Redwood City is a big area. Do you cover Emerald Hills too?

Yes, all of Redwood City including Emerald Hills. We keep a technician based on the Peninsula in San Mateo County, so the longer driveways and canyon roads up there don't add much beyond a few extra minutes. I don't promise same-day, but Redwood City is a regular stop on our route most weeks.

Is my Kenmore actually a Whirlpool or something else?

The data plate inside the cabinet has a model number, and the first three digits identify the actual manufacturer, 106 for Whirlpool, 795 for LG, 253 for Frigidaire. Text me that number or a photo of the plate and I'll tell you what it is and what tends to go wrong on that specific line.

I live in one of the new condos downtown. Is a smaller fridge harder to service?

Not harder, just different failure points. Compact and counter-depth Kenmores put more strain per cubic foot on the compressor overload and start capacitor, so those go first more often than in a full-size kitchen fridge. The diagnostic and repair process is the same either way.

KENMORE · REDWOOD CITY

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Kenmore Refrigerator & Freezer Repair · Redwood City, CA

Kenmore refrigerator and freezer repair in Redwood City, from the Emerald Hills canyon homes to the condos above the downtown theatre district

$99 diagnostic (waived with repair)
Same or next-day best effort
CSLB #1136642

Call (925) 999-4095

Kenmore in Redwood City

Kenmore in Redwood City kitchens.

Redwood City is the county seat, and the housing around it spans further than most Peninsula cities we cover, from the older bungalows a few blocks off the courthouse and the new condo towers near the downtown theatre district, to the larger lots and longer driveways up in Emerald Hills. A Kenmore in an Emerald Hills kitchen has usually had a real workout feeding a bigger household, while the ones in the downtown condos are often smaller units squeezed into a tighter footprint.

The badge on the door is Sears branding, not a manufacturer. Whirlpool, LG, and Frigidaire have all built Kenmore refrigerators over the years, and the model prefix on the data plate tells me which before I quote a part. We keep a technician based on the Peninsula in San Mateo County, so Redwood City sits in our regular route with San Carlos and Menlo Park.

ADRIUM Service Solutions, owner-operated by Andrew Kuznetsov, CSLB #1136642, EPA Section 608 Universal certified. The $99 diagnostic gets waived when you approve the repair, quotes are written before any work starts, and we're out here seven days a week.

Water and ice systems

The water inlet valve, a common fridge leak.

Every fridge with a dispenser or ice maker has a water inlet valve. The fittings can leak under the cabinet, or the solenoid fails and the dispenser and ice maker stop getting water.

Laundry

How to spot a bad washer drain pump.

LG and Samsung washer drain pumps side by side. When a washer will not drain or hums at the end of a cycle, this small pump is the usual suspect, and the two brands fail in different ways.

Common repairs we do

What we close on the truck.

Main control board relay failures on later Whirlpool-built 106 models. Downtown condos and the older homes near the courthouse both have a share of Whirlpool-built Kenmores whose main control board relay contacts wear out with age. The symptoms look electrical and scattered, lights flickering, the compressor short cycling, the ice maker acting on its own, and it's tempting to chase the wrong part. I check the board's actual outputs under load before I decide it's the board and not something upstream of it.
Sealed system leaks on aging Emerald Hills units. The bigger households up in Emerald Hills tend to keep a Kenmore running longer and harder, and the ones from the LG-built Elite era are now old enough that a slow refrigerant leak in the sealed system shows up as a fridge that runs constantly and never quite gets cold. I gauge the system and give an honest verdict in writing on whether a sealed system repair is worth doing against the age of the unit.
Compressor overload and start capacitor wear in compact downtown units. The smaller Kenmores common in Redwood City's downtown condos work their compressor overload and start capacitor harder relative to their size, and those parts fail first, usually announced by a hard clicking sound every few minutes with no compressor start. I test the overload and capacitor together, since replacing one without checking the other often means a second visit.

Models we service

Kenmore product lines.

Refrigerators (LG-built and Whirlpool-built)
Top-freezer
Side-by-side
French-door

Pricing and warranty

What it costs. What we stand behind.

$99

Diagnostic visit. Waived when you book the repair with us.
Written

3 months standard, 1 year on inverter boards, up to 2 years on sealed-system rebuilds. Quoted in writing before work starts.
CSLB

#1136642. Bonded and insured. We file warranty paperwork when applicable.

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Kenmore jobs we have closed.

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FAQ

Kenmore in Redwood City questions, answered.

Redwood City is a big area. Do you cover Emerald Hills too?

Yes, all of Redwood City including Emerald Hills. We keep a technician based on the Peninsula in San Mateo County, so the longer driveways and canyon roads up there don't add much beyond a few extra minutes. I don't promise same-day, but Redwood City is a regular stop on our route most weeks.
Is my Kenmore actually a Whirlpool or something else?

The data plate inside the cabinet has a model number, and the first three digits identify the actual manufacturer, 106 for Whirlpool, 795 for LG, 253 for Frigidaire. Text me that number or a photo of the plate and I'll tell you what it is and what tends to go wrong on that specific line.
I live in one of the new condos downtown. Is a smaller fridge harder to service?

Not harder, just different failure points. Compact and counter-depth Kenmores put more strain per cubic foot on the compressor overload and start capacitor, so those go first more often than in a full-size kitchen fridge. The diagnostic and repair process is the same either way.

Need Kenmore service in Redwood City?

Tell us what is broken. We will quote it.