Lexington, MA
Viking Refrigerator Repair
Viking built-in and professional refrigeration uses a compact sealed system behind a cabinet-depth box, so airflow and defrost problems show up long before the compressor does. We handle evaporator and condenser fans, defrost control, thermistors, door alignment after panel work, and sealed-system diagnosis.
Said on the phone
The complaint, in your words
- Built-in running warm even with a clean condenser
- Freezer drawer frosting up and jamming on the rails
- Interior fan noise that rises and falls through the day
- Doors sitting out of alignment after a panel or handle change
On the visit
What gets measured
- Compartment temperatures over a full cycle rather than a single reading
- Evaporator and condenser fan behaviour, and the state of the condenser itself
- Defrost control and thermistor resistance, and whether the drain runs
- Door alignment and gasket compression after any panel or handle work
Also carried: Viking Range RepairViking Oven RepairViking Dishwasher Repair
Money
One fixed figure, then the parts.
The fixed one is the $95 service call: the visit, the readings and the diagnosis, credited in full against the repair once you approve it. Nothing beyond it is quoted down a telephone line, because nothing beyond it honestly can be.
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Gas, electric or both
A dual-fuel range is two appliances sharing a fascia. Which half failed decides whether the visit is a burner job or an oven job, and those are not the same money.
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Board or component
A sensor, an igniter or a switch is a component. A control board is an assembly, and it is the difference most people feel on the estimate.
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Whether it comes forward
Some faults are reachable from the front. Others need the appliance pulled out, and in a narrow galley that is real labour, quoted as labour.
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Van or order
Igniters, sensors and switches are carried. Boards, hinges and cavity parts for older platforms are ordered, which changes the shape of the visit.
Typical range · parts and labour
| Igniter or burner assembly | $280 – $630 |
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| Oven thermostat or heating element | $240 – $800 |
| Control board or touch panel | $380 – $940 |
| Dishwasher pump or control | $270 – $1,300 |
| Refrigeration fan or defrost system | $280 – $680 |
| Compressor or sealed-system repair | $1,100 – $2,450 |
For comparison, replacing the appliance runs $7,030 – $11,360 for the unit alone, before delivery, installation or any gas and electrical work. Worth knowing before agreeing to a large repair.
Where
Viking Refrigerator Repair across Lexington.
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Countryside
Countryside covers north Lexington around Lowell and Maple Streets near Whipple Hill, with postwar ranches and colonials on generous, wooded lots. A great many of those kitchens have been rebuilt in the last decade around a pro-style range and a wall oven.
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Lexington Center
The centre holds Colonial and Federal-era houses around the Battle Green with Victorians on the side streets, most of them altered only from the inside. Kitchens sit at the back of deep, narrow floor plans, so a professional range usually comes in through a rear door.
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East Lexington
East Lexington runs along Massachusetts Avenue toward the Arlington line, older two-storey Colonials and bungalows on tighter lots. Renovations here tend to keep the original kitchen footprint, so a wide range or hood is often a close fit between cabinets.
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Peacock Farm
Peacock Farm is a planned mid-century modern enclave of split-level houses in the town's southeast corner, most built to a compact shared plan. Kitchens are small and open straight onto the living space, which puts a premium on quiet, well-ducted ventilation.
Next
Say what it is doing. We will say what that usually is.
A call costs nothing and the visit is a flat $95, credited against the repair once you approve it.
4.9 out of 5, across 1144 reviews
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Doors sat out of line after we changed the panels and handles. He reset the hinge cams, shimmed the lower bracket, and the gap is even across the top.
Ferris D. · East Lexington
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Interior fan noise rose and fell all day long and drove us up the wall. A warped fan blade was clipping the shroud at certain speeds. New blade and a foam pad, and the kitchen is quiet again.
Zola T. · Peacock Farm
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The built-in ran warm even though I had vacuumed the condenser myself. One evaporator fan had seized. He showed me the airflow path so I understood why the coil was never going to be the problem.
Alonso V. · Countryside