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Same $99 diagnostic, same written quote, same written warranty on every machine we fix in Hanahan.
A refrigerator that reads 50 degrees in a Hanahan July is not a wait-until-Thursday problem. Call before noon and a warm fridge in Tanner Plantation, Yeamans Hall or off Remount Rd gets a same-day window. The technician meters the compressor, fans and board, names the failed part, and writes one price before touching anything.
Mon–Fri 8am–6pm · Sat 9am–3pm · same-day windows for a warm refrigerator
Same $99 diagnostic, same written quote, same written warranty on every machine we fix in Hanahan.
June through September is refrigerator season in Hanahan. The garage refrigerator that carried drinks through spring hits a 95-degree garage in Eagle Landing and runs without a rest until the compressor overheats or the condenser fan gives up. Then the storm months stack on top: a surge down the line in Otranto or along Hanahan Rd and an inverter board dies quietly, leaving a compressor that clicks and never starts. From the shop on W Montague Ave the run up Rivers Ave takes about ten minutes, which is why a Hanahan warm-fridge call made in the morning usually has a van in the driveway that afternoon.
The housing tells us what to expect before we knock. The 1960s ranches around Yeamans Hall and Hanahan Rd tend to run older top-freezer units, where the failures are defrost heaters, defrost thermostats and the fan behind the freezer wall. Tanner Plantation and the newer subdivisions have French-door and side-by-side models from the same builder package, so a batch of Samsung or Whirlpool units bought in the same year fail on the same schedule. A typical call: the freezer is fine, the fresh food side is warming, and there is frost on the back wall. That is a defrost problem, not a compressor, and it is a first-visit repair.
The evaporator has iced into a block because the defrost heater, thermostat or control failed, or the evaporator fan has quit. We pull the back panel, meter the heater and thermostat, spin the fan, and replace what reads open. The frost melts, airflow returns, and the fresh food side drops back to temperature.
A click every few minutes followed by silence is a start relay or overload, or on inverter models a failed inverter board. Less often it is the compressor itself. We meter the compressor windings and test the relay first, because the relay fails far more often than the compressor does.
A frozen defrost drain lets meltwater run over the back of the freezer and out under the door, or the water line to the ice maker has split at a fitting. We clear and warm the drain, check the drain pan, and inspect the fill line and valve. On wood floors this is the call not to postpone.
Condenser fans clogged with pet hair, evaporator fans rubbing on frost, and compressors running hard on a dirty coil. We clean the condenser, check both fans under load, and tell you if the noise is a part failing or a maintenance problem you can keep ahead of yourself.
Garage units in Hanahan work against 90-plus-degree air all summer. The condenser fan, the start relay and the compressor overload take the punishment. We test each, clean the coil, and tell you plainly whether the box is worth keeping in the garage or should move inside for good.
Power came back and the refrigerator did not. Hurricane-season surges take out main boards and inverter boards, and a compressor that sat hot without a fan can seize. We check incoming power, then the board, then the compressor, in that order, and write down which one failed.
The technician starts with a thermometer in each compartment and a hand on the condenser coil, which tells more in thirty seconds than most codes do. Then the compressor gets metered: winding resistance, start relay, run amperage. The evaporator cover comes off to see whether frost is even or blocking, and the defrost heater and thermostat get a continuity check. Fans are spun by hand and run under power. On inverter models from Samsung, LG and newer Whirlpool, the inverter board is tested against the compressor so that a good compressor is not blamed for a bad board. What failed gets written on one line with one number, and you decide from there.
Hanahan kitchens hold Whirlpool, GE, Samsung, LG, Frigidaire, KitchenAid and Kenmore, with Amana and older GE top-freezers in the ranches and the occasional Bosch in a Tanner Plantation remodel. Joint Base Charleston families next door get visits scheduled around shifts, and a refrigerator that has to pass a move-out inspection goes on the calendar with the PCS date attached. Landlords with rentals off Remount Rd approve by text; the tenant hosts, the owner gets the invoice and written warranty. Pricing is the same in every driveway: the $99 diagnostic is inside the number you approve, and if you decline, $99 is the whole bill. Book online and up to $20 comes off the repair.
Call or book before noon and we aim for a same-day window; the shop is ten minutes down Rivers Ave. Afternoon calls usually land first thing the next morning. Keep the doors closed, move anything you cannot lose into a cooler with ice, and do not unplug it unless it is tripping the breaker.
It depends on what failed, and the technician tells you in writing before you decide. A defrost heater, a fan or a start relay on a Whirlpool or GE top-freezer is a repair that keeps the box running for years. A sealed-system leak on a builder-package side-by-side is a harder call, and we say so plainly.
Yes, and summer is when we see them most. Garage units in Eagle Landing and Otranto run flat out from June to September against 95-degree air. If the compressor and coil are sound, a fan or relay brings them back. If the box is not rated for garage heat, the technician tells you that too.
Usually not. The click is the start relay or overload trying and giving up, or on inverter models the board. Both are tested against the compressor windings before the compressor is blamed. A compressor that has actually seized is the least common cause of that sound, though it does happen after a long outage.
No. Hanahan is on Charleston Water System, which is moderately soft, so the scale that chokes inlet valves in Berkeley County towns is uncommon here. Water-line problems in Hanahan are more often a split plastic line behind the unit, a cracked fitting at the valve, or a filter housing that was never seated properly.
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.
