Kenmore · 98028 · King County
Household appliance repair for Kenmore homes
Kenmore lies about 16 to 20 minutes from central Lynnwood, where Bothell Way rounds the top of Lake Washington. We come down for refrigerators, laundry, ranges, dishwashers and ice makers, with no distance surcharge and a written estimate first.
- $95 diagnosticcounted toward the repair you approve
- Up to $18 offfor seniors 65+, veterans and military
- $10 offthe second appliance checked on one visit
- Same-day visitsMonday through Saturday
Kenmore has only been incorporated since the last day of August 1998, but most of its streets are far older than the city. Inglewood's plat dates from 1953 and Uplake Terrace's from 1954, and the slopes above the lake kept filling in through the decades that followed. Around 24,600 people live here today. Their kitchens and laundry rooms draw electricity and natural gas from Puget Sound Energy and water from the Northshore Utility District, and that pairing, along with houses spread across seven decades of building, explains most of what we find inside a Kenmore appliance.
The town also shares a name with an appliance label, which makes for some puzzled phone calls. Yes, we repair Kenmore-brand machines in Kenmore. Whirlpool, LG, Frigidaire and other makers built them for that label, and the three digits ahead of the dot in the model number reveal which one, so the parts in the vehicle suit the machine on the first trip. Same-day visits are possible Monday through Saturday, and a call in the morning gives you the strongest chance of a Kenmore slot that day.
Includes Inglewood
Roughly 16–20 minutes from central Lynnwood
Where Kenmore's appliances live
Inglewood and Uplake Terrace
These early-1950s plats hold one-story houses whose kitchens have usually been redone at least once. A newer dishwasher wired onto an old kitchen circuit, or a range that trips its breaker, is a typical call here. We test the outlet and breaker first and tell you when the house wiring, not the appliance, is at fault.
Houses from the 1960s and 70s
About 28% of Kenmore's housing comes from these two decades. Split-levels often keep the washer and dryer in the garage or on the lower floor, with a long duct to the outside wall, and a second freezer standing nearby in an unheated space. That garage unit works harder in January frost and again in a July heat wave, and it is usually the first appliance in the house to show its age.
1980s and 90s subdivisions
Roughly a third of the town was built in this stretch, and many of these houses came with an ice-and-water refrigerator and a laundry room on the upper floor. A slow leak from either can surface as a stain on a ceiling below well before anyone sees water on the floor.
Downtown apartments and condos
About 13% of homes sit in buildings of 20 to 49 units, many in the blocks off Bothell Way. Expect stacked laundry, 24-inch dishwashers and dryer exhaust that travels a long way through the building. Renters should check whether the landlord or the owner arranges the visit.
Water, power and the age of the houses
Kenmore's tap water is Tolt River water from Seattle Public Utilities, passed along by the Northshore Utility District. The district prints no hardness figure, but SPU measured Tolt water at roughly 1.2 to 1.4 grains per gallon in early 2026: soft, if slightly firmer than the Everett supply we work with in Lynnwood. Mineral scale seldom stops a valve here; detergent overdosing causes more trouble, in washers and dishwashers alike. Power and gas both come from PSE, and when the November 2024 bomb cyclone swept through, PSE counted more than 400,000 customers in the dark. Electronic boards tend to fail when power surges back rather than when it drops, so mention any storm history when you book. With home heating split between electric (about 51%) and gas (about 47%), many houses have a gas line ready for a range or dryer, which is why igniters and gas valve coils ride along with the heating elements.
The calls Kenmore gives us most
Across Kenmore the requests that come up most are front-load washers that smell or stop mid-cycle, dryers that need two runs because the vent is choked, and garage refrigerators that stop holding temperature once the weather turns. Dishwashers in redone 1950s and 60s kitchens follow close behind, usually for drainage. Range calls bunch up before the holidays, when a bake igniter that has been slowing for months finally quits lighting the oven. Ice makers round out the list, often in 1990s refrigerators whose water valves have simply worn out after years of cycling. When two machines need a look on the same visit, the second one's diagnostic costs $10 less. A refrigerator repair starts from $259, and that figure marks where pricing begins rather than a quote; your technician hands you the written estimate once the $95 diagnostic is done, and the diagnostic is credited if you go ahead.
Common questions
Do you charge extra to drive to Kenmore?
No. Kenmore is one of our longer runs, about 16 to 20 minutes off-peak from central Lynnwood, yet the $95 diagnostic and every repair price are the same here as on a street beside Scriber Lake. No town in our service area carries a distance surcharge. A call in the morning, Monday through Saturday, gives you the strongest chance of a same-day visit.
Can you work on a Kenmore-brand appliance?
Yes, and in this town we hear the question often. Kenmore machines were built by other manufacturers, and the first three digits of the model number name the maker: 106 and 110 point to Whirlpool, 795 and 796 to LG, 253 to Frigidaire. Read the full model number to us on the phone or type it into the booking form, and your technician can bring the likely parts.
My dryer or range acted up after a PSE outage. What should I check?
Start at the breaker panel. Electric dryers and ranges sit on a double breaker, and after an outage one half can trip while the other holds, so the drum turns or the clock lights but nothing heats. Switch it fully off, then on. If the appliance still misbehaves, or the breaker trips again, stop resetting it and book a visit; we test the supply and the appliance's board.
Do you repair appliances in Kenmore apartments and condos?
Yes. In the downtown buildings we often work on stacked washer-dryers and compact dishwashers inside the unit. If you rent, find out whether the landlord or the management company arranges repairs; we can hand the written estimate to whoever approves it. Coin-operated machines in a shared laundry room are commercial equipment, and we don't service those.
Something not working?
Call (425) 287-5458 or book online for a Kenmore visit, Monday through Saturday. The $95 diagnostic is credited toward the repair once you approve it, and households with a senior 65 or older, a veteran or an active-duty service member get up to $18 off the repair.
Book a repair
Tell us what broke
Three quick steps. We call back to confirm a time; requests that come in during the morning can usually be seen the same day.
- $95 diagnostic counted toward the repair you approve
- Up to $18 off for seniors 65+, veterans and military
- $10 off the second appliance checked on one visit
- Same-day visits Monday through Saturday
Rather call? (425) 287-5458 · Mon–Sat 8–7