softener slows the return of the scale.
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No. Lakebay, Home, Vaughn, Wauna and Longbranch are all on the same price card as Gig Harbor. There is no mileage, no trip charge and no surcharge for a long driveway. Only one number is fixed, the $99 diagnostic, and once you approve a repair it becomes part of that repair’s price.
You send us the gate or lockbox code plus a phone number. The technician diagnoses, texts you a picture of what failed alongside a single written price, then waits for your yes. Most repairs finish before the truck leaves. Invoice, photo and written warranty land in your inbox that same day, and we lock up behind us.
Often not. A refrigerator that will not restart after an outage has usually lost either its start relay or its control board, both single parts. We test the compressor windings and the board before saying anything. Should the compressor itself be dead you hear that plainly, and $99 stands as the entire bill if replacing makes more sense.
Yes. Propane ranges and dryers make up most of our work out here, and the truck carries conversion orifices, regulators, coil packs and igniters for the common brands. A range that was never converted burns yellow and soots pans; we diagnose that properly and give a written price to correct it.
Phone or form, either way a dispatcher sends a two-hour window and a text the moment the truck rolls — from Harbor Country Drive, or off the bridge deck for Tacoma stops.
Clamp meter, thermometer, manometer where propane is involved. The failed component is identified and explained, and one figure goes on paper with the $99 built into it.
The truck carries what salt air, iron water and outages break: fill valves, defrost heaters, igniters, rollers, relays. Anything ordered comes back on our schedule, not your bill.
A complete run of the machine while you watch, the floor and panels put back as found, and the warranty term printed on the invoice.
25 minutes from the shop, nothing for the drive or the bridge on the invoice. $99 diagnostic, one written number, written warranty.