The Hollywood call often comes the day after a storm: the power blinked three times overnight, the refrigerator is quiet, and the freezer in the shed is starting to sweat. We know SC-162, we know the driveways, and we know a well pump and a fridge share the same tired wiring. Twenty-five minutes from West Ashley, meter first, one written price, same visit when the van has the part.
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Dishwasher Repair$99 diagnostic · up to $20 off onlineIce Maker Repair$99 diagnostic · up to $20 off onlineWe reach Hollywood by US-17 to SC-162 and then whatever the address says: Toogoodoo Road, the streets around Town Hall, the river lots toward the Stono, the long drives toward Meggett and Adams Run. Twenty-five minutes on a normal morning, and no charge for the distance. Hollywood is spread out, so we ask for the gate code, the dog situation and which building holds the machine before we leave the shop. Most days we pair Hollywood with Ravenel and run the US-17 corridor as one loop, which is how a warm fridge here still gets a same-day window. The van carries the six-machine stock, so a well-fed washer valve and a French-door inverter board ride together.
Hollywood's houses range from farmhouses that predate the highway to river homes with docks on the Stono and new builds on two-acre lots. Almost all of them share a well, a septic tank and a distance from the substation that makes the lights flicker in a thunderstorm. Flicker is what kills control boards, and the summer storm season is our busiest Hollywood stretch. The well water does the slower damage: iron on inlet screens, scale in ice maker valves, grit in dishwasher sumps. Raised houses on the river side run dryer vents under the floor, thirty damp feet of it, and those vents fill with felt. Every diagnosis out here starts by asking what the water and the power have been doing.
| Appliance | What we see most here |
|---|---|
| Refrigerators | Control and inverter boards after a night of flickering power, condenser fans clogged with pollen and pine straw, and garage or shed freezers that give up in the August heat. Warm units are same-day. |
| Dryers | Vents running under raised river houses and out a crawlspace vent, packed with felt. Propane dryers past the gas line with tired valve coils. Elements and fuses that failed because the vent did first. |
| Washers | Well sediment in the inlet screens, slow fills that time out, and pumps clogged with grit. On septic, a stuck fill valve or a leak matters more, so we check both every time. |
| Dishwashers | Fill valves scaled from the well, sediment in the float and sump, and heaters crusted white. Film on glasses is partly the water, and we say which part is water and which is a fault. |
| Ranges & ovens | Propane ranges with weak igniters and yellow flames from an unfinished conversion. Electric ovens with open bake elements and sensors that drift after a power surge. |
| Ice makers | Scale on the fill valve, frozen fill tubes and modules that quit in June. The well water gets the ice maker before anything else in the kitchen. |
After a line of storms, a river house has a French-door refrigerator with lights on and nothing running. We meter the inverter board and find no output to the compressor; the compressor windings test fine. Board from the van, a watch of the pulldown, and a written warranty on the way out.
A raised house has a dryer that takes two rounds for a load of jeans. The vent drops through the floor and runs thirty feet under the house to a flap stuck shut. We clear the run, meter the element, and replace the cycling thermostat that has been tripping early. One visit, one number, the vent explained.
A top-loader on a well fills so slowly the cycle faults. Both screens are orange with iron and the cold valve is scaled shut. New valve, clean screens, a timed fill to confirm, and a note about a sediment filter on the well line, which is advice, not a sale.
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A washer on a Hollywood well fights the water from the first day: iron and sediment in the inlet screens, scale on the valve seats, a fill so slow the control gives up. On septic, a valve that will not close all the way is more than a nuisance. We time the fill, meter the pump and lock, and check both valves for a full close. One written number with the $99 diagnostic inside it, and up to $20 off the repair when you book online.
| What you notice | What it usually is | What we do |
|---|---|---|
| Fills for ten minutes, then faults | Sediment-choked inlet screens or a scaled valve | Clean or replace the screens, meter and replace the valve, time the fill again |
| Water on the floor or a wet spot at the septic | Fill valve not closing, cracked hose or a tub seal leak | Find the leak under pressure, replace the part, confirm the valve seats |
| Will not drain, pump hums | Grit and lint in the pump, or a pump with a tired motor | Clear the pump, test it under load, replace it if it is weak |
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Raised houses on the river side of Hollywood run their dryer vents under the floor, and thirty feet of damp duct is where most of our dryer calls begin. Propane units past the gas line add tired valve coils to the list. We measure airflow at the machine, meter the element or coils and the fuses, and check the rollers. Then one written number, the $99 diagnostic already inside, and up to $20 off the repair if the job was booked online.
| What you notice | What it usually is | What we do |
|---|---|---|
| Two cycles for every load | Vent packed with felt, or a heating element weak under load | Measure the exhaust, clear the run, meter the element hot |
| Propane dryer heats once, then never again | Gas valve coils failing as they warm, or a weak igniter | Meter the coils and igniter, replace the coil set, watch it relight |
| Rumble or squeal from the drum | Rollers, idler pulley or a rear glide worn by humidity | Replace the wear parts as a set, check the belt, run it quiet |
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In Hollywood the refrigerator is often the first thing to go after a storm, and the second freezer in the shed is the first to go in the heat. We meter the inverter or control board, the compressor windings, the fans and the defrost circuit, and tell you which one took the hit. A warm fridge gets a same-day window Monday to Saturday. One written number with the $99 diagnostic inside; book online and up to $20 comes off the repair.
| What you notice | What it usually is | What we do |
|---|---|---|
| Lights on, nothing running, after storms | Inverter or main control board hit by a surge or flicker | Meter the board outputs and the compressor separately, replace the board, confirm pulldown |
| Freezer in the shed thawed in August | Condenser packed with pine straw and dust, fan out, or a compressor at the end | Clean the coil, meter the fan and compressor, plain verdict in writing |
| Fridge warm, back wall iced | Defrost heater or thermostat failed, coil blocked with frost | Meter the defrost parts, clear the ice, replace what reads open |
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Hollywood ranges are propane more often than not, and a yellow flame or a burner that clicks without lighting usually traces back to the igniter or a conversion that was never finished. Electric ovens run cold after a sensor drifts, or a bake element opens after a storm surge. We check pressure and orifices, meter the igniter, elements and sensor, and verify with a thermometer. One written number, $99 diagnostic inside, up to $20 off the repair for booking online.
| What you notice | What it usually is | What we do |
|---|---|---|
| Burners light lazy, flame is yellow | Orifices sized for natural gas on a propane supply, or a regulator off | Check the regulator and orifices, convert or replace, set the air |
| Oven igniter glows but no flame | Igniter too weak to open the safety valve | Meter the igniter current, replace it, confirm the valve opens |
| Electric oven cold or way off temperature | Bake element open or a drifted sensor, sometimes the relay board | Meter the element and sensor, replace, verify with a thermometer |
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Well water leaves its mark on Hollywood dishwashers: sediment in the sump, a float that sticks, a fill valve that opens halfway, and a heater crusted white. Some of the film on the glasses is chemistry, and we say so. The rest we can measure. We check the fill, meter the heater and drain pump, and clear the sump. One written number with the $99 diagnostic inside; book online and up to $20 comes off the repair.
| What you notice | What it usually is | What we do |
|---|---|---|
| Barely any water in the tub | Fill valve scaled or its screen packed with sediment | Measure the fill, clean or replace the screen and valve, run a cycle |
| Cycle stops early with water in the bottom | Drain pump blocked with grit, or the float stuck by sediment | Clear the pump and float, test the drain, check the hose route |
| Glasses cloudy, dishes wet at the end | Heater open, or mineral film from the water itself | Meter the heater, descale the tub, tell you which part is water and which is a fault |
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Ice makers on Hollywood well water fail on a schedule: cubes shrink, go hollow, then stop, as scale closes the fill valve and plugs the tube. Modules quit in the first heat of June, and a defrost problem can freeze the tube solid. We meter the valve, check the fill volume, thaw the tube and cycle the module by hand. One written number with the $99 diagnostic inside it, up to $20 off the repair when you book online.
| What you notice | What it usually is | What we do |
|---|---|---|
| No ice for weeks | Fill valve scaled shut or a module that will not cycle | Meter the valve, thaw and check the tube, replace the valve or module |
| Cubes small, hollow or slow | Valve narrowed by scale or low supply pressure from the well | Measure the fill, replace the valve, check the pressure at the fridge |
| Ice smells like the well | Sediment in the inline filter or the line | Replace the filter, flush the line, tell you when it is the water and not the machine |
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