ASKO Dryer Repair in Cherry Hill, NJ

An ASKO dryer handles heavy loads at speed, so wear concentrates in the drive parts, bearings, suspension and blower or pump. Parts for an ASKO dryer come from ASKO's own catalog, and the serial number pins down the right revision. Drum rollers, idler pulleys and glides wear gradually, and the squeal or thump usually starts long before the drum stops turning. Model-specific parts mean some ASKO dryer repairs take two visits: one to diagnose and order, one to install.

It is also true that Asko builds dishwashers and laundry with stainless internals and a sturdy frame, so wear shows up in pumps, valves and seals rather than in the structure, which is worth bearing in mind when the dryer first shows symptoms.

ASKO dryers have their own short list of usual suspects: thermal fuse blown after overheating; drive belt fraying or breaking; lint-clogged vent tripping the high-limit thermostat; heating element burned open on electric models; and gas valve coils and igniter wear on gas models. Even so, a symptom only narrows the search. The same complaint on an ASKO dryer can come from components with very different costs, and only testing on site tells them apart.

If one dryer complaint deserves a second look, it is a heating element or thermal fuse replaced two or three times over, because the restriction that keeps overheating it is still sitting in the duct. Parts bought online on the strength of a symptom are often the wrong ones, and most cannot be returned once installed. A short diagnosis avoids paying for a part the dryer never needed.

In Cherry Hill's split-level and bi-level homes, the kitchen sits a half-flight above the family room and laundry. Moving a refrigerator or washer means stairs in either direction, so repairs are almost always done in place.

The regional detail for dryers is long exhaust runs along basement ceilings, through masonry or up to the roof of a townhouse, any of which can hide a lint blockage for years, plus the igniter and valve-coil faults that come with gas dryers. In Cherry Hill, much of the township was built out from the 1950s through the 1970s, so split-levels, ranches and bi-levels with the laundry on the lower level and the kitchen a half-flight up are the typical layout.

A wet basement floor is not always the appliance's fault. Groundwater, a slow floor drain or condensation dripping off cold pipes can all look like a washer leak. We trace the water before replacing anything.

When the washer is the source in the Delaware Valley, the cause is usually one of a few things: a cracked fill hose, a drain hose that has worked loose at the standpipe, a worn door seal on a front-loader, or a pump seal that has started to weep. Fill hoses in particular are worth swapping for braided ones every few years.

To schedule ASKO dryer service in Cherry Hill, send a request online. Note anything about access, such as a basement stair, a building elevator or tight street parking.