Avanti Appliance Repair in Falls Church, VA

Avanti is part of the Legacy Companies family, and the brands in that family share engineering and many components. For repairs in Falls Church that means parts are easier to find and the usual failure points are well documented.

Include the model number when you book. The label is usually inside the door or lid, on the frame, behind the lower kick panel or on the back. That number lets us check the weak points of that particular platform and load those parts before the visit, instead of ordering after it.

Avanti builds simple machines on purpose. That helps when something breaks: most of the Avanti faults we see in Falls Church turn out to be a lid switch, a pump, a belt, a water valve or a fuse, which are quick to test and not costly to replace.

The flip side is that a new Avanti doesn't cost much either. Small repairs make sense; a major part on an older unit usually doesn't, and in that case we'll recommend putting the money toward a replacement.

Dryers venting through a wall that sat on the outside of the house before an addition went on; washers moved to a second-floor closet during a remodel; refrigerators and ranges in small original kitchens; high-end built-ins in the rebuilt houses; and refrigerators and freezers that won't settle down after a summer storm has cut the power.

Whatever the badge says, an Avanti appliance depends on the drain, vent, circuit and supply line it's connected to. In Falls Church the washer and dryer usually sit in wherever the house found room for it: a utility room off the kitchen in the smaller ramblers, a basement where there is one, and an upstairs closet in houses that have been rebuilt or added onto, and in postwar houses and high-rise condos those connections are often where a fault begins.

A washer that walks on spin can pull its own hoses loose, and on an upper floor that's how small problems become ceiling repairs. Leveling the feet and checking the suspension stop most of the movement.

If you ever find a damp spot under the washer, don't wait for it to spread. The source is usually small and easy to fix while it's still small.

Many kitchens and laundry rooms in Falls Church run on natural gas from Washington Gas. When a gas oven or dryer won't light, the cause is usually an igniter, a sensor or a valve coil in the appliance, not the gas supply.

If you smell gas strongly, leave the switches alone, get out of the house and call the gas company or 911 from outside. We work on the appliance once it's safe, and every fitting we open is leak-tested afterwards.