Duval
Duval County
Jacksonville and the beaches. The widest spread of housing stock on the First Coast, from 1910s Riverside kitchens to Deerwood and Glen Kernan new-build.
The First Coast, four counties, one index
The same 19 brands region-wide. What reaches them first changes by county.
A Sub-Zero column, a Wolf range and a Miele dishwasher are the same machines in Fernandina Beach and in Fruit Cove. What differs is the address: airborne salt on 6 of the 19 ZIP codes we schedule, kitchens framed before the appliance existed in 6 of them, and 68 thunderstorm days a year over every one.
- Duval County Jacksonville 9 ZIP codes scheduled Salt airPre-war kitchensNew-build accessStorm-season boards
- St. Johns County St. Augustine 6 ZIP codes scheduled Salt airPre-war kitchensNew-build accessStorm-season boards
- Clay County Green Cove Springs 1 ZIP code scheduled New-build accessStorm-season boards
- Nassau County Fernandina Beach 3 ZIP codes scheduled Salt airPre-war kitchensNew-build accessStorm-season boards
- Diagnostic
- $80 flat, credited
- Estimate
- Written estimate before any work begins.
- Warranty
- 90 days labor · 365 days parts — Genuine OEM parts
- Technicians
- EPA Section 608 certified technicians
- Scope
- Built-in and professional kitchen appliances only — no heating or air-conditioning work.
01 Coverage
Four counties, four different sets of problems
An independent repair company for built-in and professional kitchen appliances across Duval, St. Johns, Clay and Nassau counties. The region is not one service area: coastal exposure, housing age and the access route to the appliance change what fails and in what order, sometimes between neighbouring ZIP codes.
- Duval County Jacksonville
- St. Johns County St. Augustine
- Clay County Green Cove Springs
- Nassau County Fernandina Beach
St. Johns
St. Johns County
Ponte Vedra, Nocatee, World Golf Village and St. Augustine. Mostly post-2000 construction, and the densest concentration of built-in and professional equipment in the region.
Clay
Clay County
Orange Park, Fleming Island and Oakleaf. Later construction and the easiest appliance access we get anywhere, which moves the diagnosis to airflow and electronics.
Nassau
Nassau County
Amelia Island, Fernandina Beach, Yulee and Callahan. Barrier-island salt air, and the longest scheduled drives in our coverage area.
02 Conditions
What the address changes about the visit
The brands are the same across all four counties and so are the faults they are capable of. What the address decides is which fault is likely, what the technician checks first, and how much of the visit is spent getting to the machine rather than fixing it.
| Condition | Where it applies | What it does to the appliance | What we check first |
|---|---|---|---|
| Salt air | 6 oceanfront and barrier-island ZIP codes | Corrosion works in order: fasteners, then hinge pins and dampers, then condenser fin stock, then visible stainless. A degraded fin pack holds temperature right up until it cannot. | Duty cycle before thermometer. If a built-in still holds its setpoint but no longer cycles off in mild weather, the coil is where we start. |
| Storm-season supply | All four counties | Repeated line transients degrade the varistor and the low-voltage supply on a control board silently, over a season, and long outages add a hard restart on top. | Whether more than one appliance started behaving oddly in the same week. Appliances do not coordinate; the supply is the only thing they share. |
| Pre-war kitchens | 6 ZIP codes of 1900s–1930s housing | Openings framed before these appliances existed, floors that have settled out of level, and wiring extended rather than designed. The building is the constraint, not the specification. | The opening measured at three heights and three depths, the delivery route, and the panel — before anything is quoted that involves removing the unit. |
| Access and clearance | Every built-in installation | Columns come forward on rails carrying several hundred pounds; integrated dishwashers cannot move until the cabinet panel does; undercounter units vent through a grille with no second air path. | What has to come off to reach the fault, and what that costs, written into the estimate before the work starts rather than discovered on the day. |
Matthew in 2016, Irma in 2017 and Helene in 2024 each left parts of the region without power for days at a time. The work that follows a long outage rarely arrives during it: a control board or an inverter compressor that survived the loss and the restart often fails weeks later.
Built-in equipment is fitted to the millimetre. A refrigerator column comes forward on rails and carries several hundred pounds with the doors on; an integrated dishwasher cannot move until its cabinet panel does. Reaching the back of either is frequently the longest part of a visit, and it is priced in the written estimate before it starts.
Parts for built-in and professional equipment are ordered against the serial number, not the model alone: the same model built two years apart does not always take the same component. Sealed-system parts, inverter boards and steam-generator assemblies are the ones that wait. Door hardware, gaskets, thermistors and fan motors usually do not.
The coverage index lists every ZIP code we schedule, with the conditions that apply to each.
03 Brands
Manufacturers we service
We are an independent repair company. Manufacturer names are used only to identify the appliances we work on.
| Brand | What we cover |
|---|---|
| Sub-Zero | Built-in and integrated refrigeration, wine storage and undercounter units. Dual-compressor designs that fail in ways freestanding boxes do not. |
| Wolf | Cooking equipment only — ranges, rangetops, cooktops, wall ovens, steam and warming drawers, and pro ventilation. No Wolf refrigeration exists. |
| Thermador | The widest product spread of any brand we cover — cooking, column refrigeration, dishwashers, steam and coffee, and ventilation, all under one name. |
| Viking | The kitchen-appliance maker — professional ranges and rangetops, built-in refrigeration, dishwashers, hoods and outdoor cooking. The brand we see most in coastal outdoor kitchens. |
| Miele | Dishwashers, ovens and steam ovens, built-in coffee systems, cooktops, ventilation and integrated refrigeration — the broadest integrated line-up we service. |
| Gaggenau | Modular cooktops, combi-steam and wall ovens, wine and refrigeration cabinets, dishwashers and ventilation. Low volume on the First Coast, long parts lead times. |
Also serviced
Sub-Zero Wolf Cove Viking Thermador Miele Gaggenau Monogram JennAir Dacor Fisher & Paykel Liebherr True Perlick U-Line Marvel Scotsman Asko Bertazzoni
04 Appliance types
Browse by what is broken
Refrigeration
Built-in and integrated refrigerators, freezer columns, undercounter drawers, wine storage and standalone ice machines.
Cooking
Professional and dual-fuel ranges, gas rangetops, induction and radiant cooktops, single and double wall ovens, warming drawers.
Dishwashers
Built-in, panel-ready and fully integrated dishwashers, including drawer units. The appliance where the installation causes as many calls as the machine.
Steam & Coffee
Convection and combi-steam ovens, steam generators, plumbed and reservoir-fed built-in coffee systems. The most mechanically dense appliances in the kitchen.
Ventilation
Wall and island hoods, integrated liners, downdraft extractors, and inline or roof-mounted remote blowers. The most exposed equipment we service.
05 Guides
Background and diagnosis
Around 68 thunderstorm days a year. Repeated line transients are what kill appliance control boards here, far more often than a single direct strike.
| Guide | Topic | Read |
|---|---|---|
| Sub-Zero Freezer Temperature: Set It, Check It, Keep It | Diagnosis | 7 min |
| Gaggenau vs Sub-Zero Refrigerator: A Fair Side-by-Side for Owners | Fitting & replacement | 7 min |
| How a Built-In Ice Maker Fails, and in What Order | Maintenance & service life | 6 min |
| What to Check Before You Book a Service Visit | Diagnosis | 6 min |
| What Salt Air Does to a Condenser Coil | Coastal & salt air | 7 min |
| Storm Season and Appliance Control Boards | Power & electronics | 6 min |
| Fitting Built-Ins Into Pre-War First Coast Kitchens | Fitting & replacement | 7 min |
06 What it costs
What does a repair on the First Coast usually cost?
The bands below are what completed repairs have come to here, parts and labor together. Every figure this site publishes comes from one table; the whole of it is on the pricing page.
$80 Flat $80 diagnostic covering the visit and the full diagnostic sequence, credited toward the repair once you approve the work.
| Repair | Typical total |
|---|---|
| Door gasket or seal replacement | $230–$620 |
| Evaporator or condenser fan motor | $250–$580 |
| Defrost heater, thermostat or sensor | $240–$640 |
| Ice maker, water valve or supply line | $230–$630 |
07 Questions
What do people ask before they book a visit?
- What does an appliance repair cost on the First Coast?
- The diagnostic is $80 flat and comes off the total once you approve the work. Completed repair work has landed between $230 and $640, parts and labor together — here, door gasket or seal replacement $230–$620, and evaporator or condenser fan motor $250–$580. That is what the job has cost before, not a quote; the firm figure is written down after the diagnosis.
- What is the diagnostic fee and is it credited?
- Flat $80 diagnostic covering the visit and the full diagnostic sequence, credited toward the repair once you approve the work. The $80 covers the visit and the diagnosis, including pulling and reseating a built-in unit where that is what it takes to reach the fault. If you approve the repair, the $80 comes off the total. You get a written estimate — parts and labor itemised — before any part is ordered.
- Do you hold manufacturer approval of any kind?
- No, and we say so in the footer of every page. Independent. Not affiliated with, authorized by, or endorsed by any manufacturer named on this site. Sealed-system work on a refrigerator or wine unit means handling refrigerant, which is federally regulated. Our technicians hold EPA Section 608 certification. That credential and being licensed and insured for in-home service is the whole list.
- What happens if the same fault comes back?
- 90 days on labor, 365 days on parts, and we fit genuine OEM parts rather than pattern equivalents. Both clocks run from the date of the repair, so a part that fails inside its term is replaced rather than re-quoted.
- Does the appliance have to come out of the cabinetry?
- Sometimes, and the diagnostic covers finding out — some faults are reachable from the front and some are not. Where an appliance has to come out, the removal and the reinstatement are separate lines on the written estimate, agreed before anything moves.
08Customer reviews
Recent visits, described by the customer
Three of the reviews published on this site, rotated by page. The full set, including the ones that are not five stars, is on the customer notes page.
4.3out of 5 from 90 published reviews
Rated 4 out of 5
Our built-in in San Marco kept freezing lettuce in the crisper while the milk stayed warm. He traced it to a damper that was not closing, swapped the control, then stayed to watch a full cycle before packing up.
Marissa T.
Rated 4 out of 5
Hood lights worked but the fan only ran on the top setting. He traced it to a failed speed control board rather than the motor, which he said was the cheaper of the two outcomes, and had the part on the van already.
Terrell B.
Rated 4 out of 5
The refrigerator drawers on Amelia Island had stopped sealing and everything in them dried out. He replaced both gaskets and the drawer rails, then checked the cabinet was level because the floor had settled underneath.
Brandt W.