ILVE · PORTOLA VALLEY
Service · All ILVE ModelsILVE Range & Oven Repair · Portola Valley, CA
ILVE range and oven service for Portola Valley: Nostalgie, Majestic, Professional Plus, dual-fuel, and built-in ovens in custom hillside kitchens.
- $75 diagnostic (waived with repair)
- Same or next-day best effort
- CSLB #1136642
ILVE in Portola Valley
ILVE in Portola Valley kitchens.
Portola Valley ILVE calls come out of the custom homes off Alpine Road and Portola Road, where a kitchen remodel on a wooded acreage lot or one of the mid-century modern houses near Ladera often specs a Majestic dual-fuel range or a smaller Nostalgie as the piece the rest of the kitchen is built around. Ranch properties further out toward Skyline get them too, usually in a kitchen updated well past the home's original build.
These ranges are worth the upkeep but they are particular. ZIP 94028. Drive time from San Ramon runs 50 to 60 minutes via 680 and 92 or 280, so we route Portola Valley on our Peninsula day and diagnose tight on the first visit so parts get ordered once.
Common repairs we do
What we close on the truck.
- Ignition spark module and burner igniter switch. A burner clicks and never lights, or turning on one burner makes all of them click. We test each burner separately to isolate whether it is the module or one bad switch before we replace anything.
- Oven flame-failure device and thermocouple. The oven lights and then quits a few seconds after you release the knob, which is the flame failure device or thermocouple dropping signal. These parts ship from Italy on lead time, so we pin down which one failed on the first visit.
- Multi-function oven selector and thermostat drift. This selector switch fails more than any other part on these ovens, and the thermostat can drift from the actual cavity temperature as the unit ages. We test both with the oven running rather than guessing, then order the imported part once we know which it is.
- Dual-fuel oven element, control, and door hinge. No lower heat, a control board throwing a fault, or a door hinge that has worn enough to leak at the gasket. We isolate which of the three before quoting, since the parts and the labor differ for each.
Models we service
ILVE product lines.
- Nostalgie brass-trim gas and dual-fuel ranges
- Majestic and Professional Plus ranges
- Rangetops and built-in ovens
- 30 to 60 inch ranges
Pricing and warranty
What it costs. What we stand behind.
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$75
Diagnostic visit. Waived when you book the repair with us.
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Written
90 days on consumables, 1 year on major parts, 2 years on sealed-system rebuilds. Quoted in writing before work starts.
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CSLB
#1136642. Bonded and insured. We file warranty paperwork when applicable.
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FAQ
ILVE in Portola Valley questions, answered.
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How fast can you reach Portola Valley for an ILVE call?
San Ramon to Portola Valley runs about 50 to 60 minutes via 680 and then 92 or 280. We route Portola Valley with Hillsborough on our Peninsula day, book a window, and confirm parts before heading out, with a written arrival time for the visit. -
How do you handle ILVE parts coming from Italy?
They ship from Veneto, so lead time and cost run higher than a domestic range's parts would. We diagnose precisely on the first visit so we order the right part once instead of guessing twice, and we keep the common ignition and flame-failure parts staged when we can. -
What does a typical ILVE repair cost in Portola Valley?
Diagnostic runs $75, waived if you book the repair. Burner igniter switch or ignition module work lands between $260 and $480. Flame failure device, thermocouple, or selector switch work runs $320 to $620 depending on the imported part, with a written quote before we start.
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