Ice Maker Repair
Ice Maker Repair in Alexandria, VA
Book a visit anywhere in our Alexandria ZIP codes. The ice maker is tested where it is installed, you hear what failed, and the repair waits for your approval.
Booking online? Include the ice maker 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.
More detail lives on the main page for ice maker repair in Northern Virginia.
Ice Maker Brands
9 makers on our list
Other Repairs in Alexandria
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Ice Maker Notes for This Area
Alexandria's water reaches homes through Virginia American Water, which buys it treated from Fairfax Water, and like most tap water it leaves mineral scale in fill valves and ice molds over the years. When cubes shrink or stop, change the refrigerator filter first and look for a kink in the supply line behind the fridge. In an older Rosemont house the line may come up through the floor from the cellar, and a saddle valve clamped onto a copper pipe can clog or partly close. Checking the water supply at that valve comes before blaming the ice maker assembly.
Tracking down ice maker faults in early-1900s houses and townhouses
Older houses usually feed the ice maker through a line run up through the kitchen floor from the basement, sometimes from a saddle valve clamped onto a copper pipe. Saddle valves clog and drip with age. When ice production drops, we check that valve and the line, then the filter and the inlet valve, and only then the ice maker module. In a hard cold snap, a line running along a foundation wall can freeze.
Booking ice maker repair in Alexandria
In Del Ray and Rosemont parking is mostly on the street, so mention an alley, a driveway or a quieter side street if there is one. A refrigerator squeezed into an older kitchen may need a door removed or a trim piece moved before it slides out, so tell us how tight the fit is.
Where to find the model number: An ice maker inside a refrigerator goes by the refrigerator's label. A stand-alone machine usually has its own inside the door or behind the lower grille. Renters can ask the landlord or property manager, who may have it from the purchase or an earlier service.
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
Ice Maker 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.
Too much water is getting in: the inlet valve may not be closing fully, or the supply pressure may be more than the valve can hold back. A valve that seeps can also build ice in the fill tube. We test the valve and check the pressure at the connection.
Ice Maker Faults We Track Down
- Not Making Ice
- Making Small or Hollow Ice Cubes
- Leaking Water
- Ice Tastes or Smells Bad
- Overfilling with Ice
- Making Loud Noise
- Producing Too Little Ice
- Ice Clumping Together
- Water Leaking from Ice Maker
- Ice Not Dispensing
- Ice Has Bad Taste or Odor
- Producing Small or Hollow Ice Cubes
Ready to Book the Ice Maker?
For an ice maker that's acting up in Alexandria, call or book online and tell us where it's installed.
Ice Maker 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 an Ice Maker 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.