The call from Ladson usually starts with a tenant: the dryer runs twice and the towels are still wet, or the fridge in a College Park rental is warm on move-in day. We handle the property manager, the tenant and the machine. Twenty-five minutes up I-26 from West Ashley, one $99 diagnostic with a meter, one written price, and a written warranty behind the repair.
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Washer Repair$99 diagnostic · up to $20 off online
Dryer Repair$99 diagnostic · up to $20 off online
Refrigerator & Freezer Repair$99 diagnostic · up to $20 off online
Range, Stove & Oven Repair$99 diagnostic · up to $20 off online
Dishwasher Repair$99 diagnostic · up to $20 off onlineIce Maker Repair$99 diagnostic · up to $20 off onlineLadson sits where three counties meet, and the roads follow: US-78 through the middle, Ladson Road crossing it, College Park Road running out toward the interstate. From the shop it is I-526 to I-26 to Exit 203, about twenty-five minutes. We stop in the subdivisions off College Park and Royle Road, the older brick streets near the Exchange Park fairgrounds, and the apartment complexes along Ladson Road where a property manager may book three units in one morning. Ladson is a good fit for grouped stops: the neighborhoods are dense and the machines are similar, so the van carries the right pumps and boards. Same-day for a warm fridge, usually next day for everything else.
Most of Ladson's housing is newer than the city's: subdivisions from the late 1990s onward, plus a large share of rentals. That means appliances bought in bulk by builders or landlords, run hard by families, and now out of warranty. Front-load washers with dead drain pumps, dishwashers that will not fill, refrigerators with failed ice maker modules. The water matters here too. Much of Ladson draws Berkeley County or Dorchester County water rather than Charleston Water System, and it is harder. We see scale on inlet valves, white crust in dishwashers and ice makers slowing down over two or three summers. When we meter a slow fill in Ladson, we check the valve screen before we blame the board.
| Appliance | What we see most here |
|---|---|
| Refrigerators | Rental-grade top-freezers and side-by-sides that stop cooling between tenants, and French-door units in the newer subdivisions with inverter boards taken out by summer storms. Warm units get a same-day window. |
| Dryers | Lint-packed vents in stacked and closet installs, thermal fuses, and heating elements. Rental dryers see more loads than the family in the house behind them, and the wear shows in the rollers. |
| Washers | Front-loaders with drain pump and door lock faults; top-loaders with inlet screens scaled by county water. Tenants often report a code on the display, which we ask for on the booking form. |
| Dishwashers | White scale on the heater and racks, fill valves that stick, and drain problems where the disposal knockout was never removed at install. Common in homes bought new and never serviced. |
| Ranges & ovens | Electric smooth-tops with dead elements and glass-touch controls that stop responding. Ovens that will not hold temperature because the sensor drifted, plus the occasional gas igniter in the older streets. |
| Ice makers | Fill valves narrowed by scale, frozen fill tubes, and modules that quit in the first hot week of June. The most predictable failure on Ladson's county water. |
A tenant reports towels still damp after two cycles. The manager books online with the code. The vent from the second-floor closet runs twenty feet to the roof and is packed to a third of its width. We clear it, meter the element, replace a thermal fuse that had opened, and text the manager a photo of the lint.
A side-by-side in an apartment is warm the morning a new tenant moves in. We get there before noon. The compressor hums, the condenser fan is dead and the coil is wrapped in dust. A new fan from the van and ten minutes with a brush, and it is at temperature before the boxes are unpacked.
A three-year-old dishwasher in a subdivision home stops filling. The homeowner has never opened the filter. We find a fill valve screen half blocked with scale from the county water and a heater crusted white. Valve replaced, tub descaled, and a plain explanation of what the water is doing and what slows it down.
$99 diagnostic, inside the repair · up to $20 off online
In Ladson a washer fault is often first reported by a tenant, second-hand, as a code on the display. We ask for the code, but we diagnose with a meter, not the code alone. Front-loaders here fail on drain pumps and door locks; top-loaders on lid switches and inlet screens scaled by county water. One written number with the $99 diagnostic inside it, sent to whoever pays, and up to $20 off the repair when the job is booked online.
| What you notice | What it usually is | What we do |
|---|---|---|
| Code on the display, cycle stopped mid-wash | Drain pump not clearing, door lock fault or a pressure sensor reading wrong | Read the code, then meter the part it points to and the one it usually hides |
| Fills slowly, cycle times stretch | Inlet screens or valve scaled by harder county water | Clean or replace the screens, meter and replace the valve, time the fill |
| Loud bang on spin, walks off its spot | Worn suspension, a shock gone soft, or a bearing letting the drum wobble | Check the drum play, replace suspension or shocks, verdict in writing if the bearing is gone |
$99 diagnostic, inside the repair · up to $20 off online
Ladson dryers run in closets and on second floors, and their vents run a long way to daylight. Humid lint packs the run, the element works harder, and eventually the fuse opens. We check airflow at the machine before touching a wire, then meter the element, fuse and sensor. Whether it is a family dryer off College Park Road or a rental unit on Ladson Road, the price is one written number with the $99 diagnostic inside. Book online for up to $20 off the repair.
| What you notice | What it usually is | What we do |
|---|---|---|
| Heats at first, then goes cold | Vent restriction tripping the cycling thermostat, or an element that opens hot | Measure exhaust, clear the run, meter the element under load |
| No heat at all, drum turns | Thermal fuse, heating element or a gas valve coil | Meter each in order, replace the failed part, find out why the fuse went |
| Drum will not turn, motor hums | Broken belt or a seized roller | Replace the belt and inspect the rollers and pulley, replace what is worn |
$99 diagnostic, inside the repair · up to $20 off online
A warm refrigerator in Ladson gets a same-day window, six days a week, whether it is a family kitchen in a Royle Road subdivision or a rental on move-in day. We see condenser fans choked with dust, inverter boards taken out by summer storms, and defrost failures that ice the coil. We meter the compressor, fans and boards before saying what it is. 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Warm fridge, compressor running hot | Condenser fan dead or coil packed with dust and pet hair | Clean the coil, meter and replace the fan, watch the temperature come down |
| Frost on the back wall, fridge warming | Defrost heater, thermostat or control failed | Meter the defrost circuit, replace the open part, clear the ice |
| Dead after a storm, lights work | Inverter board or compressor start circuit | Meter the board and windings, replace the board, confirm the compressor runs |
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$99 diagnostic, inside the repair · up to $20 off online
Ladson kitchens are mostly electric: smooth-top ranges from the subdivision build-outs, with a burner that quit or a touch panel that stopped answering. Ovens drift cold when the sensor ages, and a bake element can open without a visible break. We meter the elements, switches and sensor and check the cavity temperature with a thermometer. One written number, $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 |
|---|---|---|
| Burner will not heat, others fine | Element open, or the switch or relay board not sending power | Meter the element and the switch output, replace the failed part |
| Oven bakes uneven or runs cold | Sensor drifted, bake element weak, or the convection fan stopped | Test the sensor and element, replace, verify with a thermometer |
| Control panel dead or unresponsive | Failed touch membrane, control board or a tripped thermal cutoff | Meter the board inputs and the cutoff, replace what failed |
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$99 diagnostic, inside the repair · up to $20 off online
Dishwashers in Ladson show the county water: white crust on the heater, film on glasses, fill valves that stick partway. Add the drain problems from a disposal knockout never removed at install, and we have most of our Ladson calls. We measure the fill, meter the heater and drain pump, and check the latch and board. One written number with the $99 diagnostic inside it; book online for up to $20 off the repair.
| What you notice | What it usually is | What we do |
|---|---|---|
| Dishes come out dirty, tub barely wet | Fill valve scaled or its screen blocked | Measure the fill, replace the valve, run a full cycle |
| Water standing after the cycle | Drain pump blocked, hose kinked or disposal knockout still in | Clear the pump and hose, remove the knockout, test the drain |
| White film that will not wash off | Mineral scale from harder water, sometimes a heater not reaching temperature | Meter the heater, descale the tub, advise on rinse aid without selling you anything |
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$99 diagnostic, inside the repair · up to $20 off online
The ice maker is where Ladson's harder water shows first. Scale narrows the fill valve until cubes come out small, then hollow, then not at all. Fill tubes freeze after a slow fill. Modules quit in the first hot week of summer. We meter the valve, check fill volume, thaw the tube and cycle the module. One written number with the $99 diagnostic inside; book online for up to $20 off the repair.
| What you notice | What it usually is | What we do |
|---|---|---|
| No ice, no sound from the module | Module failed or frozen fill tube stopping the cycle | Test the module, thaw the tube, replace the module if it will not cycle |
| Small, hollow cubes | Fill valve narrowed by scale or low supply pressure | Measure the fill, replace the valve, check the supply at the wall |
| Ice smells or tastes flat | Old inline filter or a bin that has sat unused | Replace the filter, flush the line, clean the bin, tell you if it is water rather than a fault |
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Home base · ZIP 29407 · 29414
City page →15 min from the shop · ZIP 29412
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City page →15 min from the shop · ZIP 29401 · 29403
City page →20 min from the shop · ZIP 29405 · 29406 · 29418 · 29420
City page →25 min from the shop · ZIP 29464 · 29466
City page →25 minutes from the shop, no distance surcharge. up to $20 off the repair when you book online.