Fridge and refrigerator repair in Kemptville

Kemptville is booming. Many new-build kitchens off the 416, in eQuinelle and the subdivisions around the old town, are aging out of builder warranty at the same time, so their first ice-maker, fan and control-board repairs tend to arrive together. Meanwhile the century homes downtown and the farmhouses up the concessions carry appliances with real mileage: old top-mounts, basement and garage fridges, and deep freezers loaded for winter.

Outside the municipal core, North Grenville runs on well water that is often hard, and scale is behind many of the wet-appliance faults we find here. On a refrigerator, the water path runs from the supply line through the filter and the inlet valve to the ice maker and the dispenser, and hard water or sediment can restrict it at each step.

• Slow or dribbling dispenser: a clogged filter or a scaled inlet valve screen.
• Small, hollow or no ice cubes: low flow to the ice maker, or a fill tube frozen by a valve that drips.
• A loud buzz behind the fridge when it fills: often an inlet valve working against scale or low water pressure.
• Water on the floor at the back: a cracked valve or a loose supply-line fitting.

• Replace the fridge’s water filter on the schedule in your manual; on hard water it may need changing sooner.
• Check that the supply line behind the fridge isn’t kinked or crushed.
• If your home has a softener or sediment filter, make sure it is working.

The technician measures flow at the valve, tests its solenoid and checks the ice maker before replacing anything. More in our ice maker not working guide.

No cooling at all usually comes down to a stopped evaporator fan, a compressor relay that has failed, or an evaporator coil iced solid. A warm fridge over a cold freezer points to the defrost heater, defrost thermostat or control board, or to a damper stuck closed. Water under the crisper drawers more often comes from the defrost drain, frozen or plugged, or from a gasket letting humid air in, than from the water line. Clicking or a fridge that never rests can mean a tired relay or a fan on its way out, and booking early can save the compressor. A garage fridge that quits in January may simply be too cold to cycle properly; we’ll tell you whether a part has actually failed.

Kemptville is south of Ottawa on Highway 416, beyond the 30 km core zone, so a travel charge may apply, and we confirm the amount at booking. Send a request any time, online or by phone. We then call or text to set a window of about three hours, and the visit is booked once that is confirmed. A same-day visit is possible if the schedule has room.

The technician examines the compressor and relay, fans, defrost circuit, damper, door gaskets and the full water path, then quotes in writing. The Kemptville diagnostic is $109 + tax. A compressor or refrigerant fault is a sealed-system repair, quoted by phone. You get a written diagnostic report, and repairs are covered by a 3-month warranty on parts and labour.

We serve old downtown Kemptville, the eQuinelle community and the North Grenville villages of Oxford Mills, Oxford Station and Bishops Mills, plus nearby Merrickville, Prescott and Manotick. Other Kemptville repairs: dishwasher, washer, dryer and stove and oven, or start at Kemptville appliance repair for the whole house.

We service Samsung and LG French-door models, Whirlpool, Maytag and KitchenAid, GE, Frigidaire and Electrolux, Bosch, Kenmore and Danby, plus upright and chest freezers. Ottawa coverage is on Ottawa refrigerator repair.