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$89 service call, waived with the repair

(760) 330-4020
Whirled Service Appliance repair · San Diego (760) 330-4020

La Jolla · 92037

Dryer Repair in La Jolla, San Diego

Renters, owners and building managers in La Jolla all call about the same dryers, and the useful answer is the same for all three.

La Jolla buildings and their machines

Marine air does its work on the parts nobody looks at. On a garage dryer we usually find the rear bulkhead screws seized, the exhaust clamp rusted through, and green on the terminal block long before the drum or the motor gives trouble. Washers in the same position corrode at the drain pump housing and around the shipping-bolt holes. It changes the job: the fault is often a bad electrical contact rather than a failed part, so we clean and re-terminate as much as we replace, and we look at the whole vent run while the machine is pulled out.

A price you can hold us to

A figure quoted over the phone for a dryer before anyone has seen it is a guess, and a low guess is worse than none. You get the real price in writing once the fault is known, and you can decline it and pay only the service call.

Diagnosis

Common dryer faults

01

Obstruction in the blower wheel

How it showsRattling that starts and stops, with weak airflow at the vent.

The repairOpen the blower housing, remove the object and check the wheel for cracks.

02

Failed igniter on a gas dryer

How it showsYou can hear the cycle start but the burner never lights.

The repairReplace the igniter and check the flame sensor and valve coils with it.

03

Worn drum rollers or idler pulley

How it showsSqueal or thump that follows drum speed.

The repairReplace rollers, pulley and belt together, since they wear as a set.

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Reviews

Nearby jobs

5 from 1,025 reviews

  • ★★★★★

    Electric dryer in the garage tumbled fine but blew cold. One leg of the heating element had burnt out. He tested the thermal fuse while he was in there and replaced both, then ran it to confirm the heat.

    Stanley O.La Jolla

  • ★★★★★

    Single-storey house, original laundry alcove. The dryer heated but shut itself down after ten minutes every time. Its blower wheel had come loose on the shaft so airflow dropped away. He refitted and secured it.

    Hollis T.Clairemont

  • ★★★★★

    Bungalow laundry in a converted back room. Ours tumbled without heat, and somebody before him had replaced the element for nothing. He found an open thermal cutoff and a lint-packed housing sitting behind it.

    Sunniva H.Normal Heights

  • ★★★★★

    Gas dryer stopped heating entirely. He checked the igniter, which was glowing but never lighting, and traced it to a failed gas valve coil. Both coils were replaced as a pair and it fired first time afterwards.

    Emmett R.Point Loma

  • ★★★★★

    Cottage with a short vent straight out through the wall, and the dryer still would not dry. The moisture sensor bars inside the drum were coated in softener residue. He cleaned them and it reads correctly again.

    Britt L.Ocean Beach

  • ★★★★★

    In-unit stacked laundry, and the dryer kept stopping part way with an error. A failed thermistor reading out of range. He confirmed it with a meter, fitted the new one, and ran a full cycle before leaving.

    Ronan G.Bankers Hill

Answers

Questions

Do you come out to La Jolla?

We cover La Jolla. There is a single $89 charge for the visit, whatever the machine turns out to have wrong with it, and it is not charged at all if the repair goes ahead.

My dryer is in a closet — is that a problem?

Closets are normal here. What matters is whether the unit can be pulled forward, and whether there is a shut-off behind it. Mention both when you call.

Does the dryer have to come out of the closet?

Not for most repairs. Heat parts, controls, door switches and belts are reachable from the front on the majority of stacked units. Bearings, the blower housing and any real duct work need the machine down and out, and in a tight closet that also means the doors come off.

Get it looked at

Dryer Repair in La Jolla

The make, what the machine is doing, and how it is fitted — stacked in a closet or standing in a garage. That is usually enough to know what the visit involves.

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$89 service call, waived when the repair is approved.