The Work · Woodinville
Freezer Repair
Frost build-up, defrost-circuit failures and temperature drift on Sub-Zero freezer drawers and columns.
What people describe when they call
- “The ice cream has gone soft even though the display still reads 0°F”
- “There is a sheet of frost growing on the rear panel that I chip off every few weeks”
- “The freezer drawer no longer closes flush and the gasket has iced up along one edge”
- “It runs for four or five minutes, shuts off, then restarts ten minutes later, all day”
Any one of those is worth a call. None of them, on their own, means the cabinet is finished — they narrow the fault to a circuit, and the $89 service call settles which part on it has gone. That fee is credited in full against an approved repair.
What it costs
What the work comes to
Flat $89 service call covering the visit and full diagnosis, credited against the repair once you approve it.
Whichever line the fault lands on, you get one firm number from inside that range — agreed with you before anything is opened or ordered. Nothing is started on an estimate, and the service call comes off the bill the moment you approve the repair.
- Door gasket or seal replacement
- $280–$630
- Evaporator or condenser fan motor
- $300–$660
- Defrost heater, thermostat or sensor
- $290–$670
- Ice maker, water valve or supply line
- $280–$790
- Electronic control board
- $450–$1,000
- Compressor or sealed-system repair
- $1,490–$3,400
Each line is a range rather than a starting point: what moves inside it is the part itself and how far the cabinet has to come out of its joinery. For scale, a comparable built-in replacement, before installation and cabinetry work, runs $12,030–$23,380 — which is the figure a repair is measured against, and usually the reason one is worth doing.
In their words
Three calls, told by the people who placed them
5.0/ 51,047reviews
The column drifted up several degrees over a fortnight without ever raising an alarm. He tracked it to a tired evaporator fan and a partly blocked air path. Done properly, though the visit ran late.
Fenella R.Cottage LakeOct 2025
A sheet of frost kept growing on the rear panel and I had been chipping it off for months. Failed defrost thermostat, and a drain frozen solid behind it. Both sorted in one visit.
Roderick W.Hollywood HillDec 2025
Back-room freezer drawer frosted over every week and we were losing product. I expected a board. He found the door heater had failed and the drain was blocked with packaging film.
Bridie C.DowntownJun 2026
Freezer trouble in Woodinville? Say what it is doing and we will tell you what it usually is.
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