SYMPTOM FILE · REFRIGERATORS & FREEZERS

Water where it shouldn't be?

Inside the cabinet, under it, or behind it — each puddle has its own culprit, and none of them fixes itself.

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LIKELY CAUSES, IN ORDER

What usually did it.

01

Frozen defrost drain

Meltwater with nowhere to go pools under the crispers, then escapes the cabinet. The most common indoor-puddle verdict.
02

Icemaker fill valve

A valve weeping past its seat drips behind the fridge or sheets ice in the freezer floor. Hard-water country keeps this one busy.
03

Water filter housing

Cracked housings and badly seated cartridges leak at the filter's home — often after a recent filter change.
04

Door gasket sweating

Humid-month condensation from a tired gasket masquerades as a leak. The cheap fix on this list, and the honest call when it's the story.
BEFORE YOU BOOK

Three checks that are safe to try.

SAFE CHECKPull the fridge forward

One look behind: wet supply line means valve-side, dry back means the water is born inside the cabinet. Useful intel for your booking call.

SAFE CHECKCheck under the crispers

A shallow pool there is the frozen-drain signature. Mop it, but don't chip at any ice you find — panels crack easily.

SAFE CHECKClose the supply valve if it's flowing

Active dripping from the line side warrants shutting the saddle valve until the visit. Icemaker off, problem paused.

HOW WE CLOSE IT

The visit, plainly described.

The visit traces water uphill to its source — drain, valve, line, housing or gasket — because mopping symptoms is not a repair. Frozen drains get steamed clear and their heat path corrected so they stay open; weeping valves get replaced with the line flushed; housings and gaskets swap directly. One written all-in figure covers whichever verdict the tracing returns.

Floors matter on these calls: we check for damage under and behind the unit and tell you what we see, because a slow fridge leak discovered late is a flooring project wearing an appliance costume.

ASKED OFTEN

On this fault specifically.

The puddle comes back every few days. Why the interval?

That rhythm is the defrost cycle: the drain is blocked, so each automatic defrost sends meltwater to the floor on schedule. The interval is practically a diagnosis by itself — mention it when booking and the visit starts three steps ahead.

Ice sheet on the freezer floor — same problem?

Same family, colder branch. The blocked drain's meltwater refreezes flat on the freezer floor before it can escape. We steam the drain clear, correct its heat path, and break out the sheet. Left alone it thickens until the door seal and the drawers start paying for it.

Could the leak ruin my wood floor?

It's the classic way kitchen floors die — slow water under a unit nobody moves. That's why leak visits include the look-behind and the plain-words report. Booked promptly, the repair costs from $259; discovered a season late, the flooring bill writes itself.

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BOOK A REPAIR

One number in writing. Everything inside it.

Send the symptom or the code exactly as the display shows it. A weekday callback confirms your window, and the van loads for your machine before it leaves Kennewick.

Approve the quote

The all-in price covers diagnosis, labor and parts. It doesn't move after work starts.

Or decline it

$95 for the visit and diagnosis is the whole bill — if the fix costs too much or the machine isn't worth it, that's all you owe.

Tell us what's going on.

Code from the display, or plain words — both work.

Approve the repair and the all-in price covers everything. Decline it, and $95 for the visit and diagnosis is all you owe.

This fault doesn't fix itself.

From $259 all-in, most closed the same visit. Call (509) 841-9102 or send the form.