Dishwasher repair
Standing water in the bottom, dishes coming out dirty, or a slow leak working its way under the cabinets. Most of it is a pump, a valve or a seal, and most of it finishes in one visit.
Symptoms
Dishwashers give plenty of warning before they fail outright. These are the signs worth acting on.
Drain pump, a blocked filter or a kinked drain hose.
Spray arms blocked, a worn wash pump or low water fill.
Door seal or the detergent dispenser.
Door latch switch, control board or the interlock.
Drain pump or check valve.
Bosch, Miele and Thermador report faults properly.
How it works
Tell us the symptom and the brand. If there is a fault code on the display, send a photo of it.
Flat $115, credited toward the repair. We check under the unit for water damage at the same time.
Full number, parts and labor, before anything comes apart.
Most jobs finish the same visit. 60 days on parts and labor, in writing.
Pricing
Every job is priced after an on-site inspection, because the same symptom can mean a routine part or a sealed-system job. The technician checks the appliance and gives you the exact number before anything is opened up.
The $115 service call covers the visit and diagnosis, and it is credited toward the repair when you approve it. Contact us to schedule an inspection and receive an on-site estimate.
Leaks and what they cost
A dishwasher that leaks slowly does its damage out of sight. Water runs from the door seal or the pump housing down under the cabinet base, spreads along the toe kick and soaks into the subfloor and the bottom of the cabinets. By the time anyone notices, the repair to the machine is a few hundred dollars and the repair to the floor is several times that.
This is the one appliance where we push people to call early rather than wait. A damp patch by the toe kick, a faint musty smell in the cabinet next to the machine, or a warped board in front of the unit are all signs the leak has been running for a while. We repair floors as well as appliances, so we can tell you honestly how far it has gone, and in a lot of cases both jobs happen on the same visit instead of coordinating two trades who each blame the other.
On the repair side, the pattern is predictable. Drain problems are almost always debris in the pump housing or a blocked filter. Poor wash results come from blocked spray arms or a failing wash pump, not from detergent, whatever the internet says. A machine that will not start is usually the door latch switch rather than the control board, which matters because one of those is a routine part and the other is not.
We work on Bosch, Miele, Thermador, KitchenAid, Fisher & Paykel, Whirlpool, Maytag, Frigidaire, Amana, LG, Samsung, GE and Monogram, including panel-ready built-ins where the custom cabinet front has to come off before anything else happens.
Coverage across San Diego County: San Diego, La Jolla, Del Mar, Rancho Santa Fe, Solana Beach, Carlsbad and nearby areas.
Questions
Almost always a drain restriction rather than a failed machine: debris in the pump housing, a blocked filter or a kinked drain hose. It also means the cycle never finished, so the dishes are not properly clean even though they look it.
Rarely. Blocked spray arms, a worn wash pump or a low water fill account for most poor wash results. Changing detergent is the cheapest thing to try and almost never the actual fix.
Yes, more than people expect. The water runs under the cabinet base out of sight and reaches the subfloor before anything visible appears. The machine repair is modest; the floor repair that follows a few months of leaking is not.
Yes. Custom cabinet fronts on Bosch, Miele and Thermador units add time to the job because the panel comes off first, so mention it when you book and we will allow for it.
Send the details and we'll confirm a time. Reply within the hour during business hours.