Twenty minutes down Savannah Highway, past Rantowles and the Caw Caw turnoff, is not far for us. Ravenel runs on wells and septic, keeps a second freezer in the garage and has more square footage to walk than the city does. We bring the meter, test the machine, hand you one written number and usually finish the same visit.
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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 onlineThe route is simple: US-17 south from the shop, through the Main Road light, over Rantowles Creek and into town. Most Ravenel calls are off Savannah Highway itself, along SC-165 toward the Summerville side, or down the long driveways between Parkers Ferry Road and the Caw Caw Interpretive Center. Addresses here mean acreage, so the note field on the booking form matters: which gate, which building, whether the freezer is in the barn or the garage. We schedule Ravenel in blocks so one van covers two or three houses on the same morning. That keeps it at twenty minutes for you and no rural surcharge on the invoice.
Ravenel houses are a mix: brick ranches from the 1970s on a couple of acres, doublewides on family land, and newer builds on big lots where the developer stopped short of city water. Nearly everyone is on a private well and a septic tank, and that changes what breaks. Iron and sediment clog washer inlet screens and dishwasher fill valves. Ice makers run slow and then not at all as scale narrows the fill tube. Septic means a leaking washer shows up as a wet yard, not a puddle on tile. Garage refrigerators and chest freezers do a second full-time job out here, and the June-to-September heat is what finally kills them.
| Appliance | What we see most here |
|---|---|
| Refrigerators | Garage and outbuilding units that quit in August heat, plus main kitchen fridges with failed inverter boards after a summer storm knocks the power around. Warm-fridge calls get a same-day window. |
| Dryers | Long vent runs under raised houses and through crawlspaces, packed with damp lint. Also thermal fuses on electric dryers and gas valve coils on the propane-fed units common past the city gas line. |
| Washers | Inlet screens choked with well sediment, slow fills that trip a timeout code, and drain pumps that quit. On septic, a stuck fill valve is a real problem, so we check it every visit. |
| Dishwashers | Fill valves scaled shut, film and grit on glasses from the well water, and float switches fouled with sediment. Panel-front and standard tub models. |
| Ranges & ovens | Propane ranges with lazy igniters and orifices that were never converted from natural gas at install. Electric ovens with dead bake elements and sensors that read fifty degrees off. |
| Ice makers | The Ravenel special: scale on the fill valve and in the fill tube, hollow cubes, then silence. Usually the module or the valve, and the van carries both. |
A chest freezer in a detached garage stops holding temperature the same week the heat index hits 105. The owner finds it half thawed on a Saturday morning. We come out that afternoon, meter the compressor and start relay, and it is a relay. Twenty minutes of work and the meat stays.
A top-loader on a well takes eleven minutes to fill and then throws a fault. Both inlet screens are packed with orange sediment and the cold valve is scaled. We clean the screens, replace the valve from van stock, run a full cycle and show the homeowner how to check the screens twice a year.
A side-by-side has made no ice since spring. The fill tube is a solid plug of scale and the valve barely opens. We thaw the tube, swap the valve and reset the module. Cubes drop before we leave. We also recommend an inline filter for the well feed, which is not something we sell.
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A Ravenel washer on a well lives a harder life than one in town. Sediment clogs the inlet screens, scale sticks the valves, and a slow fill turns into a fault code before the drum ever moves. We test the fill rate, the pump and the lid or door lock with a meter before we name a part. One written number, 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Takes forever to fill, then stops with a code | Inlet screens packed with well sediment or a scaled fill valve | Clean or replace the screens, meter and replace the valve, run a timed fill |
| Water left in the drum after the cycle | Drain pump jammed with grit and lint, or a kinked drain hose | Clear the pump, test it under load, replace it from the van if the motor is weak |
| Wet spot in the yard near the septic line | Fill valve not closing fully, or a cracked hose or tub seal | Find the leak under pressure, replace the part, check the standpipe |
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Dryers out here run long before anyone notices. Most of the time the vent is the culprit: thirty feet under a raised house, damp, packed with felt. The rest is thermal fuses, heating elements and, on the propane units, a valve coil that opens once and quits. We meter the element and the fuse, check vent flow at the wall, then write one number with the $99 diagnostic already inside. Book online and up to $20 comes off the repair.
| What you notice | What it usually is | What we do |
|---|---|---|
| Runs a full cycle, clothes still damp | Blocked vent, or a heating element or gas coil that fails after warm-up | Check exhaust flow, meter the element and coils hot, clear or replace what failed |
| Dead, no light, no tumble | Tripped thermal fuse, failed door switch or a broken drive belt | Test the fuse and switch, replace the belt, find out why the fuse blew |
| Thumping or a metal-on-metal squeal | Worn drum rollers, idler pulley or a rear bearing eaten by humidity | Replace the roller and pulley set together so it stays quiet |
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A warm refrigerator in Ravenel goes to the front of the line, six days a week. Summer heat is hard on kitchen units and brutal on the second fridge or chest freezer in the garage. After a storm, we see inverter boards and compressors that took a surge. We meter the compressor, relay, fans and defrost circuit before we say what it 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Fridge warm, freezer still cold | Evaporator fan, a defrost failure icing the coil, or a stuck damper | Check airflow and frost pattern, meter the fan and defrost parts, replace what reads open |
| Compressor clicks every few minutes and stops | Start relay or capacitor, or on newer units the inverter board | Meter the relay and windings, replace the relay or board, confirm it holds a run |
| Garage freezer thawed after a heat wave | Condenser clogged with dust and dog hair, condenser fan out, or a weak compressor | Clean the coil, test the fan, meter the compressor and give a plain verdict in writing |
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Ravenel kitchens split between propane ranges and electric ones. Propane burners that light lazy or soot the pans usually have an orifice or regulator problem from the day of install. Electric ovens run cold when the bake element or the sensor drifts. We check gas pressure, meter the igniter and elements, and put an oven thermometer where the food goes. Then one written number, $99 diagnostic inside it, and up to $20 off the repair for booking online.
| What you notice | What it usually is | What we do |
|---|---|---|
| Oven takes forever or never reaches temperature | Weak bake element, failing igniter that opens the valve late, or a drifted sensor | Meter the element and igniter amperage, test the sensor, replace and verify with a thermometer |
| Burner clicks and clicks but no flame | Wet or cracked spark igniter, fouled electrode, or a bad spark module | Dry and clean the igniter, meter the module, replace what is not firing |
| Yellow flame and black on the pots | Propane range still set up for natural gas, or a regulator out of range | Check orifices and regulator, convert or replace, set the air shutter |
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Well water shows up on Ravenel dishes before it shows up anywhere else: a grey film on glasses, grit in the bottom of the tub, then a fill valve that opens halfway. We check the fill volume, meter the drain pump and the heater, and pull the filter and sump apart. If it needs a part, one written number with the $99 diagnostic already in it. Booking online takes up to $20 off the repair.
| What you notice | What it usually is | What we do |
|---|---|---|
| Not enough water, dishes come out dirty | Fill valve scaled or its screen clogged with sediment | Measure the fill, clean the screen or replace the valve, run a test cycle |
| Water sits in the bottom | Drain pump blocked with grit, a clogged air gap, or the disposal knockout still in place | Clear the pump and hose, correct the drain path, test the drain under load |
| Runs but dishes are wet and cold | Heater open or the control not calling for heat | Meter the heater, check the relay on the board, replace what failed |
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If there is one appliance the well water goes after first in Ravenel, it is the ice maker. Scale builds in the fill tube and on the valve seat until the cubes come out hollow, then small, then not at all. We meter the valve, check the fill volume, test the module and thaw the tube. 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 at all, arm is down | Frozen or scaled fill tube, or a fill valve that no longer opens | Thaw the tube, meter and replace the valve, cycle the module by hand |
| Small or hollow cubes | Low fill from a partly blocked valve or low well pressure at the fridge | Measure the fill, replace the valve, check supply pressure at the wall |
| Ice tastes off or is cloudy | Well minerals and an old inline filter | Change the filter, flush the line, tell you plainly if it is water and not a fault |
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