Dryer Repair
Dryer Repair in Alexandria, VA
Book a visit anywhere in our Alexandria ZIP codes. The dryer is tested where it is installed, you hear what failed, and the repair waits for your approval.
Booking online? Include the dryer model number and your Alexandria address so parts can be checked ahead of the visit.
Step one covers the appliance; step two, your contact details. We follow up to book the visit.
The dryer symptoms and causes page explains what usually fails and why.
Dryer Brands
19 makers on our list
Other Repairs in Alexandria
11 more appliance types
Dryer Notes for This Area
Dryer venting varies widely across Alexandria. In a century-old house near Mount Vernon Avenue the duct may exit through a foundation or side wall close to the ground, where leaves and mulch block the hood. Townhouses with upstairs laundry often have long runs through the framing to an exterior wall, and each elbow collects lint. Either way, a dryer that needs two cycles, feels hot on the outside, or shuts off mid-load is usually telling you about restricted airflow. Cleaning the vent may fix it outright, or the thermal fuse or heating element may already have failed.
Tracking down dryer faults in early-1900s houses and townhouses
Dryers in early-1900s houses usually exhaust through a stone or brick foundation wall or through the wall of a later rear addition. The run is often short but made of flexible foil that sags between the joists and collects lint in every dip. We check the hood flap, the transition duct and the airflow first, then test the thermal fuse, the thermostats and the heating element. On a gas dryer, the igniter and the gas valve coils get tested as well.
Booking dryer repair in Alexandria
Tell us where the dryer vent comes out, whether a foundation wall, a side wall or somewhere you've never seen. At Cameron Station the community association may have rules about exterior work, so check before anything outside needs attention. In a high-rise, a shared duct is management's responsibility.
Where to find the model number: Open the door and look around the opening. Some models put it on the back panel or next to the lint filter slot. In a condo or rental, the management office sometimes keeps appliance records for each unit.
Communities we cover in Alexandria: Del Ray, Rosemont and part of Potomac Yard (22301); Cameron Station, Seminary Valley and Landmark–Van Dorn (22304). Each ZIP code has a page of its own, linked from the main Alexandria page.
Service Summary
Dryer Repair: Your Questions
Brief answers to what customers most often ask us. Don't see yours? Ask when you call, or add it to the notes when you book online.
Still have a question?
Get in touch with the brand, the symptom and, if you can find it, the model number. Some things we can answer right away; others need a technician in front of the machine.
It can be. A window-well vent sits low, so leaves, snow and debris can block the hood, and water can collect in the well. The vent needs a proper hood with a flap that swings freely and a rigid or semi-rigid duct back to the machine. We check airflow and the hood whenever a dryer here runs slow.
Dryer Faults We Track Down
- Not Heating
- Drum Not Tumbling
- Takes Too Long to Dry
- Making Loud Noise
- Won't Start
- Dryer Overheating
- Not Drying Clothes
- Shutting Off Early
- Not Getting Hot Enough
- Taking Too Long to Dry
- Thermal Fuse Blown
- Heating Element Burned Out
Ready to Book the Dryer?
Tell us what your dryer is doing and where you are in Alexandria. You'll get a price before any work starts.
Dryer Repair for Owners, Renters and Landlords
Our two Alexandria ZIPs have very different housing. In 22301, Del Ray and Rosemont were laid out between the 1890s and the 1910s as railroad and streetcar suburbs, and they're full of Craftsman bungalows (some from Sears kits), Colonial Revivals, Folk Victorians and early-1900s two-story houses, with newer townhouses and apartments at Potomac Yard. In 22304, the West End, Seminary Valley has brick townhouses, ramblers, split-levels and Cape Cods from the 1940s to the 1960s, Cameron Station is townhouses and condos built from about 1999 on a former Army depot, and there are high-rise condos along Duke Street.
How a Dryer Repair Visit Works
Tell Us What's Wrong
Name the make, add the model number if it is handy, and describe the symptom. A picture of the label inside the door lets us check parts.
Diagnosis at Your Home
The technician tests the appliance along with its power, water, drain, gas or vent connections until the fault is confirmed.
A Price Before Work
We name the failed part and give you the cost of fixing it. Work starts only after you agree.
Repair and Check
The part is installed and the appliance is run through a cycle so you can watch it working.