Dishwasher Repair · Bay Area

What we do

ADRIUM repairs premium built-in dishwashers across 56 Bay Area cities: Thermador Sapphire, Fisher & Paykel DishDrawer, Miele, and GE Profile. The diagnostic is $99, waived with repair, and repairs run from $400 plus parts.

Truck stocks: Thermador Sapphire recirc-pump assemblies, Thermador Sapphire base-pan check valves, Fisher & Paykel DishDrawer lid actuators, common door seals, water inlet valves, soap dispensers, and a calibrated leak-test dye for tracking small base-pan weeps.

Workflow: read the fault code off the panel, run diagnostic mode where the platform supports it, isolate the failure with a meter and a leak check. Quote with parts and labor. Most calls close in one visit. Thermador Sapphire base-pan repairs run two to three hours on site. Fisher & Paykel DishDrawer lid actuator swaps are typically 90 minutes.

Common issues. Typical repair.

Thermador Sapphire, E15 base-pan leak code. Recirc pump seal weeping into the base pan trips the float and throws the E15. We pull the unit, replace the recirc pump and the base-pan check valve together (doing one without the other puts you back on the bench), reset the code, and bench-test through a full wash. Two-hour job. We order on the Thermador part number when warranty applies.

Miele G Series, drain or fill fault code. Miele reports the specific fault on the display instead of a generic light. A drain code traces to the drain pump or a clogged filter path more often than the control board; a fill code is almost always the inlet valve or a kinked supply line. We read the code first instead of guessing.

Fisher & Paykel DishDrawer, F1 lid actuator fault. Lid motor failure. We replace the lid motor and the lid seal together. Doing only the motor leads to a leak within six months. The seal at the same time is the right call.

Panel-ready install, door alignment off. Custom panel sags, magnet alignment lost, door pops open mid-wash. We re-shim the hinge and re-set the door spring tension. Half-hour fix that other shops do not bother with.

A Dishwasher Pump and Sump Leak, On Camera

Repair or replace?

We will be straight about the math. Dishwasher repairs on this tier run from $400 plus parts. Against a premium unit that costs $1,000 or more new, that math holds up a lot better than it does on a mass-market machine, so on most of what we service here, repair is the right call, not replace. A diagnosis tells us which one you have.

It also depends on the brand, but the math is different at this tier. Thermador, Fisher & Paykel, Miele, and GE Profile all run well above the price point where a repair makes sense, so replacement is the exception here, not the rule, the reverse of what you will find on a mass-market machine.

When the fault is simple, a clogged drain, a worn gasket, a door latch, and the machine is otherwise in good shape, a repair is worth it. The $99 service call includes full diagnostics, and on a dishwasher that diagnosis is the whole game: it tells you if you are looking at a cheap fix or a repair that approaches the cost of a new machine. We quote before any work, and we will not talk you into a repair that costs more than it is worth.