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Same $99 diagnostic, same written quote, same written warranty on every machine we fix in North Charleston.
Half the dryers in North Charleston exhaust through a crawlspace, and the other half through a builder’s roof jack or a stacked closet in an apartment. Each one fails its own way. We repair gas and electric dryers from the shop on W Montague Ave: no heat, long cycles, a squeal, a scorched smell. Meter first, one written price, the repair from the van, and airflow checked before we leave.
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Same $99 diagnostic, same written quote, same written warranty on every machine we fix in North Charleston.
The 1940s to 1960s houses in Park Circle, Liberty Hill, Union Heights and the streets off Remount Rd sit on crawlspaces, and their dryer vents were added later, usually a flex duct dropped through the floor and run twenty feet under the house. That run sags, collects condensation in Lowcountry humidity, and packs solid with lint that nobody can see. The 2000s houses in Wescott, Coosaw Creek and the newer streets off Dorchester Rd went the other way: second-floor laundry rooms venting straight up through the roof, a long vertical run that lint climbs badly. The apartments along Ashley Phosphate and Rivers Ave stack the dryer on the washer in a closet with a crushed transition duct behind it.
Every one of those vents ends the same way: a dryer that runs hot and dries slow, a thermal fuse that opens, an element or gas valve coil that finally gives out. Salt is not the issue this far up the rivers, but humidity is, and drum rollers rust and squeal in a laundry room off a carport. A typical Park Circle call: gas dryer, clothes damp after an hour, top panel hot enough to notice. The technician found the igniter fine, the flame sensor cutting out, and a crawlspace duct that had pulled apart at a joint and was blowing lint under the house. Sensor replaced from the van, duct reconnected, airflow measured, done in one visit.
Electric: heating element, thermal fuse or high-limit thermostat, sorted with a meter in minutes. Gas: igniter, flame sensor or valve coils. Both are stocked for the Whirlpool, Maytag, GE, Samsung and LG dryers that fill North Charleston laundry rooms. After the part, the vent gets checked, because the vent is what cooked it.
Airflow, nearly every time. We measure at the exhaust, pull the transition duct behind the machine, and check the internal lint chute. In a crawlspace house we look under the floor for a sagging or separated run. Moisture sensor bars coated with fabric-softener film get cleaned so auto-dry stops ending early.
A drum roller or idler pulley with a rusted bearing, common in laundry rooms off carports and back porches where humid air sits. The drum comes out on site, rollers and pulley are replaced together so you are not calling again in six months, and the belt is checked while it is off.
Stop the dryer. Lint has reached the heater housing or burner and is charring. We open the cabinet, clear the housing and the base, inspect the element or burner for damage, and test the thermostats that should have cut power sooner. Then the vent, because lint got there for a reason.
A hum with no movement is a broken belt. Silence is a door switch, a start switch, a thermal fuse on many models, or the motor. We meter the cheap, common parts first and only go after the motor if the readings point there. Belts and switches for the common brands are on the van.
An electric dryer runs on a double breaker; one leg tripped leaves the drum turning cold. Beyond the panel, summer surges take out control boards, and a dead display after a June thunderstorm is a familiar call from Wescott to Union Heights. The board is replaced only when the meter proves it dead.
The technician meters before touching a part. An electric element has a known resistance and reads open when it is dead. A thermal fuse reads closed or it does not, and an open fuse is a message that the dryer overheated, which sends the technician to the vent for the cause. On gas dryers the igniter is watched through its glow, the valve listened for, and the flame timed until the sensor drops it. Airflow gets a real measurement at the exhaust hood, not a hand held over the flap. When the fault is confirmed, you hear the part named plainly and get one written number with the $99 diagnostic already inside it. Decline, and $99 is the whole bill.
Elements, fuses, thermostats, igniters, flame sensors, coils, belts, rollers, pulleys and door switches for Whirlpool, Maytag, Kenmore, Roper, Amana, GE, Samsung, LG and Frigidaire ride on the van, which covers most North Charleston laundry rooms from the Navy Yard to Coosaw Creek. Property managers along Ashley Phosphate and Rivers Ave get the quote by text while the technician is still with the tenant, then the invoice and written warranty by email. Shift workers at Boeing, the airport and Joint Base Charleston can pick an early or late window, Monday to Saturday, six days a week. Approve the quote and the $99 is inside it. Book online and up to $20 comes off the repair.
On every repair we check airflow, clear the internal chute and the duct behind the machine, and look at the crawlspace run where the fault points to it. If the run under the house is packed or separated and needs real work, the technician tells you what it involves, in writing, before doing anything beyond the dryer repair itself.
That is the flame sensor or a weak gas valve coil. The igniter glows, the valve opens, the flame catches for a few seconds and drops out, and the cycle repeats until the clothes are cold and damp. Both parts are metered on the spot and both are stocked, so this is typically finished the same visit.
Yes. The first window starts at 8am Monday to Friday and the last runs to 6pm, with Saturday from 9am to 3pm. Tell us when you book that you work nights at Boeing or the airport or are on base at Joint Base Charleston and we schedule the window around it, or set it up so a tenant or family member is home instead.
Almost always. A dryer is a simple machine and the usual failures are an element, a fuse, an igniter, a belt or rollers, all inexpensive next to a replacement and all covered by a written warranty. The owner gets one written number by text and decides. If the answer is no, the $99 diagnostic is the only charge.
Not the dryer, the vent. Warm damp air in the room means exhaust is escaping before it reaches outside: a transition duct crushed behind a stacked unit, a joint pulled apart under the floor, or a flap stuck shut. The technician finds the leak, reconnects or replaces the duct, and measures airflow after.
Call (843) 969-4423 or send the form. Most requests get a callback within the hour in business time, with a real arrival window.
The technician tests the machine with a meter, names the failed part in plain words, and writes one flat price. The $99 is already inside it.
We stock the high-failure parts for the brands Lowcountry homes actually own, so most jobs close on the spot; ordered parts return with no second trip fee.
Full test cycle before we pack up, a tidy work area after, and a written warranty in your hand.
One call starts it: $99 diagnostic, written quote, repair from the van. Book online and up to $20 comes off the repair.
