What is your travel time to Portola Valley from San Ramon?

Around 50 to 60 minutes, I-680 south then over on CA-92 or I-280. We put Portola Valley on the same Peninsula day as Hillsborough and Woodside, so a booked window comes with a written arrival time and your model's parts already on board.

My laundry room is a separate building on the property. Does that change anything?

Not for the repair itself. Just tell me ahead of time that it's a detached structure and not the main house, and whether the road in is paved or gravel, so I can plan the visit around it.

How do you handle pricing for the visit?

The diagnostic is $99 and gets credited to the repair once you approve it. You get a written, itemized quote before any part is ordered. Warranty is 90-day warranty on the repair, one year on inverter boards, and one year on sealed-system repairs (two years on a full rebuild).

AMANA · PORTOLA VALLEY

Service · All Amana Models

Amana Appliance Repair · Portola Valley, CA

Amana appliance repair in Portola Valley with parts stocked for repairs involving parts we usually stock

$99 diagnostic (credited toward the repair)
Same or next-day best effort
CSLB #1136642

Call (925) 999-4095

Amana in Portola Valley

Amana in Portola Valley kitchens.

Portola Valley properties along Alpine Road and Portola Road, and the ranch parcels toward Skyline, often run an older Amana washer or dryer in a detached laundry room, plus a second refrigerator in the garage for overflow from town runs. Nothing about these machines is fancy, and out here that's the point: Amana shares its internals with Whirlpool instead of running anything proprietary.

Parts availability is what makes this workable in a town with no appliance stores of its own. Whatever's failed, the actuator that shifts the wash cycle, the drain pump, or the defrost heater, chances are it's a Whirlpool number already sitting in my van, so most Portola Valley jobs don't need a second trip.

Coming from San Ramon, I take I-680 south and cut over on CA-92 or I-280 depending on the day. The diagnostic is $99 and it is credited toward the repair, with a written quote first. Bay Area Appliance Repair Service holds EPA Section 608 Universal certification (#1279674151528) and CSLB license #1136642, and we work seven days a week.

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.

Common repairs we do

What we close on the truck.

Garage fridge freezing up after a power shutoff. A second refrigerator in an unheated garage on one of the outer roads already runs through wide temperature swings, and a PG&E public-safety shutoff adds a hard cold restart on top of that. Frost builds up on the evaporator coil, the fan starts clicking as it clips the ice, and the box stops holding temperature. I replace the defrost thermostat or heater and check the door gasket while I'm in there.
Washer with a loud spin in a detached laundry room. Amana front-loaders share drum bearings with their Whirlpool twins, and a jet-engine spin at the end of the cycle points to a worn bearing or the whole outer tub. This is one repair where replacement sometimes makes more sense than fixing it, and the $99 diagnostic is the honest read on which side of that line your machine falls.
Dishwasher rinse leaving grit and film behind. Homes on well water in Portola Valley tend to run harder mineral content than municipal supply, and that scales up the chopper screen and spray arms on an Amana dishwasher quicker. I strip the sump, clean or replace the chopper assembly, and check the circulation pump's amperage so wash pressure comes back to spec.

Models we service

Amana product lines.

Top-freezer refrigerators (ART, ASI)
Freestanding ranges (AGR, AER)
Over-the-range microwaves
Dishwashers
Top-load washers and dryers

Pricing and warranty

What it costs. What we stand behind.

$99

Diagnostic visit. Credited toward the repair.
Written

3 months standard, 1 year on inverter boards, up to 2 years on sealed-system rebuilds. Quoted in writing before work starts.
CSLB

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

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FAQ

Amana in Portola Valley questions, answered.

What is your travel time to Portola Valley from San Ramon?

Around 50 to 60 minutes, I-680 south then over on CA-92 or I-280. We put Portola Valley on the same Peninsula day as Hillsborough and Woodside, so a booked window comes with a written arrival time and your model's parts already on board.
My laundry room is a separate building on the property. Does that change anything?

Not for the repair itself. Just tell me ahead of time that it's a detached structure and not the main house, and whether the road in is paved or gravel, so I can plan the visit around it.
How do you handle pricing for the visit?

The diagnostic is $99 and gets credited to the repair once you approve it. You get a written, itemized quote before any part is ordered. Warranty is 90-day warranty on the repair, one year on inverter boards, and one year on sealed-system repairs (two years on a full rebuild).

Need Amana service in Portola Valley?

Tell us what is broken. We will quote it.