Diagnostics
Find the fault before you spend anything
Longer write-ups on particular Sub-Zero faults: what the sign means, what an owner can check, and where a visit becomes the cheaper option.
Not cooling? Start with the six signs that point at airflow, installation or the sealed system. The six signs Told it needs a compressor? Repair and replacement set side by side, by the age of the unit and the budget. Repair or replace
The write-ups
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Why Sammamish Ice Makers Scale Up and Seattle's Don't: 3 to 6.5 Grains of Well Water on the Plateau
Compiled by Marta Fennimore Sammamish Plateau Water draws mainly from its own groundwater wells and reports a blended hardness of about 3 to 6.5 grains per gallon, several times Seattle's surface supply, so mineral scale is the default first hypothesis for a slow Sub-Zero ice maker anywhere on the plateau. Open the write-up -
Sub-Zero Wine Cooler Zones Drifting Apart: What to Check
Compiled by Marta Fennimore When the upper zone of a Sub-Zero wine unit holds and the lower one will not come down, the cause is usually airflow, a tired door seal or a single failed sensor — not the compressor. Here is how to tell which. Open the write-up -
Sub-Zero Freezer Frosting Over Again? Read the Ice First
Compiled by Marta Fennimore Frost that returns within weeks of a manual defrost is almost never a door left open. Here is how to read the ice pattern in a Sub-Zero freezer column and work out which part of the defrost circuit has quit. Open the write-up
Book a diagnosis
The model number and one sentence about it
That is enough to start. Sub-Zero Repair Sammamish finds the cause first, gives you one figure, and only then picks up a tool.
- Visits 8 am to 8 pm, every day of the week; calls taken 24/7
- $89 for the diagnosis, deducted once you approve the repair
- All of Sammamish: Klahanie, Pine Lake, Sahalee, Trossachs and the streets between
