We're in a condo building with a front desk. Does that complicate scheduling?

It just means we coordinate timing with the building rather than knocking on a door directly. Let us know if there's a check-in process or an elevator to reserve, and we'll plan the visit around it. Our technician for Foster City lives in San Mateo County, so getting here isn't the hard part, working around building access sometimes is.

Our fridge is a smaller condo size. Can you still get parts for it?

Yes. Condo-depth Kenmore fridges use the same core components as full size models, just in a narrower cabinet, and parts are sourced against the actual manufacturer, Whirlpool, LG, Frigidaire, or Electrolux, not against the smaller footprint.

Do you charge extra for HOA or condo buildings?

No. The diagnostic is $99 everywhere we go, condo or standalone house, and it's credited toward the repair. Building access sometimes affects scheduling, not price.

KENMORE · FOSTER CITY

Service · All Kenmore Models

Kenmore Refrigerator & Freezer Repair · Foster City, CA

Kenmore refrigerator and freezer repair in Foster City, from the lagoon-front homes to the condo towers off Foster City Boulevard.

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

Call (925) 999-4095

Kenmore in Foster City

Kenmore in Foster City kitchens.

Foster City was built as a planned community around its lagoons, and a lot of the housing is condos and townhomes rather than standalone kitchens, which changes how an appliance repair actually goes. Kenmore units here, like everywhere else, were Sears retail packaging around machines built by Whirlpool, LG, Frigidaire, or Electrolux, and the badge on the door tells you nothing about the parts inside.

Condo and HOA buildings add a layer that standalone houses don't have. Getting into a building sometimes means a call to the front desk or a scheduled elevator reservation, and a lot of the appliances installed by the original builder are the compact or slightly narrower sizes that fit condo kitchen footprints, which limits which replacement parts and even which fridge sizes actually fit back in the space.

The diagnostic is $99 and credited toward the repair, with a written quote before anything gets ordered. We schedule seven days a week, and our Peninsula technician lives in San Mateo County, so Foster City sits inside his regular coverage.

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.

Condo-depth Kenmores with a condenser fan losing airflow. Builder-installed Kenmore fridges in Foster City condos are often a counter-depth or narrower model to fit the kitchen footprint, and the condenser fan sits closer to the back wall than in a standalone house install. Dust builds up faster in that tighter space, the fan works harder, and eventually either the fan motor or the compressor gives out from the extra strain. I clean the space properly, not just the coil, since the airflow problem is usually the cabinet fit, not just dirt.
Ice maker fill tubes freezing solid in tight freezer compartments. Foster City's condo freezers run smaller than a standalone kitchen's, and the ice maker fill tube sits closer to the cold air return in some builder layouts. That tube freezes solid more often here than in a full size kitchen fridge, which shows up as an ice maker that stopped making ice with no error at all. I thaw and check the tube's routing before replacing the whole module, since often the module itself is fine.
Electrolux-built units with a warm freezer and a normal-sounding compressor. Some Foster City units built by Electrolux run their compressor fine but the freezer still climbs in temperature, which usually means the evaporator fan behind the back panel has failed or the damper controlling airflow to the fridge section is stuck. The compressor sounding normal throws people off, since it seems like everything is working. I check the fan and damper before assuming the compressor or sealed system is at fault.

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.

$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

Kenmore in Foster City questions, answered.

We're in a condo building with a front desk. Does that complicate scheduling?

It just means we coordinate timing with the building rather than knocking on a door directly. Let us know if there's a check-in process or an elevator to reserve, and we'll plan the visit around it. Our technician for Foster City lives in San Mateo County, so getting here isn't the hard part, working around building access sometimes is.
Our fridge is a smaller condo size. Can you still get parts for it?

Yes. Condo-depth Kenmore fridges use the same core components as full size models, just in a narrower cabinet, and parts are sourced against the actual manufacturer, Whirlpool, LG, Frigidaire, or Electrolux, not against the smaller footprint.
Do you charge extra for HOA or condo buildings?

No. The diagnostic is $99 everywhere we go, condo or standalone house, and it's credited toward the repair. Building access sometimes affects scheduling, not price.

Need Kenmore service in Foster City?

Tell us what is broken. We will quote it.