Appliance Repair in Abington & Roslyn, PA 19001

A second refrigerator or chest freezer in the garage is common in Abington, and many standard models are not designed for unheated space. In a cold snap the thermostat can sense a cold room and stop running, letting the freezer warm; in a heat wave the compressor barely rests.

Neither means the unit is broken. A garage-rated model avoids the problem, and for an existing unit in an Abington garage, keeping it out of direct sun, leaving space around it and checking the door seal with a dollar bill all help.

A burner that keeps clicking after it lights usually has moisture or grease on its spark switch or electrode, often after a boil-over. Letting the cooktop dry for a day often stops it. If it continues, the switch or spark module needs replacing, which is a routine repair on most ranges found in Abington.

Yellow, lazy flames instead of crisp blue ones point to a burner that needs cleaning or adjustment, or, on a range moved from a propane house, to orifices that were never converted. A range set up for propane has to be converted before it runs on natural gas. Soot on pots or a strong odor in an Abington kitchen are reasons to stop using the burner until it is checked.

Steep stairs, low ceilings and floors that slope toward a drain are typical in the basements of Abington's older houses. A washer that walks across the floor on spin usually needs leveling and locked feet more than it needs a part.

Dryer vents down there often run along the ceiling to the rim joist or an old window opening, and foil accordion duct is common. Replacing it with rigid or semi-rigid metal duct, as short and straight as the Abington basement allows, keeps the dryer from overheating.

When a washer drains slowly but does eventually empty, the pump is often working against a partial clog or a drain hose pushed too far down the standpipe. The hose end should sit a few inches inside the pipe, not jammed to the bottom, and it should be secured so it cannot jump out during a spin. In Abington laundry rooms, those two details solve more drain errors than new pumps do.

A washer that hums but moves no water usually has a jammed or failed pump; small objects pulled into the impeller can stop it, and so can wear. If you hear a hum with no draining after the filter is clear, describe that when you book in Abington; it points straight to the pump.

Nor'easters and ice storms occasionally knock out power across Montgomery County, and a refrigerator or freezer kept closed holds its temperature for hours. After a long outage in Abington, check the freezer before refreezing anything that has thawed, and expect the ice maker to take a day to catch up.

For an Abington visit, it helps to say when the problem started and whether anything changed around then: a power outage, a move, a new installation or an earlier repair.