Appliance Repair

Before you spend a lot of money hiring a technician to repair your water heater, you may want to try troubleshooting the system yourself. You should use caution when attempting repairs. If you are...

If your Whirlpool washer doesn't fill or if it fills too slowly and an error code such as an A09 or an F01 appears, the culprit may be the water-mixing valve or water inlet valve. If the hot and...

The water valve solenoid is the part which directs water from your house's water supply to the icemaker inside your Whirlpool refrigerator. Sometimes a solenoid can go bad, resulting in no water...

Maytag has gas and electric dryers, and both can save countless hours when completing daily chores, but when they are in need of repair it's hard to imagine what we ever did without them. You can...

The water heater, whether located in your basement or garage, is usually the culprit behind one the biggest household nuisances: no hot water. But the water tank can also cause other headaches,...

Water softeners are a hidden necessity in many homes. They clean minerals from hard water, making it feel and taste better, and preventing deposits from building up in your appliances and...

Replacing a leaky or over-the-hill residential water heater, whether it uses propane, natural gas or electricity to heat the water, is a relatively simple and straightforward task. Anyone with...

Occasionally washers break down or crud gets stuck in a valve and the spigot on the water heater starts to leak. At that point, it's time to replace the spigot. You can spend more time and money...

Every time you turn on your dishwasher, a rattling sound rocks the kitchen, or perhaps it's more of a clanking or a grinding sound. No matter what the noise is, there are several possibilities as...

Most water pump filters are the same. They sit in the water line right above the pump and collect dirt. In the filter is a screen-like barricade that blocks all the dirt, but still lets the water...

Electric water heaters may hiss while an element is heating, but a buzzing or popping sound indicates a problem. The buzzing noise may mean there's scaling on a heating element or that an element...

Gas grill regulators control the amount of pressure output that fires up your grill and keeps it working. Since the output of pressure is more than is needed in order to get your grill working,...

This article gives instructions for replacing a thermocouple tube for a hot water heating appliance.

Repairing a kitchen sink sprayer rarely needs to be a job for an expensive plumber. With a few simple tricks, you can troubleshoot your kitchen sink sprayer at home and save yourself valuable time...

If you happen to own a Hotpoint gas range, you may encounter some problems from time to time. Before you call the service and support desk, try to troubleshoot the problems on your own first in...

Replacing an electric hot water heater takes a little bit of effort. It's not always easy and sometimes can be a major undertaking depending on where the hot water heater is located, but it can...

Water heaters can develop leaks over time; but only a few of the reasons that one might leak are repairable. Other leaks mean the unit is ready for replacement.

So your dish washer is not functioning properly. Follow my steps and save yourself some money and fix it yourself.

When the water contains too much calcium and magnesium, it can turn into hard water. Hard water can clog up water pipes and prevent soap and detergents from dissolving. You can soften water by...

Shutting off water to bathroom fixtures can be a little confusing since each one has a different source. Anytime you conduct repair or improvements on any bathroom fixture, you should first turn...

Once you and the rest of your household have agreed on what temperature is "just right," the next step is convincing your water heater to stay there. This may simply require an easy thermostat...