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(925) 999-4095 · San Ramon, CA · CSLB #1136642 · BBB A+

COOKING APPLIANCE REPAIR · ALBANY

Cooking Appliance Repair · Albany, CA

Cooking appliance repair across Albany, from the Marin Avenue bungalow kitchens to the Solano Avenue cafes.

  • $99 diagnostic (credited toward the repair)
  • Same or next-day best effort
  • CSLB #1136642
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Cooking Appliance Repair in Albany

Cooking Appliance Repair in Albany.

Albany packs a lot of kitchen into 1.8 square miles. The bungalows along the Marin Avenue grid, most built in the 1920s and 30s, run small kitchens with 24 to 30 inch ranges, GE, Whirlpool, and Frigidaire slide-ins sized to fit the original cutout. Basement units and ADUs behind the main house often run a compact apartment-size range, and the UC Village family housing along Buchanan Street runs a mix of GE and Kenmore units that see heavy daily use from student families.

Solano Avenue is the spine, a dense strip of small restaurants, cafes, and bakeries shared with North Berkeley, and San Pablo Avenue crosses it with more storefronts. On the compact home ranges the failures are usually a worn ignitor or a burner cap that lost its gap from being pulled off for cleaning too many times. On the Solano Avenue cookline calls I meter the gas valve and the spark module before I order either one, since a bad connector reads the same as a dead module until you test it.

What the work looks like

A gas oven burner lighting clean after service.

A gas oven bake burner lighting with an even blue flame after service. The white bar is the glow-bar igniter, and when it weakens the oven will not heat even though it still glows.

Common repairs we do

What we close on the truck.

  • 24 to 30 inch apartment-size range, no ignition. Common on the small bungalow kitchens along the Marin Avenue grid and in the basement units. Igniter or a burner cap out of position. I re-seat and re-gap before I order a part.
  • UC Village GE or Kenmore range, oven won't hold temperature. Heavy daily use on the Buchanan Street family housing wears the thermostat or the bake element early. I test both before I replace anything.
  • Compact range hood, fan runs but doesn't pull. Undersized ducting in the small kitchens traps grease near the fan housing. I clean the run and the housing before I call the motor bad.
  • Solano Avenue cafe and bakery cookline work. Clogged pilots and worn igniters on the small commercial ranges along the strip. Gas work is licensed, and I run a leak detector on every commercial burner call.

Pricing and warranty

What it costs. What we stand behind.

  • $99

    Diagnostic visit. Credited toward the repair.

  • 3 mo to 2 yr

    Parts and labor warranty on completed repairs, from 3 months to 2 years depending on the type of repair. In writing before we start.

  • CSLB

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

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FAQ

Cooking Appliance Repair in Albany questions, answered.

  • How long is the drive from San Ramon to Albany?
    Albany is routed with our Berkeley and Richmond Inner East Bay days, about 40 to 45 minutes via 580 or Highway 24 to 80. ZIP 94706 is a single zip, and booked windows get a written arrival time.
  • My kitchen is tiny and the range is a weird size. Can you still work on it?
    Yes. A lot of Albany's bungalow kitchens run 24 or 30 inch ranges instead of the standard 30 inch slide-in, and I carry parts for both sizes. Tight galley kitchens just mean I plan the access before I start.

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What kind of appliance?
Which brand?

If it is a dishwasher, check the dishwasher step first. We turn down LG, Samsung, Bosch, KitchenAid, Whirlpool, Jenn-Air dishwashers.

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Andrew will call you back during business hours to confirm the visit.