Sub-Zero Repair in Bryant
Northeast Lead appliance: Ice Maker
Bryant is a residential neighborhood named for its elementary school, edged by the Burke-Gilman Trail to the south and east and by Sand Point Way. The Sub-Zero call we hear most from here is a built-in whose ice maker has gone quiet.
- Ice maker
- Fill fitting
- Ice bin
Pattern Ledger
Bryant: how it usually goes
- Most often Water filter unseated, or a household inline filter clogged
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Gives itself away by Ice slowed or stopped around the time a cartridge was changed, or the house filter has not been replaced in a long while
Price band none set for this work — quoted after the diagnosis
- Sometimes Inlet water valve no longer opening
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Gives itself away by The ice maker turns over on schedule and the supply is open, yet the mold stays dry
Price band Ice maker, water valve or supply line$270–$750
- Rarely Ice maker module itself worn out
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Gives itself away by Cubes form in the mold and simply sit there, never swept out into the bin below
Price band Ice maker, water valve or supply line$270–$750
Telling these three apart is what the $89 visit is for. Sub-Zero Appliance Repair Seattle · (206) 339-4211
An ice maker that has gone quiet
Owners in Bryant put it one of two ways: the bin in the freezer has not been topped up for days, or it refills so slowly that one dinner empties it. In a built-in the ice maker lives inside the freezer, so the freezer’s own temperature comes first. Sub-Zero wants the freezer at or below 5°F for ice and recommends 0°F. If the ice cream is firm and the display reads zero, the freezer is doing its share and the search moves to the water.
There, what we usually find is on the supply side rather than in the ice maker. A cartridge that was changed but never pushed fully home, a clogged filter elsewhere in the house, a supply valve left half closed, or a fill tube frozen where it meets the mold will each stop ice as surely as a failed module. Seattle’s water is very soft, so scale seldom blocks the valve here, and these simpler causes lead the list.
Arranging the visit
Bryant Elementary and Eckstein Middle School both sit in the neighborhood; if your street is close to either, say so when you book, along with whether a driveway is free and which door is nearest the kitchen.
One safe check before you ring
Sub-Zero’s own troubleshooting suggests reseating the water filter: switch the unit off at the control, take the cartridge out, put it back firmly and switch on again, then allow a day for ice. If the bin is still empty after that, ring (206) 339-4211 for Sub-Zero Appliance Repair Seattle, and have the model number handy; a classic built-in carries it on a tag just inside one door, up by the upper hinge.
Customer reviews
What Seattle owners say
Built-in Sub-Zero calls in Queen Anne, Madison Park, Laurelhurst and Magnolia.
5.0/ 5907 reviews
Production had dropped to a few cubes a day and I expected to be told it needed replacing. Scale packed around the mould and a thermistor reading badly. Cleared and fitted, full bin next day.
Malik O.Magnolia
The undercounter unit was sweating at the door and smelled damp inside. Vacuum seal had gone soft along one edge. New gasket, hinge adjusted, and it shuts with a proper thunk again.
Kenji W.Magnolia
Cubes came out hollow and cloudy and I had written the ice maker off entirely. It was the inlet valve restricting flow, a far cheaper outcome. He did arrive near the very end of the window.
Lachlan F.Queen Anne
Cabinet running warm?
Ring before the food decides for you
Give the model number and what the cabinet is doing, and the visit is booked from there. Visits 8:00 am – 8:00 pm, seven days; a person answers the phone 24/7.