How far is Lafayette from your base?

About twenty minutes from San Ramon, up 680 and through Walnut Creek, and we also come over from Orinda or Alamo stops on the same Lamorinda runs. It is comfortably inside our daily coverage, so same day windows come up regularly, including weekends.

Our Kenmore is original to a 1990s remodel. Fix or replace?

Bring me the model number and I will give you a straight answer. A Whirlpool built unit from that era with a fan, timer, or gasket fault is usually a clear fix. If the diagnostic finds a compressor or a corroded evaporator on a unit that old, the written quote will say replace, and the $75 still bought you certainty instead of a guess.

Do you carry parts with you or is every repair two visits?

The van stocks the high probability parts for Whirlpool and LG built Kenmores, defrost components, relays, fan motors, common valves. Most Lafayette repairs close in one visit. When a part must be ordered, the quote states the timeline, and the return visit carries no second diagnostic fee.

KENMORE · LAFAYETTE

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Kenmore Refrigerator & Freezer Repair · Lafayette, CA

Kenmore fridge and freezer repair in Lafayette, tuned to ranch house kitchens and hot Lamorinda summers.

$75 diagnostic (waived with repair)
Same or next-day best effort
CSLB #1136642

Call (925) 999-4095

Kenmore in Lafayette

Kenmore in Lafayette kitchens.

Lafayette's 1950s and 60s ranch homes hold their appliances a long time, and Kenmore refrigerators are a fixture in both the remodel survivor kitchens and the garages up in the hills off Happy Valley and Reliez Valley Road. Every one of them was actually built by LG, Whirlpool, or Frigidaire and sold through Sears, which no longer exists, so the model prefix is where every competent repair begins.

The local pattern I see most is heat. Lafayette summers run well past 95, garages hotter still, and older Kenmores with dusty coils lose their thermal margin exactly when the family loads them heaviest. A fridge that limped through June quits during the first real July heat wave, and then everyone on the street calls the same week.

We come through the 680 corridor from San Ramon seven days a week. $75 diagnostic, credited to the repair, written quotes, one year warranty on major parts and two on sealed system work.

Water and ice systems

The water inlet valve, a common fridge leak.

Every fridge with a dispenser or ice maker has a water inlet valve. The fittings can leak under the cabinet, or the solenoid fails and the dispenser and ice maker stop getting water.

Laundry

How to spot a bad washer drain pump.

LG and Samsung washer drain pumps side by side. When a washer will not drain or hums at the end of a cycle, this small pump is the usual suspect, and the two brands fail in different ways.

Common repairs we do

What we close on the truck.

Summer cooling loss from heat soaked condensers. The Lafayette July special is a Kenmore that cools fine at night and loses ground all afternoon. The condenser coil is insulated in dust and the garage or kitchen ambient is high, so the system cannot reject heat. Coil restoration, fan check, and a verified amp draw bring the margin back before the compressor pays the price.
Evaporator fan bearings failing with a chirp. A rhythmic chirp or squeal from the freezer that stops when you open the door is the evaporator fan motor on its way out, common on the 106 Whirlpool builds in local kitchens. Once it seizes, the fridge section warms within hours. Caught at the chirp stage it is a quick, inexpensive replacement.
French door units icing up around the ice room. LG built 795 French doors keep their ice maker in a door compartment fed by cold air ducts, and failed duct seals let moist air in until frost chokes the whole assembly. I replace the seals and the ice maker together and check door alignment, since a sagging door restarts the leak.

Models we service

Kenmore product lines.

Refrigerators (LG-built and Whirlpool-built)
Top-freezer
Side-by-side
French-door

Pricing and warranty

What it costs. What we stand behind.

$75

Diagnostic visit. Waived when you book the repair with us.
Written

90 days on consumables, 1 year on major parts, 2 years on sealed-system rebuilds. Quoted in writing before work starts.
CSLB

#1136642. Bonded and insured. We file warranty paperwork when applicable.

Recent work

Kenmore jobs we have closed.

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FAQ

Kenmore in Lafayette questions, answered.

How far is Lafayette from your base?

About twenty minutes from San Ramon, up 680 and through Walnut Creek, and we also come over from Orinda or Alamo stops on the same Lamorinda runs. It is comfortably inside our daily coverage, so same day windows come up regularly, including weekends.
Our Kenmore is original to a 1990s remodel. Fix or replace?

Bring me the model number and I will give you a straight answer. A Whirlpool built unit from that era with a fan, timer, or gasket fault is usually a clear fix. If the diagnostic finds a compressor or a corroded evaporator on a unit that old, the written quote will say replace, and the $75 still bought you certainty instead of a guess.
Do you carry parts with you or is every repair two visits?

The van stocks the high probability parts for Whirlpool and LG built Kenmores, defrost components, relays, fan motors, common valves. Most Lafayette repairs close in one visit. When a part must be ordered, the quote states the timeline, and the return visit carries no second diagnostic fee.

Need Kenmore service in Lafayette?

Tell us what is broken. We will quote it.