Ice Maker Repair
Ice Maker Repair in McLean & Great Falls, VA
Book a visit anywhere in our McLean & Great Falls 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 McLean & Great Falls 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 ice maker symptoms and causes page explains what usually fails and why.
Ice Maker Brands
9 makers on our list
Other Repairs in McLean & Great Falls
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Ice Maker Notes for This Area
Besides the ice maker inside the refrigerator, many larger houses here have a separate undercounter ice machine in a bar, a butler's pantry or a lower-level entertaining space. Those machines need a drain or a drain pump as well as a water line. In Great Falls the water usually comes from a well, which can carry sediment and minerals that clog small valves. Tysons condos depend on the building's supply, delivered through a short line behind the refrigerator.
Checking an ice maker from the supply line inward
We start at the water: confirm the shutoff is open, check flow at the line, and note the filter's age. Then the inlet valve is tested for voltage and coil resistance, and its screen is inspected. A fill tube frozen solid points to low flow or a failing valve that dribbles. With water reaching the mold, we check the mold temperature, the heater and the module that drives the ejector, and confirm the shutoff arm or optical sensor is reading the bin correctly. On an undercounter clear-ice machine, the evaporator plate, water pump, distribution tube and drain pump are tested, and the plate is checked for scale.
Wells, filters and undercounter drains
If your well has a sediment filter or a softener, keep it serviced, because the small valve on an ice maker is often the first part to suffer when well water changes. An undercounter ice machine with a drain pump needs its outlet line kept clear, or water backs up into the bin.
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.
Undersized or hollow cubes point to a mold that is getting too little water. Low water pressure, a clogged filter, a partly blocked valve screen or a kinked line behind the refrigerator are typical causes, and on a well the pressure tank's settings matter too. We measure the fill and test the valve before replacing any part.
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 ice makers or undercounter ice machines in McLean, Great Falls or Tysons, call or book online and say if your water comes from a well.
Ice Maker Repair for Owners, Renters and Landlords
Ice maker repair for McLean and Great Falls homes, covering refrigerator ice makers, standalone undercounter ice machines in bars and pantries, and supply lines fed by Fairfax Water or a private well.
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.